What's On at UWA

Open Access publishing offers benefits to individual researchers and to the wider community, and the key Australian funding agencies have mandates which support it.

In recognition of International Open Access Week, the University Library is offering an Open Access 101 workshop on (...)

William Ryerson is founder and President of Population Media Centre, and President of the Population Institute. For over 40 years he has worked in the field of reproductive health, including two decades of experience adapting the Sabido methodology for behaviour change communications to various (...)

Ever wondered what it is like to be colour blind, or what the world looks like to someone with glaucoma. Our Open Day is your ticket to a behind the scenes look at the work of the Lions Eye Institute internationally renowned doctors, scientific researchers and clinic staff.

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Social research skills are highly sought after in a wide variety of sectors to identify social, organisational and government needs. This course can open up avenues for improving society, developing the wellbeing of communities and working towards solving the world's problems.

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MMus collaborative piano student, Gaby Gunders, is presenting her recital 'Better Together’ with cellist Louise McKay and violinist Lena Bennett.

Together they will perform sonatas by Bach, Mozart and Brahms, as well as the Four Seasons Trio by Astor Piazzolla.

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A service of readings and carols, sung by the UWA Winthrop Singers, will be held in the chapel of St. George's College at UWA on 17th and 18th December at 6pm (same service on both nights). There is no need to RSVP but it's worth getting there in sufficient time to get a seat as these events have (...)

Jump into 2016 with a plan to save money and achieve your financial goals by attending the January edition of the city’s Upskill program. The session is an interactive project-based workshop that will run through real life budgeting scenarios. ‘Common Cents’ will be facilitated by InnovateME (...)

UWA Law School in conjunction with the Animal Law Institute presents a public lecture and panel discussion do discuss the lessons animal law can learn from environmental law.

The lecture will feature US environmental law academic Professor Randall S. Abate who will be presenting outcomes (...)

The Gold Standard GAMSAT will host a GAMSAT Practice Test & Review seminar on Feb 4 - 5, 2016 at University Hall, University of Western Australia. The course will start at 9 am and ends at 6 pm daily.

The tutor of this course is Dr. Brett Ferdinand, author of the Gold Standard (...)

If you are a Year 12 student (or a parent of a Year 12 student), this session will provide information about UWA's courses, admission requirements and how to achieve your study and career goals.

UWA Future Students Office staff will be on hand to answer your queries following the (...)

Deciding what subjects to study in Year 11 and 12 can be a daunting process, particularly if you are not yet sure if university is the right pathway for your future goals.

Our information sessions will provide advice on UWA's courses, entry requirements and other helpful subject (...)

The Embassy of Spain in Canberra presents a free rock concert 'Rosendo to Rosendo'. Spanish rock star Rosendo Mercado commemorates the bicentenary of the birth of Rosendo Salvado, the Spanish monk that founded the Benedictine abbey of New Norcia in Western Australia in 1846.

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This illustrated lecture will examine one of the more popular images of the Vikings, that of stridently pagan thugs deliberately targeting and destroying Christian churches. Following a look at the evidence for paganism and attacks on English churches, the lecture will concentrate on the period (...)

Professor Susan Broomhall, from the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions, examines the long history of emotional contact between our continent's western edge and Europe, stretching back well before British settlement in 1829. From medieval maps to early (...)

Barrow Island provides a unique window into human-landscape dynamics on the drowned coastal plain of the North West Shelf. Caves, rock shelters and some thirty open sites provide evidence for stone artefacts, dietary shellfish and fauna, many of which are not found on Barrow Island today. New (...)

High-energy X-ray beams have become the principal tool for radiation oncology in Australia and are used in treatment of almost half of all cancer patients. Protons and heavy ions offer an alternative with particularly appealing characteristics for the treatment of specific cancer types and in (...)

In Australia, it is estimated in the next 1-2 years over a 1000 experienced scientists will become unemployed due to lack of funding. A concerned group met recently to discuss this issue and decided a BIGGER CONVERSATION is needed to create an action plan to avert the impending crisis.

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The 2016 Blakers Mathematics Competition is now open.

Eligible candidates are all undergraduates in first, second and third years at a WA university.

Entries must be received by Friday, 19 August 2016. They may be mailed or given to Dr Greg Gamble, School of Mathematics and (...)

Discover the cultural politics of power in Renaissance Florence, focusing on the House of Medici, the banking family and political dynasty that first began to gather prominence under Cosimo de' Medici and went on to produce four Popes and two regent queens of France.

This interactive and (...)

Join Dr Ellen Jorgensen for a free talk during National Science Week. Hear about Ellen’s fascinating project to barcode native plant species in a remote area of Alaska for their future conservation. Dr Jorgensen is visiting from New York, where she is co-founder of Genspace – the world’s (...)