University of Wollongong
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On Campus
USyd makes $500m surplus, Mark Scott gets $150k pay rise
The University of Sydney (USyd) recorded a $500 million surplus in 2024 and boosted its vice-chancellor Mark Scott’s pay by…
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On Campus
‘Strategically incoherent’: Why are universities cutting languages?
The University of Tasmania’s (UTAS) move to cut its Indonesian language program amid plummeting enrolments has been described as “shortsighted”…
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Workforce
University of Wollongong job cuts climb from 95 to 270
Planned job cuts at the University of Wollongong (UOW) could hit 270 after the university announced it will extend its…
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Top Stories
92 jobs cut and subjects ‘disestablished’ at Wollongong uni
The University of Wollongong (UOW) has confirmed 91.6 full-time equivalent positions will be cut in a financial restructure, after revealing…
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Top Stories
New University of Wollongong vice-chancellor announced
Professor Max Lu will move to Australia to be the University of Wollongong's (UOW) sixth vice-chancellor in May next year.…
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News
Wollongong uni considers cutting all language courses, STEM, geography
The University of Wollongong (UOW) is in the process of deciding what job and subject cuts it will make in…
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Podcasts
Uni chief reflects on diverse career: podcast
The Honorary Fellowship Award handed down by Australia's largest nursing union, the Royal College of Nursing, went to Professor Patricia…
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Policy & Reform
Universities will be the beacon of information, values and bridging of ideas: opinion
Almost everything that has saved the world from the pandemic has been the product of a university – from vaccines…
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Commentary
How do we fulfil great expectations? opinion
One of the biggest motivations for many that work in higher education is observing and supporting its potential to transform…
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News
‘We can‘t tolerate that’: UOW students expelled from dorms for COVID breaches
A handful of students from a top university have been expelled from their accommodation after they hosted dorm room parties during lockdown.…
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Podcasts
HEDx Podcast – Great Expectations of Leaders – Episode 34
Patricia Davidson, the new VC of Wollongong University in NSW, joins HEDx to outline the compassionate approach to leadership she…
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Commentary
Online learning must incorporate student needs and expectations – Opinion
As we look to a post-COVID era and a recalibration of teaching and learning to our new world order, we…
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News
Max Crawford Medal recipient for 2021: nothing was ‘inevitable’ about how Australia formed
Wollongong-based historian Dr Andre Brett is the recipient of the Australian Academy of Humanities’ 2021 Max Crawford Medal. The Max…
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Podcasts
HEDx podcast – Leading Disruptive Change: Strategy in a War Zone? Episode 20
CampusReview · HEDx Podcast - Leading Disruptive Change: Strategy in a War Zone? Episode 20 In this episode, DVC Education…
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Features
‘I felt like I had walked into a thick fog’: Going to university as a mature-age student
Back in the 1950s and 1960s it was virtually unheard of for someone over age 23 to commence university study –…
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News
NTEU drops Ramsay Centre suit against UOW
Australia’s tertiary education union had dropped legal action against the University of Wollongong (UOW) after the university’s council approved the…
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News
Weekly roundup 5: major university rankings released and NTEU slams UOW Council decision
Hi and welcome to another Campus Review weekly roundup of the top news stories we covered this week. I’m Wade…
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News
NTEU outraged over UOW Council decision
The Ramsay Centre’s Bachelor of Arts in Western Civilisation and associated double degree will commence in 2020 at the University…
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News
Students isolated, disengaged by online courses
As enrollments in online courses continue to rise, new research has shown universities need to do more to make their…
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News
New UOW health precinct to create 2,000 jobs
The University of Wollongong's new health and wellbeing precinct will include Australia's first patient-centred health clinic to offer aged care,…
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News
NSW Universities chosen to tackle cyber challenges
Seven Australian universities have been selected to lead a cyber security network announced by the NSW Government on Friday. The $2…
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Wollongong faculty mergers outlined
The new plan for the university is not about reducing staff, says the vice-chancellor, but about using their resources better.…
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Students’ superhuman device
Australian students’ have unleashed a superhuman power, giving people the ability the see through solid objects. It seems that x-ray vision…
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