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Set on a lovely bush block in Mundaring, this Quiet Day provides some space to 'be alone' in the company of other UWA academics and professional staff with the intention of marking out some good quality thinking/reflection time.

There is no formal content to the day – no presentations (...)

This will be a workshop based presentation drawing on Martin’s experience as “a flipper” and also on others from UWA that have been involved in a research project scoping student experiences in flipped classrooms. We will explore what the research shows as well as tips for shifting the focus (...)

As a young man, Aldo Di Toro made his debut in opera as Oronte in Alcina for West Australian Opera at the Festival of Perth. He has sung with all the major opera companies in Australia, making his Opera Australia debut in 2007 singing Alfredo (La Traviata). Now living in Italy and performing (...)

Shanghai Personal Biotechnology Co. Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “Personalbio”) was established in 2011. Headquartered in Shanghai, Personalbio owns high-throughput sequencing platforms including Illumina MiSeq, HiSeq 2500, NextSeq 500, X-ten, NoraSeq and PacBio RS II & Sequel. Led and (...)

Psychology Colloquium

Tuesday 3rd October 4:00-5:00pm in Bayliss MCS G.33, followed by post-talk drinks in the Psychology Courtyard (or, in bad weather, the Psychology Common Room, 2nd floor of main psychology building)

Presenter: E/Prof Pat Michie (University of Newcastle)

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17:00 - EVENT - Collaboration and Cocreation : What's silence got to do with it?

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The Research Development Team is pleased to invite UWA researchers to the final event to be offered under the ARC Linkage Project Support Program.

This session will feature presentations and small group discussion led by successful Linkage Project holders on their experience identifying (...)

Learn how to develop a search strategy, identify relevant scholarly information resources and use tools and techniques to follow the academic conversation in your field.

The deaths of thousands of giant kangaroos (Macropus giganteus titan) in one location make for an impressive palaeontological site. Deposition of macropod remains at Lancefield Swamp, Victoria (south-eastern Australia), spans the period of human arrival in Australia, although the site provides (...)

This study aims to understand the process of identity development and perception of speaker’s authenticity in students of Korean as a heritage language enrolled in an Australian university. The history of Korean- Australians in more recent and different compared to that of Korean- Americans (...)

Be transported from the everyday in our free lunchtime concert series, featuring the finest musical talent locally, nationally and within the School of Music! This week's concert presents the UWA Vocal students performing solo works for piano and voice. Free entry - no bookings required.

In 1891, two Lazarist priests, Eugene Poulin and Henry Jung, along with Sister Marie de Mandat Grancey, uncovered a small house-church in Ephesus, where they claimed the Virgin Mary had lived out her final years. Although scholars dismiss the site due to its questionable authenticity, today the (...)

Speaker: Luke Morgan (University of Western Australia) Title: Cayley digraphs and Cayley index Time and place: 16:00 Friday 06/10/2017 in Weatherburn LT

Abstract: The Cayley index of a Cayley digraph on a finite group G is the index of (the regular representation of) G in the (...)

Fridays@Five offers a unique musical experience to delight all music lovers, from young artist led concerts, informal musical drinks on the famous grassy knoll, behind the scenes workshops to lectures and masterclasses. Join us this week for a special performance by the UWA String Orchestra (...)

The year of 1599 was a turning point both for England and for William Shakespeare. Ever since the failed Spanish armada of 1588 there had been serious threats of a fresh incursion. Contrary to much popular belief today, the Spanish threat did not die with Queen Mary’s widowed husband, Philip II (...)

Today, the natural and the supernatural are often viewed in stark opposition. In the medieval and early modern period, however, the supernatural infused every aspect of daily life. Prayers and rites punctuated everyday routines, and natural phenomena – such as earthquakes and eclipses – were (...)

When the Dutch East India vessel Batavia was wrecked on Morning Reef in the Abrolhos Islands in June 1629, none of the more than 300 people on board could have imagined the enduring historical impact of this maritime disaster and its bloody aftermath. Those events have inspired a multitude of books (...)

This new ACG seminar seeks to explore the latest technologies and methodologies used at mining operations to mitigate and manage strainburst risk. It is hoped that by learning more about these phenomena, successful methodologies to reduce the likelihood and consequences of strainbursting can be (...)

Rising economic inequality has become a global concern over recent years. A number of studies point to a widening of the gap between rich and poor, a trend that could well be undermining the social consensus on which democratic capitalism has successfully functioned since the Second World War (...)