University News

Awards and Prizes

Kylie Forth

Triumph for disabled student-sailor

Friday, 11 September 2009

A disabled student who left her wheatbelt hometown of Kununoppin to study at The University of Western Australia is among more than 1,300 graduands to be awarded degrees during the spring graduation series starting on Monday.

Ten future fellows at UWA

Wednesday, 9 September 2009

The University of Western Australia's reputation for research excellence in radio astronomy, fundamental physics, molecular genetics and offshore engineering technologies has been recognised with the awarding of ten prestigious national Future Fellowships.

Perth International Arts Festival wins two prestigious industry awards

Thursday, 3 September 2009

Perth International Arts Festival is thrilled to announce it has won an Australia Business Arts Foundation (AbaF) Award and a Western Australian Cultural Achievement Award.

Another accolade for W. Professor Judith Finn

Monday, 31 August 2009

Congratulations to W. Professor Judith Finn who received the Researcher of the Year Nursing and Midwifery Excellence Award at the Nurses and Midwives Board of
Western Australia Excellence Awards dinner this weekend.

Two UWA researchers make nation's top 10

Wednesday, 26 August 2009

Two researchers from The University of Western Australia have had their work recognised as being among the top 10 medical research projects in Australia.

Gold medal for green money advice

Friday, 21 August 2009

Researchers from The University of Western Australia are part of a $10,000 Eureka Prize-winning team for a project that helps governments and environmental groups work out how to best spend their ‘green' money.

2009 Australian Museum Eureka Prizes

Thursday, 20 August 2009

Developed by team members from three different organisations, INFFER is the winner of this year's Australian Research Council Eureka Prize for Excellence in Research by an Interdisciplinary Team.

UWA Motorsport takes third place at World Championship

Tuesday, 18 August 2009

The University of Western Australia's Motorsport team achieved another success by claiming 3rd position in the 2009 World Championship for Formula SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers), which took place in Hockenheim, Germany, earlier this month.

Australian, South Korean and African workers' insecurities examined

Thursday, 13 August 2009

An academic from The University of Western Australia has co-authored a book that analyses workers' responses to work restructuring in three fridge factories based in three places - Orange in Australia, Changwon in South Korea, and Ezakheni in South Africa - and has won an international prize.

Eye-opening trip leads to 13 years of humanitarian work

Wednesday, 12 August 2009

The wife of Faculty dental graduate Dr Gary Hewett, who was honoured with an OAM this year for his work with the charity Awareness Cambodia, occasionally reminds him of a couple of things.