As the campaign for an Indigenous Voice to parliament ramps up nationwide, universities have begun to air their stance on the upcoming referendum. On Saturday the Prime Minister declared a “national week of action” to raise awareness in favour of ...
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Universities will consider giving staff the option to work on Australia Day following an ongoing debate around the controversial date. Earlier this month, the University of Wollongong announced they would let staff work on January 26 saying it wasn't “a ...
More »New 3D chemistry model for visually-impaired students
A chemistry professor has created a new 3D-printed model to enable visually-impaired students to understand their university courses better. Associate Professor Aaron Oakley from the University of Wollongong says he first came up with the idea after he discovered two ...
More »UOW secures deal with India to expand offshore
The University of Wollongong is set to become the first Australian university to have a teaching base in India after it signed a historic agreement with Gujarat city officials this week. On Wednesday, UOW and representatives from Gujarat International Finance Tec-City ...
More »QS World Rankings 2023: ANU, USYD and UniMelb among top 50
Australian universities have slipped in the latest round of international higher education rankings, with only five local institutions placing in the world's top 50. The Australian National University ranked as the nation's best institution, but also dropped three places to ...
More »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 have to consider the way in which we describe our educational activities and also how we adjust expectations and learning norms.
More »Union takes Supreme Court action on UOW over Ramsay Centre degree
The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) is taking the University of Wollongong and its vice chancellor Professor Paul Wellings to the Supreme Court over the approval process used to create its Ramsay Centre degree. The union lodged a claim in ...
More »Details of Western civilisation degree published
The controversial Western Civilisation degree, currently homed at the University of Wollongong, has released its syllabus. It covers ancient Greece, Rome, the Middle Ages and Early Renaissance, and the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries through to today, via the lenses of ...
More »UOW’s Ramsay Centre deal sparks renewed debate
After shopping around for more than a year, the Ramsay Centre for Western Civilisation has found an unlikely partner: the University of Wollongong. Perhaps not the Centre's first choice – the deal was struck after negotiations with at least ANU, ...
More »Cash cows or human capital? Perspectives on international students in Australia seminar: Part 1
There was controversy before Campus Review's latest conference, 'Cash cows or human capital? Perspectives on international students in Australia', began. "The title of this conference is offensive to international students and to the staff who teach and look after them," ...
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