The Perth International Arts Festival is delighted to announce engineering and environmental firm URS has thrown its support behind the Festival's highly regarded contemporary music venue Beck's Music Box.

Scholarships in engineering and geoscience and prizes for outstanding students will form part of a five-year agreement between leading gas supplier Apache Energy and The University of Western Australia. 

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's dream of a green car industry has begun to materialise at The University of Western Australia where zero-emission, sustainable transport is already being tested. 

Cutting-edge projects in areas such as clean energy, biomedical engineering, mining, security and sensing are just some of those on display at The University of Western Australia's Engineering Foundation Research and Innovation Showcase this Wednesday, November 12. 

Leading Australia-based engineering firm Clough Limited will support funding of a First Year Centre for engineering students at The University of Western Australia.

Leading Australian-based engineering firm Clough Limited will seal a deal this Wednesday, October 29, to fund a First Year Centre for engineering students at The University of Western Australia.

William Erskine, Assistant Director General (Research) at the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) in Syria for the last seven years, has commenced as Director of  the Centre for Legumes In Mediterranean Agriculture (CLIMA) as it consolidates its third phase as a research centre within the University of Western Australia (UWA).

UK born, Professor Erskine completed a Bachelor of Arts in 1973, a Masters of Agriculture in 1976 and a PhD (University of Cambridge, Department of Applied Biology) in 1979.

The University of Western Australia has been invited to join a global network of research universities, further cementing its reputation as a leading international university.

A team of UWA scientists who are developing colour vision for enhanced infrared sensing for soldiers has won one of the nation's most prestigious science awards.