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Wednesday 15 April 2026
UOW appoints Professor Ana Deletic as Provost
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Education
Professor Julia Coyle appointed as Pro Vice-Chancellor (Students)
Newly created executive role to focus on maximising student success.
Science and Technology
UOW researchers awarded $8.7m in ARC funding
Grants to 25 projects tackling issues from the auto industry’s future to infant motor development and cognition
Health and Medicine
IHMRI scientist wins motor neurone disease research prize
Molecular biologist Associate Professor Justin Yerbury has been awarded the Betty Laidlaw MND Research Prize
Education
UOW students awarded $773k in Endeavour Mobility Funding
Two-way mobility of students supported through Government funding.
Health and Medicine
Disadvantaged at most risk of high blood sugar related diseases
Study finds vulnerable communities at greater danger of Type 2 diabetes, heart, kidney and eye disease
Environment and Energy
Explainer: hydrofluorocarbons saved the ozone layer, so why are we banning them?
On October 28, Australia ratified the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol.