University News

Faculty of Education

Thinking Australia: A Cognitive Acceleration Program to Raise High School Students’ Achievement in Science

Wednesday, 28 October 2009

University of Western Australia's Winthrop Professor, Grady Venville has won an Australian Research Council grant of $334,000 over three years to investigate how to improve high schools students' achievement in science classes.

Innovative leadership project wins ALTC funding

Wednesday, 14 October 2009

The Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC) have recently announced that they will fund an innovative project entitled ‘Professional staff as leaders in enhancing student engagement: building capacity in emerging technologies through cascade and viral leadership’.

National teaching awards for UWA

Tuesday, 13 October 2009

University staff have received national awards for Excellence in Teaching in the social sciences and indigenous education.

Two Faculty of Education staff win coveted teaching awards

Monday, 3 August 2009

Eight members of The University of Western Australia have been lauded for their outstanding work by the Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC). Winthrop Professors Stephen Houghton and Tom O'Donoghue, both from the Faculty of Education were amongst the winners.