After five years as the Head of the School of Civil and Resource Engineering and a very productive career as a researcher and teacher at The University of Western Australia, Winthrop Professor Andrew Deeks will sadly be leaving the Faculty to take up a position as Pro Vice Chancellor (Science) at Durham University in the United Kingdom commencing October 1.

UWA's Professor Geoff Meyer has been awarded a 2009 Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC) Teaching Fellowship.

Vice-Chancellor Alan Robson congratulated Professor Meyer on his achievement, saying the ALTC Teaching Fellowships were highly competitive and very prestigious.

"For a staff member at The University of Western Australia to be awarded such a Fellowship is an outstanding result," Robson said. 

"The award is a significant recognition of Professor Meyer’s teaching reputation and it reflects highly on the University. It is particularly apt that Professor Meyer’s ALTC Teaching Fellowship is announced at this time, being the UWA Teaching and Learning Month."

Mental health of school students will be the focus of a conference at The University of Western Australia on May 22. 

The University of Western Australia will be replacing the current complex structure of multiple, different degree choices with a streamlined structure of just a small number of three-year undergraduate courses. A fourth (Honours) year will still be available to suitably qualified students.  All fields of study that UWA currently covers will continue to be offered under the new structure, though in different forms.

By August this year, the University will be in a position to finalise the timeline for implementing the recommendations of the Review of Course Structures.

Congratulations to the following members of staff who have been awarded Teaching Fellowships in 2009; Rebecca Cameron, Jill Howieson, Malcolm Fialho, Wenge Lui and Andrew Deeks.

High school students with stars in their eyes will next week have the opportunity to learn about the biggest ground-based astronomy project in the world: the $3 billion Square Kilometre Array (SKA).

In keeping with our long-established tradition of providing top quality legal education and undertaking high-impact research, our law students will stand to benefit from the recent research activities of our teaching staff - for example:

NEWS FROM THE DIRECTOR

It was good to meet some regular seminar attendees and some new faces at the Sun Fair on April 5.