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Using a discussion-based approach, this workshop builds on the material about international student supervision introduced in the one-day Supervising Postgraduate Students workshop. However, prior attendance at the Supervising Postgraduate Students workshop is not a pre-requisite for attendance at (...)

In recent years there has been an increasing emphasis in higher education institutions worldwide on how to more effectively ensure that all graduates are prepared for life and work in a rapidly globalizing world.

In this workshop participants will explore what internationalisation of the (...)

A public lecture by David Simpson, Distinguished Professor of English, UC Davis.

Terror and catastrophe are commonly distinguished as (respectively) man-made and natural phenomena, but there is increasing evidence for seeing them as historically related. There is also a strong case for (...)

The Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning and the Educational Strategies Office are pleased to host the Teaching and Learning Research Colloquium as an opportunity for UWA to share their teaching and learning research and scholarship with their peers.

The colloquium will (...)

Getting the Best from LMS is a collaborative, problem-solving scenario-based workshop in which participants will discuss solutions to pedagogical needs and common issues faced by UWA staff within the functionality of our LMS. This workshop will enable participants to know the LMS functionality in (...)

CATL eLearning is presenting a number of webinars as part of the process of evaluating Adobe Connect - an online conferencing software - for potential acquisition and implementation for use by UWA staff.

This 30 minute webinar will explore the strengths and weaknesses of the LMS quiz as (...)

A public lecture by James O’Byrne, NOLA.com.

Katrina brought into high relief the role of journalists as first responders, as integral to disaster response as police, fire and rescue personnel. The unprecedented nature of the collapse of the Federal seawalls protecting New Orleans (...)

Do you wonder how other staff are using our LMS and captured lectures for great teaching and learning? What else could you do? The eLearning Expo will showcase interesting ways in which Moodle (the software of our LMS) and Echos (capture lectures) are being used by UWA staff with their students.

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9:30 - EVENT - Internationalisation @UWA: Listening to the student researcher voice

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15:00 - SEMINAR - Groups and Combinatorics Seminar, The Merino Welsh Conjecture

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UWA CPD Health presents a Multidisciplinary CPD seminar on Saturday June 8th 2013. In association with the Diabetes and Endocrine Health Network and Diabetes WA, UWA CPD Health is presenting a unique education seminar on Diabetes: Priorities, targets & the annual cycle of care. The event (...)

Archaeology and the natural sciences have had a cordial relationship at least since the days of Boucher de Perthes. On the whole the traffic in data has been lopsided, with archaeology hungry for new weaponry in its analytical armoury and many scientists sniffy about what is on offer from a (...)

Western Australian Clinical Oncology Group presents keynote speaker Manuela Malaguti-Boyle, who is a qualified Clinical Nutritionist with professional experience in the field of integrative oncology. She provides consultations to cancer patients throughout Australia and abroad on evidence-based (...)

CATL eLearning is presenting a number of webinars as part of the process of evaluating Adobe Connect - an online conferencing software - for potential acquisition and implementation for use by UWA staff.

This 30 minute webinar will demonstrate the different types of forums, their (...)

Geologists and geophysicists have to deal with a wide range of data sets and image types acquired from a variety of sources. This talk will give an overview of the image analysis and visualization work being conducted in the Centre for Exploration Targeting.

Image processing topics will (...)

This workshop will cover both the technical and the pedagogical aspects of successful PowerPoint design, and is aimed at teachers interested in enhancing their presentations and their students' learning.

The rules and details of UWA's Three Minute Thesis Competition will be described, and guidance will be given on how to present a talk suitable for this event. Doctoral and Masters Researchers, ECRs and academics within 7 years of PhD completion are eligible to compete.

This program is intended for staff teaching at UWA for whom English is a second language and who would like to enhance their oral presentation and pronunciation skills. Preference will be given to permanent teaching staff. Please note that this workshop will run over 4 consecutive Fridays: 14th (...)

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The fundamental goal of Computational Group Theory is recognition: given a group somehow represented in a computer (usually by generators), determine any information about the group that you can, as quickly as possible. This is `easy' if we have enough time and memory to write (...)

In Australia there has been a recent drive to look more closely at the real-world impact of research paid for with public funding, as evidenced by the 2012 joint ATN / Go8 'Excellence in Innovation' assessment trial. David Pannell, whose research was well rated in the trial, will discuss his (...)