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Groups and Combinatorics Seminar

Carmen Amarra (UWA)

will speak on

Symmetric graphs of diameter 2 arising from the classical groups

at 12noon Tuesday 22nd June in MLR2

Abstract: Let V be a vector space of dimension d over a field of q elements (...)

Clive R. Neal is a Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering & Geological Sciences at the University of Notre Dame, Indiana, where he specializes in Igneous Petrology and Geochemistry. He has over 22 years of experience in working with lunar samples to unravel the history of the Moon (...)

Anaphylaxis is a severe allergic reaction commonly triggered by foods, insect stings or medication. At its most severe, anaphylaxis can cause life-threatening hypotension (very low blood pressure) or hypoxia (loss of oxygen supply to the body). As anaphylaxis is generally an unanticipated event (...)

The aim of this course is to give the participants an introduction to the facilities available in MS Excel from a statistical point of view. As well as an introduction to excel and spreadsheet functions, we concentrate on performing basic statistical methods, producing charts and tables, and (...)

Assessment has always been a practice that is central to all teaching institutions. It happens, often, so instinctively that little thought goes into whether it is as good as it could be.

Questions such as the following are often not examined:

What is the difference between an (...)

Assessment is, indeed has always been, a practice that is central to all teaching institutions. It often happens so instinctively that little thought goes into whether it is as good as it could be.

This session is for all teaching staff who have an interest in designing better or (...)

We will present a brief company overview of Desire2Learn and its products and services followed by a live demonstration of Learning Environment (LMS) primarily focusing on the online experience of a student and an academic.

Depending on time and interest, we can also present ePortfolio (...)

Michael Levine is Winthrop Professor of Philosophy at the University of Western Australia. Recent publications include Integrity and the Fragile Self (co-authored), and Politics Most Unusual. Michael’s talk will address how East Asian and Indian aesthetics—particularly their accounts of the (...)

Students gain an understanding of the cultural definition of the concept of health and 'wellbeing' as described in the holistic health model; understand the origins of ill health in Aboriginal people; and can apply approaches to redress some of the health inequalities Aboriginal people face.

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18:00 - EVENT - Public Forum: Climate Change and Skepticism

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Views about climate change from real scientists with real answers: Lecture presentations and “open mic” discussion with expert panel

Are you concerned about climate change? Are you concerned by the current debate that seems to call into question climate science? Are there reasons to (...)

Scientific communication is currently undergoing a revolution, with individual citizens, as bloggers, being able to claim an increasingly influential role. Without any official endorsement or funding, based purely on their own motivation and interests, some bloggers have quite literally shifted the (...)

The insatiable appetite for computing power worldwide finds many enterprises scaling out horizontally using an increasingly mature set of software tools and cloud computing facilities. But what about the majority of users who have limited finances with which to tackle increasingly challenging (...)

Speaker: Dr.Mathangi has a Doctorate in Medical Physiology and over 15 years of research and 11 years of teaching experience. She is a member of various professional bodies and has won several National Awards. Her main area of research is Stress Physiology

Seminar: Stress has become (...)

SPEAKER: Degree in Genetics, York University; PhD Bioinorganic Chemistry, University of London; Postdoc in Chicago researching genetics of metal transport in P.aeruginosa;Operations Manager in charge of 4 teams at UK Human Genome Mapping Project Resource Centre.

Unfortunately this event has been cancelled.

Rescheduled date to be advised.

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Please note: SEMINAR CANCELLED

Organic carbon (OC) in aquatic ecosystems occupies a biogeochemical crossroads where carbon has the potential to become sequestered in sedimentary organic matter or recycled and contributed to the atmospheric pool via microbial respiration. The ultimate fate of OC is largely dependent upon its (...)

Frank Baas obtained his MD (1982) and his PhD in molecular genetics (1986) at the University of Amsterdam. In 1986 he received a stipend from the Netherlands Organization for Research to visit Prof. Dr. T. Maniatis’ Laboratory at Harvard University, and in 1987-1992 he received a Constantijn and (...)

Building off of a ground-breaking paper published in Nature in 2008, Professor Huiming Bao (Louisiana State University and 2010 UWA Gledden Visiting Senior Fellow) and colleagues have discovered a new line of evidence supporting a truly alien Earth condition which took place approximately 635 (...)

This workshop aims to assist participants to:

Develop a clear understanding of the roles and responsibilities of a supervisor in relation to the Graduate Research School's guidelines, policies and procedures;

Increase awareness of a range of approaches to postgraduate (...)

Intended Audience: UWA staff new to using UWA's Learning Management System (WebCT) or those who would like a refresher.

Workshop Description:

Have you ever wanted to: Communicate important study related events to your students?

Provide a unit outline and (...)