The first in a series of lectures looking at the laws that govern modern warfare will take place tomorrow at the University of Wollongong with guest speaker Professor Tim McCormack. Professor McCormack is a Special Adviser on International Law to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, and a Professor of Law at Melbourne University. He will be speaking on current issues in areas of law regarding armed conflict and the laws involving the conduct of warfare, which essentially decides whether soldiers can attack other soldiers, and what exactly constitutes a ‘soldier’. Australian Red Cross are putting on the…
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The Bald Hill Reserve at Stanwell Park is set for a facelift, but whether it major or minor will be in the hands of the community and visitors to the site. Over 3000 people attend the historic Reserve on weekends, with tourists and locals drawn to its iconic scenery. Wollongong City Council is asking the community for its thoughts on the proposed development to improve the services on site, through a community engagement program. “This time [we’re] obviously trying to get the community involved as much as we possibly can,” Councillor Leigh Colacino said. Previously, plans for the development of…
The exhibition SEXSELLS: Observations of an Eroticised Consumer Culture, held last week by a group of young Wollongong artists, brought to life the issues surrounding publicity and the art scene in Wollongong. The exhibition was part of an effort to get the community more involved in local art and cultural events. Curator and member of the Wollongong Young Artist Collective, Jesse Whitmore said the biggest problem with the art in Wollongong is it’s a closed off community. “Our exhibitions are driven by the belief that art is for the public and driven further by the public,” he said. “After all,…
“I’m not going to lie; it’s a lot of hard work. People ask how I do it…you need to make sacrifices,” says civil engineer, mother, pony club instructor and horse breeder, Heather Parry. ‘Hard Hats and High Heels’, a networking event for BlueScope Steel, Illawarra Coal and the University of Wollongong, was held today at the Innovation Campus. Guest speaker and receiver of the 2011 Brisbane Resources Award for Women, Heather Parry, discussed the difficulties of juggling a family with a mining-related career. “This is wonder woman,” she says, pointing to said illustration. “She can fly a plane, has well…
Although divided on what to do with Jerrara Dam, Kiama councillors are unanimously considering a report outlining a proposal to have it decommissioned. Director of Engineering and Works Bryan Whittaker said councillors recognised the need to seriously consider the decommissioning of the dam given the information and potential environmental impacts provided in the report. “There were some divided opinions about the proposal to reclassify and sell part of the residue site however [the councillors] resolved to investigate this,” Mr Whittaker said. The dam’s flood-handling capacity and expected upgrade costs were also outlined in the report. Required improvements to the dam,…
Local Albion Park boy Kieran Govers is getting ever closer to an Olympic dream, with his selection into the Kookaburras squad to play in a London invitational tournament next month. He will play in the London Test match and be a part of the Kookaburra’s build up to the 2012 Olympic Games. He was previously involved in their dominant performance against China in Wollongong last month. These tours give the players and selectors an opportunity to check their form in high quality matches ahead of the all important Olympic Games. VIDEO: UOWTV recently caught up with Govers after a Kookaburra’s…
“It was simply too good an opportunity to pass up,” said Associate Dean Professor Sarah Miller, and those of us listening to world-renowned curator Amanda McDonald Crawley couldn’t have agreed more. Speaking at the University of Wollongong today to a room packed full of enthusiastic listeners, Amanda elaborated on her inspirations, the works she had been a part of and much more. With only an hour to speak, Ms. Crawley focussed most of her attention on her six and a half years spent as Director of Eyebeam in New York. The lecture was packed full of fantastic artworks and anecdotes,…
When asked London based artist Vicky Smith why she choose to come to Wollongong she insisted: “Wollongong chose me!” During her visit to the University of Wollongong she has praised art spaces, labelling them as an integral part of a functioning society. “You can’t just have a society that is lead by administration. It is very important, everybody should have the opportunity to have a creative practice, and the more art spaces that are available to encourage that or make that possible, the richer the world will be,” Ms Smith said. […]
AdFab2012 is swinging into gear, giving Illawarra businesses a chance to learn how ‘new technologies and materials can be at the heart of manufacturing’. The conference will take place at Wollongong’s Innovation Campus over the 23rd and 24th of April and will feature leading manufacturing experts like Alban Savage, Head of New Product Industrialisation at Cochlear. “We will explore the relative competitiveness of Additive Manufacturing over traditional manufacturing, we will look at total cost and beyond into customisation, time and so on, showing applications in different markets,” said Mr Savage. With approximately 80 people registered for day one of the…
Wollongong City Council has announced the community will have its say on the future of the of Bald Hill Reserve. The Council has set up multiple forums in which community members can share their thoughts on the reserve at Stanwell Park. There will be multiple community sessions held in May, including a community information, and a community design session.