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 July 2020
Tuesday 14
16:00 - PUBLIC TALK - Science Exchange Series - Loving Thy Neighbour: Insights from Primates Website | More Information
Conflicts between groups are deeply rooted in our society, but we also have the capacity to get along with our neighbours and ally for a common goal.

Using evolutionary theory as a navigational guide, Dr Cyril C. Grueter draws on his research on the social organisation of our primate relatives to explore the origins of tolerance in human sociality.

18:00 - EVENT - Intro to LaTeX [UCC's Guide to Streamlined Documents] : Have you ever had Word crash on you? Corrupt a document? Or even just be a pain to work with? Website | More Information
Have you ever had Word crash on you? Corrupt a document? Or even just be a pain to work with?

LaTeX offers a number of compelling advantages...

There's a reason why ~90% of Maths/Phys/Eng/Comp Sci papers are produced with this. LaTeX documents are also fast becoming the best way to submit Journal Articles!

Find out more at this talk!

Get a copy (warning: can be up to 4gb) from https://www.latex-project.org/get/

Whether you are an undergraduate student, currently writing your thesis, or create and edit large numbers of documents as a teacher or tutor – UCC’s Guide to Streamlined Documents is a series you will not want to miss. Join the University Computer Club online on Tuesday, July 14 from 6PM for the fourth instalment of a six-part series on Streamlined Documents.

The focus of these talks is to get you acquainted with some of the best ways to create and edit documents.

These talks are all online are are offered for free to the general public. All you need to do to join the session is to open the following meeting link at 6pm on Tuesday, July 14:

https://meetings.ucc.asn.au/b/tec-mzh-h9w

For more details of the other talks within UCC's Guide to Streamlined Documents, please see the event(s) on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/569545763701077/
Tuesday 21
16:00 - PUBLIC TALK - Science Exchange Series - Sleep to clean your brain Website | More Information
Sleep is a vital biological need. It is crucial for good health, mood stability, and high performance. Despite this, sleep loss and sleep disorder are now global health epidemics. Sleep is a vital state within which your brain ‘cleans house’ and replenishes needed energy. Sleep of poor quality or quantity is linked to health and social problems now: and in a person’s future, can be linked to the development of dementia.

Join Dr Michelle Olaithe as she will discuss how psychology research can help us understand what sleep is, why we need it, what good sleep looks like, and how much is enough.

18:00 - TALK - Org-mode [UCC's Guide to Streamlined Documents] : What would happen if LaTeX, Markdown, Jupyter/R Notebooks and Emacs had a baby? Website | More Information
What would happen if LaTeX, Markdown, Jupyter/R Notebooks and Emacs had a baby?

You'd get Org-mode, which I think I can seriously call the best of all worlds.

Am I infatuated with it? Yes.

Find out why by coming to this talk! (just needs Emacs)

Join the University Computer Club online on Tuesday, July 21 from 6PM for the fifth instalment of a six-part series on Streamlined Documents.

The focus of these talks is to get you acquainted with some of the best ways to create and edit documents.

Whether you are an undergraduate student, currently writing your thesis, or create and edit large numbers of documents as a teacher or tutor – UCC’s Guide to Streamlined Documents is a series you will not want to miss.

This is an online talk offered for free to the general public. All you need to do to join the session is to open the following meeting link at 6pm on Tuesday, July 21: https://meetings.ucc.asn.au/b/tec-mzh-h9w

For more details of the other talks within UCC's Guide to Streamlined Documents, please see the event(s) on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/668357567047741/
Friday 24
18:00 - PERFORMANCE - UWA Music presents: Centre Stage | Madrigal Project Website | More Information
A jam-packed program of stimulating performances and events in 2020 showcases the immense talent of our young emerging artists and their mentors, along with celebrated alumni, and national and internationally recognised guest artists. From workshops and lectures to intimate chamber performances and large-scale collaborations, there’s something for everyone to enjoy.

Madrigal Project

Join Honours voice student David Woods as he leads a concert of madrigals in collaboration with a selection of talented singers from the UWA Voice Department. The diverse range of works on this programme explore of themes of love, loss and lamentation. Please come and join us for an exciting evening of madrigal madness!

Free entry - bookings essential: https://www.trybooking.com/BKNHA
Tuesday 28
16:00 - PUBLIC TALK - Science Exchange Series - Chemical toolbox to observe and record the changing world Website | More Information
Science investigates the world in highly methodical ways: and our scientists use different chemical markers to record and observe changes in our environment. This knowledge helps to better understand the past, observe what is happening in our present and aid in the maintenance of our future.

UWA scientsits Dr Greg Skrzypek & Dr Aleksy Sadekov will be joined by Angela Rossen, Artist and Biodiversity Educator, to discuss how scientific enquiry informs our understanding of the world. Greg will walk you through the use of stable and radio isotopes to assess changes to flora, fauna and the atmosphere. Whilst Aleksy will explain how his work with marine calcifiers can trace chemical pollutants in the ocean.

