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Today's date is Friday, March 29, 2024
External events held at UWA
 January 2020
Wednesday 29
18:00 - SEMINAR - Grammar Therapy : Grammar has made a comeback! Website | More Information
Being able to deconstruct a sentence and knowing the fundamental principles of English aren't just helpful tools for learning a second language. They're skills essential to our ability to communicate effectively in almost every field. Grammar Therapy is a simple and effective introduction to English grammar for those who never learned grammar properly in school or need a refresher. This course runs over three weeks (total of 7.5 hrs).

18:30 - TALK - Climate Change: the facts : A free public talk hosted by Extinction Rebellion on the climate crisis. Come and explore the latest climate science and learn what action you can take to make a difference. More Information
Join us at our free introductory talk to learn more about the climate & biodiversity emergency, Extinction Rebellion's history and principles, and how Extinction Rebellion is taking non-violent direct action to tackle the crisis head-on.
Friday 31
19:30 - PERFORMANCE - Heroes : Perth Orchestra Project and Izaak Wesson perform works by Beethoven, Glass and Barblett Website | More Information
Join the Perth Orchestra Project and conductor Izaak Wesson for a concert of tragedy, triumph, and raw emotion as we explore the concept of ‘heroes’ through music. This concert meditates on the question of ‘what is a hero, and how do they shape our lives?’, examining the ways in which three different composers over the last two centuries have been inspired to create art in response to ‘heroes’.

The programme begins with an extract from Glass’s Symphony No.4, which is heavily influenced by the music of David Bowie. In his iconic track 'Heroes' Bowie was inspired by two lovers who were separated by the Berlin Wall, which Glass draws on in this movement. Perth-born composer Charles Barblett then offers a contemporary take on the idea of heroes and villains in our world today, in what will be a world premiere performance that focusses particularly on the treatment of refugees and asylum seekers.

2020 is the 250th year since Beethoven's birth in 1770, so in celebration the concert concludes with Beethoven’s mighty Symphony No.3, the ‘Eroica’. POP will explore this work which was written at one of the most tumultuous times in European history, a time profoundly shaped by individuals who sought to dramatically change the world in which they lived.

Philip Glass - Symphony No. 4 'Heroes', 1st Movement Charles Barblett - Distorted Perceptions (PREMIERE) Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 3 Eroica

Friday 31 January 2020 7:30 PM Sunday 2 February 2020 2:00 PM

Callaway Music Auditorium UWA Conservatorium of Music, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, Western Australia 6009

Tickets available online via TryBooking (https://www.trybooking.com/BHOIS) and at the door. Standard $20 Concession $15 Student $5

 February 2020
Wednesday 05
18:00 - EVENT - Spanish for Beginners : Back by popular demand Website | More Information
Whether you’re enjoying some tapas in the middle of Madrid, or haggling at the markets in Buenos Aires, you’ll get to know the wonderful locals better with some basic Spanish language. Using a communicative approach, students practise language in real and recognisable situations in a cultural context. There is an emphasis on speaking and also on building vocabulary and a sound grammar base.
Friday 07
18:00 - LAUNCH - Opening Night: The Long Kiss Goodbye + Boomerang - A National Symbol Website | More Information
Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery invites you to the launch of its Season 1 2020 program, featuring the opening of two new exhibitions: 'The Long Kiss Goodbye' and 'Boomerang - A National Symbol'.

Light refreshments will be served.

Presented in association with Perth Festival, 'The Long Kiss Goodbye' explores how artists transform familiar materials and symbols into complex meditations on love, loss, attraction and repulsion.

Presented by the Berndt Museum of Anthropology, 'Boomerang - A National Symbol' examines the idea of the boomerang - beyond a symbol of 'Australia' - to highlight its many uses and meanings.
Saturday 08
10:00 - FUNDRAISER - Summer Booksale! : Save the Children Booksale in Hackett Cafe Website | More Information
For over 50 years the University of Western Australia has held its annual book sale to raise funds for Save the Children. Thanks to the generosity of volunteers from the UWA branch and many others offering up their second hand goods, thousands of donated books are available at bargain prices with all proceeds going to support children in Western Australia and around the world.

