Gender expression and my non-binary identity
A personal reflection by UOW staff member Kit West
Home truths on housing affordability
Exploring solutions to the housing affordability crisis in UOW's latest Luminaries webinar
UOW medical student combines passion for healthcare and literacy
Teaching the next generation.
Dismantling barriers and chasing dreams with the Dylan Alcott Foundation
Meet UOW’s Dylan Alcott Foundation scholars
Diving into marine life mysteries with UOW’s MAVE Lab
Uncovering the work of the Marine Vertebrate Ecology Lab
We bring to life subjects that illustrate the impact our students, teaching, research and graduates make in the world.
The Stand exists to unlock the knowledge and expertise inside the University of Wollongong (UOW), telling stories about our people and their accomplishments that inform, educate and inspire. This magazine was born out of a renewed sense of place, purpose and values that will guide the University in fulfilling its role in exploring how to resolve society’s large and complex social, environmental and economic challenges.
We believe education is one of the most powerful transformative forces on communities and individuals. It opens minds and helps people find purpose, meaning – and solutions for the world’s most pressing challenges.
This is our unified story – a story that draws on our past, understands the present, and looks to the future.
Articles
Business and Economy, Arts and Culture, Study areas
Netflix has your number
Every time you click play, streaming services are capturing data about who you are, what you like, and what you are likely to choose in the future.
Study areas
2016: The Year in Review
It was a huge year for the University of Wollongong, with 2016 heralding remarkable discoveries, technological advancements, groundbreaking new buildings, and fascinating stories from our diverse student body. UOW photojournalist Paul Jones showcases his photographic year in review.
Community, Health and Medicine, Study areas
Placement on the path to recovery
An Australian-first Recovery Camp is creating an environment where therapeutic relationships can be built from the ground up.
Community, Health and Medicine, Study areas
No-needle diabetes
Managing complex conditions such as diabetes could be made cheaper and simpler following the development of a copper film that detects glucose from sweat or tears.
Community, Health and Medicine, Study areas
Disease freeze frame
Old enemies are making a comeback. Diseases such as pneumonia, tuberculosis, and malaria are stealing ground won over the past century. Antibiotics that help patients undergoing chemotherapy and routine surgery to fight infection are under threat.
Study areas
Saving the Fitzroy Falls Spiny Crayfish
Burrowed into the icy creek beds of the Southern Highlands lives a tiny population of critically endangered native crayfish. The rarest crayfish in NSW, in fact.