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The conference is an initiative of local schools and UWA to provide professional support for staff in the education sector.

Is aging different now in Australia, and does this matter? What are the appropriate roles of elders in today’s society? How do we balance elders’ rights and responsibilities? What can we do to make aging and being an elder more worthwhile?

These are some of the questions that will (...)

For more than two decades, Glenn Mitchell lived a life that many envied. As a sports commentator for the ABC, and married to fellow broadcaster, Karen Tighe, he travelled the world covering elite level sport. During his tenure with the national broadcaster he commentated on four Olympic, four (...)

Clinical Epidemiology focuses on the application of epidemiologic research principles to questions relating to clinical diagnosis, prognosis and the efficacy of therapeutic interventions.

Unit outline

This five-day unit considers:

- design, conduct and analysis (...)

This is an intensive five-day unit on the theory and practice of analysis of large sets of linked administrative health data at an introductory to intermediate level.

Rapid growth in data linkage projects has led to a shortfall in analyst skills. Some researchers understand (...)

Deep-rooted eucalyptus, tree and shrub members of the Banksia family engage in mining deeply located minerals elements and construct therefrom “pavements” of clay, ferricrete, humicrete or calcium carbonate in upper regions of their respective rooting profiles. Presence of such layers optimizes (...)

Field stations, marine laboratories, and research centers in protected areas comprise much of the ecosystem diversity in the US and as such, serve as centres of scientific discovery, mentoring, intellectual curiosity, and serendipitous communities of scholars. The University of California Natural (...)

Dr Lourens D.Mus, FRSA, will present on all the research about music in our daily lives.

Dr. Alan Lourens directs the Orchestra, Wind Ensemble and Brass Ensemble, as well as teaching conducting, pedagogy and courses in music education. Dr. Lourens holds a Doctorate in Conducting and (...)

Many of Australia's freshwater fish undertake migrations upstream and downstream in rivers at various times during their life. Adult fish may migrate for reproduction and juveniles often undertake migrations from nursery areas to their adult habitats. In some species, eggs and larvae undertake (...)

Join local historian and WA Museum Public Programs Officer Malcolm Traill as he delves into the stories and history behind some of Albany’s most iconic buildings. Commencing at the Albany Town Hall, we will meet some of the characters that made Albany famous. This leisurely stroll down York St (...)

South-western Australia is a “biodiversity hot spot” but that description has a formal basis defined internationally only by plant species richness, and, threat. Animal diversity in south-western Australia is comparatively less well known: many of us know about unique species, e.g. quokkas (...)

Nicholas Bannan will illustrate the role that choral music plays in the education of students at the University of Western Australia, focusing on the development of skills required to perform the service of Evensong weekly at St George's College. He will explore with the choir the issues that have (...)

Prof. Hopper will consider the evolutionary history and conservation prospects of the State's flora, with special focus on the globally renowned Southwest Australian Floristic Region, one of the world's 25 biodiversity Hotspots. This rich flora on old landscape is threatened due to European land-use (...)

You may not be aware that the UWA Albany Campus offers: • Full degrees in a range of majors in Arts, Science and Education. • First year units in Commerce. • The opportunity to complete 12 to 18 months of any degree in Albany. • The opportunity to study cross-institutionally. UWA can (...)

Come and find out about UWA’s undergraduate and postgraduate courses, scholarship opportunities, outstanding career options and explore our community programs and facilities.

This year there will be campus tram tours, hands-on activities, live music and entertainment, as well as plenty (...)

Food shouldn’t be intimidating, and neither should science. This belief has led scientist and season 3 ‘My Kitchen Rules’ contestants Emma Donnelly and her husband Andrew start Culinary Science to help demystify science. They are passionate about food and enjoy experimenting with fresh (...)

Find out about UWA Albany’s undergraduate and postgraduate courses, scholarship opportunities, outstanding career options and explore our community programs and facilities.

This year course advisers will be available to provide career and course advice and Centrelink will provide (...)

Sarah Drummond is the author of the fishing memoir 'Salt Story: of sea dogs and fisherwomen'. She completed an arts degree at UWA's Albany Campus. Sarah is now writing a history/fiction doctorate about the community of sealers who lived in King George Sound on the threshold of West Australian (...)