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December 2017
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Monday 18 |
Bring a picnic, a rug, your family, and friends for classical favourites and carols under the stars!
The Orchestra of St George's College, led by violinist Paul Wright, will be joined by acclaimed musicians, Sara Macliver (soprano), Raymond Yong (piano), and Alex Isted (violin), under the direction (...)
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January 2018
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Tuesday 23 |
9:00 - SEMINAR - GAMSAT Preparation Courses at UWA : Simulated GAMSAT Exam with Review of Worked Solutions - Course Provided By Gold Standard
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Gold Standard will be holding a GAMSAT Practice Test on January 23, 2018 at the University Hall. This will be followed by a review of worked solutions by Dr Brett Ferdinand on January 24, and an optional Advanced GAMSAT Topic Course on January 25.
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February 2018
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Saturday 24 |
17:30 - AWARD CEREMONY - The Dorothy Hewett Award Ceremony : Celebrate new Australian writing with UWA Publishing
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UWA Publishing and Perth Writers Week invite you to The 2018 Dorothy Hewett Award ceremony.
UWA Publishing's Dorothy Hewett for an Unpublished Manuscript is a national prize worth $10,000. It is a rare, multi-genre award open to fiction, creative non-fiction and poetry. The first winner (...)
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March 2018
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Tuesday 13 |
19:30 - TALK - Friends of the UWA Library : Josephine Wilson discusses her award-winning book Extinctions
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About the talk
The Friends of the UWA Library are delighted to begin the 2018 series of talks with award-winning author, Josephine Wilson. Josephine will talk about her critically acclaimed book Extinctions.
Winner of the prestigious 2017 Miles Franklin Literary Award and (...)
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Friday 16 |
12:30 - PUBLIC TALK - University planning and architecture: The search for perfection : A public lecture by Paul Roberts
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Paul Roberts, a UK-based strategic development adviser and director of Turnberry Consulting, will explore what constitutes a successful campus and how to apply these conclusions to real-life, modern-day contexts.
Roberts will take the audience through the rich history of campus design (...)
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Friday 23 |
18:15 - SCREENING - In Pursuit Of Harmony: Premier Screening of the first ever Documentary Film, Exploring the Ancient Game of Go �The Surrounding Game� : The W.A. Migration Research Network Harmony Week event
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All are welcome to the premier screening of the first ever documentary film, exploring the ancient game of Go “The Surrounding Game”, followed by a panel discussion with academics, students and practitioners with interest in applying lessons from Go to social science, IT, education and ways of (...)
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April 2018
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Sunday 08 |
10:00 - OPEN DAY - UWA Health Campus Open Day : Come along to the UWA Health Campus Open Day on Sunday 8 April to find out all about the health related courses on offer. Meet staff and current students, and discover courses available in areas like medicine, biomedical engineering, sports science and psychology.
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Are you interested in studying health care or pursuing a career in the fast-growing and in-demand health industry? UWA is holding a Health Campus Open Day on Sunday 8 April for prospective students to find out all about the health related courses on offer in areas like medicine, biomedical (...)
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Tuesday 10 |
19:30 - TALK - Friends of the UWA Library : Herman Goering and the Bunbury Solicitor, A Ding Dong Dogfight
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Adolph Hitler and Hermann Goering were one of the most evil combinations of the20th century but they very nearly didn’t make it as a pair. Goering, who created the dreaded Gestapo in Nazi Germany at the time of World War ll and was a key figure in the “final solution” of exterminating the (...)
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Wednesday 18 |
18:00 - PUBLIC LECTURE - The Seeing without Light: how people with disability are embracing emerging technologies : A public lecture by Dr. Scott Hollier, digital access specialist, lecturer, and author
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The rapid evolution of computers and mobile devices has
had a significant impact on how we engage online and
with each other. Yet for people with disabilities, including visual impairment, such technologies represent far more than just the sum of their parts - it is ultimately a gateway for (...)
