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Homeless Connect Perth intern won’t be boxed in by desk job

The University of WA Medical Sciences student Manul Koralage was never going to be content with an internship sitting at a computer all day.

27 March, 2020

Novel coronavirus pandemic response

A letter from Director Michelle Scott

26 March, 2020

Political Science Major has rewarding internship at Health Department

The most rewarding moment of Jamieson Kay’s McCusker Centre for Citizenship internship at the Department of Health came in its final hours.

25 March, 2020

Intern excels at Public Sector Commission

While working data and spreadsheets may sound like a dry subject, Kishen Gobal discovered just the opposite during his recent McCusker Centre for Citizenship internship.

18 March, 2020

Where Are They Now? Jasmine Davies

After securing tens of thousands of dollars’ worth of funding for Anglicare WA during her McCusker Centre for Citizenship internship last year, Jasmine Davies was quickly offered a permanent role.

11 March, 2020

Global Citizen intern takes bite out of Big Apple

There are dozens of memories Eloise Skoss will cherish from her three-month Global Citizen internship in New York through the McCusker Centre for Citizenship.

28 February, 2020

Local Government Internships booklet published

The McCusker Centre for Citizenship has designed and released a new booklet that highlights student and supervisor experiences in a variety of local government-based internships.

26 February, 2020

UWA student intern impresses at Global Citizen in New York

As she stood in Central Park watching Queen perform at the end of the Global Citizen Festival last year, University of WA student Brittany Quy felt like pinching herself.

20 February, 2020

Australian Red Cross internship among UWA student’s best experiences of university

Before her McCusker Centre for Citizenship internship at Australian Red Cross, Kate Atkinson had little personal knowledge about refugees in Australia.

11 February, 2020

Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority intern trio present Kings Park projects at special event

Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority (BGPA) interns Rachel Darwin, Harry Trumble and Gari-Emma Perry presented their McCusker Centre for Citizenship internship projects to about 40 Kings Park staff, volunteers and special guests on 14 November, 2019.

23 January, 2020