OPEN TIMES Saturday 8th Feb: 10am - 4pm Sunday 9th Feb: 10am - 4pm https://www.savethechildren.org.au/
Wednesday 26
17:45 - PRESENTATION - MBA and Graduate Certificate Information Evening : Hear about our MBA suite of programs, including new courses for 2020. Website | More Information
If you haven't already enrolled in an MBA or Graduate Certificate, join us for an information evening on Wednesday 26 February at the UWA Business School to hear about our suite of programs. You’ll meet industry professionals, MBA Directors and some of our current students and alumni who are making their mark in business.

The course fee for our MBA Intensive program has been reduced and multiple scholarships are available every year. Come and join WA’s highest-ranking business school and grab the chance to take your career to the next level.

UWA is a member of the Group of Eight and has an outstanding reputation: we're ranked 1st in Western Australia and among the top 100 universities worldwide (QS World Rankings, 2019).



--What to expect--

We'll cover everything you need to know about these UWA MBA programs and MBA-pathway Graduate Certificates:

-MBA Intensive

-MBA Flexible

-Graduate Certificate in Business

-Graduate Certificate in Entrepreneurship and Innovation

-Graduate Certificate in Health Leadership and Management (new for 2020)

-Graduate Certificate in Leadership

-Graduate Certificate in Minerals and Energy Management (new for 2020)

-Graduate Certificate in Social Impact

You'll hear about various study options and what's included in each program, and gain some useful application advice. Join us for drinks and nibbles, learn about the new MBA Intensive, and decide which path is right for you.



--Event details--

5.45 PM: Registrations open

6.00 PM: Presentations and Q&A panel begins

7.00 PM: Drinks, nibbles and networking

 March 2020
Thursday 05
13:00 - PUBLIC TALK - Climate Crisis: The facts and what to do about it. : Public Talk about the science of climate change and how to take action More Information
Come and find out the facts about climate change with a focus on impacts on Western Australia, and how you can get involved with Extinction Rebellion to become part of a peaceful social movement for system change.
Tuesday 10
7:30 - EVENT - Friends of the Library : "Why politics?" by Diana Warnock Website | More Information
Diana Warnock, a former newspaper and radio journalist, went into politics at the age of 52 when she was elected as the State member of Parliament for Perth in 1993. Before entering politics, Diana was an activist for about 30 years for women’s rights and for minorities, and always belonged to many community and voluntary groups, both locally in Perth and nationally. She grew up in the Eastern Goldfields—between Menzies and Leonora—but lived most of her adult life in the city of Perth. Her late husband Bill Warnock, an Irish-Scot, grew up in a Glasgow slum and migrated to Australia in his teens. They both graduated in arts from UWA.

Special Collections

James Hume Nisbet (1849-1923) Scottish born author and artist first visited Australia as a young man in the late 1860s. He visited Australia twice, travelling to Tasmania, New Zealand, and the South Sea Island, painting, sketching, writing poetry and stories. The Friends of the Library purchased four of Nisbet’s sketches currently on display in the foyer Special Collections 2nd Floor Reid Library until April. The display also includes many of his novels and poetry from the Peter Cowan Collection.

Special Collections will be open for Friends from 6.30pm prior to the talk to view the foyer display and objects from the collection in May, June, July, August and November 2020.

AGM The Committee invites members to nominate and join the Committee in 2020. Please contact Kathryn Maingard (email [email protected] or by phone 6488 2356) if you are interested in joining the Committee.

18:45 - FREE LECTURE - RACI Bayliss Youth Lecture 2020 : Shining a light on crime: Applications of spectroscopy to forensic science Website | More Information
Paint, cosmetics, ink. All of these can be forms of forensic evidence that can help detectives to make links between individuals, objects and locations – a critically important part of a criminal investigation. But how to get the most useful information from these types of evidence? This is where chemistry plays an essential role. Join Dr Georgina Sauzier as she explores a key tool of analytical chemistry and how it can be used for analysis of forensic evidence.

Tickets are free but you must register at https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/raci-bayliss-lecture-2020-shining-a-light-on-crime-uwa-tickets-86459128581
Sunday 22
10:00 - EVENT - Perth Upmarket : Perth's best design market Website | More Information
Perth Upmarket is Perth’s original and best design market, featuring more than 200 of Perth's most talented artists, designers, craftsmen and foodies all at The University of Western Australia's Winthrop Hall.

