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The 5th Asia Pacific Conference on Educational Integrity (5APCEI) will be held in Perth at The University of Western Australia between 26-28 September 2011. The conference is co-sponsored by three of Perth’s other universities; Curtin University, Murdoch University and Edith Cowan University.

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9:00 - WORKSHOP - Inaugural University of Queensland/University of Western Australia Bilateral Research Collaboration Award : CONFIGURATIONS OF CONVENTIONAL AND NON-CONVENTIONAL ‘FAMILY’ ARRANGEMENTS IN JAPAN

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16:00 - EVENT - Lecture : The Contribution of the Roman Catholic Tradition to Biomedical Ethics

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18:00 - PUBLIC LECTURE - Inside/Out Japan:Families Moving in Times of Socio-Cultural Change : A public lecture co-sponsored by the Institute of Advance Studies & the Discipline of Asian Studies at UWA

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18:00 - EVENT - Inside-Out Japan: Families Moving in Times of Socio-Cultural Change

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Set on a lovely bush block in the hills near Gidgegannup, the Quiet Day provides some space to 'be alone' in the company of other UWA academics with the intention of marking out some good quality thinking/reflection time.

There is no formal 'content' to the day – no presentations or (...)

The Seminar: Since Galvani “galvanised” his frogs in the eighteenth century there have been attempts to link living tissue with electronics. However it has been the rapid reduction in size accompanied by increases in sophistication of electronics in the twenty first century that has opened up (...)

Christopher Tonkin, Associate Lecturer, School of Music, UWA and a leading composer discusses some of his recent works.

We invite you to join us for this final lecture by Kevin Goss in his role as head of Future Farm Industries CRC.

This public address is a reflection on the wicked, unintended consequences that can arise from rapid economic development, the high cost of government policy inertia to deal (...)

Essential Skills for a Successful Career in the Humanities, Social Sciences, Business, Law and Education. A workshop for postgraduate students and early career researchers.

UWA's Institute of Advanced Studies and the Office of Research and Research Training invite you to participate in a (...)

Wally Langdon’s research involves studying mice with knockout and knockin mutations in the c-Cbl and Cbl-b genes. Cbl proteins are E3 ubiquitin ligases that target many signalling proteins including antigen receptors and receptor tyrosine kinases. In addition Cbl proteins function as adaptors (...)

Abstract: Universal Hyperbolic Geometry (UHG) is a new approach to hyperbolic geometry that combines the projective Beltrami Klein model with Rational Trigonometry, to give a much simpler, completely algebraic framework for the subject. One of the major consequences is that UHG works over a general (...)

A public lecture by Thomas McLean, Senior Lecturer in Nineteenth-Century British Literature, University of Otago, New Zealand.

Most Australians know Kosciuszko as the name of a mountain. But Tadeusz Kosciuszko was one of the most important figures of the late eighteenth and early (...)

Groups and Combinatorics Seminar

Anitha Thillaisundaram (Cambridge)

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The concept of p-deficiency and its applications.

at 1pm on Friday 30th September in MLR2

Abstract: We use Schlage-Puchta's concept of p-deficiency and (...)

Effective recovery from disasters depends not just on the physical impacts of the event but also on how the societal environment supports the complex and protracted processes of recovery. Research highlights the importance of not only strong local government capacity, but also of a cohesive system (...)

Professor Jeremy Keenan is currently a Professorial Research Associate in the Department of Social Anthropology and Sociology at London University’s School of Oriental and African Studies. Professor Jeremy Keenan will explain events in North Africa from 2003, the year in which the US launched its (...)

Intended Audience: Those who are, or intend to, supervise international students who want to reflect upon, develop or refresh their current conceptions and practice of supervision. Using a discussion-based approach, this workshop builds on the material about international student supervision (...)

The Seminar: Approximately 10% of fertility treatment cycles in Australia use gametes (sperm or eggs) donated from a third party. In the past donors were usually anonymous, little personal or health information about them was stored and children born were seldom told the manner of their (...)

Unfortunately this event has been cancelled.



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The Soil&Water Seminar at 1pm on Tues, Oct. 4th will be given by Dan Murphy from the Soil Biology Group, School of Earth and Environment. All welcome!

TITLE: “Polar Biology – The (...)

Reflections from the UK & Australia. This forum is linked to the Rural Schools and Sustainable Communities Symposium 2013. The forum will be followed by light refreshments.