What's On at UWA

Momentum Partners is partnering with UWA for the second annual management consulting case competition, hosted by the Business School. $3000 prize pool.

Entries close Friday 11 March; to enter and for more information: http://www.momentumpartners.com.au/Careers/CASECOMPETITION/tabid/68 (...)

Come down and catch up with a monthly sundowner for GMA members.

Cost $10 per person (includes finger food and Bar tab for 1-2 hours)

In this most timely and relevant lecture, Anthony Seeger, Distinguished Professor of ethnomusicology and Director of the Ethnomusicology Archives at UCLA (University of California Los Angeles) will address issues in Intellectual Property and ethics from an ethnomusicological perspective. His (...)

Should governments supplement community organisations for their increased costs? Would that reduce the benefits of outsourcing public services? Will the comparative advantages of not-for-profits relative to private sector providers be narrowed? Will smaller, local organisations be less able to pay (...)

The Student Exchange Program offers current UWA students the opportunity to study overseas at renowned universities for one or two semesters and gain credit towards their UWA degree.

As part of International Week 2011 UWA Business School will be a holding a Study Abroad & Exchange (...)

On a size-adjusted basis, economics is more important in Australia than many other countries including the US and the UK. As part of UWA’s long history of producing economists who go on to have successful careers, the new Economist Lecture Series fills a gap in the understanding of what an (...)

Some management theorists have argued “spirituality is the new black” in the work-place and in modern business. Is there a role for spirituality in the workplace and how are organisations grappling with this very private need? A Western Australian business leader considers the role of spirituali (...)

Centre for Social Impact is launching the Soial Procurement in Australia report.

The report is aimed at those planning to develop social procurement policies or procedures in their organisations.

RSVP's to Esther Lefas: [email protected] by 25th March

If you’re looking to advance your professional career, the UWA Business School offers a range of top postgraduate programs. For further information, please join us at our next Postgraduate Information Evening on Thursday 31st March at 6pm in the Wesfarmers Lecture Theatre, UWA Business School (...)

The students who are most competitive in the employment market are those who started preparing in 1st and 2nd year.

You need to develop career management skills and take the steps to maximise success when applying for graduate or vacation positions.

Find out how to: *choose (...)

A dominant characteristic of economic data is their tendency to trend over time. In Exploring the Mystery of Trends and Bubbles, Professor Phillips will examine the wandering nature of interest rates, exchange rates, and inflation, as well as the secular drift of economic aggregates like GDP.
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Pathways to Social Innovation

Stan & Jean Perron Visiting Professor Tina Dacin, E. Marie Shantz Professor of Strategy and Organisational Behaviour Queen's School of Business, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. She is the Director of the Queen's School of Business Centre (...)

On a size-adjusted basis, economics is more important in Australia than many other countries including the US and the UK. As part of UWA's long history of producing economists who go on to have successful careers, the new Economist Lecture Series fills a gap in the understanding of what an (...)

Al Etmanski and Vickie Cammack have been socialinnovators in Canada for almost 30 years. These days Al is an author,blogger, advocate and social entrepreneur specializing in innovative, multi-sector solotions to complex social challenges.

Vickie Cammack finds and implements innovative (...)

Come down and catch up with a monthly sundowner for GMA members held on the second Friday of each month.

Cost $10 per person (includes finger food and Bar tab for 1-2 hours)

MAITI Nepal was born in 1993 through a group of socially committed professionals to protect Nepali girls and women from crimes like domestic violence, trafficking for flesh trade, child prostitution, child labour and various forms of exploitation and torture.

Ms Anuradha Koirala will (...)

As people become an increasingly valuable organisational asset in Western Australia and other parts of the world, high-impact strategies for developing and retaining world-class talent are required. The presenters will draw on their experience and expertise to provide an overview of evidence-based (...)

The annual Australasian Development Economics Workshop, sponsored by AusAID, brings together development economists from Australia and internationally with particular emphasis on the Asia-Pacific region.

The next workshop is the seventh in the series and will be hosted by the Business (...)

Microcredit programs are widely promoted by governments and non-governmental organisations in many developing countries, as a means to alleviate poverty through income generation activities. BRAC, which was established in 1972, is currently the largest non-governmental organisation operating in the (...)

About the Conference: The conference is jointly organised by UWA Business School, the University of Western Australia and the Association for Chinese Economic Studies (Australia) (ACESA). This is also the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Association – ACESA2011

The Chinese economy such as (...)