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The University of West Alabama began as Livingston Female Academy in 1835. [6] As a church-related female academy, it admitted its first students in 1839. The school was established by Scots-Irish Presbyterians, who controlled the majority of seats on the first board of trustees selected in 1836.
University of Western Australia (UWA) is a public research university in the Australian state of Western Australia. The university's main campus is in Crawley, a suburb in the City of Perth local government area. [11] UWA was established in 1911 by an act of the Parliament of Western Australia. [12]
Before 1957 and the establishment of the medical school, medical students spent a year at UWA before completing their degree at the University of Adelaide or another medical college. A first fundraising appeal for a new medical school was made in 1950, but enjoyed little success.
UWA Publishing, formerly known as the Text Books Board and then University of Western Australia Press, is a Western Australian publisher established in 1935 by the University of Western Australia. It produces a range of non-fiction and fiction titles.
Established in 1973, the UWA's MBA is the oldest in Western Australia. [11] It has produced over 3,000 management graduates. According to the 2011 Good Universities Guide , the Business School's MBA program has a five-star rating for graduate salaries, getting a job, corporate links, and management faculty size, [ 12 ] and in 2009 was ranked ...
Michael Chaney, former CEO of Wesfarmers; former chancellor of UWA; Rod Eddington, former CEO of British Airways; Andrew Forrest, mining magnate and founder of Fortescue Metals Group; Richard Goyder, former CEO of Wesfarmers, chair of AFL Commission and Qantas; Janet Holmes à Court, businesswoman; Robert Holmes à Court, entrepreneur
The UWA node also operates a data intensive astronomy program, which researches techniques for managing and processing the large amounts of data created by current and future radio telescopes. [ 7 ] Both nodes also operate engineering research programs, largely dedicated to the design and operation of radio telescopes and development of related ...
The UWA Student Guild is the official student representative body at the University of Western Australia, representing the interests of students to the university, government and the wider community, as well as providing services to students.