UOW

For 2021 Careers Central are pleased to announce that they are running a STEM Virtual Careers Week over 2-6 August.

Are you an early-career researcher?

Dear Colleagues, I hope you continue to stay safe and well during the fourth week of Greater Sydney’s lockdown.

The ‘Planning for Business Success’ program, delivered through UOW College at the UOW Bega campus has helped 30 local businesses access free vocational training to help them develop well-defined business plans.

Award recognises Hamish Clarke’s outstanding research contributions to bushfire risk and climate change impacts.

UOW is celebrating National Reconciliation Week (27 May to 3 June) through various events and activities to grow awareness and understanding of Indigenous culture, knowledge and history, and build a more cohesive and equitable community.

From 27 May to 22 June, UOW is hosting information evenings throughout NSW and the ACT to help students and parents learn more about studying at UOW.

This beautiful artwork was commissioned by the Indigenous Strategy Office in a collaborative partnership with the  School of Earth, Atmospheric and Life Sciences (SEALS) here at UOW.  The piece was designed and developed by Sammy Hill,  a local Aboriginal graphic design and contemporary artist with connections to Dharawal/ Wandandian country (Sammy Hill Creative Design) .   Sammy’s inspiration for this piece is drawn from country, for country with the use of local flora and fauna from the region and has key words drawn from our  Acknowledgment of Country  developed  by the Aboriginal Staff and community of UOW.

Prestigious honour celebrates contribution of academics to UOW teaching, research and community Five distinguished academics have been admitted as Emeritus Professors to the UOW Honours List, recognising their immense contribution to their field of expertise and mentoring the next generation of researchers.

Children like to play with slime – you can pull it apart and put it back together again as the material heals itself, and it is a non-toxic material.

This podcast series by two pun-loving scientists will take listeners behind the scenes of some of the world’s most advanced research into the natural and cultural history of Australia and its nearest neighbours.

The talent, creativity and impact of UOW alumni and academics reach far and wide.

Experiment reveals the chemical changes undergone by artefacts found in caves inhabited by bats In an experiment to understand better how ancient artefacts are altered by the sediment in which they are buried for thousands of years, Australian archaeological scientists buried bones, stones, charcoal and other items in bat guano, cooked it, and analysed how this affected the different items.

“Money.

Interactive mapping project explores human-shark encounters and their effects on ocean-users Researchers at UOW are asking Illawarra and South Coast residents to share details of encounters they have had with sharks, in an effort to better understand the full gamut of human-shark relations.