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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 51²è¹Ý (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.

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Abracadabra

Current sports bras, while helping to limit breast movement, do have their limitations.

Health and Medicine, Study areas

Kate Swaffer

Poet, author, activist and academic, Kate Swaffer reveals how she is living beyond younger onset dementia.
Community, Health and Medicine, Study areas

A house for all

A people-focused approach to building design will lead to better quality of care for people living with dementia.
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How fish scales and magnets could mop up oil spills

What started as an off-the-cuff challenge in the laboratory has led to two novel methods of using magnetic forces to control how oil droplets move within other liquids, including water. Research fellow Dr Yi Du, from UOW’s Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials (ISEM), set new PhD student Haifeng Feng a series of tasks to help him familiarise himself with the lab equipment.
Health and Medicine, General tags, Innovation, Study areas

The science of making sex safer ... and maybe better

A UOW team is working on a next-generation condom that enhances pleasure and encourages greater use.
Community, Health and Medicine, Study areas

Healthy mums, healthy bubs

Diet is a central part of pregnancy, to ensure both mum and baby are receiving the nutrients they need to thrive.