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February 2017
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Monday 20 |
8:00 - EVENT - OWeek and ODay Wellness Pop Ups : Kick start your life at university with a FREE week of pilates, yoga and mindfulness on us!
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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.
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March 2017
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Wednesday 08 |
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.
Join us (...)
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Thursday 09 |
16:15 - PUBLIC TALK - Lecture by Australian High Commissioner to Pakistan Ms Margaret Adamson
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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
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Thursday 16 |
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 (...)
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Monday 27 |
11:00 - LAUNCH - Is Your Heart Healthy? : Free Heart Screening and Launch of Healthy Hearts Exercise Program
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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 (...)
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Thursday 30 |
16:00 - PUBLIC TALK - McCusker Centre for Citizenship: What it means to be a 'Good Citizen' : Panel discussion on active citizenship at City Of Perth Library
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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 (...)
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April 2017
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Saturday 08 |
9:30 - EVENT - Inaugural Convocation Conversation : Reflections on the 2017 State Election - an informed view from Peter Kennedy
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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 (...)
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Saturday 22 |
9:30 - WORKSHOP - Read with Speed : Double your reading speed and improve your comprehension!
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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 (...)
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Saturday 29 |
9:00 - WORKSHOP - Interpersonal Communication Skills : The key to healthy and fulfilling relationships!
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"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 (...)
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May 2017
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Wednesday 10 |
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 (...)
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Thursday 18 |
17:30 - PUBLIC TALK - The Global Rise of Populism : A public forum and Q&A with academics from the School of Humanities and the School of Social Sciences at the University of Western Australia
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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 (...)
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Thursday 25 |
18:00 - PUBLIC LECTURE - Fisheries and Global Warming: Impacts on marine ecosystems : Professor Daniel Pauly takes a historical look at fisheries, and comments on the current challenges of global food security
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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 (...)
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June 2017
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Thursday 01 |
9:30 - FREE LECTURE - Legal responses to domestic and family violence: Gendered aspirations and racialised realities : A public lecture by Dr Heather Nancarrow CEO, Australia’s National Research Organisation for Women’s Safety Limited (ANROWS).
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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 (...)
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Tuesday 13 |
13:00 - PRESENTATION - Talking Allowed: Culture Jamming the Perth Modern School Relocation Proposal : This presentation examines a new way for law and visualization to intersect
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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 (...)
19:00 - TALK - Friends of the UWA Library Speaker : “Missionaries, Adventurers, Laborer’s and Intellectuals”: Italians in WA before mass migration
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About the talk
Australia has received large numbers of migrants from the two great diasporas of modern times: Italians and Chinese. The latest census shows that the most widely spoken languages in Australia, after English, are Chinese and Italian. However while we are all aware of the (...)
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Saturday 17 |
10:00 - EVENT - UT Presents: 'The Wind in the Willows' : A charming, classic tale of adventure and discovery, in a brand-new one-man adaptation
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This is a charming, classic tale of adventure and discovery, in a brand-new one-man adaptation - starring Shaka Cook (Jasper Jones). Kenneth Grahame’s rollicking tale of four woodland creatures is one of the true enduring classics of children’s literature and writer/director team Maxine Mellor (...)
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Sunday 18 |
10:00 - EVENT - Feeding the Future event : Students, staff and community are invited to see some of UWA's pioneering work and find out about careers of the future.
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Our world-leading researchers tackle global, regional and local issues. One example is advancing research to feed the world. Despite the significant progress made over the last two decades, more than one billion people around the world still go hungry every day. UWA will host Feeding the Future to (...)
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Thursday 22 |
18:00 - PUBLIC TALK - Mining-Induced Seismicity: the importance of tiny (and not so tiny) earthquakes
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A public lecture by Margaret Boettcher, Associate Professor of Geophysics, University of New Hampshire.
Mining-induced seismicity poses significant risks to local communities and to resource production. Yet, these earthquakes also provide the unique scientific opportunity to access (...)
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Saturday 24 |
11:00 - EVENT - Wine Show by the Bay : Wine Fair at the University Club of Western Australia
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$20.00 entry includes a complimentary monogrammed tasting glass.
With over 40 tasting booths and in excess of 200 wines available to sample, the 2017 Wine Show by the Bay will have something for everyone. Bring your friends for a day filled with fabulous wines, informative masterclasses (...)
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Wednesday 28 |
The Mental Health Network has been established to provide opportunities to share information and expertise around mental health initiatives with a focus on primary health care.
We have some great speakers lined up including:
• Senator Rachel Siewert, Australian Greens Senator for (...)
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