18:00 - TALK - Workflow + Q&A [UCC's Guide to Streamlined Documents] : The final talk in the University Computer Club's series on Streamlined Documents! Website | More Information
This talk is an opportunity to review the five talks on Streamlined Documents presented by Timothy Chapman.

This is an interactive session to provide an opportunity for all to ask questions on modal editors, git, LaTeX, org, and emacs.

Whether you are an undergraduate student, currently writing your thesis, or create and edit large numbers of documents as a teacher or tutor – UCC’s Guide to Streamlined Documents is a series you will not want to miss. All of the sessions will be recorded and available through the meeting URL provided.

This is an online talk offered for free to the general public. All you need to do to join the session is to open the following meeting link at 6pm on Tuesday, July 28: https://meetings.ucc.asn.au/b/tec-mzh-h9w

For more details of the other talks within UCC's Guide to Streamlined Documents, please see the event(s) on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/3331326516880574/
Wednesday 29
13:00 - PERFORMANCE - UWA Music presents: Free Lunchtime Concert : Sara Macliver & Gladys Chua Website | More Information
Be transported from the everyday by our free lunchtime concert series, featuring the best musical talent from within the UWA Conservatorium of Music and around the country.

Join us this week as soprano Sara Macliver and pianist Gladys Chua perform some of their favourite works for voice and piano including Grieg's 'Haugtussa' and Ravel's 'Five Greek Songs'.

In order to adhere to room capacities and appropriate social distancing, until WA enters Phase 5 our Lunchtime Concerts will be ticketed events. Entry is free but bookings are essential. Bookings can be made via https://www.trybooking.com/BKNYS
Thursday 30
12:00 - EVENT - Climate change challenges � An engineering perspective : How will engineering and engineers of the future need to adapt in light of climate change? Website | More Information
This online collaborative event, jointly organised by Engineers Australia (WA Division) and the UWA Public Policy Institute, will bring together engineering professionals and researchers to explore the challenges presented by climate change and the likely impacts on engineering standards, training and policy.

Professor Anas Ghadouani will explain both short- and long-term projected climate conditions for Western Australia, followed by further examination by our panel of experts on the challenges of climate change on the lifespan of engineering projects. The parallels with other professions and disciplines will be explored, as well as what engineers can do to ensure that their skills and purpose remain relevant to climate change-driven problems.

16:00 - SEMINAR - The challenge of managing fall armyworm: a new cross-industry pest in Western Australia : Adjunct Assoc/Prof Helen Spafford from the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development will discuss the creative and innovative ways in which WA is managing this challenging pest More Information
In the last four years fall armyworm has been found establishing all over the world and it has been problematic to manage. With a large host range and high dispersal capability, when the fall armyworm invaded Australia in January 2020 it was declared un-eradicable. This insect reportedly feeds on over 350 plant species, many of them crop plants. In large numbers the larvae can devastate a crop, seemingly overnight. With a propensity to develop resistance to insecticides, fall armyworm continues to be a challenge for management in its native range and now as a global pest that affects multiple production industries. Western Australia is fall armyworm’s newest home. We will need some creative and innovative thinking to manage this challenging pest.

This Webinar will be via Zoom and registration is essential via:https://uwa.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Lc6vhARcTKm7xeMxvtbSuQ

 August 2020
Wednesday 05
13:00 - PERFORMANCE - UWA Music presents: Free Lunchtime Concert : Solo Bach with Shaun Lee-Chen Website | More Information
Be transported from the everyday by our free lunchtime concert series, featuring the best musical talent from within the UWA Conservatorium of Music and around the country.

This week UWA Chair of Violins and concertmaster of the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Shaun Lee-Chen, performs Bach's Partita no. 2 in D minor.

In order to adhere to room capacities and appropriate social distancing, until WA enters Phase 5 our Lunchtime Concerts will be ticketed events. Entry is free but bookings are essential. Bookings can be made via https://www.trybooking.com/BKNYS
Thursday 06
16:00 - PERFORMANCE - UWA Music presents: Centre Stage | VOSE Concerto Competition First Round Website | More Information
A jam-packed program of stimulating performances and events in 2020 showcases the immense talent of our young emerging artists and their mentors, along with celebrated alumni, and national and internationally recognised guest artists. From workshops and lectures to intimate chamber performances and large-scale collaborations, there’s something for everyone to enjoy.

VOSE Concerto Competition First Round

The VOSE Memorial Prize is UWA’s most coveted performance award, with 3 finalists chosen to perform with full symphony orchestra in the Perth Concert Hall in October. Join us for the first round as 32 talented students perform their chosen concerto for our panel of judges.

