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Articles
Community, Law, Politics and Society
Beyond the headlines: Real talk on crime and community
As true crime documentaries top the streaming charts and news headlines sensationalise gender-based violence and youth crime, criminologists encourage evidence-based reporting and primary prevention.
Alumni, Students
Grace Bowles graduates with a fresh take on justice
Grace doesn鈥檛 see justice as fixed, but as something that can always be improved and better understood.
Law, Politics and Society
Transforming legal minds
For many students a law degree is a pathway to a traditional career in legal practice. But for UOW graduates a unique elective is rewriting that script.
Arts and Culture, Alumni
Hannah Diviney: Changing the narrative from page to screen
鈥淚'm like a computer with too many tabs open,鈥� laughs Hannah Diviney. The description suits the 25-year-old writer, actress, and disability advocate who graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Creative Writing) and Bachelor of International Studies from UOW in 2021.
Research
Expert advice to get ahead of the hackers
In 2023, Australians lost $2.7 billion to scams, and more than 600,000 scams were reported, according to an ACCC report. Older people suffered the greatest losses.
Community
Let's celebrate LGBTIQ inclusion for IDAHOBIT
May 17 is a date globally recognised as the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT), celebrating the anniversary of homosexuality being removed from the WHO classification of diseases in 1990. First launched in Australia in 2005, IDAHOBIT is now globally recognised as a time for reflection and the celebration of LGBTIQ people in our communities.