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Amy awarded for outstanding efforts supporting employment diversity in public sector workforce

Amy interned with the Public Sector Commission during the final semester of her Commerce degree and was recently named as a recipient of the McCusker Centre for Citizenship’s Outstanding Intern Award.

18 November, 2024

Liz and Sheldon apply university learning to support health outcomes

Two Master of Information Technology students recently joined the Department of Health’s South Metropolitan Health Service as interns, working together on a project to support employee health outcomes.

9 October, 2024

UWA interns experience regional life while supporting development in the Gascoyne

Mangesh and Rohit brought skills and experience from their different areas of study to support the work of the Gascoyne Development Commission in their regional internships.

29 July, 2024

Banjan expands his experience through innovation-focussed internship

Banjan is studying a Master of Business Analytics and gained more than expected through an internship with Landgate.

17 June, 2024

Jasmin contributes to collection of WA flora for scientific research community

Jasmin recently gained hands-on workplace experience while contributing to the improvement of botanical collections for WA’s scientific research community, interning with the Western Australian Herbarium.

15 May, 2024

Simranbir contributes to report to be tabled in WA Parliament

Simranbir, a Master of Biomedical Science student, interned with the Commissioner for Children and Young People.

19 February, 2024

Solene impresses DFES during flood research internship

Solene, a UWA Master of Environmental Science student, made such an impression during her summer McCusker Centre for Citizenship internship with the Department of Fire and Emergency Services (DFES) that she has been offered casual employment with the Department.

11 January, 2024

UWA interns support public sector improvement with Department of Premier and Cabinet

Four UWA students have recently undertaken internships with the Department of Premier and Cabinet through the McCusker Centre for Citizenship’s summer internship program, each contributing 100 hours to projects aimed at improving processes, culture and communications.

19 December, 2023

McCusker Centre’s increasingly popular program passes 3000 internships

The McCusker Centre for Citizenship at UWA has reached a major milestone, with more than 3000 internships undertaken through its award-winning Internship Program.

6 December, 2023

Francesca supports research into sustainable food for the future

Francesca is a Master of Biological Science student at UWA, and recently supported research into the alternative protein industry with the electorate office of Lisa Baker MLA through a McCusker Centre for Citizenship internship.

5 December, 2023