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Providing Opportunities for ‘Active Citizenship’

Director Michelle Scott outlines the role of the McCusker Centre for Citizenship in promoting active citizenship in opinion piece.

7 December, 2016

Hear what our interns have to say!

In 2016, close to 130 interns completed internships with the McCusker Centre for Citizenship contributing more than 13,000 hours to making a difference in our community.

2 December, 2016

Round table discussion - Attitudes towards valuing children in our community

The McCusker Centre for Citizenship partners with the Valuing Children Initiative

29 November, 2016

Making a difference in Fitzroy Crossing

Allister talks about his experience working with Fair Game in the Kimberley

28 November, 2016

The Big Idea - UWA Finalists

The Big Idea - UWA Winners

27 October, 2016

Disrupted - Festival of Ideas

We were very excited to work with the State Library to bring you our 'Active Citizens' panel for the Disrupted - Festival of Ideas. The panel was led by Waleed Aly - and included June Oscar AO, The Hon. Wayne Martin, Michael Sheldrick and Kaliyugan Pathmanathan.

4 October, 2016

Sue Ash AO, CEO UnitingCare West launches new paper

Sue Ash AO, CEO UnitingCare West launched her paper on the role of not for profit organisations and active citizenship at St Catherines' College, UWA on 29 June.

4 October, 2016

Global Citizenship Panel Event

The Centre co-hosted a panel discussion with Global Citizen on the topic - What is Australia's role as a regional leader? - Inspiring creative solutions to end extreme poverty by 2030.

4 October, 2016

Great news for Masters Students!

In addition to SVLG1002 for undergraduates, postgraduates can now receive credit for undertaking a McCusker Centre internship by enrolling in SVLG5001 (6 points) or SVLG5002 (12 points). The units can be taken in Semester I, Semester II or Summer.

4 October, 2016

A warm welcome to our new Student Advisory Committee

We are excited to announce the establishment of the Student Advisory Committee for the McCusker Centre for Citizenship.

29 September, 2016