A public lecture by Professor Jeffrey Vervoort, Professor of Isotope Geochemistry, Washington State University and 2018 UWA Robert and Maude Gledden Senior Visiting Fellow.
Earth scientists have long been interested in the nature of Earth’s earliest continents. There are several (...)
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Friday 27 |
18:30 - EVENT - We�ve been here before - An Evening in Conversation with Nyoongar Elder Dr Noel Nannup and Professor Fiona Stanley, with Professor Carmen Lawrence as MC
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We’ve been here before - An Evening in Conversation with Nyoongar Elder Dr Noel Nannup and Professor Fiona Stanley, with Professor Carmen Lawrence as MC.
We find ourselves at a crossroads.
'Business as usual' is no longer sufficient to address the interconnected crises of (...)
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Monday 30 |
R is a free and extremely powerful language and software environment for statistical computing, data analysis, and graphics. This course is designed for those who have little to no experience with R, but have a basic understanding of statistics.
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May 2018
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Tuesday 08 |
Don’t know where to start with your GAMSAT® Preparation? Struggling with a particular section?
We're running a FREE GAMSAT Biology Tutorial at UWA, with attendance capped at 35 students. We’re creating an interactive learning environment that mimics the way we deliver our actual (...)
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Thursday 17 |
17:30 - VISITING SPEAKER - 2018 Isabelle Lake Memorial Lecture : 2018 Isabelle Lake Memorial Lecture with speaker Cr Tony Briffa
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The Isabelle Lake Memorial Lecture is an annual collaboration between the Equal Opportunity Commission of Western Australia and the University of Western Australia to honour the work and achievements of the late Ms Isabelle Lake, a young trans rights activist, former employee of the Commission, and (...)
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Thursday 24 |
12:00 - Open to staff, students, and the public! - Plant Sale! with Friends of the Grounds : JOIN US! herbs, succulents, and more - plants typically $3 to $5 each
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UWA Friends of the Grounds are holding a May Plant Sale on Thursday 24 May 2018 (and Friday 25 May 2018 if remaining stock)
Find herbs, succulents, and more - plants typically $3 to $5 each. Great finds! Open to staff, students, and the public.
Please bring a carry bag or (...)
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June 2018
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Tuesday 12 |
19:30 - TALK - Friends of the UWA Library : Hungary - After the Wall was Over - From Communism to Capitalism
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In 1989 the wall between East and West Berlin came down and the Soviet Union collapsed. Hungary as part of the Soviet block had virtually been occupied by Russia for the previous 40 years.
In 1990 Hungary was economically weak and very quickly they saw their best opportunity for (...)
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Friday 15 |
18:00 - PUBLIC TALK - China in Conversation: The World Order in Transition - China, the US and Australia
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The 21st century has been dubbed the Asian century, as the growth of China’s economic and political influence puts increased pressure on the existing world order. For Australia, an ally of the United States situated in the Indo-Pacific region, these changes could not be more significant.
19:30 - EVENT - Wizards Fantastic Feast : An Immersive Wizard School & Feast for all Academics and students
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• Introduction to Wizards Fantastic Feast
• As an immersive theatre/Dinner experience - Patrons will enter a truly magical ' Harry Potter' inspired great hall in which they will interact with a host of magical characters.
• All Patrons are invited to express their Wizarding (...)
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Wednesday 20 |
18:00 - TALK - Oral Histories of UWA - why bother? : UWA Historical Society presentation by Oral Historian Julia Wallis with Dr Beverley Noakes
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Julia Wallis will look at the value and importance of the UWA Oral History Program, the types of stories that emerged and the end use of the interview material. Dr Beverley Noakes, whose oral history forms part of the UWA Oral Histories Collection will provide insight from an interviewee's (...)
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Tuesday 26 |
The aim of this course is to introduce you to basic statistics. It will cover descriptive statistics (means and standard deviations); data exploration; basic categorical data analysis; simple linear regression and basic analysis of variance (ANOVA). The statistical package SPSS will be used to (...)
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