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Second chance students are high achievers

Tuesday, 3 March 2009

More than 20 years after what she describes as a lacklustre performance in her year 12 exams, Kyra Havernhoek's second chance at a university education has seen her top the class at The University of Western Australia, scoring 100 per cent in a first-year calculus unit.

Climate change forum enlists UWA experts

Tuesday, 3 March 2009

Coral bleaching of Ningaloo reef and flooding of the Swan River estuary are just two of the topics to be discussed at the Greenhouse 2009: Climate Change and Resources conference to be held in Perth from March 23 to 26.

UWA lecture celebrates Indigenous Women

Friday, 27 February 2009

The long and proud history of Aboriginal women as custodians of family care and connection will be the subject of the Grace Vaughan Memorial Lecture to be held at The University of Western Australia on Thursday (5 March).

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Will Obama's 'hope' and 'change' reach us?

Thursday, 26 February 2009

Will the ‘hope' and ‘change' Barack Obama promised the people of the United States reach as far as Australia?

Country art may be good for the heart

Thursday, 26 February 2009

Up to 4,000 Mid-West households outside the City of Geraldton-Greenough will be the subjects of a study focusing on the impact of the arts on the social wellbeing of regional communities.

Sex more ancient and more common than we thought

Thursday, 26 February 2009

Sex, or internal fertilisation, and live birth are more ancient and more common in the prehistoric animal world than previously thought, a researcher from The University of Western Australia suggests in an article published today in "Nature".

University of Western Australia leader to head Rhodes Scholarships

Wednesday, 25 February 2009

The University of Western Australia’s Professor Don Markwell has been appointed to head the world’s preeminent scholarship body, the Rhodes scholarships at the University of Oxford.

Sustainable building speeds research, pleases judges

Wednesday, 25 February 2009

A new building that is a joint venture between The University of Western Australia and the Western Australian Institute for Medical Research (WAIMR) is the winner of the Bassett Award for Sustainable Development in the 2009 Property Council State Innovation and Excellence Awards.

UWA ecologist worldwide campaign to protect our marine life

Wednesday, 25 February 2009

Jessica Meeuwig, an academic at The University of Western Australia, has become the face of an international conservation campaign to protect Western Australia's south west marine environment.

Mason builds on UWA Super Brassica research in France

Tuesday, 24 February 2009

Annaliese Mason, agricultural science PhD student at The University of Western Australia (UWA), has been awarded the prestigious 2008 Mike Carroll Travelling Fellowship.