Why mentoring made all the difference

The UOW Mentoring Program continues to unlock the professional power of alumni and student connections.

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Transforming legal minds

How a unique law internship is making a lasting impact on students’ careers

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Hometown heroes: Regional teachers making a local difference

Meet the graduates of UOW's Master of Teaching program building futures in their own communities.

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Welcome to The Stand Magazine

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

Alumni

China Alumni Events

Thank you for attending our alumni events in China in October. It was great to see so many alumni enjoying each others company and making connections.
Health and Medicine

From refugee to GP

Ram Khanal was raised in a Bhutanese refugee camp. Now the student of medicine is working to bring healthcare to those in need.
Health and Medicine, Study areas

All the lonely people

This is a story about loneliness. It’s about the ways we survive the churning swells of modern society and the face we present to the world.
Education

Engineers with empathy

A few years ago, Dave Walker had a brainwave while on a plane to Rwanda. The UOW Rwanda Project was born.

Community, Health and Medicine

The race to save Chloe Saxby

On the surface, Chloe Saxby is just like any other nine-year-old girl.
Arts and Culture, Community, Study areas

I speak because I can

The experience of raising her disabled son has drawn a UOW linguist into unusual territory – where communication is non-verbal and families are silent.