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Experts in trauma-informed support, positive behaviour and mental health will be sharing their knowledge at wellbeing in education conferences co-hosted by The University of Western Australia. ","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Education"},{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Graduate School of Education"},{"title":"Social Work"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Learning-and-teaching"},{"title":"Our-community"},{"title":"Partnerships"}]},{"title":"Building a cultural bridge to keep Chinese elders safe","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2025/falls-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2025/september/building-a-cultural-bridge-to-keep-chinese-elders-safe","publisheddate":"2025-09-17","summary":"
Two UWA Masters of Social Work students have won hearts and reconnected with their own cultural identities as part of a unique collaboration designed to protect older members of Perth’s Chinese community from falls.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Social Work"},{"title":"School of Allied Health"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Learning-and-teaching"},{"title":"Our People"},{"title":"Research"}]},{"title":"PROSH set to bust 94-year record","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2025/prosh-2025-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2025/march/prosh-set-to-bust-94-year-record","publisheddate":"2025-03-17","summary":"
A record 800 students from The University of Western Australia are expected to hit the streets of Perth this week to sell copies of the satirical student newspaper PROSH and raise money for two local charities.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Current students"},{"title":"Media"},{"title":"Social Work"},{"title":"Young Lives Matter"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Arts-and-Culture"},{"title":"Philanthropy"},{"title":"Our-community"},{"title":"Our People"}]},{"title":"Policy guru to outline roadmap to a more sustainable future","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2024/michael-sheldrick-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2024/march/policy-guru-to-outline-roadmap-to-a-more-sustainable-future","publisheddate":"2024-03-18","summary":"
Policy entrepreneur and co-founder of Global Citizen Michael Sheldrick will headline a free public talk ‘An 8-point Roadmap to a More Sustainable Future… and how we can all contribute to it’ at the State Library of Western Australia this Thursday 21 March.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Development and Alumni Relations"},{"title":"Education"},{"title":"Social Work"},{"title":"UWA Public Policy Institute"},{"title":"CorporateHome"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Our People"},{"title":"Our-community"},{"title":"Partnerships"},{"title":"Policy-and-opinion"}]},{"title":"Awards and achievements","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2024/ningish-saleh-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2024/january/awards-and-achievements","publisheddate":"2024-01-08","summary":"
The University of Western Australia has a continual roll call of awards, scholarships and prizes presented to staff and students.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Current students"},{"title":"Law School"},{"title":"Regional rural and remote"},{"title":"School of Allied Health"},{"title":"School of Design"},{"title":"School of Biomedical Sciences"},{"title":"Social Work"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Awards and Achievements"},{"title":"Our People"},{"title":"WA Centre for Rural Health"}]},{"title":"Public lecture to focus on Indigenous wellbeing, self-determination and the Voice","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2023/pat-dudgeon-card-1.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2023/september/public-lecture-to-focus-on-indigenous-wellbeing-self-determination-and-the-voice","publisheddate":"2023-09-05","summary":"
Prominent Indigenous scholar Professor Patricia Dudgeon from UWA will shine the spotlight on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander wellbeing, self-determination and the upcoming Voice Referendum at a free public lecture next week.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Centre for Aboriginal Medical and Dental Health"},{"title":"Centre for Social Impact"},{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Medical Education"},{"title":"Medical School"},{"title":"Our Women"},{"title":"Regional rural and remote"},{"title":"School of Psychological Science"},{"title":"Social Work"},{"title":"CorporateHome"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Our People"},{"title":"Our-community"},{"title":"Policy-and-opinion"},{"title":"Research"}]},{"title":"New course designed to address social worker shortage","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2023/lenny-papertalk---card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2023/august/new-course-designed-to-address-social-worker-shortage","publisheddate":"2023-08-17","summary":"
A new course at UWA aims to tackle the shortage of social workers across the State with a focus on training students in regional, rural and remote areas. ","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Education"},{"title":"Regional rural and remote"},{"title":"School of Allied Health"},{"title":"Social Work"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Learning-and-teaching"}]},{"title":"How can we bolster Australia’s depleted army of volunteers to match the soaring demand for their services?","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2023/conversation-volunteering-card-944x522.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2023/may/how-can-we-bolster-australias-depleted-army-of-volunteers-to-match-the-soaring-demand-for-their-services","publisheddate":"2023-05-17","summary":"
Volunteering dropped by 37% in Australia during the COVID-19 pandemic, emphasising the need for innovative and flexible approaches to reverse the decline.","sxaTags":[{"title":"School of Social Sciences"},{"title":"Social Work"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"CorporateHome"},{"title":"Our People"},{"title":"Our-community"}]},{"title":"Report shows companies failing to act on modern slavery risks","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2022/hands-picking-leaves-card-image.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2022/november/report-shows-companies-failing-to-act-on-modern-slavery-risks","publisheddate":"2022-11-17","summary":"
A coalition of human rights organisations and academics, including an international law expert from The University of Western Australia, is calling on the Federal Government to overhaul Australia's modern slavery laws.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Centre for Social Impact"},{"title":"Law School"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"School of Humanities"},{"title":"School of Population and Global Health"},{"title":"School of Social Sciences"},{"title":"Social Work"},{"title":"UWA Public Policy Institute"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Business-and-law"},{"title":"International relations"},{"title":"Our-community"},{"title":"Partnerships"},{"title":"Policy-and-opinion"},{"title":"Research"}]},{"title":"Violence, heart disease, frostbite: study finds more demand for homeless help","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2022/cardboard-house-card-image.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2022/august/study-finds-more-demand-for-homelessness-help","publisheddate":"2022-08-02","summary":"
 Research by The University of Western Australia's Centre for Social Impact has found 85 per cent of women experiencing homelessness have been attacked in the past two years in a study that also highlighted a big rise in people looking for help from homelessness services. ","sxaTags":[{"title":"Centre for Social Impact"},{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Social Work"},{"title":"Our-community"},{"title":"Policy-and-opinion"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Business School"}]}]}