Digital fatigue is real
But there are ways out of it
Back to the past: How the Taliban took over Afghanistan
The brutal end to the longest war
What is toxic positivity?
How looking only on the bright side can be damaging to mental health.
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Articles
Health and Medicine
Digital fatigue is real
A few tips on how to combat emotional exhaustion while in lockdown
Law, Politics and Society
Back to the past: How the Taliban took over Afghanistan
What will Afghanistan’s future look like under Taliban rule? UOW Deputy Vice Chancellor (Education) and Afghanistan expert Professor Theo Farrell unpacks the situation.
Community, Health and Medicine, Stories
What is toxic positivity?
As NSW continues its second and strictest COVID lockdown, there has been plenty of focus on maintaining a positive outlook.
Environment and Energy, Health and Medicine, Stories
How to choose milk for yourself and the environment
The acceptance of alternative milk in Australia is booming, with plant-based products equating seven per cent of milk consumed and the industry worth around $230 million in 2020.
Environment and Energy
Plastic is no longer just a marine problem
“More and more, we are finding that microplastics are in the atmosphere, in the mountains, in the ice caps, in the human environment.”
Ensuring access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all
SDG seven is working towards ‘ensuring access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all’. Universities play an integral role in this, through research, teaching, community and industry engagement, knowledge exchange, advocacy and of course, campus operations.