What's On at UWA

One of photography’s most distinctive features is its schizophrenia. Capable of shifting shape and identity in the blink of an eye, photography has always encompassed both material and immaterial manifestations, both physical objects grounded in specific configurations of time and space, and (...)

Explosive new research findings will reveal the extent to which Burrup rock art is being destroyed rapidly by industrial pollution. Be there. Hear the news first. Join the fight to preserve Western Australia’s most significant cultural heritage site. The Burrup Peninsula and Murujuga National (...)

Dr Blakey's interest is in improving the assessment and management of people with asthma by incorporating newer data streams and measurement of future risk into models of care. Note: 12.30pm lunch for 1.00pm - 2.00pm presentation

Across the month of September, the Centre for Education Futures will be hosting a range of mLearning events that will explore the use of mobile and in-context learning in Higher Education.

•Demonstrations on how to use the new Blackboard Instructor mobile app and Blackboard Mobile (...)

A look into the Blackboard mobile suite, new innovations, how to adopt them and what we have planned.

Will include a brief overview of the new Blackboard Instructor app, designed to better meet the needs of staff, by offering to enhance the user-centric mobile experience.

With over 30 years of heritage surveys in the Pilbara, Rio Tinto holds an immense collection of heritage data including a large relational database of site and survey records. As is the case with many industry-based cultural heritage resources, this information is most often used to manage sites on (...)

A public lecture by Professor Erika Techera, Director, Oceans Institute, The University of Western Australia.

The offshore oil and gas industry is facing the prospect of de-commissioning thousands of installations in the coming decades. In some parts of the world the issue is already (...)

The Winthrop Singers ascend Winthrop Tower for their annual serenade to the sunrise on the first day of Spring, followed by an intimate performance in the resonant acoustic of the Winthrop Hall Foyer.

Permanent residents from China living in Australia face a dilemma of citizenship. China does not permit dual nationality and so when Chinese citizens apply for naturalization elsewhere they must effectively renounce their Chinese citizenship and thereafter be treated as aliens under Chinese law. As (...)

Be transported from the everyday in our free lunchtime concert series, featuring the finest musical talent locally, nationally and within the School.

This week join talented UWA students as they perform solo, as trios and quartets and as part of our Brass Ensemble.

This presentation investigates the avowed potential of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) and Open Education Resources (OERs) to improve educational opportunities for learners in the global South. Based on action research in Dili, Timor-Leste in June-July 2015, May-June 2016, and February-July (...)

Unfortunately this event has been cancelled.

We regret to advise that unfortunately the ‘mLearning Month Launch and Geoguessr Experience’ event scheduled to take place on Friday, 1 September 2017 from 3pm to 4.30pm has been cancelled.

There are many more events for (...)

There will be refreshments in Maths & Stats tea room at 15:40, and we will go for drinks at the UWA Tavern or the UniClub after the seminar. All are most welcome.

Speaker: Gordon Royle (University of Western Australia) Title: Hamilton Cycles in Cubic Graphs Time and place: 16:00 (...)

Now in its third season, Fridays@Five is the ideal way to kick-start your weekend! Each session offers a unique musical experience to delight all music lovers, from young artist led concerts to informal musical drinks on the famous grassy knoll, behind the scenes workshops to lectures and (...)

Renowned Perth piano technician Paul Tunzi celebrates 40 years in the business by taking you on an interactive journey of discovery and learning as keyboard instruments from the 1700s to the present day are brought to life by some of Perth’s finest pianists.

Discover the instruments! (...)

Visit UWA from 4 - 8 September for UWA Research Week when we showcase UWA research and its impact on local and global communities.

With over 50 diverse events on offer, it is a great opportunity for you to come and see the sorts of problems we are working on, the connections we have with (...)

UWA Research Week & CRAR+M Rock Art - many events, all welcome (but booking essential)!

From 4-8 September UWA’s Centre for Rock Art Research + Management together with Murujuga and Balanggarra Traditional Owners, Partners and Collaborators is hosting a series of events (below).

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9:45 - EVENT - Research Week : 4-8 September 2017

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In this talk Simon Palfrey will explore how Spenser's hallucinogenic renaissance epic, The Faerie Queene, might provide the dark model for modern life, secretly repeating throughout personal and national histories.

Simon Palfrey grew up in Hobart before going to the Australian National (...)

China's new economic policy for the development of western China, in particular Xinjiang, now forms part of a national strategy to rejuvenate the old silk roads that have connected China with the rest of the world for thousands of years. Marika Vicziany, will report on her new work in western China (...)