Recipients announced for the 2020 Vice-Chancellor’s Awards
It gives me great pleasure to announce the recipients of this year’s Vice-Chancellor’s Awards.
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UOW return to campus: COVID-19 framework and roadmap
A team of staff led by the Chief Operating Officer have been working on preparations for a phased reopening and safe pathway of staff and students to our campuses over the remainder of 2020.
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We’re all in this together: UOW staff and the Illawarra community support students
There’s no denying the enormous impact that COVID-19 has had on our university students.
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Paid parking suspended on campus until 30 September
The University has extended the suspension of campus parking permit payroll deductions for all staff with Wollongong and Innovation campus permits for an additional three month period until 30 September 2020.
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New faculty structures to take effect from 1 July
On 12 June, Council approved the new faculty structures; the Faculty of the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (ASSH) and Business and Law (BAL), to take effect from 1 July 2020.
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Subject readings spring session: Submit by this Friday
Submit your subject readings online by 10 July 2020 to give the library time to provide the resources you need for your students in Session 2.
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UOW honoured for LGBTQI+ inclusion
UOW was again named among the nation’s most inclusive employers on Thursday 11 June 2020 achieving a Bronze Award for the Australian Workplace Equality Index (AWEI).
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Adam Gilchrist thanks UOW nursing graduate
UOW Brand Ambassador and cricketing legend Adam Gilchrist has posted a shout-out to UOW nursing graduate Sharon Varghese in an Austrade ‘Student Hero’ initiative designed to recognise the contribution of Indian students to the Australian community.
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Staff
See AllCOVID-19 self-isolation requirements for staff returning from Victoria
July 9, 2020
The NSW government has recently updated COVID-19 self-isolation requirements to now include anyone returning from Victoria in the last 14 days. Any staff who have visited Victoria within the last 14 days can continue to work remotely, or access leave provisions available to them.
Professional development with HR (PODS)
July 9, 2020
Recipients announced for the 2020 Vice-Chancellor’s Awards
July 9, 2020
Operations
See AllMoodle outage
July 9, 2020
Moodle and Mahara will be unavailable from 11pm Friday 17 July until 3am Saturday 18 July (AEST) while the vendor conducts important database upgrades. This will only effect Moodle and Mahara, all other services will operate as normal.
Web Kiosk shutdown and Unified go-live
July 9, 2020
Zoom meetings must have a password from Monday 13 July
July 9, 2020
Staff Interviews
Tanya Barton-Saad – Administration Officer/Assistant to the Operations Manager, Learning Teaching & Curriculum (LTC)
Brondalie Martin – Programs Coordinator with the Academic Development and Recognition (ADR) team
Xinru Yu – International Officer, Faculty of Business
Faisel Tubbal – Lab Manager for School of Electrical, Computer and Telecommunications Engineering (SECTE)
Victoria Traynor – Professor of Nursing
Hayley Rodd – Marketing and Communications Coordinator, Commercial Developments Unit
Ellie Taylor – Research Coordinator (Acting) and Project Officer, Faculty of Social Sciences
Nik Milosevski – Senior Manager, Education, Faculty of Law, Humanities & the Arts
Pippa Burns – Lecturer, School of Medicine, Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health
Carlee Mottley – Animal Facility Technical Officer, School of Earth, Atmospheric & Life Sciences SEALS, Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health
Dr. Joshua Fan – Senior Lecturer, Sydney Business School, Faculty of Business
Tracey Wilson – Student CRM Senior Manager Business Solutions, Student Services Division
Robyn Dawson – Administration Manager, Sustainable Buildings Research Centre, Faculty of Engineering & Information Sciences
Alfredo Paloyo – Senior Lecturer, School of Accounting, Economics and Finance, Faculty of Business
Margie Jantti – Director, Library Services, UOW Library
Dominic Riordan – Director, Academic Quality and Standards
