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Lessons in kindness
Inter-cultural learning programs provide students with opportunities to step outside comfort zones, challenge assumptions, and grow both personally and professionally.
Groundbreaking new fund empowers students through placements
Placement poverty is a silent crisis affecting thousands of students who complete unpaid placements as part of their degrees.
Proud times two: Dr Scott Avery on Aboriginality, deafness and advocacy
As a university student in the 1980s and 90s, Scott Avery says being deaf is something he dealt with privately. Now he is using his platform to put equity at the forefront.
Indigenous business owner's advice for aspiring artists: "You're ready now"
Caitlin Trindall has always been creative. Some of her earliest memories involve arts and craft. 鈥淚 was obsessed with anything arty crafty 鈥 from jewellery making, drawing, painting, mosaics, scrapbooking. I went through it all,鈥 she explains.
Hannah Diviney: Changing the narrative from page to screen
鈥淚'm like a computer with too many tabs open,鈥 laughs Hannah Diviney. The description suits the 25-year-old writer, actress, and disability advocate who graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Creative Writing) and Bachelor of International Studies from UOW in 2021.
UOW students revamp Tanzanian school dormitory thanks to Brew Bequest
UOW students, supported by the Cynthia Brew Bequest, transform a Tanzanian primary school dormitory, inspiring a lifelong love for humanitarianism.