There is something for everyone, including a Junior Upmarket section in Hackett Hall which showcases all the best local designers for kids' clothing, toys, games and decor. Have a browse through the gourmet section to inspire your inner Masterchef, shop original locally designed homewares or find the perfect Christmas gift for someone special. Then enjoy a coffee or lunch relaxing on the beautiful lawns around Winthrop Hall.

DETAILS: · Sunday 22nd March 2020 · Sun 21st June 2020 · Sun 13th Sept 2020 · Sun 29th Nov 2020 Time: 10am-4pm Venue: The University of Western Australia’s Winthrop Hall Parking and entry free, venue is easily accessible, 3 ATMs on site 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley Website: www.perthupmarket.com.au Facebook.com/perthupmarket

 April 2020
Tuesday 07
13:00 - TALK - UCC Tech Talk #1 - How to Use a Cheap SDR : Join us online to learn about the different projects you can do with one. Website | More Information
Interesting radio signals are all around us, many of them completely open to whoever has the right equipment. And that right equipment is a $25 SDR.

Join us online to learn about the different projects you can do with one.

The session will be held online and will start at 1pm on Tuesday, April 7. Please open the following link to join us on Tuesday: https://meetings.ucc.asn.au/b/jim-fcp-y6q

You won't need to download anything to join. Just open the link to join the session. You will be able to ask questions at the end of the session.

 May 2020
Tuesday 05
18:30 - FREE LECTURE - UCC Tech Talk #2: Dive into DNS : Learn the basics of the Domain Name System. Website | More Information
Join the University Computer Club online from 6:30pm on Tuesday, May 5th to learn all about the DNS system and how you can get started.

The URL for the event is here: http://meetings.ucc.asn.au/b/dyl-rvz-n2c

Facebook URL to RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/events/183359025954204/
Thursday 14
17:30 - FREE LECTURE - UCC Tech Talk #3: Exploring the Tinc VPN : Learn about how to set up a Virtual Private Network using Tinc. Website | More Information
Join the University Computer Club online on Thursday, May 14 from 17:30 to learn more about Virtual Private Networks and how to set one up using the free open-source software, Tinc.

To attend the session, just use this link to join us: https://meetings.ucc.asn.au/b/mte-uta-4ya
Friday 22
10:00 - EVENT - Blakers Mathematics Competition now open : Undergraduate Mathematics Competition Website | More Information
The 2020 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 4pm Friday, 7 August 2020, by email. Please follow the instructions for submission given with the problems, with candidate details (name, address, email address, university, and number of years of attendance) given in the body of the email, and per-question PDF scans with files named as described in the instructions, as attachments.

Entries should be sent to [email protected].

More details about how to enter can be found at http://www.maths.uwa.edu.au/students/competitions

 June 2020
Sunday 21
10:00 - EVENT - Perth Upmarket : Perth's best design market Website | More Information
Perth Upmarket is Perth’s original and best design market, featuring more than 200 of Perth's most talented artists, designers, craftsmen and foodies all at The University of Western Australia's Winthrop Hall.

There is something for everyone, including a Junior Upmarket section in Hackett Hall which showcases all the best local designers for kids' clothing, toys, games and decor. Have a browse through the gourmet section to inspire your inner Masterchef, shop original locally designed homewares or find the perfect Christmas gift for someone special. Then enjoy a coffee or lunch relaxing on the beautiful lawns around Winthrop Hall.

DETAILS:

·Sun 21st June 2020 ·Sun 13th Sept 2020 ·Sun 29th Nov 2020 Time: 10am-4pm Venue: The University of Western Australia’s Winthrop Hall Parking and entry free, venue is easily accessible, 3 ATMs on site 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley Website: www.perthupmarket.com.au Facebook.com/perthupmarket
Thursday 25
18:00 - TALK - Modal Editing [UCC's Guide to Streamlined Documents] : Do you edit text like a normal person? You can do better than that! Website | More Information
Join the University Computer Club online on Thursday, June 25 from 6PM for the first instalment of a six-part series on Streamlined Documents.

The focus of these talks is to get you acquainted with some of the best ways to create and edit documents.

