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Displaying from Saturday, September 20, 2014
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September 2014
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Tuesday 23 |
13:00 - Colloquium - Neurobiology of attention in ADHD: genes, pharmacology and physiology
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Mark Bellgrove is Professor in Cognitive Neuroscience and Larkin’s Fellow in the School of Psychological Sciences at Monash University. Mark’s laboratory studies the neurobiology of attention and cognitive control in both health and disorder (e.g., ADHD) using a range of techniques including (...)
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Wednesday 24 |
18:30 - SEMINAR - SPAMH presents Q&A: Out of Sight, Out of Mind : An expert panel, including Tim Marney, will be exploring the issue of stigma and discrimination against mental illness in a question and answer session with audience involvement.
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“Mental illness is nothing to be ashamed of, but stigma and bias shame us all.”
Bill Clinton
In Australia, it is estimated that 45 per cent of people will experience a mental health condition in their lifetime.
This prevalent condition should be at the forefront of social (...)
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Friday 26 |
14:00 - FREE LECTURE - The Maldives Backtracking on Democracy: human rights violations, impunity, and increasing religious extremism.
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The Maldives - a 100% Muslim country - transitioned to a democracy in
2008. The first democratically elected government, however, was unseated
on February 7, 2012, just three years into its five-year term by elements of
the military and the police. A civilian government has again come to power
in (...)
17:30 - EVENT - Twilight in the City with Lord Mayor Lisa Scaffidi: "Perth - City of Energy"
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Join us for a special Twilight Drinks event with Lord Mayor of Perth, Lisa Scaffidi, who will provide us with some fascinating insights into the variety of challenges and opportunities currently facing Perth.
West Australian born Lisa proudly calls Perth home and as Lord Mayor speaks (...)
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Sunday 28 |
15:30 - CONCERT - Quintet Plus One Concert : Perth's historically informed 'A-Team' perform a variety of classical works.
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Perth's historically informed 'A-Team' perform a variety of works including Mozart's Jupiter Symphony, Handel's Organ Concerto in F major, C.P.E. Bach's String Symphony No. 3 in C major and Boccherini's Quintet Op.39 No.3.
Harpsichord/Organ: Stewart Smith
Violin: Paul Wright and Shaun (...)
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Tuesday 30 |
This course is aimed at anyone wishing to improve their survey questionnaires. This course is useful for both people new to questionnaire design and those who have experience and would like to extend their knowledge. It will be a benefit not only for people who anticipate designing a questionnaire (...)
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October 2014
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Wednesday 01 |
13:00 - Colloquium - Are individual health emergency risk perceptions, experiences with previous disaster events, and anxiety level associated with household based health emergency preparedness in Hong Kong?
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Professor Chan is the Director of Centre of Global health at SPHPC and the Director of the Collaborating Centre for Oxford University and CUHK for Disaster and Medical Humanitarian Response (CCOUC), which was established in 2011 and aims to conduct research, teaching and engage in knowledge (...)
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Saturday 04 |
St George's College will throw open its doors for everyone to visit, explore and discover what life is like in the 'castle'! In conjunction with Open Gardens Australia the day will feature building and garden tours, a variety of musical performances, extensive art exhibition (including works by (...)
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Tuesday 07 |
11:00 - FESTIVAL - 2014 UWA Mental Health Day : Join in to raise awareness & promote the mental health of those studying & working in higher education
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The Health Promotion Unit & Student Guild will be hosting the inaugural Australian and New Zealand University Mental Health Day (ANZUMHD) on October 7 as part of UWA Mental Health Week, to raise awareness and promote the mental health of those who study and work in higher education. Over 30 (...)
13:00 - WORKSHOP - Laughter Yoga for students and staff : Free Laughter Yoga workshop as part of UWA Mental Health Week
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Come and have a giggle and let off steam at the free Laughter Yoga workshop hosted by the Health Promotion Unit as part of the UWA Mental Health Week. Janni Goss from Laugh WA will teach you how to giggle your way to stress relief! Spaces are limited so register today!
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Friday 10 |
18:30 - TALK - Twilight Drinks with Dual Olympian, Richard Pengelly : "Future Talent - Nurture It Now": How can we provide positive environments to help young adults prosper and realise their true potential in life?
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Join us for what promises to be a fascinating presentation from Richard Pengelly, Dual Olympian and Chairman of True Blue Dreaming, a not-for-profit youth and community development mentoring program which seeks to link university students as mentors to educationally disadvantaged youth and children (...)
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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 (...)
13:00 - EVENT - Pop-up Mini Postgrad Expo : Find out about PG courses at a mini expo held in the Arts Building hallway.
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Missed out on the PG and Hons Expo? No problem! Come along to our pop-up mini postgrad expo and find out about all PG courses across the University held in the Arts Building with FREE PIZZA!
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Wednesday 15 |
17:30 - EVENT - MBA and Graduate Certificate 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) and Graduate Certificates, where you can learn about our MBA Full Time, MBA Flexible, Graduate Certificate in Business, Graduate Certificate in Social Impact, and Graduate Certificate in (...)
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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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Wednesday 29 |
18:00 - Information evening - MBA and Graduate Certificate Information Evening (Perth) : Learn about our courses and meet professors and current students
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Come along to the UWA Business School's information evening for the Master of Business Administration (MBA) and Graduate Certificates, where you can learn about our MBA Full Time, MBA Flexible, Graduate Certificate in Business, Graduate Certificate in Social Impact, and Graduate Certificate in (...)
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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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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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