Awards and Competitions

As part of the Schools Action Plan 2008, UWS will be looking at introducing new awards and competitions. Information about them will be put on this site.

Current awards and competitions include:

Most Outstanding Year 11 Student Award

Contact Manager, Scholarships.

The Whitlam Institute’s annual “What Matters?” competition

Students from year 5 to year 12 submit a 400-600 word opinion piece on what matters in society.
The 2008 winner was Amelia Adam from Coonabarabran High School.

UniSteers

School teams annual steer-raising competition run by the UWS School of Natural Sciences. Contact Stephen Blunden.
Media Release

Australian Brain Bee Challenge

The NSW section of the Australian Brain Bee Challenge is coordinated by Professor Vaughan Macefield, UWS School of Medicine. The competition motivates young people to learn about the brain and is designed to inspire them to pursue careers in biomedical research into neuroscience, an area of national priority. The UWS School of Medicine is hosting the State finals in 2008 and the State finalists will compete at the University of Queensland later in the year. The national winner will compete at the International Brain Bee Challenge, held in North America, next year.

For information about the 2008 finalists, please see the News page. 

Women of the West

The Women of the West Award is an opportunity for members of the private, public and community sectors in Greater Western Sydney to join UWS in formally recognising the contribution women have made to the development of our region. Each year women who have made a positive difference to the lives of others in the Greater West are nominated by community members for the Woman of the West Award and the Young Woman of the West award. Nominations are sought in Spring each year and the winners are announced at the University’s International Women’s Day event the following March. Nominations of women working in the school sector are encouraged.