The University of Western Australia has a continual roll call of awards, scholarships and prizes presented to staff and students.
To recognise these achievements, an article is published on the UWA news page on the website and in UWA Forward on the first week of every month. If you know of great awards or achievements across the University please email [email protected].
Name: Tammy Lee
Achievement: PhD candidate Tammy Lee, an embryologist at UWA, was crowned the winner of the science communication competition FameLab. The competition sees early career researchers and science communicators from universities and research institutions communicate their research in just three minutes, using simple, everyday language. Ms Lee won with her stand-out talk A-typical embryo? about her work on atypical appearances and behaviours of embryos and embryo selection. Ms Lee will represent Australia in the international FameLab Final, which will be held online and in-person on 25 November 2025 at CERN Science Gateway. The competition is open to early career STEM researchers currently completing postgraduate studies or within five years of completing their postgraduate degrees.
Name: Caroline Ingram
Achievement: Dr Caroline Ingram, from UWA’s School of Humanities and Social Sciences, has been awarded funds from the Australian Academy of the Humanities' 2025 Publication Subsidy Scheme. The grant assists the publication of new research by early career humanities scholars. Dr Caroline Ingram will use the funds to publish Women on Trial: Criminal Trials in Colonial Western Australia. The book investigates how women accused of crime were treated in the courtroom, and in public discourse, by examining the records of women’s trials in the upper courts of colonial WA. It examines how legal rules and institutions affected the outcome of women’s trials and the way in which the trials were gendered. Preorder the book here.
Name: Josh Brown
Achievement: Dr Josh Brown, from the School of Humanities, has been named the 2025-2026 Australian European University Institute Fellow. The senior lecturer in Italian and chair in modern European languages will spend January 2026 in Fiesole, near Florence. His project will focus on trade networks and language around the early modern Mediterranean. The European University Institute was founded in 1972 by the European Community Member States to provide advanced academic training to PhD students and to promote research at the highest level. The Fellowships are awarded to academics currently undertaking research in law, history, economics, and social and political sciences who are able to identify a direct benefit for their research from a period of residence.
Name: Melissa Black, Isabella Drew, John Gostage, Samuel Maher, Kimberley Wang, Michelle Wieberneit
Achievement: Ms Melissa Black, from the School of Humanities, Ms Isabella Drew, Dr John Gostage, Mr Samuel Maher and Dr Kimberley Wang, from the School of Human Sciences, and Ms Michelle Wieberneit, from the Law School were awarded Associate Fellowships of the Higher Education Academy. ‘The UWA Academy Fellowship Scheme (supports academic and professional staff to receive recognition for their excellence in teaching and/or learning support in the form of Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy. The Fellows enhance the student experience by reflecting on and understanding how students learn and the impact of their teaching and learner support.
Name: Joanne Ang, Rania El-Desoky, Okhee Yoo, Yanyan Dong, Boxi Feng, Mostafa Jamshidian, Kyoko Kawasaki, Katja Lee, Swapna Lingam, Bradley MacDonald, Rida Malik, Gary Smith, Jason Weismueller, Amy Waghorn, Leo (Ren-Hao) Xu, Kenny Yang,
Achievement: Dr Joanne Ang, Ms Rania El-Desoky and Dr Okhee Yoo, from the School of Health & Clinical Sciences . Ms Yanyan Dong, from the School of Agriculture & Environment, Dr Boxi Feng, from the School of Biomedical Sciences, Dr Mostafa Jamshidian, from the School of Engineering, Dr Kyoko Kawasaki and Dr Katja Lee, from the School of Social Sciences, Dr Swapna Lingam, from the Dental School, Dr Bradley MacDonald, from the Rural Clinical School of WA, Ms Rida Malik, from the School of Human Sciences, Mr Gary Smith and Dr Jason Weismueller, from the Business School, Ms Amy Waghorn, from Teaching Operations, Dr Leo (Ren-Hao) Xu, from the Graduate School of Education, and Dr Kenny Yang, from the Law School, were awarded Fellowships of the Higher Education Academy. An event to celebrate UWA Excellence in Teaching Awards on Friday, 28 November from 3pm to 6pm in the Banquet Hall at The University Club of UWA.
Congratulations UWA staff, alumni and students.
Image above: Tammy Lee gives her winning FameLab presentation.