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Monday 15 July 2024
UOW researcher helping change the game for elite female athletes
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Careers Expo puts students in touch with Australian graduate recruiters
Dozens of final year students made the most of a valuable opportunity to meet and greet graduate recruiters at the 2014 Graduate Careers Expo at the URAC Sports Hub on 6 March.
UOW Alumni asks the question: When will Australia swear in its second female Prime Minster?
Founder and Executive Director of Australian Centre for Leadership for Women (ACLW) and Honorary Fellow of the Australian Institute of Business Well-Being (AIBWB) at UOW Diann Rodgers-Healey celebrated International Women’s Day 2014 with the launch of her latest publication, ‘Considerations for Australia’s Next Woman Prime Minister,’ at Parliament House Sydney.
Broken bodies pay tribute to a bygone craze in 24-hr dance marathon
“One couple, and only one, will waltz out of here over broken bodies, broken dreams, carrying the grand prize of $1500 silver dollars”, cries actor Gigi Young’s character Rocky in the 1969 Sydney Pollack film They shoot horses, don’t they?
WorkCover and university renew safety commitment
WorkCover NSW and the University of Wollongong (UOW) officially reinforced their commitment to the safety of the University’s workers and students through the renewal of their safety alliance on 5 March.
Training police to better respond to people with mental illness
Police are not equipped to deal with people experiencing mental illness, writes Associate Professor Stuart Thomas.
UOW researcher devises strategies to cut salt and reduce disease
With the average Australian consuming around eight to nine times more sodium than they need for good health, public health experts are devising salt reduction strategies to help prevent diseases associated with elevated sodium levels, such as hypertension, heart disease and stroke.