What's On at UWA

Course outline: In this five-day course, students are given an overview of Aboriginal lifestyle, focussing on traditional and environmental responsibilities and the social practices of indigenous communities during pre- and post- colonial times.

The post-colonial section of the unit (...)

Effective research must be carefully planned to achieve the best outcomes for the researcher/s, the university and the furthering of knowledge. This module explores the initial stage of research project management: designing and costing the project as well as operating within the broader research (...)

Australia is sometimes portrayed as a dangerous place, bulging with an array of deadly animals. Envenoming syndromes (toxicity due directly to the venom) occur most commonly to snake and redback spider bites on land and a variety of jellyfish in the sea. However the majority of deaths are caused by (...)

Assoc Prof Duane Falk from the University of Guelph in Canada, will give a series of lectures in the Agriculture Lecture Theatre at 12pm on the 23rd, 25th and 27th November on ‘Advanced Plant Breeding’. On the 8th-10th December he will then co-present a workshop entitled ‘Optimising Evolutionary (...)

A workshop by Distinguished Visiting Teacher, Dr Chris Rust. Dr Rust is being brought to Australia by the ALTC.

The importance of assessment, and especially feedback, and its effect on student learning, and students’ approaches to learning, is widely acknowledged in the literature. But (...)

Abstract: Human space flight is not and probably will never be a low risk activity. However, the two major space shuttle accidents that took the lives of fourteen brave and dedicated 'astronauts' were accidents that could and should have been avoided. In the Challenger accident it was clear that (...)

Applecross Senior High School Graduation taking place in Winthrop Hall on 23 November 2009 at 7pm.

Tickets available through Applecross SHS.

Reflections on the Kable principle in the light of Totani v South Australia [2009]

The High Court, in its judgments in Kable and Bradley, discovered that, in order to be capable of exercising the judicial power of the Commonwealth, State courts must have the necessary degree of (...)

Groups and Combinatorics Seminar

Stephen Howe (ANU)

will speak on

Analysing random graph processes using differential equations

at 12 noon in MLR1 on Tuesday 24th of November.

Abstract: Differential equations often arise when approximating (...)

Dr. Fleming is a Professor of Pediatrics, with a secondary appointment in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Saint Louis University School of Medicine. He received his Bachelor of Science from the University of Notre Dame and Doctor of Medicine from Saint Louis University (...)

Presented by Douglas Osheroff, J.G. Jackson and C.J. Wood Professor of Physics, Stanford University and 1996 recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physics (with co-recipients David M. Lee and Robert C. Richardson).

How advances in science are made, and how they may come to benefit mankind at (...)

Emmanuel Catholic College 2009 Annual Presentation Night taking place at the Octagon Theatre on the 24 November 2009 at 7pm.

Tickets available via Emmanuel Catholic College.

Connect your career to the world, enhance your degree and improve employment prospects with postgraduate courses in Integrated Human Studies and Science Communication. Investigate postgraduate educational possibilities with course coordinators Prof Neville Bruce and Assoc Prof Nancy Longnecker.

Intended Outcomes: By the end of the workshop participants will have a better understanding of: * What can be packaged * Why some items are not available * What is Fringe Benefit Tax (FBT) * The range of item available to be packaged * How to commence salary package

Key Activities: * (...)

Any staff member with a fixed term or ongoing appointment that wishes to gain a better understanding of what salary packaging is and how employees can benefit by reducing tax paid and increasing take home pay. By the end of the workshop participants will have a better understanding of: *What can (...)

TechNet is an organisation for professional staff from tertiary institutions across Australia, New Zealand and Fiji. The theme of this Conference is: "Sustain: People, Places Resources". The conference will showcase the professional community within Western Australia and provides an (...)

Intended Outcomes: A presentation followed by question time on salary packaging a car under a Novated Lease agreement. A novated lease is a form of vehicle financing which delivers attractive benefits to both employers and employees. It allows employees to include a vehicle of their choice as part (...)

A presentation followed by question time on salary packaging a car under a Novated Lease agreement. A novated lease is a form of vehicle financing which delivers attractive benefits to both employers and employees. It allows employees to include a vehicle of their choice as part of their salary (...)

ATEM presents an outstanding opportunity to participate in a discussion with one of Australia's leading higher education policy analysts, Dr Gavin Moodie, on far-reaching changes in policy and funding, and their implications for managers.

Most of the discussion of the Government's higher (...)