Tickets: In order to adhere to room capacities and appropriate social distancing, until WA enters Phase 5 all our concerts will be ticketed events. Entry is free but bookings are essential.https://www.trybooking.com/BKSYP

The competition will start at 4pm and run till approximately 915pm (with a short break). Audience members are welcome to arrive at any time, and will be admitted provided overall capacity is not breached.
Saturday 08
15:30 - KIDS MUSIC PROGRAM - UWA Music presents: WA Young Percussion Group (WAYPG) Website | More Information
Back for Semester 2 2020, the West Australian Youth Percussion Group (WAYPG) is an exciting program run through the UWA Junior Music School and directed by Perth percussionists Jackson Vickery and Adam Tan. WAYPG aims to provide enthusiastic and talented young percussionists an opportunity to perform in a high-quality ensemble outside of their school environment, bridging the gap between secondary and tertiary education.

The members of WAYPG will rehearse a wide variety of repertoire, including works for marimba ensemble, world percussion and multi percussion, culminating in a public performance at the Percussion All-Stars percussion showcase concert. This biannual performance showcases students of all levels from around Perth in a professional concert environment. WAYPG members will also have opportunities to perform in other public performances around Perth.

WAYPG is currently open to high-school students in years 7-12 with at least one year of percussion tuition. To audition, applicants must send in a short video of them playing (phone video is fine). Returning students are not required to re-audition.

Saturday's 3.30pm – 4.30pm Dates: 8 Aug - 19 Sept and 17 Oct - 28 November

Concert - 28 November (time TBC)

Cost: $400
Wednesday 12
13:00 - PERFORMANCE - UWA Music presents: Free Lunchtime Concert : UWA Guitar Studio Website | More Information
Be transported from the everyday by our free lunchtime concert series, featuring the best musical talent from within the UWA Conservatorium of Music and around the country.

The UWA Guitar Studio will present a free concert of solo and chamber repertoire.

In order to adhere to room capacities and appropriate social distancing, until WA enters Phase 5 our Lunchtime Concerts will be ticketed events. Entry is free but bookings are essential. Bookings can be made via https://www.trybooking.com/BKNYS
Friday 14
14:30 - EVENT - School of Social Sciences and Anthropology & Sociology Seminar : METAPHORS OF MIGRATION: A CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF THE INTERSECTIONS BETWEEN IMMIGRATION, RACE AND THE AUSTRALIAN NATION More Information
Post Fieldwork Presentation - My thesis argues that the construction of immigrant Otherness is, and historically has been, foundational to ethno-nationalist discourses of Australian national identity. Whether as invasions, floods or swarms, the metaphoric construction of racialized immigrant outgroups has consistently been utilized to naturalise and legitimate an Anglo-white national in-group.
Wednesday 19
13:00 - PERFORMANCE - UWA Music presents: Free Lunchtime Concert : UWA Voice Website | More Information
Be transported from the everyday by our free lunchtime concert series, featuring the best musical talent from within the UWA Conservatorium of Music and around the country.

Transcend the everyday in a concert featuring the sublime sounds of UWA voice students. These emerging young artists will present a mixed program of songs and arias, including Mahler's 'Songs of a Wayfarer' sung by Honours student David Woods.

In order to adhere to room capacities and appropriate social distancing, until WA enters Phase 5 our Lunchtime Concerts will be ticketed events. Entry is free but bookings are essential. Bookings can be made via https://www.trybooking.com/BKNYS
Thursday 20
19:00 - PERFORMANCE - UWA Music presents: Centre Stage | The Satie Project Website | More Information
A jam-packed program of stimulating performances and events in 2020 showcases the immense talent of our young emerging artists and their mentors, along with celebrated alumni, and national and internationally recognised guest artists. From workshops and lectures to intimate chamber performances and large-scale collaborations, there’s something for everyone to enjoy.

The Satie Project

Under the direction of composer James Ledger, UWA composition students will re-imagine some of impressionist master Erik Satie’s best-known piano pieces.

Tickets: In order to adhere to room capacities and appropriate social distancing, until WA enters Phase 5 all our concerts will be ticketed events. Entry is free but bookings are essential. https://www.trybooking.com/BKSYQ
Saturday 22
9:00 - EVENT - 2020 National Science Week - OzGrav's Science Immersion in VR : Real Time Virtual Space Science event aimed for families with children. Website | More Information
Explore the universe using mini virtual reality goggles; ask questions and receive answers in real time. More information and FAQs, go to www.scivr.com.au
Tuesday 25
17:00 - SEMINAR - UWA Music presents: Callaway Centre Seminar Series : Three Minute Thesis Competition Website | More Information
The Conservatorium of Music is a vibrant centre for research in music and music education, where a thriving community of scholars is engaged in exploring the frontiers of knowledge, working on a wide range of research projects with diverse outputs.

Our free weekly seminar series showcases presenters from within UWA and from the wider community.

25 Aug | Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition

Get a taste of the variety of research happening in the Conservatorium of Music in this semester's three-minute thesis competition! Honours and HDR researchers showcase their research projects in concise presentations targeted towards a general audience.

Free entry - no bookings required
Sunday 30
20:00 - EVENT - GAMSAT preparation online courses : Providing free access to our Gamsat preparation courses once a month Website | More Information
Providing free Access to our online cloud GAMSAT preparation courses where students can access comprehensive GAMSAT preparation material.

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