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Friday 18 September 2026
Teacher Education retains Australia’s top undergraduate ranking
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Future Fellowships back UOW research on society’s biggest challenges
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UOW expert commentary this week (10 - 14 September)
UOW academics provide expert comment, opinion and analysis on a range of ongoing and breaking news stories.
UOW expert commentary this week (3 - 7 September)
UOW academics provide expert comment, opinion and analysis on a range of ongoing and breaking news stories.
Business and Economy
Is it time for Newstart to be increased?
Associate Professor Martin O’Brien on the push to increase the unemployment benefit and why proper support is essential to helping people find meaningful work.
Environment and Energy
A black marlin at Port Kembla and an 8,000-year-old midden – nature in the 21st century
The margins and ignored edges of industrial Illawarra — marine, freshwater and terrestrial — are home or refuge to a range of human and non-human presences
Business and Economy
Three ways to fix the problems caused by rezoning inner-city industrial land for mixed-use apartments
Can urban policy make room for manufacturing and create real diversity and a mix of employment opportunities in our cities?
Law, Politics and Society
Riots in West Papua: why Indonesia needs to answer for its broken promises
Political arrests have been on the rise in recent years in restive West Papua, and the local population is pushing for a new referendum on independence