Let's celebrate LGBTIQ inclusion for IDAHOBIT

Dr Jonathon Mackay on the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT)

The power of cultural learning and teaching

The student becomes the teacher at NSW's first bilingual Aboriginal language school

What every parent should know about the path to university

How to prep teens for their next crucial step.

The passion powering tomorrow's nurses

Sharing student experiences to recognise International Nurses Day

Are we facing an online identity crisis?

Updated: Stream the latest UOW Luminaries webinar series in full.

Welcome to The Stand Magazine

We bring to life subjects that illustrate the impact our students, teaching, research and graduates make in the world.

The Stand exists to unlock the knowledge and expertise inside the University of Wollongong (UOW), telling stories about our people and their accomplishments that inform, educate and inspire. This magazine was born out of a renewed sense of place, purpose and values that will guide the University in fulfilling its role in exploring how to resolve society’s large and complex social, environmental and economic challenges.

We believe education is one of the most powerful transformative forces on communities and individuals. It opens minds and helps people find purpose, meaning – and solutions for the world’s most pressing challenges.

This is our unified story – a story that draws on our past, understands the present, and looks to the future.

Articles

For the love of health and education

Steve Jobs once said, “Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do.”

Traversing career stereotypes

Throughout history, women and men have chosen careers that were either expected, inherited or simply all that were available to them. Choices were limited, particularly for women who were often guided into caring and nurturing roles such as nursing or teaching, while men were steered towards more physically taxing or technical endeavours.

Born of Steel

If it wasn’t for the vision and generosity of the Illawarra community, who united to support the creation of a place of higher learning in their region, the University of Wollongong would not be the thriving world-class institution it is today.

How Zac is living the dream

For the past five years, Zachary Bennett-Brook's life has been sprinkled with a series of what he calls "pinch me" moments.

Healing the land to heal ourselves

When we think of bushfires, the issues of long-term drought and climate change spring to mind. But it seems the problem behind our fires runs much deeper and longer – and is now in short supply.

Creating a brighter future for Papua New Guineans

Life in the third world has never been easy. Access to health care, sanitation, education and general safety has been a constant battle for many. The Coronavirus pandemic has added a whole new layer of health management to an already underprivileged nation.