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Education
Dismantling barriers and chasing dreams with the Dylan Alcott Foundation
Navigating the demands of university can be tough for any student. But for those living with disability, overcoming the everyday obstacles to success requires a vastly different level of determination – a reality Australian Paralympic sporting legend Dylan Alcott AO understands all too well.
Alumni, Community
National Volunteer Week: Something for everyone
This National Volunteer Week, we caught up with a student, graduate and community members on why they choose to give their time.
Alumni
The power of cultural learning and teaching
For primary school teacher Kye Foster and university lecturer Dr Anthony McKnight, education is much more than what is taught in the classroom.
Business and Economy
Don’t let HECS–HELP reform lead us down a slippery slope
Proposed government changes to the HECS-HELP system aim to reduce the indexation rate on student loans by tying it to the lower of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) or the Wage Price Index (WPI). While it is welcome relief for those with student debt, could it ultimately do more harm than good?
Alumni, Health and Medicine
Beloved UOW academic awarded posthumous PhD
Mother, wife, daughter, sister, aunt, friend. Nurse, teacher, student, researcher, author, patient.
Community, Students
Social work students celebrate the beauty of community
More than 50 qualified and trainee social workers spent a day immersed in the beauty of nature and in the concept of community last week to celebrate World Social Work Day.