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Students
How to get a part-time job while studying
At UOW, we provide several avenues to make it a little easier for uni students to find work. Here are seven pathways available to help you replenish your bank balance.
Education
Creating better futures for children
How can early childhood educators mitigate the risk of children falling behind, both intellectually and socially?
Community
If walls could talk
A mural in Sydney’s South West tells a story of strength and determination about a young female student who is passionate about seeking justice for those without a voice, as a human rights lawyer.
5 things no one tells you about finishing university
For many students, submitting that final assignment and finishing university is the motivator that gets them through long nights and difficult assignments. But what happens after the celebrations are over? For UOW graduate, Adelaide Haynes, there are a few things she wished she’d known about that magical moment she'd been waiting for.
General tags, Alumni, Community, Environment and Energy, Study areas, Science and Technology
Turning the tide on plastic pollution
Global plastic pollution is reaching crisis level. This has severe implications for our oceans, our environment, our wildlife and our health, now and into the future. But is it too late to end the plastic pandemic?
How to future-proof your career
Are robots equipped with artificial intelligence replacing people and making jobs redundant? With constant developments in digitisation and automation, it’s fair to say “the future” has arrived. But, there are still a number of human-based, natural intelligence-driven jobs robots simply can’t match…yet.