Convocation of UWA Graduates

International collaboration with Queen's University, Belfast

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Convocation Council has been in dialogue via Zoom videoconferencing with the equivalent group at Queen’s University, Belfast, Northern Ireland.

International collaboration with Queen’s University, Belfast

International collaboration with Queen's University, Belfast

Convocation Council has been in dialogue via Zoom videoconferencing with the equivalent group at Queen’s University, Belfast, Northern Ireland. Currently, we are comparing our strategic plans with a view to incorporating ideas to cover the next five years.

Recent news announced the appointment of their new Chancellor – Hillary Rodham Clinton – who was inaugurated on 24 September 2021. The former Secretary of State and Democratic presidential candidate in the USA was named the 11th Chancellor of the University in January 2020 but had yet to be officially installed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The formal inauguration ceremony is set to take place at Whitla Hall. She will deliver an address and confer several honorary degrees as part of the event. Mrs Clinton will become the first female Chancellor in the history of Queen’s University.