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Displaying from Tuesday, May 03, 2016
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May 2016
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| Tuesday 03 |
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The ‘transition to retirement’ (TTR) option is a government initiative which recognises that members may want to decrease their working hours over time towards the end of their career. It allows members to access their super benefits as an income stream prior to retirement. Some members use it (...)
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13:00 - SEMINAR - The Detection of Gravitational Waves : The Detection of Gravitational Waves
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The quest for gravitational waves began with Einstein’s prediction exactly 100 years ago. The first experimental search began in 1960. From 1970 onwards the gravitational wave spectrum was mapped out theoretically. Misunderstandings and false claims of detection have created scepticism and (...)
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16:00 - EVENT - Psychology Colloquium: Prof Richard Ryan (U Rochester and ACU)
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Psychology colloquium
Tuesday 3rd May in Bayliss MCS G.33, with post-talk drinks in the Psychology Courtyard (or in bad weather, the Psychology Common Room on the 2nd floor of the main psychology bldg.)
Presenter: Prof Richard Ryan
Richard M. Ryan is a clinical (...)
This illustrated lecture will examine one of the more popular images of the Vikings, that of stridently pagan thugs deliberately targeting and destroying Christian churches. Following a look at the evidence for paganism and attacks on English churches, the lecture will concentrate on the period (...)
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| Wednesday 04 |
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A public lecture by Guy Houlsby, Professor of Civil Engineering, Oxford University.
Wind, wave and tide are all potential sources of renewable energy, and the industries to exploit them are at different stages of maturity. Offshore wind is already well developed, with the UK for instance (...)
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| Thursday 05 |
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16:00 - SEMINAR - Archaeology Seminar Series : Homo cantans; Reverse-engineering the evolution of the human singing voice
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Developments in several disciplines over the last few decades have initiated a re-examination of Darwin’s conjecture, arising from both his theories of natural and sexual selection, that a capacity for vocal music evolved in humans prior to language and, indeed, presented the articulatory and (...)
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| Friday 06 |
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10:00 - EVENT - "Out in Front" Public Communication Skills Workshop for EMCRs : It is increasingly important for researchers to be able to communicate their research effectively. This half day seminar for UWA Early and Mid-Career Researchers will help you to improve those skills and give you the tools you need to tell your research story.
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Malcolm Love is a public communication skills trainer, university lecturer and lead trainer for Famelab International. He specialises in working with academic researchers, but his clients come from a whole range of sectors including business, fundraising and charities, media and politics.
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12:00 - EVENT - Chasing Market Share in Platform Markets : Economics Research Seminar
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Abstract: We conduct a two-sided market experiment with two platforms, in which subjects play the role of platform firms. First, we find a positive relationship between market prices and the transportation costs incurred by the consumers. Second, the price paid by consumers from one group is (...)
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13:00 - SEMINAR - Asian Studies Seminar Series : The (Re)Construction of Western Conceptions of Outdoor Leisure in Post-Mao Urban China
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Drawing on three months of fieldwork in the cities of Guangzhou, Chengdu and Xuchang, this presentation explores a Chinese version of outdoor leisure called huwai xiuxian. Outdoor leisure has been booming over the last three decades, not only as a new form of holiday making among the urban middle-cl (...)
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13:00 - PERFORMANCE - School of Music presents - Free Lunchtime Concert: UWA Winds & Brass
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Be transported from the everyday in our free lunchtime concert series, featuring the finest musical talent locally, nationally and within the School. Featuring the UWA Brass Ensemble directed by Liam O'Malley (WASO) and the UWA Wind Orchestra directed by Head of School Dr Alan Lourens.
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16:00 - SEMINAR - Groups and Combinatorics Seminar: Counting curves on surfaces
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Time and place: 16:00 Friday 6 May in Weatherburn LT
Speaker: Norman Do (Monash University)
Title: Counting curves on surfaces
Abstract: Choose an even number of points on the boundary of a surface. How many ways are there to pair up these points with disjoint (...)
The ideal way to start your weekend, Fridays@Five offers unique musical experiences to delight all music lovers. See young artists be inspired through a variety of masterclasses, workshops, pre-concert talks, lectures and Q&A sessions. Delve deep into music or simply enjoy a free informal (...)
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| Tuesday 10 |
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Meet with a UniSuper financial adviser on campus.
No matter what stage of life you’re at, UniSuper Advice can offer you quality financial advice.
Why not come along to a complimentary on-campus advice appointment to find out first hand if UniSuper Advice can help your financial situation?
Gina (...)
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17:45 - PUBLIC LECTURE - Public Lecture: WA's Heritage of European Emotions : Examine the long history of emotional contact with Professor Sue Broomhall, Centre for the History of Emotions
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Professor Susan Broomhall, from the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions, examines the long history of emotional contact between our continent's western edge and Europe, stretching back well before British settlement in 1829. From medieval maps to early (...)
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| Wednesday 11 |
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18:00 - PUBLIC TALK - The Limits of Tolerance: arguments for and against religious violence in the High Middle Ages
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Public lecture by Michael Barbezat, Postdoctoral Fellow, ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions.
In this presentation, Michael Barbezat will argue that medieval calls for divinely sanctioned murder relied heavily upon a discourse of love. He will follow the use of the (...)
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| Thursday 12 |
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8:30 - WORKSHOP - ACG Physical and Numerical Modelling of Caving Mechanics Workshop : This workshop will bring together industry experts to discuss this topic.
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The Australian Centre for Geomechanics (ACG) will host the ACG Physical and Numerical Modelling of Caving Mechanics Workshop alongside The AusIMM’s Seventh International Conference and Exhibition on Mass Mining 2016. Our one-day workshop will bring together industry experts to discuss this topic.
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10:30 - TALK - Identity and Representation in Contemporary Art : A conversation with multi-media artist Khaled Sabsabi
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The UWA Cultural Precinct and the Institute of Advanced Studies are pleased to invite you to a conversation with multi-media artist Khaled Sabsabi.
How do we curate diverse stories, voices and languages of so-called marginalised people in Australian society? This Conversation with Khaled (...)
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16:00 - SEMINAR - Archaeology Seminar Series : Rock Art Use and Abuse in South Africa Today
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South Africa is unique in the contemporary world in that it uses indigenous rock art images in its major national symbols. For example rock art appears at the heart of the national coat-of-arms and on all banknotes. One can judge whether a banknote is genuine by folding it and seeing whether the (...)
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18:00 - PUBLIC TALK - Motivation in Learning, Work and Wellbeing: research and practice from the perspective of self-determination theory
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Public lecture by Professor Richard M. Ryan, Institute for Positive Psychology and Education, Australian Catholic University and 2016 IAS Short-Stay Visiting Fellow.
Dr Ryan will present research based on self-determination theory (SDT) concerning how managers, teachers, coaches (...)
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| Friday 13 |
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12:00 - EVENT - The Effects of Productivity Gains in Asian Emerging Economies: A Global Perspective : Economics Research Seminar
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Abstract: This paper investigates international responses of key macroeconomic variables, particularly real exchange rates, to simultaneous shocks to productivity in the traded sector in eight Asian emerging and developing countries. We use panel estimation techniques to construct component (...)
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