What's On at UWA

Our local beaches have had a rough start to winter with many looking narrower than they have been in some years as a result of recent storms. Many of us who visit our local WA beaches may wonder how and why our coastlines change shape so dramatically throughout the seasons.

Join Dr Jeff Hansen, as he provides an overview of the processes that dictate the balance between erosion and accretion along our coastline. He will also explain how we monitor and measure our coastline, as well as highlight some unique aspects of WA’s oceanography that are important in shaping our beaches.

Perth Upmarket is Perth’s original and best design market, featuring more than 200 of Perth's most talented artists, designers, craftsmen and foodies all at The University of Western Australia's Winthrop Hall.

There is something for everyone, including a Junior Upmarket section in Hackett Hall which showcases all the best local designers for kids' clothing, toys, games and decor. Have a browse through the gourmet section to inspire your inner Masterchef, shop original locally designed homewares or find the perfect Christmas gift for someone special. Then enjoy a coffee or lunch relaxing on the beautiful lawns around Winthrop Hall.

DETAILS:

·Sun 21st June 2020 ·Sun 13th Sept 2020 ·Sun 29th Nov 2020 Time: 10am-4pm Venue: The University of Western Australia’s Winthrop Hall Parking and entry free, venue is easily accessible, 3 ATMs on site 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley Website: www.perthupmarket.com.au Facebook.com/perthupmarket

A three day course introducing the basics of statistics, useful as an introduction or refresher

A three day course introducing the basics of statistics, useful as an introduction or refresher

Don’t judge a book by its cover. Appearances can be deceiving. Despite these warnings, evidence shows that people can’t help but make rapid judgements of character based on a mere glimpse of a stranger’s face. These impressions really matter because they predict all sorts of social outcomes. For instance, children who look attractive are assumed to be smart by teachers, and are less likely to receive harsh discipline.

Dr Jemma Collova will discuss how psychology research can help us understand how we form first impressions from children’s faces, whether these impressions are at all accurate, and how children learn to form these impressions too.

Join us on International Women in Engineering Day to explore diverse and creative careers in engineering. Hear from a range of women working and studying across various industries including automation and mining, civil and transport engineering, software engineering, electrical and electronic engineering and mechanical engineering. Plus, at the end of the discussion, you’ll be able to ask the panel your own questions through our live Q&A.

We’ll give you a real insight into what engineers do and introduce you to some female industry leaders. If you’re a high school student, parent, teacher, career adviser or just want to know more about engineering careers, then this event is for you.

This event is hosted by UWA Girls in Engineering, an outreach program that inspires female students to take advantage of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) study and the career pathways available in this area.

Waste minimisation and byproduct reuse is a growing challenge for the global mining industry, driven by investor, regulatory, and community pressures as well as internal corporate and industry-wide goals. Responding to this challenge requires mining companies to develop strategies and technology to reduce waste generation, energy use, and greenhouse gas emissions, and increase byproduct reuse. These strategies are being developed within a context of depleting, lower grade, and more complex reserves, and a volatile market, with social license to operate positioned as one of the biggest operational risks given recent tailings dam failures.

This online panel discussion will examine the step changes required for zero waste mining to become an affordable industry reality.

Panellists include representatives from mining companies, not-for profit organisations, regulators, consultants, and research and training providers to explore zero waste mining from multiple angles.

Join the University Computer Club online on Thursday, June 25 from 6PM for the first instalment of a six-part series on Streamlined Documents.

The focus of these talks is to get you acquainted with some of the best ways to create and edit documents.

This first talk is on Modal Editors - and why you should be using a modal editor to create your documents.

Whether you are an undergraduate student, currently writing your thesis, or create and edit large numbers of documents as a teacher or tutor - if you have never used or heard of modal editors, this talk has something to offer you.

This is an online talk offered for free to the general public. All you need to do to join the session is to open the following meeting link at 6pm on 25/06/2020.

https://meetings.ucc.asn.au/b/tec-mzh-h9w

For more details of the other talks within UCC's Guide to Streamlined Documents, please see the event(s) on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1343286462543479/

A three day course to expand your knowledge and understanding of regression analysis

From Geraldton to Esperance, the South-West of WA has experienced increasingly variable climate conditions for over a century. With increasingly drier winters and warmer, wetter summers affecting our state’s cropping industry; we need to gather and integrate knowledge from across Science to understand how best to respond to the challenges ahead.

Join three UWA experts: Frances Hoyle (Soil), Nicolas Taylor (Plant) and Don McFarlane (Climate effects on water) as they explore how research has helped address previous and current challenges facing growers; and help them anticipate how we ‘gear up’ and identify areas of future knowledge needed for the sustainability of the industry.

Now, more than ever, parents, school leaders and policy-makers have access to a dizzying array of data on the performance of students, schools and systems.

As data factories, schools also produce new forms of data through the increased use of online and mobile learning apps and platforms. This data revolution, driven by technological advances, has not only made it possible to generate large amounts of data, but also to make it widely accessible.

Navigating this new data-driven world, however, is easier said than done. Without sufficient understanding of what data can or cannot tell us, it is easy to use data in misleading or ineffective ways. This is often the case with data generated from large-scale student assessments such as NAPLAN, school performance data on the My School website, or data presented in the form of ‘league tables’ that rank school ATAR performance. The rapid shift towards online learning also presents complex questions about data privacy and use, and the role of corporate influences in schools. In this context, data-literacy is a crucial skill to posess.

Join us for a Q&A-style panel that brings together policymakers, researchers, school leaders, teachers and parents to reflect on the possibilities and challenges presented by the ‘data revolution’ as we enter the 2020s. Presenters will dissect issues ranging from how parents use data about schools and student achievement, through to how policy makers harness system wide data to reform our education systems. Moderated by Associate Professor Glenn Savage, our panel of experts will engage in productive dialogue regarding the uses, misuses and potentials for the rapidly expanding data climate we inhabit.

