COFS PhD student Xiaojun Li has been invited to attend the Global Young Scientist Summit (GYSS@one-north), being held in Singapore in January 2015.

The University of Western Australia's strength in science was recognised last night when its staff won two major categories in the 2014 Premier's Science Awards and a former UWA Vice-Chancellor was inducted into the Western Australian Science Hall of Fame.

In just 12 months, The University of Western Australia has climbed three places in the Academic Ranking of World Universities, to be placed at 88^th in the world.

Researchers at the Faculty of Education at the University of Western Australia are working on a research project that seeks to improve the Writing performance assessment component of the National Assessment Program—Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN). The project, led by Associate Professor Stephen Humphry and Professor David Andrich, also aims more generally to improve assessments in areas that have traditionally been difficult to assess, such as The Arts, so that educators can more accurately compare students’ achievements in primary and secondary schooling.