Consultation sessions and focus groups
UOW's Gender-based Violence Response and Prevention Plan
The Australian Government has released the National Code for Australian Universities to Prevent and Respond to Gender-based Violence. At UOW, we see preventing gender-based violence as a moral responsibility as well as a legal requirement.
To ensure our approach reflects the needs and experiences of our UOW community, we are inviting students to participate in consultation. Your insights are essential in helping us design effective, meaningful and student-centred prevention and response frameworks.
Please register your interest to be part of these consultations.
Once registered, the Gender-based Violence Project Team will contact you with available focus group times and next steps.
Student Voice Australasia — Students with Disability Leadership Collective
Join students from universities across Australia for the first Student Voice Australasia Students with Disability Leadership Collective (SDLC) meeting of 2026.
The SDLC brings students with disability representative leaders together with student and staff advocates from across the Australian higher education sector. At the meeting, you'll have the opportunity to provide feedback and learn about new mentoring initiatives for students.
Tuesday 21 April
11 am – 12 pm AEST
Please register here if you would like to be involved.
Student Voice Australasia — 2026 Student Voice Symposium Working Group
Student Voice Australasia is pleased to announce the University of Canberra (UC) as host of their 2026 major events as follows — be sure to save the dates!
Wednesday, 7 October – Student Summit
Thursday, 8 October – Student Voice Symposium
Want to be involved?
Proudly led by the UC Student Representative Council, we are now calling for Expressions of Interest (EOI) from students and staff to join our working group. All students from UOW are welcome to apply and you may express your interest here..
Safe and Respectful Communities (SARC), Wellbeing and Complaints services
These focus groups have now concluded.
We’ve listened carefully to your feedback and, based on what you told us, we’ve developed a revised change proposal that better reflects the priorities and expectations of our student community. To see how your feedback has informed the revised proposal, please visit AskUOW.
Further feedback can be submitted (anonymously if you prefer) via this student feedback survey.
Library, Student Academic Success and Careers Student Services
These consultation sessions have now concluded.
UOW plans to bring together a range of student services on the Ground Floor of the Library to create a more connected and accessible experience for all students.
Key feedback from students
The following feedback was received from students in a consultation session on 14 October, 2025.
- The ground floor of the library is a valuable space for group and individual study. It has a good balance of quiet for study but enough noise that you can have a conversation. Any changes to this space shouldn't take away the focus on study.
- Students worry that introducing AskUOW services might change the current vibe and disrupt the calm environment.
- Careers and academic support are valued but need to be easier to find and access. Having the Student Success Hub in building 19 makes it hard to find. Students agreed that locating this service to the Library would make it more accessible and visible.
- The idea of installing computers where students can book appointments and find information was welcomed.
- Improvements could be made to make the space more welcoming to Indigenous Students.
- Students value the services provided by the Academic Skills Centre within the library and discussed that it was easy to find, locate and loved that they could book appointments and use drop in assistance as needed