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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 (...)

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 (...)

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 (...)

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 (...)

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 (...)

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 (...)

PASW Statistics (formerly SPSS, Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) is a data management and analysis package used extensively in health research in WA.

It is available in hospitals, universities, government and other organisations. It is possible to 'teach yourself' with (...)

Have you ever wanted to:

Communicate important study related events to your students?

Provide a unit outline and learning materials in a central location?

Manage access and release results to individual students?

If you answered yes to any or all of these (...)

Have you ever wanted to:

Communicate important study related events to your students?

Provide a unit outline and learning materials in a central location?

Manage access and release results to individual students?

If you answered yes to any or all of these (...)

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 (...)

This course has been developed in response to queries from researchers and students on practical ways to start involving consumers and the community in their research.

The aims of the two-day workshop are to:

* raise awareness of the contribution consumers and the (...)