What's On at UWA

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- (...)

Bayliss Seminar Series:Akanksha Srivastava,PhD, School of Chemistry & Biochemistry

Bayliss Seminar Series:David Lupton - Enantioselective catalysis with N-heterocyclic carbenes via the acyl azolium.

The Seminar: Everyone understands the concept of zero. But do we? In physics zero is easy to define, in mathematics its simple too (on the surface). However, in public health and public good it's far harder. Over the last 12 months the team have been interested in the question of "where (...)

If you're a Year 12 student (or a parent of a Year 12 student), this session will provide information about UWA's courses, admission requirements and how to achieve your study and career goals.

UWA Prospective Students Office staff will be on hand to answer your queries following the (...)

Solomon Maina - Wind spread of plant viral pathogens into northern Australia

If you're a Year 12 student (or a parent of a Year 12 student), this session will provide information about UWA's courses, admission requirements and how to achieve your study and career goals.

UWA Prospective Students Office staff will be on hand to answer your queries following the (...)

In this public lecture, Dr Jeffrey Book of the US Naval Research Laboratory and 2015 UWA Institute of Advanced Studies Distinguished Visiting Fellow will discuss emerging research in Seismic Oceanography, which has the potential to help close the gap in observing small variability in horizontal (...)

In this talk, Dr Stuebler will give an overview of global Bayer crop science and crop protection research.

He will announce details of a major new research joint-venture investment with Australia