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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 (...)

iVEC’s Supercomputing Team invites you to join them at iVEC@UWA for “Profiling Party IV”. The Profiling Party is from 9:00 am – 4:00 pm, but you are welcome to take part at any time during the day.

This is an opportunity to spend a day with iVEC Supercomputing team members and (...)

An On the Edge Lecture by Jon Jureidini, child psychiatrist, Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Adelaide.

Over diagnosis and overtreatment are dangerous, not just because of the possible adverse effects of unnecessary interventions, but because they detract from autonomous citizenship.< (...)

Make an informed decision about your future and how postgraduate study can help achieve your goals by visiting the UWA Postgrad & Honours Expo.

Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) uses electromagnetic pulses to change brain activity, and is a promising new treatment for many neurological and psychiatric disorders, including depression, schizophrenia, tinnitus, and epilepsy.

However, what rTMS does to the brain (...)

This course is aimed at anyone wishing to improve their survey questionnaires. This course is useful for both people new to questionnaire design and those who have experience and would like to extend their knowledge. It will be a benefit not only for people who anticipate designing a questionnaire (...)