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Sandy’s internship work on Tourette’s affirms value of research

Sandy recently interned with The Kids Research Australia, gaining new perspective on his potential to contribute to meaningful change through a research career.

20 February, 2025

Tom hits the road with internship to deliver safety education in regional schools

Tom, a Bachelor of Commerce student majoring in Finance and Economics, interned with the Road Safety Commission.

7 February, 2025

Moonie’s internship helps highlight place for ballet in healthier ageing

Moonie interned with Ballet4Wellbeing, supporting better health and wellbeing for older people and learning about the importance of holistic care approaches.

24 January, 2025

UWA student interns support healthy ageing in Pingelly

Faith and Tashuana undertook summer internships with Pingelly Somerset Alliance, supporting healthy ageing projects and experiencing life in regional WA.

16 January, 2025

Shruti travels to Great Southern to support project combatting social isolation

Shruti, a Biomedical Science student, undertook an internship over the summer with Denmark Futures, working to address social isolation for older people in the Great Southern town of Denmark.

16 January, 2025

Cynthia develops chatbot to boost malaria research efforts

Cynthia, a UWA Master of Information Technology student, spent 100 hours of her summer break developing a tool to enable more efficient malaria research. 

15 January, 2025

Aimee gains new perspective on social housing while developing skills with Department of Communities internship

Aimee undertook an internship with the Department of Communities in Semester Two, gaining real-world experience before graduation.

17 December, 2024

Siobhan’s internship supports community services in Pilbara

Siobhan is studying Psychology at UWA, and recently travelled to the Pilbara town of Tom Price to support the work of the Nintirri Centre.

13 December, 2024

UWA students bring diverse perspectives to WA science and tech plan

Several McCusker Centre for Citizenship interns contributed to the development of the WA Government’s new 10 Year Science and Technology Plan, which launched last week.

11 December, 2024

Ayaan gains insights into disability services sector

Master of Business Analytics student, Ayaan, recently learnt how his skills could directly benefit organisations working with people with disability.

10 December, 2024