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This 12 hour training package is for UWA employees who wish to have a better understanding of mental disorders.

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Teachers are being stretched in their efforts to maintain high quality teaching, often in a time or resource-poor environment, and with an increasingly diverse student cohort. Ideas on how to establish and maintain a good learning experience for students by (...)

The gradebook is where student marks for assessed activities can be managed. Activities and items in the LMS can be assessed and grade collated in the gradebook. The gradebook, can also be manipulated in a range of ways, manual grades added or marks changed. In the Beyond the Basics: Managing (...)

In this workshop, participants will investigate the Database and Glossary activites within the LMS unit. The Glossary activity allows participants to create and maintain a list of definitions, like a dictionary. Using the Database activity teachers and/or students can build, display and search a (...)

This seminar involves looking at workplace etiquette and what constitutes poor etiquette. A look at the skills and knowledge required to work respectfully and effectively within the university environment. It includes information on understanding the rights and responsibilities of employees and (...)

To ensure compliance with the Fringe Benefits Tax Legislation, it is important that staff at the University understand how to identify, document and report fringe benefits. This workshop is designed to assist staff to understand what a fringe benefit is, how and when they are provided to staff, and (...)

There is only so much time in a day. No one can control time, however, we can increase our clarity over the use of each 24-hour period. We can set priorities, develop excellent stress management systems and perspectives and make our health and wellbeing a priority. This is an essential workshop for (...)

This workshop is designed to provide participants with the knowledge and understanding of the procurement policies, processes, objectives and procure to pay cycle of the University.

This workshop explores the role of research consultant and how successful outcomes can be satisfactorily achieved. The processes of contact; project clarification; UWA consultancy protocols and processes, negotiation and financial costing, communication, consultation strategies, reporting and (...)

This workshop is designed to enable participants to better understand the essential concepts of spreadsheets and to enable them to demonstrate their ability to use a spreadsheet application on a personal computer. Participants will practice developing, formatting and using a spreadsheet as well as (...)

If you need to call people together to consider information and get agreement on future action - and you wish to achieve better outcomes than you are currently getting , this programme is a must.

Managers are often responsible for effective project management – as either project leaders or managers. This one day workshop will examine the project management cycle; financial management of project resources; accountability and reporting and the monitoring of progress and outcomes.

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Large classes mean the lecture class is maintained, yet effective teaching requires reconsidering how learners are engaged in the lecture time. ‘Active Learning’ is a principle which aims to involve students in the learning process, so that they are not simply (...)

MySource Classic makes it easy to create on-line web forms. On-line forms can be used for surveys, questionnaires, feedback, ordering products and services.

Provides participants with a knowledge of occupational safety and health legislation, principles, responsibilities and practices and their application at UWA.

Assessment has always been a practice that is central to all teaching institutions. It happens, often, so instinctively that little thought goes into whether it is as good as it could be.

Questions such as the following are often not examined:

What is the difference between an (...)

This workshop will provide an opportunity for users to practice the use of filters, search and lookup functions to retrieve information quickly.

Using Excel 2010, participants will create and modify a variety of charts through the use of the Chart Wizard and supplied templates. Available chart types will be examined to suggest which are best for what the data suggests and the user wants to show. Participants can hope to become more (...)

This workshop is designed to introduce participants to Financial Services and all areas within. It includes the financial reporting structure, the University’s internal and external obligations, the University’s Chart of Accounts, the cut-off dates and the Finance Manual.

This workshop is designed to provide participants with a sound knowledge of all the financial forms and tips to avoid delays and forms being returned as well as cash handling best pratice processes. It also offers participants an overview of the entire workflow process and the impact of forms not (...)