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 (...)

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 (...)

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

Tickets available through Applecross SHS.

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.

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 (...)

Leeming Senior High School Valedictory Ceremony Where: Winthrop Hall When: 25 November 2009 Assemble at 6.15pm for 7pm start

Tickets available through Leeming SHS.

Following Nicole Kidman’s impassioned testimony to the US Congress in support of the International Violence against Women Act, the Perth Chapter of Young UNIFEM (The United Nations Development Fund for Women) is holding a ‘White Ribbon Day Soiree” to support White Ribbon Day, November 25.

Professor Shiro Ikegawa is a leading international expert in the field of molecular genetics of osteoarthritis and osteoporosis with a distinguished record of achievement. He frequently publishes scientific discovery in Nature and Science; he has had in excess of 160 publications since 1990, and (...)

Kelmscott Senior High School Graduation Ceremony taking place in Winthrop Hall and the Undercroft on 30 November 2009 at 7pm.

Tickets available through Kelmscott SHS.

Nicollette's School of Dance presents Fame Where: Octagon Theatre When: 1 December 2009 at 7.15pm

Tickets available through Nicollette's School of Dance

The talk: Energy, Climate and People - The world is running out of cheap oil and gas. If the past is any guide, energy demand is set to increase as the global population both increases and looks for higher living standards. There will be parallel but different pressures on water. The way (...)

Sharon Biddle School of Dance Annual Dance Concert 2009 taking place at the Octagon Theatre.

Performance Dates: Wednesday 2 December 2009 at 6.30pm Friday 4 December 2009 at 7.30pm Saturday 5 December 2009 at 7.30pm

Tickets available through Sharon Biddle School of Dance from (...)

Kensington Secondary School presents Learn to Live! Where: Octagon Theatre When: 3 December 2009 at 6.30pm

Tickets available through Kensington SHS.

Two-Day Media Skills Workshop

9am to 5pm on December 4 & 11, 2009

The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA

Have you ever wondered… What makes a media friendly story? Why doesn’t the story look like the information I provided? Why do I feel at the media’s (...)

St Hilda's Anglican School for Girls 2009 Speech Night Where: Winthrop Hall When: 4 December 2009 at 7.30pm

Tickets available through St Hilda's.

The Tales of Beatrix Potter Come and see Jeremy fisher, Mrs Tiggy Winkle, Jemima Puddle-Duck, Squirrel Nutkin and more as they are brought to life in a delightful ballet that will thrill audiences of all ages.

1914 Ballet Set at Christmas time in Australia during the first World War (...)

WA Performance School presents Junior and Senior School Concerts Where: Octagon Theatre When: 6 December 2009 Junior School Concert at 1pm, Senior School at 4pm

Tickets avavilable through BOCS.