by Hayley Prenter | Apr 8, 2024 | Arts/Lifestyle/Culture, News
The Australian LGBTQIA+ community experience mental illness at a rate two to four times higher than the broader population, according to data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The 2020-2022 National Study of Mental Health and Wellbeing found three in...
by Hayley Prenter | Apr 8, 2024 | News
The number of people living with dementia in Australia is expected to surge 94 per cent in the next 30 years. Dementia Australia estimates more than 421,000 people are currently living with dementia. Without a medical breakthrough, it is projected this figure will...
by Hayley Prenter | Mar 27, 2024 | Govt & Politics, News
The Australian Universities Accord Panel has recommended the federal government pay students for compulsory workplace placements that form part of a degree. It comes after a survey commissioned by the Australian Council of Heads of School of Social Work found a third...
by Hayley Prenter | Mar 20, 2024 | Arts/Lifestyle/Culture, News
RadioU UOW · Calls to grow support for music therapy Music is said to have a healing power and that is true for six-year-old Sophie who accessed music therapy during treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. Music is said to have a healing power, and that is true...
by Hayley Prenter | Nov 9, 2023 | News, Sport, Tech & Research
The UOW Motorsport team is gearing up to compete in the Society of Automotive Engineers Australasia Formula competition. Their secret weapon is a state-of-the-art, all-electric, open-wheel formula-style race car, they hope will help them bring home the...
