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Displaying from Friday, October 10, 2014
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October 2014
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Tuesday 14 |
13:00 - Colloquium - Basic assumption and possible underlying processes in Attentional Bias Modification
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Dr Bram Van Bockstaele obtained his master’s degree in theoretical and experimental psychology at Ghent University in 2007. After his studies, he completed his PhD as a member of the Learning and Implicit Processes Lab at Ghent University, under supervision of Prof. Dr. Geert Crombez and in close (...)
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Wednesday 15 |
17:30 - EVENT - MBA Information Evening (Perth) : An information evening for prospective Master of Business Administration students
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Come along to the UWA Business School's information evening for the Master of Business Administration (MBA), where you can learn about our new MBA Full Time as well as MBA Flexible. You will have the opportunity to meet professors and current students, have all your questions answered, and even (...)
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Tuesday 21 |
Theories of working memory (particularly serial recall) have assumed that people structure information in a hierarchical fashion. I’ll discuss some recent research asking how people access this hierarchically structured information. Evidence from experiments manipulating the grouping of (...)
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Monday 27 |
18:30 - PUBLIC TALK - A Future Made Together : New directions in the ethics of autism research
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Autism affects millions of people’s lives. There have been many legislative, policy and service initiatives in recent years aiming to improve the life chances and opportunities of autistic people. There has also been an explosion of autism research. But the focus of research is largely on the (...)
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November 2014
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Sunday 02 |
15:30 - EVENT - Portraits of UWA Concert : Series of musical compositions by College Director of Music, Michael Grebla
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Young UWA composer and St George's College Director of Music, Michael Grebla, presents a series of musical compositions inspired by the landscapes, art, people and wildlife of UWA accompanied by large format photographic prints of the University. The concert will include a variety of works for (...)
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Tuesday 04 |
16:30 - PUBLIC LECTURE - RESEARCH WEEK EVENT: Teacher wellbeing and its impact on student learning : This presentation will discuss the relationship between school staff’s and students’ wellbeing and achievement
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Given the development of young people’s academic, social and emotional competencies in school settings is highly dependent on the presence of skilled and competent school staff, this presentation will discuss the relationship between school staff’s and students’ wellbeing and achievement.
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Wednesday 05 |
Psychotic symptoms indicate risk for mental illness. Despite much effort, our current ability to predict the course and outcome of early psychotic symptoms is limited, hampering timely intervention and treatment. Research in this area to date relies heavily on diagnostic categories, group-level (...)
13:30 - EVENT - Organisational Behaviour Research - A discussion as part of UWA Research Week : Featuring researchers from the UWA Business School and School of Psychology
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This panel discussion will showcase research on organisations, featuring a variety of speakers on topics including organisational change and structures, diversity and culture, and human behaviour and effectiveness in the organisational setting.
Speakers include Sharon Parker, Alex (...)
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Thursday 06 |
9:00 - SEMINAR - RDI Intellectual Property for UWA Researchers : A seminar to be held on Thursday 6 November 2014
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Come along and learn more about Intellectual Property and what it can do for you:
. types of IP, why and how to protect it
. managing IP to protect future research opportunities
. accessing funding from various sources including Pathfinder, industry contracts (...)
9:30 - EVENT - Understanding Human Values - A UWA Research Week event : Featuring UWA Business School researchers
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This event, featuring Julie Lee and Geoff Soutar, will showcase research into universal human values. The lecture focuses on the structure of values within individuals (children and adults) and explores patterns and their implications across societies.
The event is suitable for (...)
11:30 - EVENT - Research for a Better Society - A UWA Research Week event : Presented by the Centre for Social Impact
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This event, featuring Paul Flatau, will showcase research into programs and activities that create beneficial social impact. Social impact refers to all forms of significant change experienced by individuals and communities.
This includes income and labour market impacts, education (...)
13:30 - EVENT - WA and the Global Economy - A UWA Research Week event : Featuring UWA Business School researchers
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This session will provide an overview of contemporary economic issues of local, national and global importance.
Ken Clements will discuss the Australian Dollar.
Rod Tyers will discuss the Global Economy.
Michael McLure will discuss the GST and issues for Western Australia.
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Saturday 08 |
13:00 - SCREENING - Free Human Rights Films : Free awarding-winning films about human rights in China
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At 1:00pm "Transcending Fear, the Story of Gao Zhisheng" will be screened.
Born in a cave with only stars to tell time, Gao Zhisheng overcomes incredible odds to become one of China’s top attorneys. The people call him “the Conscience of China.” But then, in the eyes of (...)
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Tuesday 11 |
R is a free and extremely powerful language and software environment for statistical computing, data analysis, and graphics. The course is designed for those who have no experience with R, but have a basic understanding of statistics. The course will include: Introduction to R: How to install R on (...)
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Tuesday 25 |
The aim of this course is to introduce you to basic statistics. It will cover descriptive statistics (means and standard deviations); data exploration; basic categorical data analysis; simple linear regression and basic analysis of variance (ANOVA). The statistical package SPSS will be used to (...)
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Thursday 27 |
18:00 - EVENT - 2014 Accounting and Finance Research Forum : The intention of the Forum is to bring together academics to reflect on issues and research in Accounting and Finance
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March 2015
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Thursday 26 |
14:00 - EVENT - Info Session: Funding Opportunities with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation : Learn about the Foundation's latest round of research grant opportunities from a previous winner.
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The Gates Foundation and its Grand Challenges partners are now accepting applications for a number of programs, including its Grand Challenges Explorations initiative, which encourages innovative and unconventional global health and development solutions.
To learn more about the (...)
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May 2015
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Tuesday 12 |
13:00 - EVENT - Psychology Colloquium: Julien Bureau and Joshua Howard: "Promoting identified motivation to reduce organizational deviance: The importance of autonomy" and "Profiles of Employee Motivation"
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Presenter 1: Julien Bureau
Julien is a PhD student at Universite de Montreal in Montreal, Canada. He is a visiting research fellow at UWA supported by the Endeavour Research Fellowships programme from the Australian government. His research focuses on dishonesty and he is particularly (...)
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June 2015
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Thursday 11 |
14:00 - FREE LECTURE - Postgraduate Showcase 2015: Frontiers in Agriculture : Come listen to some of UWA's best PhD students present the major highlights and outcomes of their research in agriculture and related areas
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Each year The UWA Institute of Agriculture hosts a postgraduate showcase where some of UWA's best PhD students present the major highlights and outcomes of their research in agriculture and related areas.
Professor Paul Johnson, UWA Vice Chancellor will give the opening address.
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July 2015
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Monday 13 |
8:30 - WORKSHOP - Deeble Institute knowledge exchange 3-day short course : Make your research more useful to policymakers
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If you'd like policymakers to take more notice of your research, this short course is for you.
This 3 day short course on knowledge translation and exchange can help you make your work more accessible and useful to policymakers.
You'll receive training on writing for policymakers and (...)
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