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A UWA program that helps undergraduate students conduct world-class research and even present at international conferences has won a prestigious award. The Faculty of Education’s Dr Wayne McGowan, together with Professor Sally Sandover and Associate Professor Lee Partridge, led the Undergraduate Learning and Teaching Research Internship Scheme (ULTRIS) and were presented with an Award for Programs that Enhance Learning.

“ULTRIS is an innovative and unique extra-curricular program,” said Wayne. “Each year it provides selected undergraduate students with an authentic research experience in teaching and learning.”

Established in 2008 at UWA, ULTRIS no longer caters only for local students. “In 2011, the program went international,” said Wayne.  Workshop content is placed online, so students from around the world are able to interact and share perspectives, understandings and results as their research projects unfold.  “In addition to UWA students, ULTRIS has included undergraduate researchers from Durham University in the UK, Queens University in Canada and the University of Otago in New Zealand,” said Wayne. “And we are excited in 2014 to have for the first time students from the National University of Singapore joining the program.”

ULTRIS has been recognised as a leader in the field, and we are proud of the program that is at the cutting edge of the global classroom in which undergraduate students collaborate on research into the scholarship of teaching and learning.

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Martin Swann (Faculty of Education)  (+61 8) 6488 2443

Dr Sanna Peden (Faculty of Education) (+61 8) 6488 2382