Back in the 1950s and 1960s it was virtually unheard of for someone over age 23 to commence university study – at any level. There was a general perception that older individuals had already ‘run their course’ and the idea of ...

Australia’s tertiary education union had dropped legal action against the University of Wollongong (UOW) after the university’s council approved the controversial Ramsay Centre Western Civilisation Degree in June. The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU), which commenced legal action in the ...

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The Ramsay Centre’s Bachelor of Arts in Western Civilisation and associated double degree will commence in 2020 at the University of Wollongong, despite the university’s Academic Senate disagreeing with the decision. At its meeting last Friday, the University of Wollongong ...

As enrollments in online courses continue to rise, new research has shown universities need to do more to make their online services successful. In the most recent study on the topic, University of Newcastle’s Dr Cathy Stone and University of ...

The University of Wollongong’s new health and wellbeing precinct will include Australia’s first patient-centred health clinic to offer aged care, retirement living, research facilities and teaching programs. Details about the plan released last week confirmed that Lendlease would lead the ...

Seven Australian universities have been selected to lead a cyber security network announced by the NSW Government on Friday. The $2 million project will see the University of Newcastle, UNSW Sydney, Macquarie University, the University of Wollongong, the University of Technology ...

The new plan for the university is not about reducing staff, says the vice-chancellor, but about using their resources better. With his sights firmly set on securing the University of Wollongong a place in the world’s top 1 per cent ...

Australian students’ have unleashed a superhuman power, giving people the ability the see through solid objects. It seems that x-ray vision is no longer just for Superman. Led by professor Salim Bouzerdoum, a group of students from the University of Wollongong, ...