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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 (...)

This course looks at; Mineral exploration at the strategic scale, designing and managing exploration programs, the importance of group structure and opportunity generation in a format that utilises both lectures and workshops. Please see CET website for cost and registration forms.

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.

Pacific Ocean sea surface temperatures (SST) influence rainfall variability on multidecadal and interdecadal timescales in concert with the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) and Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation (IPO). Rainfall variations in locations such Australia and North America are therefore (...)

This week the seminar will consist of three 20 minute talks, starting at 3pm Friday 21st of June in Blakers Lecture Theatre.

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Mark Ioppolo

will speak on

Symmetry in coding theory: Constructing error control codes with group theory

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CALL FOR PAPERS The Academy of Business & Retail Management is proud to have an established record to organising and managing international academic conferences. Please join us for one of our annual conferences in location given below. All our Conference seek to elucidate a wealth of issues (...)

LIWA invites you to a free seminar on: "New approaches to prevent airway inflammation in early CF lung disease – from mummies to MetaGex" by Clin/Prof Stephen Stick, Head, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Princess Margaret Hospital for Children; School of Paediatrics and Child Health (...)

Join DMA candidate Karen-Elizabeth Sekararum on Monday 24 June 2013 - 5pm in the Tunley Lecture Theatre, School of Music, UWA

An Exploration of English Language Sung Poetry as presented in the Recital Srimaya's FAll from the Demon's Circle

DMA Lecture-Demonstration

Sharks, Camera, Action! is a forum and a mini film festival, focused on sharks and their relatives, which aims to encourage, inspire, and educate the general public about the important role that these animals play in our oceans. Our goal is to facilitate communication about sharks and their (...)

Supercomputer simulations have played a transformative role over the last 30 years in establishing the paradigms of the growth of cosmic structure and galaxy formation. Theoretically they allow us to tackle problems that are otherwise intractable analytically, such as predicting the structure of (...)

Language attitudes are inextricably linked to linguistic variation and deeply tied up to groups of people and what is believed about them. The study of people’s beliefs about language, including evaluations and discriminations of language variety, falls in the area of sociolinguistics known as (...)

Carrington Shepherd is a senior analyst at the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research in Perth, with qualifications in economics and statistics (BEc) and health sciences (PhD). His research focuses on the wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians, and the use of (...)

Quiet Day for UWA Staff – Thursday 27 June 2013 8.30am to 4pm Location: Nathanael’s Rest Retreat Centre, Mundaring

Set on a lovely bush block these Quiet Day provides some space to 'be alone' in the company of other UWA academics and professional staff with the intention of marking (...)

This is the 3rd Annual Symposium highlighting research in ear and hearing. The keynote speakers have a high international profile. Dr Wayne Wilson (UQ) will be speaking about (Central) Auditory Processing Disorder, and Dr De Wet Swanepoel will be speaking on mHealth. Presentations by other (...)

This masterclass for doctoral and early career doctoral researchers will focus on the development of plans for achieving research impact through collaborations and the two-way exchange of knowledge between the university and a range of external stakeholders.

In this presentation, Joelle will discuss the impact on academics of the forms of governance that have come to prevail in higher education, particularly in Europe, the US, and Australia, in the new century. Over the past few decades, reliance on state funding has gradually decreased whilst, at the (...)

Lake Baikal has a unique natural heritage. There is no other water body similar to this huge fresh-water reservoir whose maximum depth exceeds 1 mile (1,600 m). The lake contains about 20% of the world’s unfrozen freshwater; more than that held in all of the Great Lakes of North America.

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18:00 - PUBLIC LECTURE - 'Worshipers of the Cross and Eaters of Pork': Food, Conversion and Religious Identity in the Early Modern Mediterranean

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Skeletal Health is one of the key initiatives in health care. More than 30% of patients admitted to hospital are for skeletal health related issues including osteoporosis, osteoarthritis, trauma and other degenerative diseases.

This one day symposium brings together a wide range of (...)

As part of the WinterARTS Festival and in celebration of the magnificent exhibition ORIENTing on show at the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, join Western Australian guitarist Christine Yeong for an intimate performance and evening viewing of works. Yeong, brings her passionate, energetic, and unique (...)