What's On at UWA

UWA Farm Ridgefield and the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) are hosting a community based festival event to celebrate astronomy and Australian science on Saturday, 17 September 2016. The event will feature fun and engaging activities in a beautiful rural setting, at UWA (...)

With all the ideas and opinions that we come up against, it pays to be a bit skeptical. But how do you know which information sources are reliable? And why do we sometimes believe and defend bad ideas? After this session, you’ll be able to tell what of sources of evidence are reliable, identify (...)

In the eighteenth century Voltaire waged a campaign against religious intolerance, and fought for victims who had suffered persecution by the Catholic Church. More broadly, he and other French philosophers of the Enlightenment sought to combat religious superstition and to encourage members of (...)

Following the resounding success of our Conferences in 2014 and 2015, Network Teach is proud to host one of the nation's leading education conferences for teachers. With some of the state's most distinguished educational minds presenting all in one place, this conference is one not to be missed (...)

Gold Standard GAMSAT will be running a GAMSAT course for 6 consecutive days from January 28 to February 2, 2017. Focus on the most frequently tested topics in the GAMSAT. Learn GAMSAT strategies from a medical doctor with 6 years of GAMSAT teaching experience and author of the Gold Standard GAMSAT (...)

Professor Carol Brayne is an internationally recognised leader in academic public health at University of Cambridge, UK. Professor Brayne has pioneered the study of dementia in the general population, launching two major longitudinal studies of the health and cognitive functioning of 30,000 older (...)

Rise and Shine UWA Students! Start your day the right way, with UWA Sport Pop Up Yoga and Pilates. Join us afterwards for some healthy treats to give your brain a boost before the big day ahead!

Every morning this O-Week!

When: Monday 20 - Friday 24 February, 8–9am.

Immerse yourself in the State’s most influential professional network when you enrol in an MBA at The University of Western Australia. Build connections with industry leaders, undertake a world class leadership development program and gain the tools to transform your career.

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High Commissioner of Australia to Pakistan Ms Margaret Adamson will speak on contemporary Pakistan and Australia-Pakistan relations.

WHEN: 9 March 2017

TIME: 4.15pm - 6pm

VENUE: Fox Lecture Theatre, Arts Building, University of Western Australia

ENTRY: (...)

CMSS Seminar Series: Religion, State and Society

Legalizing Authoritarianism in Egypt

By Dr Amr Hamzawy, American University in Cairo and Cairo University

DATE: Thursday, 16 March 2017 TIME: 4.00pm – 6pm WHERE: Fox Lecture Theatre, Arts Building, The University of (...)

UWA Exercise and Performance Centre (located at the southern end of campus within the school of Sport Science Exercise and Health) is offering FREE HEART SCREENING. This includes blood pressure testing, resting heart rate, spirometry (lung function) and body mass index (BMI). PLEASE EMAIL OR (...)

Please join us for a moderated panel conversation about what it means to be a "good citizen" in Australia today.

- Adrian Fini OAM, Managing Director, Fini Group and 2016 Western Australian of the Year

- Professor Dawn Freshwater, Vice-Chancellor, The University of (...)

As a highly respected political journalist, UWA graduate Peter Kennedy’s expertise makes him one of the most informed political commentators in the nation. He has observed the 2017 State Election with more than usual interest. The decline of the Barnett Liberal Government, its feisty relations (...)

Learn in this most popular course, how to quickly process the large amount of written information we all deal with in our lives, from reading for leisure, to business activities or academic studies. Learn the skills to increase your reading speed significantly as well as improve your comprehension (...)

"It's not what you say, but how you say it" The key to healthy and fulfilling relationships is effective communication. This means being able to say what you need to say and being able to hear what you need to hear. This workshop will be useful to those who want to improve their ability (...)

Humans are really good at moving in time. Our knack for rhythmic synchronisation sets us apart from much of the animal world, aside from a few notable exceptions (parrots, sea lions, dolphins and possibly some other primates). Evolution is a tough business, and specialised cognitive abilities (...)

Nigel Farage’s Brexit, Donald Trump’s presidency and Pauline Hanson’s comeback to Australian politics have all been labelled examples of populism. What was unthinkable a few years ago has become a reality. The revival of nationalism, xenophobia, economic and political isolationism and the (...)

The period following the Second World War saw a massive increase in fishing effort, particularly in the 1960s. However, crashes due to this overfishing began to be reflected in global catch trends in the 1970s, and intensified in the 1980s and 1990s. In response, the industrialised countries of the (...)

In this public lecture, Dr Heather Nancarrow will examine the data on domestic and family violence through a legal lense. The lack of an intersectional policy analysis, which would consider race, class and gender, has resulted in unintended negative consequences of civil domestic violence laws in (...)

Culture Jamming is defined as a movement that mixes politics with graffiti, and satire with paint. Said by some to scramble “... the signal, injects the unexpected, and spurs audiences to think critically and challenge the status quo”, this presentation examines a new way for law and (...)