The School and its new BA degree in Western Civilization benefited from positive attention in the early new year, with favourable media pieces appearing in the local and national press in such venues as ABC Illawarra (2 March 2020); Sydney Morning Herald (21 February 2020; 1 March 2020) and The Illawarra Mercury (21 February 2020; 5 March 2020).

Internationally, in the wake of SOLA’s establishment, philosophy at UOW achieved its first noteworthy QS rating, making the 151-200 band in 2020 QS rankings.