Four registered nurses are pursuing PhD studies this year through the School of Population Health, with the help of substantial external scholarships.

Flipping hamburgers to pay the rent and stock the fridge, to the detriment of their studies, will hopefully be a thing of the past for some dental students, thanks to an Assistance Fund being financed generously by the Western Australian Dental Foundation.

Research into Alzheimer’s disease has received a fillip from two UWA benefactors who say they are at the age when the problem is rife.

Acclaimed West Australian artist Len Zuks has won the People's Choice Prize at this year's Sculpture by the Sea exhibition at Cottesloe Beach.