New courses in Sport and Recreation Management, Food Science and Adult Sleep Science provide students with the opportunity to specialise in one of these areas after the third year of a science degree.

Staff at the UWA Admissions Centre and Prospective Students Office are available to answer questions and provide advice about admission into UWA courses. Please note the alteration of our opening hours during the Christmas and New Year period.

Among the other fantastic things taking place on Open Day, UWA will be playing host to some special guest speakers who will be talking about a variety of issues including Obama, astronomy and the global financial crisis.

If you're a student currently in Year 12 you probably have many things to consider at the moment—exams, study, holidays, graduation, post-school options, to name a few! If you are thinking about university study next year, there is something else we recommend you think about—applying for scholarships.

Would you like to know how our universe started? Are you interested in how stars work, or how our universe has developed the properties we see today?

If you answered yes to these questions and you're a current WA TEE student in Year 11 or 12, check out UWA's ‘A Day in the Life of an Astronomy Student'.

UWA Astronomy and Astrophysics student Jacinta Delhaize is Western Australia's 2008 Science Student of the Year.  In this issue we hear about why Jacinta is so passionate about Astronomy and the unusual places her study has taken her...

UWA graduate Steve Vigilante's work as a landscape architect has taken him all over regional Western Australia from the Kimberley, to Lancelin and Exmouth. He has worked on projects that have required him to plan National Parks spanning thousands of hectares, right down to the intricate details of designing park furniture.

Come and hear about the flexible study options and exciting career opportunities available to you with a science degree from UWA. We will be holding careers and information evenings on Tuesday 2nd and Wednesday 3rd of June.

Year 10 Girls: Have you ever wanted to experience life as a university student? Are you interested in engineering, computing or maths? Then come and take part in one of the UWA Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) days during the April school holidays!