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Displaying from Tuesday, August 02, 2011
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August 2011
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Tuesday 02 |
17:30 - INFORMATION EVENING - UWA Business School - BHP Billiton Scholarships Information Evening : Information Evening
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Up to twelve Scholarships for Honours, Masters and PhD students at the UWA Business School are available each year, valued from $20,000 up to $153,000.
For information about the scholarships, join us and senior BHP Billiton representatives for an Information Evening. Networking and (...)
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Wednesday 03 |
12:00 - Focus Groups - Dogs And Physical Activity Intervention Study (DAPA-IS) Focus Groups : Exploring barriers and Motivators to Walking your Dog
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Do you own a dog and would like to walk it more often? Volunteers Needed
We are seeking volunteers for a study investigating ways to improve the health and well-being of dog owners and their dogs. If you own a dog, and would like to walk it more often we would like you to hear from you.
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Saturday 06 |
9:30 - SEMINAR - Stay on Your Feet Seminar & UWA Clinic Open Day
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Presentation from Stay on Your Feet WA on the 9 steps that you can take to reduce your falls risk. 1 in 4 people over 60 will fall each year which can lead to injury and significant physical limitation. Being active and independent is a key to being able to enjoy our lives at any age. Come along (...)
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Tuesday 09 |
11:00 - EVENT - Business School Vacation and Work Expo : In conjunction with the UWA Business School, the Careers Centre is organising an expo to promote graduate and vacation opportunities.
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In conjunction with the UWA Business School, the UWA Careers Centre is organising an expo to promote vacation and work opportunities.
Employers attending include: BHP Billiton, EY, KPMG, PwC, Deloitte, Grant Thornton, WorleyParsons, Department of Mines & Petroleum, Department of (...)
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Friday 12 |
The Western Australia Chief Scientist, Professor Lyn Beazley, and the University of Western Australia's Centre of Excellence in Natural Resource Management are hosting a symposium in Albany to showcase the excellent science taking place in the Great Southern region.
'Great Southern (...)
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Sunday 14 |
UWA opens up the whole campus to the public.
Come and find out about the courses on offer, valuable research, community programs, and facilities...all mixed with a day full of lots of fun activities for everyone!
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Thursday 18 |
18:00 - PUBLIC LECTURE - The 2011 Marshall Warren Lecture : The Next Convergence. The future of economic growth in a multi-speed world
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The 2011 Marshall-Warren lecture will be delivered by Michael Spence, Winner of the Nobel 2001 Prize in Economic Sciences with Joseph E. Stiglitz and George A. Akerlof.
In this lecture, Professor Spence will explore the main arguments of his book 'The Next Convergence'. This will appeal (...)
18:00 - FREE LECTURE - UWA Business School - "Measuring People's Willingness to Pay (WTP): 30 Years of Research" with Professor Vithala Rao : Public Lecture
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In this lecture Professor Rao will discuss some of his research on behavioral aspects of pricing. The lecture will focus on three concepts -
1) The usual measurement of WTP using a conjoint utility model may be biased due to the presence of informational effect of price
2) (...)
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Tuesday 23 |
18:00 - PUBLIC LECTURE - Sustainable Wellbeing � An Economic Future for Australia : UWA Business School - Shann Memorial Lecture with Dr Martin Parkinson PSM
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Dr Parkinson was appointed Secretary to the Treasury in March 2011. He is Chair of the Advisory Board of the Australian Office of Financial Management, and member of the Board of the Reserve Bank of Australia, Board of Taxation, the Board of Infrastructure Australia and
the Council of Financial (...)
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Thursday 25 |
We invite you to listen and engage in a lunch time conversation with members of the UWA community on the topic of ‘What matters to me and why’.
At each session an invited guest will speak and then there will be an opportunity for questions and conversation. The speaker on this (...)
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Tuesday 30 |
13:00 - FREE LECTURE - Economist Lecture Series : Stephen Miller, Managing Director, BlackRock
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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 (...)
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September 2011
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Friday 16 |
17:15 - SEMINAR - UWA BUSINESS SCHOOL PANORAMA SERIES : Global, National and WA Banking Perspectives
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This seminar will introduce the ideas and concepts of:
1)Economics – interest rates, exchange rates, loan markets
2)Banking and the resources industry
3)Banking and diversity in the workplace
Presenters:
Damon Goodall - Senior Dealer, Global (...)
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Wednesday 28 |
18:30 - Forum - UWA BUSINESS SCHOOL 2011 FORUM : Global Financial Crisis II: The Case for Optimism?
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With the possibility of a double-dip recession in the US and sovereign debt crisis facing the EU, UWA experts in finance and economics will assess the case for optimism and answer your questions on the future of the local, national and global economy at an open public forum. Find out whether there (...)
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October 2011
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Monday 03 |
17:30 - PUBLIC TALK - MBA/EMBA Information Evening : We invite you to attend one of our upcoming information evenings which will give you the opportunity to learn about the programs on offer
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The Business School holds regular information evenings for its MBA and EMBA programs.
We invite you to attend one of our upcoming information evenings which will give you the opportunity to learn about the programs on offer, to discuss your study options, meet Business School staff and (...)
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Wednesday 05 |
7:00 - EVENT - Breakfast by the Bay : Breakfast by the Bay with Jonathan Holloway : Festivals Mean Business
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Join Jonathan Holloway, the Artistic Director of Perth
International Arts Festival 2012-2015, as he outlines the
benefits the Festival will provide to the Perth arts and
business community in the coming years. He will discuss
how he was instrumental in the transformation of the
Norfolk and Norwich (...)
The Postgraduate and Honours Expo showcases a host of opportunities for further study, including honours and postgraduate coursework and research possibilities.
Discover the courses each faculty has to offer, learn about postgraduate scholarships, attend information sessions and talk to (...)
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Saturday 15 |
12:00 - FUNDRAISER - Relay for Life @ UWA : The Cancer Council Relay For Life at UWA is a Guild Volunteering student run event for campus and community
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The Cancer Council Relay for Life at UWA is a Guild Volunteering run event. In it's inaugural year in 2010 Relay@UWA raised over $100,000 for The Cancer Council and we hope to go above and beyond that this year. The event will be held on the 15th and 16th of October. We require as many teams and (...)
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Thursday 20 |
18:00 - PUBLIC LECTURE - UWA Business School Public Lecture : Social Finance: Mobilising capital for social change
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Social change, an understanding of impact investing and the potential it holds to mobilise capital beyond traditional government and charitable monies, is becoming critical.
Impact investors seeking a blended financial and social return are increasingly active in mobilising capital to (...)
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Friday 21 |
12:00 - PUBLIC LECTURE - CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS: INAUGURAL LECTURE : Increasing the “3Ps” of Productivity, Participation and Population: What can we expect of Australian workers?
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There is much talk in Australia at present about the need to increase participation in paid work and productivity, and at the same time increase Australia’s population. This conversation is partly driven by the prospect of an ageing population, and transformation in Australia’s employment base (...)
17:15 - SEMINAR - UWA Business School Panorama Series : The Role of Private Equity in the Mining Industry
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The Role of Private Equity in the Mining Industry
1)Private equity - what is it?
2)How does private equity work?
3)Myths - the perception
4)Facts- the reality?
These are some of the questions to be answered at a time when companies big and (...)
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