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Thursday 26 February 2026
Pancreatic cancer treatment innovation wins national People’s Choice award
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Teaching excellence recognised nationally as student outcomes take centre stage
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Exercise coaching for City Council’s busy employees
ý City Council (WCC) and UOW's School of Medicine are teaming up to conduct an exercise coaching initiative which will provide on-the-job training for final year Exercise Science students.
Award-winning autism program to be adapted for preschools
New preschool program to help foster compassion towards children with high-functioning autism.
Australian first camp to tackle mental illness
New initiative for people with a mental illness also trains next generation of Australian health professionals.
Country spirit shines through for young medical students
Students embark on life-changing experiences in the bush thanks to a unique rural placement program.
Australian first study uses sport to reduce depression and suicide rates in young men
UOW has teamed up with Movember on a multi-million dollar first-of-its-kind project, involving six of Australia’s major sporting organisations, which aims to address mental health issues among adolescent male athletes.
UOW researchers win Gates Foundation grant to make next generation condoms
A team of researchers from UOW has received Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation funding to help develop a Next Generation Condom that “significantly preserves or enhances pleasure, in order to improve uptake and regular use”.