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This workshop will examine: Why it is important to set out a proper case with respect to teacher and unit evaluations. How you go about demonstrating a case. Key elements in showing the effectiveness of your teaching. What other evidence can be included to support your teaching.

Unfortunately this event has been cancelled.



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Professor Warren Alexander received his Ph.D. in medical biology from the University of Melbourne, and his post-doctoral studies were completed at the Research Institute for Molecular Pathology in (...)

This session is for Unit Coordinators, Lecturer, Tutors. Self and Peer Assessment by students, when properly implemented, has been shown to result in significant learning gains and deeper understanding. In this workshop the process needed to establish rigorous self and peer assessments will be (...)

This presentation will provide an update on the progress of the Barrow Island Project focusing on research questions and the results from this year’s fieldwork. New finds are profiled from excavations at both early Holocene/Terminal Pleistocene sites as well as 19th century historic pearling (...)

Stephen Glasby (UWA)

will speak on

Generalized quadrangles and AS-configurations of finite p-groups

at 3pm Friday 12 September in Weatherburn Lecture Theatre.

Abstract:

This is joint work with John Bamberg and Eric Swartz at UWA. One method (...)

This workshop is for UWA staff and others who are new to supervision at UWA. It provides an overview of research training at UWA for those who are new to supervision, new to supervision at UWA or plan to supervise in the future. The workshop is grounded in the Graduate Research School's Policies (...)

This workshop is designed for supervisors of Higher Degree Research (HDR) students and is grounded in the Graduate Research School's Policies and Rules. Supervisors of Honours and Postgraduate Coursework students are also welcome to attend.

Workshop Description:

- Induction of (...)

Prof Mark Eisler, Chair in Global Farm Animal Health at the University of Bristol will be giving a public lecture entitled Steps to Sustainable Livestock and the Global Farm Platform. In this lecture, Mark Eisler will describe his work towards establishing a ‘Global Farm Platform’, an (...)

This workshop is for research students who would like to be more effective in their studies.

The School of Music is delighted to welcome I Made Indra Sadguna from the Indonesian Institute of Arts (ISI) Denpasar as part of the World Musician in Residence Program*. One of the leading Balinese drummers of his generation Indra returns to UWA to undertake Gamelan workshops and masterclasses to (...)

An Inquiring Minds Lecture by Mark Spackman, Winthrop Professor and Head, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Western Australia.

We all know what crystals are, but how much do we know about what lies within? And how do we know it? This year celebrates the centenary of (...)

The UWA Confucius Institute is delighted to host the second Confucius Forum in the Theatre Auditorium at The University Club of Western Australia from 6pm-8.30pm on Tuesday 16 September 2014. We proudly have the following speakers on the night and they are: 1. Mr Kong Xianlin, the 75th Generation (...)

The School of Music is delighted to welcome I Made Indra Sadguna from the Indonesian Institute of Arts (ISI) Denpasar as part of the World Musician in Residence Program*. One of the leading Balinese drummers of his generation Indra returns to UWA to undertake Gamelan workshops and masterclasses to (...)

This session is for all teaching staff who have an interest in designing better or alternate assessment items. The workshop provides an overview, explanation and discussion around the elements of effective assessment including assessment alignment, levels of thinking, variation, frequency and (...)

1) Elizabeth Vaughan Excavating the Aboriginal Heritage Act: A cross-disciplinary investigation on the evolution of heritage protection in Western Australia 1972-2014

2) Lily Rogers 'Everything comes from the Dreaming’: A case study of the depiction of a European ship at Walga Rock.

In this special 'On the Edge' forum, three marine experts from the UWA Oceans Institute will discuss the ‘science of sharks’.

Panellists

Winthrop Professor Shaun P. Collin, UWA Oceans Institute, the School of Animal Biology and IAS Distinguished Fellow;

Research (...)

Dr Jonathan Fitzgerald joined Merrimack Pharmaceuticals in 2005 to apply modeling and simulation to understand biological systems as a method of selecting drug targets, indications, and diagnostic biomarkers for the treatment of cancer. He has contributed to and led multiple therapeutic design (...)

Jin-Xin Zhou (Beijing Jiaotong University)

will speak on

Finite 2-set-homogeneous graphs

at 3pm Friday 19 September in Weatherburn Lecture Theatre.

Abstract:

Let k be a positive integer. A finite graph G is said to be k-set-homogeneous if for (...)

This year the society is honoured to have Emeritus Professor Alan Robson (AO) present the second lecture in this series.

Alan Robson has made a huge contribution to research on soil-plant-microbe interactions and to the wider university sector.

He is the author of four books (...)