What's On at UWA

Whether it’s your first assignment for UWA, or you’ve had a few attempts already, understanding what you’ve been asked to do is the key to success. This workshop will help explain the link between the question you’ve been set and the structure, style and language of your answer.

Learn how to manage your study time better using year, weekly and daily planners.

If you're new to Australia and want to learn some Strine (Australian) so you understand the local lingo (language) better, join this workshop.

Honours and Masters students need to execute multiple tasks and manage conflicting demands to a tight schedule. This workshop will highlight strategies to help you 'keep on track' and prepare yourself for the many demands and expectations of Honours and Masters studies.

A kick-start course to refresh your knowledge and improve your confidence working with numbers. Topics include types of numbers, order of operations, fractions, operations with fractions, number lines, operations with signed numbers, powers.

Recommended for anyone wanting to revise (...)

Knowing how to make notes will save you time, energy and stress when it comes to preparing for assignments and exams. This workshop gives you effective note-making strategies for lectures and reading.

Knowing how to make notes will save you time, energy and stress when it comes to preparing for assignments and exams. This workshop gives you effective note-making strategies for lectures and reading.

Finding it hard to get your thinking in order? This workshop shows you new ways to absorb and conceptualise what you learn, as well as how to generate new ideas, solve complex problems and think creatively.

Finding scholarly books and journals to support the arguments you make is a key part of successful essay writing. Discovery tools such as OneSearch and the Subject Guides for your discipline are available on the Information Services web pages. During this workshop you will learn how to make the (...)

Finding it hard to get your thinking in order? This workshop shows you new ways to absorb and conceptualise what you learn, as well as how to generate new ideas, solve complex problems and think creatively.

Honours and Masters research projects require you to execute multiple tasks and manage conflicting demands to a tight schedule. This workshop will highlight strategies to help you 'keep on track' and prepare yourself for the many demands and expectations of Honours and Masters studies.

A useful refresher for anyone using matrices (eg. to solve systems of equations or linear algebra). Covers the definition of a matrix, basic operations (addition, scalar & matrix multiplication), identity matrix, determinants and inverse matrix. Recommended for MATH1712 students who are rusty (...)

Finding scholarly books and journals to support the arguments you make is a key part of successful essay writing. Discovery tools such as OneSearch and the Subject Guides for your discipline are available on the Information Services web pages. During this workshop you will learn how to make the (...)

This workshop helps students to identify characteristics of critical writing and explores strategies for critically engaging with ideas in the literature and developing a critical argument.

Most Honours and Masters students need to produce a research proposal. Research proposals may or may not form part of the formal assessment, but are an opportunity to get timely feedback on your planned approach. This workshop outlines the components of a research proposal and highlights the key (...)

Introduces what is commonly known as basic algebra. Topics include the meaning of algebraic symbols, variables, terms, expressions, like terms, operations, expanding single and double brackets, equations and solving linear equations. Recommended for anyone wanting to revise vital maths (...)

An excellent essay structure makes your writing pleasurable to read. Learn how to order your reasons and develop a logical, coherent and clear essay that flows from effective introduction to rounded conclusion.

With so many book chapters, journal papers and lecture notes to read, it can often feel as if you’re drowning in printed materials. This workshop will teach several reading techniques that will help you choose what to read and how to read it efficiently, to maximise the effectiveness of your (...)

Learn to write grammatically correct and well-constructed sentences.

With so many book chapters, journal papers and lecture notes to read, it can often feel as if you’re drowning in printed materials. This workshop will teach several reading techniques that will help you choose what to read and how to read it efficiently, to maximise the effectiveness of your (...)