What's On at UWA

The UWA French Club Play is a club tradition spanning over 70 years. After a four year lapse, the UWA French Club has revived this tradition to bring you the play Lysistrata.

This is a seductive comedy with a strong political bent. Set during the Peloponnesian War, the women of Greece (...)

The UN, with its 2015-2030 process, is going to set the global goals for the next 15 years in September, following the success of the Millennium Development Goals. Since these could end up determining a large part of the periods $2.5 trillion development aid, it is important we pick targets more (...)

After 15 years as chief executive of Dun and Bradstreet Australia, Christine thought she had learnt everything there was to know about being a woman leader and a female first in a C suite role. But when she began to look up from the day to day of running a business, Christine saw that what had been (...)

The Telethon Kids Institute Wesfarmers Centre of Vaccines & Infectious Diseases invite consumers and community members to have a say on a wide range of research into childhood infectious diseases including: - Ear Health - Vaccines - Antibiotic use - Infections in pregnancy. If you have an (...)

What is Ladies S&C? A gym-based strength session designed specifically for women on the school run who are keen to maintain fitness and health as they get older!

How is Ladies S&C different to other exercise classes? Instructor Expertise - Accredited Exercise Physiologist (...)

Find out about the benefits of a UWA postgraduate course, how a postgraduate degree can help you to advance your career, gain a promotion or change your career path.

Prospective Student Advisers, faculty staff, academics and current postgraduate students will be on hand to answer your (...)

RDI is sponsoring two UWA students or staff to attend the Ignition Innovation and Entrepreneurship Course in 2015.

Ignition is an intensive 5.5 day education program for aspiring entrepreneurs, academics and corporate innovators to trial and prepare their business ideas for the (...)

In this public lecture, Jonathan Rigg, Professor of Geography at the National University of Singapore, will argue that 'liberal resilience' plays into a growth-development-resilience 'trap' where economic growth has become a de facto synonym for development and, often, development a synonym for (...)

The lecture focuses on the role of Islam as both a constructive and a disruptive force. It also encourages inter-faith dialogue and aspires to building an understanding of Islam and the Muslim society. The central axis of the lecture is the way in which religious thought, individual believers and (...)

Dear friends, We are happily presenting two cultural events and we hope to invite you to 1. The Chinese Bridge Competition for University Students on 9th May between 12.30-4pm

The Chinese Bridge Competition for Foreign University Students is the largest international Chinese language (...)

The College is very excited to host our second Annual Youth Day Festival in partnership with the UWA Confucius Institute. Highlights of this year's concert will include The Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto and The Yellow River Piano Concerto (movements II & III). Raymond Yong as conductor and (...)

We live today in what some claim to be one of the most religiously intolerant periods in history. Not only are some religious minorities believed to be fomenters of disharmony in other countries but, in our society, they are seen to mix only with their peers, wear distinctly un-Australian clothing (...)

Completely FREE but donations for Nepal are graciously welcome! If you're a young musician trying to get people to hear your sound, or perhaps a comedian just starting out; performing at an open mic night is a great way to get heard. You never know who may be in attendance. There are 12 Open Mic (...)

The documentary depicts the struggles which took place at the Donetsk Airport and runs for 82 minutes. The film is in Ukrainian with English subtitles - a must watch! Admission: $15 per person for general public and $10 for teenagers and the university students, children 12 y.o. and younger - (...)

The 7.9 magnitude earthquake that struck Nepal on 25 April has already claimed the lives of more than 7,000 people with an estimated eight million people affected. The Red Cross is at the forefront of the international response, sending shelter and water and sanitation specialists, setting up (...)

Professor Samina Yasmeen is the Director of Centre for Muslim States and Societies. Dr. Leila Mcharek is a honorary fellow at the Centre for Muslim States and Societies at UWA with an impressive background working in Tunisia as a professor, British Embassy Officer and UN Human Rights Officer. Her (...)

An afternoon of Chopin's greatest solo piano hits performed by Resident Music Fellow Raymond Yong and Emerging Artists Anastasia Buettner-Moore and Yiannis Maxwell.

Admission is free, bookings required as there is limited space.

During the twentieth century, religion has gone on the market place. Churches and religious groups are forced to 'sell god' in order to be attractive to 'religious consumers'. More and more, religions are seen as 'brands' that have to be recognizable to their members and the general public. What (...)

2015 is a historic year for the movement to end extreme poverty. In September, world leaders will agree on a comprehensive set of Global Goals designed to achieve an end to extreme poverty and a better life for all of the world's people by 2030. Come and hear how your actions can change the world (...)

In April 2015 the Committee for Economic Development of Australia released a major report on Addressing entrenched disadvantage in Australia. The report had five substantive chapters - poverty and social disadvantage; persistent disadvantage; early intervention; living with mental illness; and (...)