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Wednesday 17 June 2026
UOW partners with Illawarra Disability Alliance to enhance local services
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Community, Health and Medicine, Research
UOW launches Doctor of Medicine at Southern Highlands Campus
Rural-focused program designed to address crippling doctor shortages in the bush
Environment and Energy, Research, Science and Technology
Researchers receive $1 million to protect amphibians and power clean energy
Two collaborative projects given the green light under ARC Linkage Projects scheme, with focus on innovation and conservation
Arts and Culture
Roland Barthes declared the ‘death of the author’, but postcolonial critics have begged to differ
Roland Barthes’ notion that the author is dead has been incredibly influential, though it was not as original or revolutionary as it seemed
Science and Technology
Oldest wooden artefacts ever found in East Asia reveal plant-based diet of ancient humans
Collection of sophisticated, 300,000-year-old tools found preserved in oxygen-deprived clay by global researchers
UOW expert commentary (1 July)
UOW academics provide expert commentary, opinion and analysis on a range of ongoing and breaking news stories
Health and Medicine, Students
A new ‘prac payment’ has just kicked in. But it ignores many uni students
Some nursing and teaching students will have access to a new $331 a week payment. But medical, physio and psychology students all miss out