The Honorary Fellowship Award handed down by Australia's largest nursing union, the Royal College of Nursing, went to Professor Patricia M. Davidson this year, recognising her distinguished career as a nurse, researcher and educator.  Having co-authored over 500 journal articles ...

Almost everything that has saved the world from the pandemic has been the product of a university – from vaccines through to providing our communities with competent health professionals.

One of the biggest motivations for many that work in higher education is observing and supporting its potential to transform lives.  For those first in family to experience higher education, it opens up new opportunities, and futures. It creates loyalty to ...

A handful of students from a top university have been expelled from their accommodation after they hosted dorm room parties during lockdown. The students have been removed from Campus East of the University of Wollongong (UOW) for breaching NSW Health orders by having two gatherings ...

Patricia Davidson, the new VC of Wollongong University in NSW, joins HEDx to outline the compassionate approach to leadership she has brought to her first 90 days. She outlines the challenges she perceives for the sector, its staff and its students.  ...

As we look to a post-COVID era and a recalibration of teaching and learning to our new world order, we have to consider the way in which we describe our educational activities and also how we adjust expectations and learning norms.

Wollongong-based historian Dr Andre Brett is the recipient of the Australian Academy of Humanities’ 2021 Max Crawford Medal. The Max Crawford Medal is Australia’s most prestigious award for achievement and promise in the humanities, and is awarded to an Australian-based, ...

CampusReview · HEDx Podcast - Leading Disruptive Change: Strategy in a War Zone? Episode 20 In this episode, DVC Education at the University of Wollongong Professor Theo Farrell joins Karl and Martin on HEDx to describe AFR award-winning staff engagement ...

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 ...