Artificial intelligence: friend or foe?
AI and the future of art, academia, and ethics
5 tips for keeping yourself safe online
According to a cybersecurity expert
3 tips to avoid procrastinating
We're all guilty of it.
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Artificial intelligence: friend or foe?
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been praised for its ability to solve complex problems and make amazing artworks.* So where does that leave humans?
Arts and Culture, Features, Opinion
What are the ethics of creating fictionalised true crime?
As actor Evan Peters accepted his Golden Globe for his portrayal of the title character in Dahmer - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story (Dahmer), real-life victims were still healing.
Features, Student stories
Combining language and research in French Polynesia for the trip of a lifetime
Spending two weeks in the French Polynesian island of Tahiti sounds like a pipedream for most, but for a group of UOW students, it was just another day in the classroom.
Environment and Energy, Features
The truth about Australia’s plastic problem
Despite Australia’s small population, it is consistently one of the largest producers of waste in the OECD
Features, Stories
Five reasons to study postgrad at UOW in 2023
Celebrating the New Year evokes a time of reflection and future planning.
Features, Student stories
Living her dream
When Siobhan Heywood left school in Year 11 to help care for her father, she thought she’d also left behind her dreams of going to university.