French Review call for submissions extended: Your say is important
Justin Yerbury launches Motor Neurone Disease Research Appeal
UOW researchers awarded $3.3M in health and medical grants
UOW researchers awarded $6.8M for Discovery Projects
UOW spinout MOSkin makes radiation therapy safer
NSW Law Society President is one of our own
Seven UOW academics in international who’s who of influential researchers
UOW School of Law’s outstanding rankings results
Staff
See All2019 Staff Season’s Greetings Video 2: What do you love about working at UOW?
Continuing with our Season’s Greetings profiling of staff from across the University, watch and see why our staff think UOW is a great place to work. Each response highlights just how important it is to be able to share our daily experiences with great teams and opportunities.
University Council 2020 election results
Pod Decorating Competition: Finalists announced
Operations
See AllHoliday shutdown and switch off
Shutdown and switch off what you can over the break and help save unnecessary electricity use at UOW. During the break Wollongong Campus air-conditioning will be scheduled to function as it normally would on a Sunday.
Level 2 water restrictions for Sydney and Illawarra regions
Christmas and New Year bus schedules
Staff Interviews
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 AllComments Welcome – Review of Academic Advice to Students Policy: Closing 13 December
A review of the Academic Advice to Students Policy and Guidelines on Good Practice Provision of Academic Advice to Students is now underway. The Academic Advice to Students Policy sets out the framework for the provision of general and specialised academic advice to students and was last reviewed under the guidance of a working group in 2016.
UOW hosts 2019 Fellowship and Alumni Awards
International conference shines a light on equity in higher education
International
See AllGenerous donation sees fund established for global research
A new fund has been established within the Global Challenges Program at the University of Wollongong (UOW) thanks to a generous donation from two young philanthropists. The Olivier Ferrer Fund will allow researchers at UOW to address some of the most pressing issues facing the global community.
High-achievers chosen as 2020 New Colombo Plan Scholars
UOW hosts 2019 Agent Partner visit
Research
See AllNew research to tackle Australia’s two biggest killers
The Morrison Government is delivering $12 million worth of research grants through its Cardiovascular Health Mission to tackle the nation’s two biggest killers – heart disease and stroke. This investment will support innovative, high quality, collaborative research that focuses on prevention, early-intervention, treatment and survivorship of heart disease and stroke.
UOW to host International Conference featuring Nobel Laureate and Symposium on Diversity in Chemistry
UOW researchers awarded $3.3M in health and medical grants
Community
See AllAussies are devastated by the drought: Here’s how you can join IGA in making a difference.
Aussie farmers are enduring one of the hardest droughts in living memory. Not only can we see the impacts of drought here in our local area, but we’re also aware of the devastation in rural Australia, with headlines reporting heartbreaking dormancy in regional communities.