What's On at UWA

Located in The School of Sport Science, Exercise and Health, The UWA EXERCISE AND PERFORMACE CENTRE offers a fully equipped gymnasium and group exercise classes. Our services are open to the general public. Come and meet our team in the Business School Foyer on Monday July 31 and Monday August 7 (...)

Title: Improving Personality Assessment: Facets, Response Models, and Utility.

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Personality traits are among the most widely studied individual difference variables in psychological research. Numerous primary and meta-analytic studies have established their importance (...)

Abstract: There has been almost no recent formal economic analysis of the WTP of British consumers for organic products. Given the rising demand for organic products on one hand and the decline in the organically farmed area in the UK on the other hand, this is an important topic to address. The (...)

The Perth USAsia Centre is delighted to invite you to celebrate the launch of Japan's Security Renaissance by Professor Andrew L. Oros. This book explores the influence historical legacies have on Japan's security policies since the Cold War and Prime Minister Abe's rise to power. Professor Oros (...)

Abstract: Groundwater is becoming a more widely regulated resource, yet the impacts of groundwater markets are not well understood. With an application to a groundwater basin in southern California, I develop a theoretical and simulation model of groundwater trading to estimate the gains from (...)

Title: What shapes work design and how work design shapes employee wellbeing

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There is already considerable evidence around the positive effects good work design for a wide range of individual and organisational outcomes. But although we know a great deal about how (...)

Title: A Product of Their Environment: Contextual Challenges Faced by Modern Teams

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As organizations expand across time and space, teams are faced with increasing task complexity ranging from completing creative tasks with dispersed team members to safely sending (...)

Title:Advice taking and advice resistance in groups

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According to conventional wisdom, advice is a simple and effective means to improve the quality of judgments and decisions. Research on advice taking supports this notion, showing that decision-makers’ accuracy (...)

Title: Enhancing Diversity via Hiring Practices: Revisiting the use of Second-Stratum Cognitive Abilities

Many organisations believe that hiring a diverse workforce is important for ethical, legal and business reasons. However, one of the most criterion-valid selection tools—the (...)

Meet our MBA professors and students, discover more about your study options and have all your questions answered. The evening will begin at 5.30pm with networking, followed by a presentation at 6.00pm and an opportunity for individual questions at 7.00pm.

The information evening will (...)

Participants needed to assist our 4th year Post Graduate Health students in Health Coaching.

**What’s required from you** 2 sessions of about 1 hour each, 3-4 weeks apart, held at UWA at times convenient to yourself and subject to student availability

**What is Health (...)

There is evidence that generic attributes like research skills are most effectively developed when they are embedded in the curricula.

In this session, we will present examples from the courses in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences as well as literature where academics have (...)

Please join us for FABLE Research Tapas, where we proudly present a compelling showcase of emerging/current research from across all Schools in the Faculty (a calendar invitation has been sent to you). This lively and informative afternoon Tapas event, hosted by our very own Peter Veth, will focus (...)

Futures Enthusiasts are people who are keen to be a part of the next wave of developments in higher education using technology and concepts to innovate learning and teaching practices.

This FEMU event for September will feature a presentation by the UWA Centre for Social Impact on 'Window (...)

This will be a workshop based presentation drawing on Martin’s experience as “a flipper” and also on others from UWA that have been involved in a research project scoping student experiences in flipped classrooms. We will explore what the research shows as well as tips for shifting the focus (...)

In collaboration with The University of Western Australia, the Perth USAsia Centre is pleased to announce that the 2017 In The Zone Conference – “The Blue Zone” will be held on Monday, 2 October 2017 in Perth, Western Australia. The conference will host a program of distinguished and expert (...)

We invite UWA staff and interested visitors to engage in a thought provoking conversation about collaborative leadership and the potential contribution of contemplative practices in the development and evolution of a modern university.

The dialogue between Neil and Carolyn will catalyse (...)

Anxiety Group Therapy Program for Children

Does your child experience heightened levels of anxiety?

Is he/she aged between 8-12 years?

Would you like to learn some skills to help you and your child?

If you answered yes to each of these questions, an (...)

This symposium brings together a panel of experts from across Australia to discuss ways to support regional and remote students to succeed in higher education. The purpose is to explore the value of investing in higher education from the perspective of the individual, community and the university (...)