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Monday 23 December 2024
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Law, Politics and Society
Unclear about fairness, Australia’s major parties focus on expediency
Scott Morrison said the government’s changes to superannuation were done in the name of fairness, writes UOW's Associate Professor Gregory Melleuish.
UOW accommodation project reaches new heights
Construction is well underway at UOW with stage one and two of the new accommodation residences taking shape on campus.
Education
Innovative children’s book boosts executive functioning
As an alternative to expensive and time consuming computerised ‘brain-training’ activities, UOW researchers have developed a children’s book that boosts early executive functions.
Health and Medicine
Equipping students with the skills needed to manage dementia
Pilot project to help the next generation of professionals tackle the growing issue of dementia in Australia.
Health and Medicine
Don’t hang up yet: the latest study linking mobile phones to cancer has big problems
There is still no firm evidence that mobile phones cause cancer, writes Professor Rodney Croft.
Education
UOW announces smoke-free campus environments
The University of Wollongong (UOW) is going smoke-free next month in a move designed to improve the health and wellbeing of all campus users.