Mary Barrett – Professor of Management, School of Management, Operations & Marketing, Faculty of Business
Keith Horton – Lecturer in Philosophy, School of Humanities & Social Inquiry, Faculty of Law, Humanities & the Arts
Rochelle Boys – Employability and Employer Programs Officer, Acting Business Development Coordinator
Justin Yerbury – Professorial Fellow in Neurodegenerative Disease, Head of MND Research Team, Faculty of Science, Medicine & Health
Associate Professor Trish Mundy – Associate Dean Education, Faculty of Law, Humanities & the Arts
Jose Gonzalez – Technical Officer, School of Mechanical, Materials, Mechatronics & Biomedical, Faculty of Engineering & Information Sciences
Sanja Sreckovic – Coordinator, EIS Central, Faculty of Engineering & Information Sciences
Associate Professor David Mercer – Science and Technology Studies (STS), School of History & Social Inquiry, Faculty of Law, Humanities & the Arts
Kristy Newton – Digital Literacies Coordinator, UOW Library
Sasha Nikolic – Senior Lecturer, School of Electrical, Computer & Telecom Engineering, Faculty of Engineering & Information Sciences
Emma Purdy – Manager, Course Portfolio, Academic Quality and Standards
Sonya Ollerenshaw – Collection Development Officer, UOW Library
Associate Professor Steven Howard – Teaching and Research Academic, School of Education, Faculty of Social Sciences
Roza Dimeska – Technical Officer, School of Chemistry & Molecular Biosciences, Faculty of Science, Medicine & Health
Professor Stuart Johnstone – Teaching and Research Academic, School of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences
Samantha Peace – Management Cadet, Professional and Organisational Development Services
Shelley Rae King (JP) – Legal and Executive Assistant to the Director of Governance and Legal
Nathan Riggir – Maker/MediaSpace Coordinator, UOW Library
Dr Karen Raubenheimer – Postdoctoral Research Fellow, ANCORS, Faculty of Law, Humanities & the Arts
Dr. Ann Rogerson – Director of Academic Integrity and Assessment, Faculty of Business
Distinguished Prof Buddhima Indraratna – Coordinator of the Centre for Geomechanics and Railway Engineering, Faculty of Engineering & Information Sciences
Dr Michelle Voyer – Postdoctoral Research Fellow, ANCORS, Faculty of Law, Humanities & the Arts
Michelle Phillips – Coordinator, TNE Systems Support, Transnational Education & Alliances
Jaymee Beveridge – Director, Woolyungah Indigenous Centre (WIC)
Education
See AllUOW nursing lecturer honoured in International Year of the Nurse
July 9, 2020
The past few months have, once again, highlighted the tremendous role that nurses play in our daily lives. It is a familiar theme throughout history.
How art helps children to thrive
July 9, 2020
The future is here: Remote Work Integrated Leaning (WIL) at UOW in 2020 and beyond
July 7, 2020
International
See AllLast chance to register for school holiday football program
June 30, 2020
Junior football players in the region will have the opportunity to receive professional coaching by UEFA qualified coaches from English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur these school holidays. Players will take part in four training sessions across one week of the school holidays, with a 90-minute session each day (morning or afternoon).
UOW offshore update
June 25, 2020
Meet Robert Gold, UOW Tottenham Hotspur Global Football Program Coach
June 25, 2020
Research
See AllWollongong scientists part of team developing ‘second skin’ for burns victims
July 9, 2020
The ability to print layers of ‘skin’ directly onto a patient with burns or other severe skin wounds and conditions is one step closer thanks to a new collaboration. The technique – which could one day replace painful skin grafting – would use the patient’s own stem cells in a ‘bioink’ that would be inserted into a specialised 3D bioprinter and applied to the wound.
Significant updates to the Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC)
July 2, 2020
Why Yasmine’s research is deeply personal
June 30, 2020
Community
See AllStaff generosity supports teacher training in Tanzania
July 7, 2020
Amanda Handcock and Brianna Throsby are UOW Master of Education students who had never met until a life-changing 14 days in Tanzania brought them together. Earlier this year, the pair found themselves team-teaching at remote, rural primary schools in the Babati district of Tanzania along with eight other UOW students.
We’re all in this together: UOW staff and the Illawarra community support students
June 30, 2020
UniClub UOW Rotaract is making an impact in the community
June 30, 2020