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Wednesday 19 March 2025

50 Voices of UOW: From the labs to the library to the lawns

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Wednesday 19 March 2025

UOW researchers awarded funding to enhance digital youth wellbeing

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Articles

Graduate takes injury prevention to SES’ front line

State Emergency Services (SES) members in NSW are exposed to special workplace risks in unpredictable environments.

Research links famous ballad to birth of ALP

Research by a PhD student in UOW’s School of Humanities and Social Inquiry has uncovered a much earlier version of one of Australia's most famous folk songs, linking it to a strike which almost caused a civil war and led to the birth of the Australian Labor Party.

UOW going digital for an Early Start to children's learning

New forms of interactive digital learning and classroom-to-home connectivity are transforming early years education in New South Wales thanks to a revolutionary approach to teaching and learning pioneered at the University of Wollongong.

Prehistoric DNA unearths the diets of ancient Arctic megafauna

A consortium of research groups, including one from University of Wollongong, has helped to create a fuller and more complete picture of the vegetation that existed across the Arctic during and after the last Ice Age and its role in the extinction of ancient megafauna, such as the iconic woolly mammoth.

Young Bega woman’s plan to teach aided by scholarship

Former Bega High School student and current University of Wollongong Arts student, Hollie Russell, has aspirations of becoming a primary school teacher in her local community.

Capturing phosphorus from sewage waste solves dual problem

A team of researchers from the University of Wollongong has led the way in overcoming a demanding environmental challenge by capturing potentially harmful phosphorus from sewage waste and delivering clean water.