It’s International Jazz Day! And as people around the world get celebrating, UOWTV explores the thriving and jiving jazz community that exists within the Illawarra. When Eric Dunan started at the Wollongong Conservatorium of Music, jazz music wasn’t a major part of their repoirtoire. He has since built their jazz program from the ground up, and now oversees almost 100 students in their jazz music studies. Eric gets jazzy and busts out some improvisations… The 28th Illawarra Autumn Jazz Fest is this weekend. We catch up with festival hosts at the Corrimal Hotel, to see just what they’re looking forward…
Author: Samara Gardner
An Australian Bureau of Statistics report has revealed about four million Australians are not getting enough Vitamin D. The study, released yesterday, was conducted in 2011 and 2012, and revealed one in twenty Australians took Vitamin D supplements. It also found that 23 per cent of adults had a mild or a moderate deficiency. This rate was found to have risen during the cooler months, as people retreated indoors. However, in the Illawarra, various outdoor activities will continue to run this winter as a way for people can remain active and healthy. Surfing is one such activity that continues to be a popular,…
English may be one of the most difficult languages to learn, and while some learn it from birth, the path for those learning it as a second language can be a lot more difficult. English language education is being tackled head-on the Illawarra, and local programs are being recognised internationally. UOW College tops international survey of English language-schools A recent survey has seen UOW College crowned the best in Australia when it comes to students’ overall experience whilst learning English. The iGraduate English Language Barometer is an annual grading of international institutions that teach English. Based on student responses collected…
For the lucky ones, learning English is a difficulty we are mostly over and done with by the time we start school. But what about those who learn English as a second language? Getting a handle on the basics can be difficult … But then there are the the colloquialisms, slangs and linguistic mannerisms that add a whole other level of complexity … UOW will be hosting a Good Life session on how to tackle that strange (yet beautiful) Aussie vernacular.
It’s ‘Meat Free Week’, but how many of us could actually give up meat permanently? Supplementing some of our meaty diet with a balance of fruit and veg is recommended. But just how much does eating meat effect our health and the environment? UOWTV chewed the fat… Elliot Reeves – Multimedia reporter Multimedia Reporters: Trent Thomas, Samara Gardner, Elliot Smith Photo Credit: www.churchillnaturalmeats.com
Food allergies affect more Australians than ever before, particularly babies and young children. Symptoms range from swelling, lethargy to asphyxiation and in extreme cases even death. This week is National Food Allergy Week in Australia. Allergic or just pretending? Whilst a great many Australians suffer from a wide variety of allergies, “fake allergies” are also quite common with people hiding their dislike of certain foods under the guise of an allergy. UOWTV investigates. Pic: centerforallergy.com/food-allergy/ UOWTV Multimedia Reporters: Lucy Dean, Samara Gardner, Rachel Loveday
Claims regional unis most at risk from ‘a two-tiered’ education system Organisers of this week’s highly publicised Q&A protest, have said regional and rural university students will be the most at risk from proposed cuts to higher education. Brigitte Garazzo, co-organiser of Monday night’s protest and councillor of the Sydney University Postgraduate Representative Association, said Commission of Audit recommendations to government included a move toward a two-tiered education model. “They basically want to push us into an American style system,” she said. “Where there is an elite, who can pay for their education, and then there’s like the community colleges,…