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
Community, Students
Social work students celebrate the beauty of community
More than 50 qualified and trainee social workers spent a day immersed in the beauty of nature and in the concept of community last week to celebrate World Social Work Day.
Podcasting pioneers
A desire to share the day to day reality of social workers has seen a podcasting production collective flourish.
Business and Economy
The Airbnb effect
When a business conference saw all San Francisco hotel rooms occupied, two roommates decided to rent out air mattresses on the floor of their apartment.
Students
Combining language and research in French Polynesia for the trip of a lifetime
Spending two weeks in the French Polynesian island of Tahiti sounds like a pipedream for most, but for a group of UOW students, it was just another day in the classroom.
Alumni
From Wollongong to the world
The University of Wollongong graduates whose passion for science is helping change the world.
Alumni
From crash to Colombian classroom
Misfortune can change lives for the better, but that was the last thing on Ed Broadbent’s mind when he found himself on an operating table in India waiting for doctors to mend his broken body.