Git is to 'track changes' what a Ferrari is to a horse and cart.

Try to find someone who doesn't think learning this was a good idea: you won't be able to.

Drop in and get an intro to this Version Control System; to follow along take a look at https://git-scm.com/downloads

This is UCC's second talk in a six-part series on Streamlined Documents. This is an online talk offered for free to the general public. All you need to do to join the session is to open the following meeting link at 6pm on Thursday, July 7, 2020:

https://meetings.ucc.asn.au/b/tec-mzh-h9w

For more details of the other talks within UCC's Guide to Streamlined Documents, please see the event(s) on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1520901188076576/

Please note there has been a URL Change for this meeting as our usual meeting link is down. Please join us tonight by using this link: https://hubble.ccgs.wa.edu.au/b/tim-y9r-3g7

The 16th Global Rubber Conference 2020 is designed as a platform to discuss commercial prospects and opportunities on the rubber market pricings and bring together the regulatory authorities and commercial players of the rubber and rubber-products.

The Age-friendly Cities 2020 (AFC2020) designed to introduce Best Practices and served as a mechanism to create a deep understanding of what is involved in the creation of vibrant, cohesive and sustainable age-friendly cities and provided the foundation to the creation of a global network of Age-Friendly Cities and Communities.

Why do we have earthquakes in WA? Why do they happen more in some areas and not at all in others? WA is a long way from a tectonic plate boundary, so our earthquakes are different in nature to those in places like California, Indonesia or Japan.

Join Prof Myra Keep and PhD candidate Sean Standen as they explain the underlying geology of WA (using cake) and how it controls earthquake locations. They will then describe an example of an earthquake from the Wheatbelt, which occurred in Lake Muir in 2018, and see how the cake explains reality! Did we mention cake?

Emacs is interesting because it provides unparalleled flexibility, and even has a few 'killer apps' which raise it above other editors.

This talk is the third part of UCC's 'Streamlined Documents' series, and seeks to provide an introduction to Emacs using the nice "Doom Emacs" config base.

It takes a little bit more effort to install, but if you're interested take a look here: https://github.com/hlissner/doom-emacs/blob/develop/docs/getting_started.org#install

Whether you are an undergraduate student, currently writing your thesis, or create and edit large numbers of documents as a teacher or tutor - UCC's Guide to Streamlined Documents is a series you won't want to miss.

This is an online talk offered for free to the general public. All you need to do to join the session is to open the following meeting link at 6pm on Tuesday, July 7: https://meetings.ucc.asn.au/b/tec-mzh-h9w

For more details of the other talks within UCC's Guide to Streamlined Documents, please see the event(s) on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/2752020645019377/

Conflicts between groups are deeply rooted in our society, but we also have the capacity to get along with our neighbours and ally for a common goal.

Using evolutionary theory as a navigational guide, Dr Cyril C. Grueter draws on his research on the social organisation of our primate relatives to explore the origins of tolerance in human sociality.

Have you ever had Word crash on you? Corrupt a document? Or even just be a pain to work with?

LaTeX offers a number of compelling advantages...

There's a reason why ~90% of Maths/Phys/Eng/Comp Sci papers are produced with this. LaTeX documents are also fast becoming the best way to submit Journal Articles!

Find out more at this talk!

Get a copy (warning: can be up to 4gb) from https://www.latex-project.org/get/

Whether you are an undergraduate student, currently writing your thesis, or create and edit large numbers of documents as a teacher or tutor – UCC’s Guide to Streamlined Documents is a series you will not want to miss. Join the University Computer Club online on Tuesday, July 14 from 6PM for the fourth instalment of a six-part series on Streamlined Documents.

The focus of these talks is to get you acquainted with some of the best ways to create and edit documents.

These talks are all online are are offered for free to the general public. All you need to do to join the session is to open the following meeting link at 6pm on Tuesday, July 14:

https://meetings.ucc.asn.au/b/tec-mzh-h9w

For more details of the other talks within UCC's Guide to Streamlined Documents, please see the event(s) on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/569545763701077/

Sleep is a vital biological need. It is crucial for good health, mood stability, and high performance. Despite this, sleep loss and sleep disorder are now global health epidemics. Sleep is a vital state within which your brain ‘cleans house’ and replenishes needed energy. Sleep of poor quality or quantity is linked to health and social problems now: and in a person’s future, can be linked to the development of dementia.

Join Dr Michelle Olaithe as she will discuss how psychology research can help us understand what sleep is, why we need it, what good sleep looks like, and how much is enough.

What would happen if LaTeX, Markdown, Jupyter/R Notebooks and Emacs had a baby?

You'd get Org-mode, which I think I can seriously call the best of all worlds.

Am I infatuated with it? Yes.

Find out why by coming to this talk! (just needs Emacs)

Join the University Computer Club online on Tuesday, July 21 from 6PM for the fifth instalment of a six-part series on Streamlined Documents.

The focus of these talks is to get you acquainted with some of the best ways to create and edit documents.

Whether you are an undergraduate student, currently writing your thesis, or create and edit large numbers of documents as a teacher or tutor – UCC’s Guide to Streamlined Documents is a series you will not want to miss.

This is an online talk offered for free to the general public. All you need to do to join the session is to open the following meeting link at 6pm on Tuesday, July 21: https://meetings.ucc.asn.au/b/tec-mzh-h9w

For more details of the other talks within UCC's Guide to Streamlined Documents, please see the event(s) on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/668357567047741/