Students from The University of Western Australia have won recognition for design concepts for the redevelopment of Royal Perth Hospital and its health precinct.

UWA Publishing title, The Native Title Market was shortlisted for the 2009 Human Rights Award in literature on November 11.

A staff member at The University of Western Australia has won one of only two individual awards in this year's Work Safety Awards Western Australia.

A student from The University of Western Australia who wants to inspire school students to develop a passion for science has won the 2009 Rhodes Scholarship for Western Australia.

A consortium led by The University of Western Australia and Murdoch University will install Perth's first Electric Vehicle (EV) charging stations in early 2010 as part of a research project which has been awarded $229,000 funding under the Australian Research Council's Linkage grant scheme.

In the sports arena, awards are handed out to players judged ‘fairest and best' or ‘best and fairest'. The adjectives are interchangeable, depending on the individual club and the decade.

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.

World-class research at The University of Western Australia was significantly boosted today with the Federal Government announcing more than $19.5 million for research projects at the University.

The Human Genetics Society of Australasia (HGSA) WA Branch invites applications for vacation scholarships for research projects in the area of human genetics for a period of between six and eight weeks during the 2009/10 summer vacation.