University of Wollongong Books

University of Wollongong : an illustrated history 1951-1991

Josie Castle — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 22:31:43 PDT

The first official published history of UOW was University of Wollongong: An Illustrated History 1951-1991, written by Josie Castle from the Department of History and Politics. The 68 page book was launched by the Foundation Chancellor Justice Robert Hope on 11th October 1991.

A Place for Art: The University of Wollongong Art Collection

Amanda Lawson — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 20:13:44 PDT

This 80 page publication featuring 71 full colour reproductions of artworks celebrates the development of the University of Wollongong Art Collection (UOWAC). A Place for Art, the latest publication from University of Wollongong Press, charts the 40 year history of the UOWAC, arguably one of the most accessible and diverse public art collections in the country. The book’s editor and Art Collection Director, Professor Amanda Lawson, says the publication is an opportunity to provide a sense of the University’s rich and unique Collection. “Woven into the fabric of campus life, art infuses the experience of being at UOW. The Art Collection brings spaces alive and inspires the individuals who inhabit them: the University is truly a place for art,” says Professor Lawson. A Place for Art celebrates the Art Collection’s development and focuses on images selected from the UOWAC’s specialist areas which include works with a regional connection, Australian indigenous works on paper and international prints. The publication also highlights the personal connections people can make with art that is incorporated into their everyday environment. Link to Image Gallery. Read the book online here:

Doing Good Things Better

Brian Martin — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 22:23:06 PDT

Good things in life, such as happiness and health, are often taken for granted. All the attention is on problems. Yet good things do not happen by themselves — they need to be fostered. How to do this is the theme of Doing Good Things Better. For years, Brian Martin has studied tactics against injustice. He has now turned his strategic focus to good things, looking for common patterns in what it takes to protect and promote them. Some of his topics are familiar, like writing and happiness. Others are less well known, such as citizen advocacy and chamber music. The same basic tactics are relevant to all of them. Doing Good Things Better provides ideas and inspiration for fostering the things you care most about.

Brian Martin is professor of social sciences at the University of Wollongong, Australia. He runs writing programmes, teaches a class on happiness and plays the clarinet.

New technologies, new pedagogies: Mobile learning in higher education

Jan Herrington — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 18:42:14 PST

The chapters of this e-book comprise the pedagogical and research endeavours of a team of academics in higher education who worked with mobile learning devices over two years on a project entitled New Technologies: New Pedagogies project: Using mobile technologies to develop new ways of teaching and learning. The project endeavoured to take an innovative approach not only in the creation of new, authentic pedagogies for mobile devices but also in the action learning approach adopted for the professional development of participants. The project involved 15 people including teachers, IT and PD personnel. It was a large and ambitious project that resulted not only in a range of innovative pedagogies, but in the creation of more knowledgeable and confident users of mobile technologies among teachers and students.

This book was originally published as Jan Herrington, Anthony Herrington, Jessica Mantei, Ian Olney and Brian Ferry (editors), New technologies, new pedagogies: Mobile learning in higher education, Faculty of Education, University of Wollongong, 2009, 138p. ISBN: 978-1-74128-169-9 (online). Contents information and chapter listings available here: ro.uow.edu.au/newtech.

Interest and Influence - A Snapshot of the Western and Central Pacific Tropical Tuna Fisheries

Quentin A. Hanich — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 17:29:16 PST

There are 89 States and territories that have some form of current or historical interest in the tropical tuna fisheries (i.e., bigeye, yellowfin and skipjack) of the Western and Central Pacific Ocean (WCPO). However, only 14 of them ultimately control access to the most productive fishing grounds and the vessels that fish in them. All but one of these States are full members of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC), and all have some form of vested interest in the long-term sustainability of some part of the tropical tuna fisheries.

This report studies the mix of interests in the WCPO tuna fisheries. These interests are likely to influence each delegation’s national interest and drive negotiating positions to support or oppose certain measures, depending upon how they affect that State’s interests. Given the complex nature of the WCPO tuna fisheries and their conservation challenges, it is important to understand these interests and consider how States might compromise their interests in an equitable manner that allows for the adoption a new conservation and management in 2011.