We showcase the impact of UOW students, teaching, research, and graduates on the world. Our mission is to share inspiring stories that educate and motivate, highlighting the transformative power of education in addressing global challenges.
50 Voices
This year, as part of our 50th Anniversary celebrations, we have launched 50 Voices - a content series that celebrates the people who have made UOW what it is today. From labs to libraries, lawns to lecture theatres, hear unique stories from students, staff, alumni, donors, and community members who have had a lasting impact.
Articles
Business and Economy, Law, Politics and Society
The long journey home
From the battlefields of Afghanistan to the battles with his own mind, law student and former special forces soldier Mick Bainbridge is fighting on.
Community, Study areas
The future of housing: building with steel
Standing seven storeys high are two identical apartment blocks; the same in size, look, feel and layout. They are exactly the same, but different. One has a concrete frame, the other cold-formed steel. This difference could change Australian apartments and help expand the country's steel industry.
Community, Study areas
The future of housing
It might be a squeeze on space, but for many families apartments are the housing of the future.
Health and Medicine
Born from the ocean, bound for Antarctica
PhD student Rachelle Balez is ready to take her place and journey to Antarctica in the Homeward Bound leadership initiative for women in science.
Health and Medicine, Study areas
The rise of competitive parenting
Back at the start of her career, Dr Elisabeth Duursma used to visit low-income families in rural Vermont, in the United States. She would watch how the mothers and children played together, but then she noticed that the fathers would be hovering at the back. They were curious, but not taking part.
My first month living on campus
For most students, living on campus or in student accommodation is the highlight of their university experience and it all seems to come down to that sense of community. Whether it's heading out to different places in the Gong with massive groups of friends, finding a study buddy, or lending your neighbour a frypan - we asked two students about their first time living on campus.