Ross Gibson's The Summer Exercises and Martin Harrison's collection of poetry, Wild Bees, have been shortlisted for this year's Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature.

An entry from Germany has won an international video competition run by The University of Western Australia, just pipping local Perth entrant Bradley Curnow, who came second.

The University of Western Australia's Vice-Chancellor, Professor Alan Robson, today congratulated Neil Graham who has received the Rob Riley Memorial Prize for the top indigenous public school leaver for 2009.

One of our most promising young researchers, Jacinta Delhaize, won the 2008 Science Student of the Year for her work promoting science to the community.

And she’s continuing her commitment to science education by taking part in the remote and regional Travelling Scientist program, which is part of UWA's SPICE science enrichment program.