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Displaying from Wednesday, November 09, 2011
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November 2011
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Wednesday 09 |
12:00 - SYMPOSIUM - �The Conversation� : Andrew Jaspan, Editor of “The Conversation” will talk about his experiences.
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Launched in March 2011, The Conversation is an independent source of information, analysis and commentary from the university and research sector.
Speaker Bio:
Andrew is a co-founder The Conversation. He previously edited The Age, The Observer (London), The Scotsman and Scotland on (...)
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Wednesday 23 |
You are cordially invited to attend a book launch with Professor Chetan Ghate, our next Growth Zone Visitor.
Professor Ghate will give an overview of his book, The Oxford Handbook of the Indian Economy, and Indian reforms. He will discuss India’s remarkable economic growth and key (...)
18:30 - PUBLIC LECTURE - WHAT IS HAPPENING IN OUR WORKPLACES? : A roundtable discussion on employee wellbeing in comtemporary Australian workplaces
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There are some worrying signs that many contemporary Australian workplaces are having a negative impact on the wellbeing of employees, the health system and the ‘bottom line’. In 2010, the Productivity Commission reported that 42% of all upheld stress related compensation claims were as a (...)
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Wednesday 30 |
Join Steven Landry as he outlines his journey from being at the forefront of one of the world’s largest car companies to his vision for providing power to Western Australia’s vast number of resource projects behind the economic growth of the State.
Steven spent 27 years at Chrysler (...)
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December 2011
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Monday 05 |
This is an intensive five-day unit on the theory and practice of analysis of large sets of linked administrative health data at an introductory to intermediate level.
Rapid growth in data linkage projects has led to a shortfall in analyst skills.
Some researchers understand (...)
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Tuesday 06 |
8:15 - CONFERENCE - Centre for Social Impact (UWA) National Conference 2011 : Indigenous Business, Corporations and Entrepreneurship: New Models, Stronger Communities
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The Centre for Social Impact (UWA) National Conference 2011 will shape opinion and understanding, and share best practice and research on the role of Indigenous business and Indigenous corporations in expanding economic opportunities for Indigenous people and creating positive social and economic (...)
9:00 - COURSE - Introduction to Structural Equation Modelling using AMOS : A Short Course
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The course is designed as an introductory, applied course in the use of SEM using the Amos18 program. SEM is used widely by researchers to find and test complex relationships amongst observed (measured) variables and latent (unobserved) variables and amongst the latent variables themselves. SEM (...)
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Monday 12 |
Health informatics is a relatively new scientific discipline that incorporates knowledge from biomedicine, computer science, information science, psychology, business and other fields.
It deals with the systematic processing of data, information and knowledge in health in order to (...)
The course is designed as a comprehensive coverage of applied SEM techniques using the Mplus statistical software package. The first part of the course is focused on using the Mplus program to specify and interpret common models in SEM such as path analytic models, confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) (...)
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February 2012
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Thursday 02 |
Discussion of India in the public sphere in Australia often focuses on the growth of the Indian economy, trade relations, and the emergence of India as a powerful economic and political actor within the international system. Less present in media and public discourse on India is consideration of (...)
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Monday 20 |
0:00 - EVENT - Immigrant Workers� Occupational Health Study (IWOHS) : Workplace health and safety among immigrant workers in Australia
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Immigrant workers’ Occupational Health Study is a new study that will look at the working conditions of immigrant and Australian-born workers. This first part of the study involves meeting with people from the different migrant communities in Australia to learn about their community and their (...)
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Tuesday 28 |
0:00 - WORKSHOP - Alternative Dispute Resolution for Professionals : Learn how to resolve disputes constructively - includes national accreditation
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The need for an understanding of the principles of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) has become essential for many professions, including law, medicine, psychology, engineering, commerce, human resources, social work and more. This 10 module + 1 day workshop course teaches negotiation, conflict (...)
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March 2012
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Wednesday 07 |
Addressing true issues of diversity and employing leaders who are representative of an organisation's stakeholders can bring new voices, experiences and approaches to the decision making process, adding depth to existing skills and ideas.
Yet while the benefits of having diversity in an (...)
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Wednesday 14 |
A public lecture by Michael Levine, Winthrop Professor of Philosophy and Jacqueline Boaks, The University of Western Australia.
Talk of leadership seems to dominate public discourse. Many of us have images of Martin Luther King, Jr. as a moral leader harnessing and focussing the hopes of (...)
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Tuesday 20 |
Azure Capital is holding a presentation in the Michael Chaney Case Study Room (G42) in the UWA Business School on Tuesday 20 March at 1pm to provide you with an opportunity to learn more about Azure, our team and your potential role with us. Refreshments will be provided in the courtyard after the (...)
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April 2012
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Wednesday 11 |
The aim of this course is to give the participants an introduction to the facilities available in MS Excel from a statistical point of view. As well as an introduction to Excel, spreadsheet functions and graphics, we concentrate on performing basic statistical methods, producing charts and tables (...)
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Thursday 12 |
The Centre for Social Impact (UWA), together with the Department for Communities, is delighted to present a public lecture with Dr Alex Nicholls. Dr Nicholls, one of the world’s leading thinkers in social enterprise and innovation, will share his insights on 'Social Entrepreneurship: Context and (...)
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Friday 13 |
Semiparametric regression is concerned
with the
exible incorporation of nonlinear
functional relationships in regression
analyses. Assuming only a basic familiarity
with ordinary regression, this short-course
explains the techniques and benets of
semiparametric regression in a concise and
modular (...)
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Wednesday 18 |
13:20 - Forum - Bioenergy Forum : The Energy and Minerals Institute along with the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry are pleased to invite you to The University of Western Australia’s Bioenergy Forum
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Microalgae Energy Farms for Low Cost Biodiesel Production
Presented by Dr Peer Schenk
ABSTRACT:
From start to finish, biodiesel production from microalgae requires optimisation of all steps towards cost effectiveness and energy efficiency, as current limitations exist mainly (...)
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Tuesday 24 |
12:00 - SEMINAR - Growth Zone Seminar : Evaluating Indonesia’s Unconditional Cash Transfer Program, 2005-6
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The Growth Zone Visitor Program is an initiative of the Business School supported by the Futures Fund. It has attracted a number of high profile economists from within “the Zone” whose research interests relate to the rapidly growing South and East Asian corner of the World Economy.
Evaluating (...)
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