What's On at UWA

Presenter: Prof Stephan Lewandowksy

University of Bristol & The University of Western Australia

Professor Stephan Lewandowsky is a cognitive scientist at the University of Bristol. He was an Australian Professorial Fellow from 2007 to 2012, and was awarded a Discovery (...)

Find out which of our undergraduate mature-age entry pathways are most appropriate to you based on your individual study history, and learn more about what to expect from student life.

Our staff will also be on hand to answer any questions you have about studying at UWA.

Representatives from UWA's Exchange Partner institutions, returned students and faculty representatives will be there to tell you all about the fantastic opportunities they have available. Make sure your students come along to the Oak Lawn to check it out!

Prof James Enns - Department of Psychology, The University of British Columbia

James Enns is a distinguished University Scholar and Professor in the Department of Psychology at UBC and an Adjunct Professor at UWA working with Troy Visser on collaborative grants. He is also currently the (...)

The Seminar: We are all very aware of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and the impact it has across the world. Nearly everyone at this talk will know of someone who has suffered from CVD (e.g. heart attack, stroke, aneurysm, etc) or who was directly affected by the disease. Did you know that it kills (...)

Department of Psychology and the Centre for Elite Performance, Expertise and Training, Macquarie University

Mark Wiggings is a Professor of Organizational Psychology at Macquarie University. He gained his PhD in Psychology from the University of Otago, New Zealand in 2001. Mark is (...)

Find out about the benefits of a UWA postgraduate course, how a postgraduate degree can help you to advance your career, gain a promotion or change your career path.

Prospective Student Advisers, faculty staff, academics and current postgraduate students will be on hand to answer your (...)

Hudson will deliver a session that will give you the chance to explore and learn about Assessment Centres including how they are used, what to expect and how to make the most out them.

You will also have the opportunity to ask any questions related to:

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Presenter 1: Julien Bureau

Julien is a PhD student at Universite de Montreal in Montreal, Canada. He is a visiting research fellow at UWA supported by the Endeavour Research Fellowships programme from the Australian government. His research focuses on dishonesty and he is particularly (...)

In this public lecture, Jan Cilliers, Professor of Mineral Processing and Head of Department of Earth Science and Engineering in the Royal School of Mines at Imperial College London, will discuss techniques of industrial flotation, rather than simply laboratory or research curiosities. The talk (...)

Come and check out the UWA stand at the Perth Careers and Education Expo and discover how we can help you achieve your study and career goals.

DATES: Thursday 14 - Sunday 17 May 2015

TIMES: Thursday 9.00am - 3.00pm Friday 9.00am - 3.00pm Saturday 10.00am - 4.00pm Sunday 10.0 (...)

The Seminar: For 28 years, Mann has been studying the dolphins of Shark Bay, including tool use with marine sponges. This is one of the best-studied cases of tool-use in cetaceans. About 4% of the population regularly uses tools. This talk explains why some dolphins use tools while others do not (...)

The 7.9 magnitude earthquake that struck Nepal on 25 April has already claimed the lives of more than 7,000 people with an estimated eight million people affected. The Red Cross is at the forefront of the international response, sending shelter and water and sanitation specialists, setting up (...)

The Seminar: Obesity is a crucial health and economic problem for Australians. In recent studies, we have found that frequent skin exposure to a low non-burning dose of ultraviolet radiation reduced weight gain in mice fed a high fat diet. These findings were independent of circulating vitamin D (...)

Psychology Colloquium: The colloquium this week features two presentations from the recent Australasian Experimental Psychology Conference.

Presenter 1: Briony Swire-Thompson

Briony is a PhD candidate with the Cognitive Psychology Laboratories. Under the supervision of Dr (...)

Bayliss Seminar Series

Presenter: Dr. Thomas Whitford

Dr. Thomas Whitford is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Psychology at the University of New South Wales (UNSW). His research is based around using electroencephalography (EEG) and neuroimaging to explore the neutral basis of schizophrenia. Tom completed (...)

The Seminar: Population displacement is a salient and recursive social phenomenon characterising the young nation-state of Timor-Leste. This paper concentrates on the twenty five years of Indonesian rule, which marks the most widespread and intensive waves of displacement and dispossession in Timor- (...)