This first talk is on Modal Editors - and why you should be using a modal editor to create your documents.

Whether you are an undergraduate student, currently writing your thesis, or create and edit large numbers of documents as a teacher or tutor - if you have never used or heard of modal editors, this talk has something to offer you.

This is an online talk offered for free to the general public. All you need to do to join the session is to open the following meeting link at 6pm on 25/06/2020.

https://meetings.ucc.asn.au/b/tec-mzh-h9w

For more details of the other talks within UCC's Guide to Streamlined Documents, please see the event(s) on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1343286462543479/

 July 2020
Tuesday 07
18:00 - TALK - Intro to Emacs [UCC's Guide to Streamlined Documents] : A 40 year old editor, really? Well… there's a reason that people still use this. Join us online to discover the power of Emacs! Website | More Information
Emacs is interesting because it provides unparalleled flexibility, and even has a few 'killer apps' which raise it above other editors.

This talk is the third part of UCC's 'Streamlined Documents' series, and seeks to provide an introduction to Emacs using the nice "Doom Emacs" config base.

It takes a little bit more effort to install, but if you're interested take a look here: https://github.com/hlissner/doom-emacs/blob/develop/docs/getting_started.org#install

Whether you are an undergraduate student, currently writing your thesis, or create and edit large numbers of documents as a teacher or tutor - UCC's Guide to Streamlined Documents is a series you won't want to miss.

This is an online talk offered for free to the general public. All you need to do to join the session is to open the following meeting link at 6pm on Tuesday, July 7: https://meetings.ucc.asn.au/b/tec-mzh-h9w

For more details of the other talks within UCC's Guide to Streamlined Documents, please see the event(s) on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/2752020645019377/
Tuesday 14
18:00 - EVENT - Intro to LaTeX [UCC's Guide to Streamlined Documents] : Have you ever had Word crash on you? Corrupt a document? Or even just be a pain to work with? Website | More Information
Have you ever had Word crash on you? Corrupt a document? Or even just be a pain to work with?

LaTeX offers a number of compelling advantages...

There's a reason why ~90% of Maths/Phys/Eng/Comp Sci papers are produced with this. LaTeX documents are also fast becoming the best way to submit Journal Articles!

Find out more at this talk!

Get a copy (warning: can be up to 4gb) from https://www.latex-project.org/get/

Whether you are an undergraduate student, currently writing your thesis, or create and edit large numbers of documents as a teacher or tutor – UCC’s Guide to Streamlined Documents is a series you will not want to miss. Join the University Computer Club online on Tuesday, July 14 from 6PM for the fourth instalment of a six-part series on Streamlined Documents.

The focus of these talks is to get you acquainted with some of the best ways to create and edit documents.

These talks are all online are are offered for free to the general public. All you need to do to join the session is to open the following meeting link at 6pm on Tuesday, July 14:

https://meetings.ucc.asn.au/b/tec-mzh-h9w

For more details of the other talks within UCC's Guide to Streamlined Documents, please see the event(s) on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/569545763701077/
Tuesday 21
18:00 - TALK - Org-mode [UCC's Guide to Streamlined Documents] : What would happen if LaTeX, Markdown, Jupyter/R Notebooks and Emacs had a baby? Website | More Information
What would happen if LaTeX, Markdown, Jupyter/R Notebooks and Emacs had a baby?

You'd get Org-mode, which I think I can seriously call the best of all worlds.

Am I infatuated with it? Yes.

Find out why by coming to this talk! (just needs Emacs)

Join the University Computer Club online on Tuesday, July 21 from 6PM for the fifth instalment of a six-part series on Streamlined Documents.

The focus of these talks is to get you acquainted with some of the best ways to create and edit documents.

Whether you are an undergraduate student, currently writing your thesis, or create and edit large numbers of documents as a teacher or tutor – UCC’s Guide to Streamlined Documents is a series you will not want to miss.

This is an online talk offered for free to the general public. All you need to do to join the session is to open the following meeting link at 6pm on Tuesday, July 21: https://meetings.ucc.asn.au/b/tec-mzh-h9w

For more details of the other talks within UCC's Guide to Streamlined Documents, please see the event(s) on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/668357567047741/

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