Since opening our doors in late 2016, over 460 interns have completed internships with the McCusker Centre for Citizenship contributing almost 50,000 hours to making a difference in our community. Our interns have been working with community and not-for-profit organisations in the greater metropolitan Perth as well as regionally, nationally and internationally.
12 July, 2018
WA Minister for Health, Honourable Roger Cook MLA, launches 'Well Man' app.
26 June, 2018
UWA Science student, Emily Bell, exceeds Mission Australia's intern expectations.
29 May, 2018
UWA Science student, Rudri Amin, helps WA school students become community-minded leaders as part of Auspire - Australia Day WA's social inclusion programs.
28 May, 2018
UWA Commerce student, Thomas Saleh, helps Oxfam to promote self-determination, community engagement and produce positive outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
1 May, 2018
UWA Arts student, Emma Young, travelled to Bunbury to intern with Enable WA, which provides quality, individualised support for people living with a disability in the South West of the State, and assisted them in mobilising clients to build stronger community connections.
26 April, 2018
UWA Finance and Law and Society student, Shaneli Dias, works on “best practice” legal processes for Aboriginal children and their families who come into contact with the Western Australian court systems.
23 February, 2018
UWA Public Health Masters student, Stefanie Faraone, learns how important listening to the community is to making a real difference through policy.
13 February, 2018
Exchange student René Neumann completed a McCusker Centre for Citizenship internship with United Nations Association of Australia WA and helped to organise the inaugural UN Day Gala which celebrated the UN’s 60th anniversary and awarded Western Australians for outstanding achievements across the areas encompassed by the UN's seventeen sustainability goals.
9 January, 2018
Nic Mattock is the first UWA student to take part in the McCusker Centre for Citizenship Global Citizenship Exchange. He traveled to Durham in early December 2017 to complete his two month exchange.
9 January, 2018