News Articles for The University of Western Australia

Two researchers based at the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research will join the Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology as part of a $35 million investment courtesy of the Australian Research Council.

SPECIAL REPORT: Commercial developers are continuing to prepare for more favourable conditions in Perth's office market.

Murdoch University and the University of Western Australia have confirmed they are in the early stages of planning new campuses in Perth's CBD, while Murdoch is also partnering with Spacecubed to launch a teaching and events space on St Georges Terrace.

The McCusker Centre for Citizenship (the Centre) at The University of Western Australia is unique.

WA Super has announced it will invest $20 million in the WA Impact Fund, as part of its membership of the newly founded Impact Investment Alliance of WA.

International students' tuition is one of the state's biggest services exports, though we are losing market share to other states.

WELLNESS@WORK: Healthier Workplaces WA is helping workers across the state get up and stay in shape.

The University of Western Australia's 10-year-old Aspire program has worked hard to open the minds of thousands of students from disadvantaged backgrounds to the possibilities offered by tertiary studies.

Phylogica has announced a commercial collaboration with Lions Eye Institute trading under the name Vision Pharma, bringing the biotechnology company a step closer to commercialising its drug delivery technology.

A new alliance was launched in Perth this month to promote investment in organisations focused on environmental, social and cultural good while also creating financial returns.

It's not just land-based minerals and energy that this State has in abundance.

WA Symphony Orchestra (WASO) has announced the appointment of Perth soprano Sara Macliver to its board of directors.

Our weekly appointments wrap includes Michael Parker, Garret Dixon, Brett Braithwaite, Sean Macfarlane, Stephen Rivers, Graeme Stephen, David Power, Mylon Manusiu, Kevin Deery, Justin

Former University of Western Australia chancellor Alex Cohen has been remembered as one of the state's most respected medical figures.

The graduate jobs market is a competitive environment, but there is cause for optimism as parts of the state's economy emerge out of a downturn.

At the UWA Centre for Human and Cultural Values we know a lot about values. Here are three things you should know, based on our work on The Values Project.

Australia's big four banks could be reduced to one within a decade, in an extreme scenario, as Western countries follow moves in China towards the mass adoption of social media-based payment systems, according to a New York University professor visiting Perth.

Edith Cowan University's Rob Newton and Curtin University's Phil Bland were named joint winners of the scientist of the year award at last night's Premier's Science Awards.

The attributes needed to build a good working relationship are the same in school settings as they are in business, says Wesfarmers chairman Michael Chaney.

Curtin University and the University of Western Australia rank in the top ten universities in Australia, with Curtin jumping from 16th position to ninth in the past year, according to the Center for World University Rankings.

We share seven of the many stories of WA ingenuity and entrepreneurship to have had an impact during the past five decades.

Universities are drivers of innovation, facilitating connections and collaboration between researchers, students, founders, funders, investors, and industry.

Our weekly appointment wrap-up includes Donna Carrington, Gary Smith, Chris Kopec, Meredith McClements, John Gardner, John Goodlad, David Flanagan, Erica Smyth, Carmen Lawrence, John Chand

Perth academics Tanya Dalziell and Paul Genoni have sold the film rights to their book Half the Perfect World, a biographical account of the time Australian literary couple George Johnston and Charmian Clift spent on the Greek island of Hydra.

One of the most sustained and important areas for Indigenous development through the University of Western Australia has been in education.

SPECIAL REPORT: Len Collard has embraced his destiny to educate a broad audience about Noongar culture and history.

SPECIAL REPORT: Helen Milroy believes courage, effort, and collaboration are needed to help heal intergenerational trauma suffered by indigenous Australians.

Gary Lee has dedicated his professional life to making it easier for people to breathe, and on Friday night he was recognised for his work at the annual Cancer Council WA awards.

A healthy WA population and economy are twin goals at UWA's new Life Sciences Innovation Hub.

University of Western Australia vice-chancellor Dawn Freshwater has resigned after 2.5 years in the top job and accepted the position of vice-chancellor at the University of Auckland.

We're early risers in WA, waking at 6.45am - almost 30 minutes before the French and 45 minutes before London.

Service providers want immediate action from businesses and government to help people on the streets, who face a shortage of rentals and a lack of social housing.

Higher promotional funding and a lift in the state's share of new international students are encouraging signs.

Widespread government reviews are causing a headache for Western Australia's major universities.

Shares in Perth biotech Orthocell more than quadrupled in value today after the company released positive results from a trial of its nerve regeneration product.

Western Australia has a critical role to play in driving the world's energy future.

Hydrogen is the most abundant element and WA could play a role in making the gas a big part of the world's energy supply.

Colin Barnett, Carmen Lawrence and Jennifer Lawrence are among the high profile names appointed to the UWA Public Policy Institute's international advisory board today.

Inequality is rising but conventional wisdom on addressing it may need a shake-up, according to University of Western Australia economics lecturer Jakob Madsen.

Free to read: The Square Kilometre Array will provide a boost for science in WA, but there was a point nearly a decade ago where the project could have been lost to the state.