51

Inside the world of mental health nursing

Where compassion meets care.

Associate Professor Christopher Patterson recognised for life-saving act

The registered nurse and academic managed to save the life of a colleague on a day out with his son.

How to ace your final HSC exams

Practical advice, ideas, and tips to help you finish strong.

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 51 (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

The passion powering tomorrow's nurses

To mark International Nurses Day (Sunday, 12 May), we asked past and current UOW nursing students to share their inspiring journeys, aspirations, and the driving force behind their choice to embark on a career in nursing. Embracing newfound opportunities in pursuit of a dream, their stories portray an authentic fulfillment in caring for others.

Wheelchair racing legend Louise Sauvage receives Honorary Doctorate

Louise Sauvage has always been driven by a philosophy of “see an opportunity and take it”.

The importance of the arts

Geoff Morrell’s career is rare. He is among a small cohort of actors to make a career almost exclusively on the Australian screen, with more than 80 screen credits to his name.

Beloved UOW academic awarded posthumous PhD

Mother, wife, daughter, sister, aunt, friend. Nurse, teacher, student, researcher, author, patient.

World Health Day: My health, my right

Although health is recognised as a human right and enshrined in constitutions worldwide, it isn’t always accessible or achievable. From cancer research to nutritious eating, these UOW alumni are helping change the lives of people everywhere.

Capturing the beauty and pain of motherhood

At the age of 31, Dr Emma Darragh started over. Her youngest child was in kindergarten, her marriage had ended, and she was looking for her next chapter, so to speak.