What's On at UWA

What is Ladies S&C? A gym-based strength session designed specifically for women on the school run who are keen to maintain fitness and health as they get older!

How is Ladies S&C different to other exercise classes? Instructor Expertise - Accredited Exercise Physiologist (...)

Prof James Enns - Department of Psychology, The University of British Columbia

James Enns is a distinguished University Scholar and Professor in the Department of Psychology at UBC and an Adjunct Professor at UWA working with Troy Visser on collaborative grants. He is also currently the (...)

The College is very excited to host our second Annual Youth Day Festival in partnership with the UWA Confucius Institute. Highlights of this year's concert will include The Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto and The Yellow River Piano Concerto (movements II & III). Raymond Yong as conductor and (...)

Presenter 1: Julien Bureau

Julien is a PhD student at Universite de Montreal in Montreal, Canada. He is a visiting research fellow at UWA supported by the Endeavour Research Fellowships programme from the Australian government. His research focuses on dishonesty and he is particularly (...)

We live today in what some claim to be one of the most religiously intolerant periods in history. Not only are some religious minorities believed to be fomenters of disharmony in other countries but, in our society, they are seen to mix only with their peers, wear distinctly un-Australian clothing (...)

Completely FREE but donations for Nepal are graciously welcome! If you're a young musician trying to get people to hear your sound, or perhaps a comedian just starting out; performing at an open mic night is a great way to get heard. You never know who may be in attendance. There are 12 Open Mic (...)

The documentary depicts the struggles which took place at the Donetsk Airport and runs for 82 minutes. The film is in Ukrainian with English subtitles - a must watch! Admission: $15 per person for general public and $10 for teenagers and the university students, children 12 y.o. and younger - (...)

The Seminar: For 28 years, Mann has been studying the dolphins of Shark Bay, including tool use with marine sponges. This is one of the best-studied cases of tool-use in cetaceans. About 4% of the population regularly uses tools. This talk explains why some dolphins use tools while others do not (...)

The 7.9 magnitude earthquake that struck Nepal on 25 April has already claimed the lives of more than 7,000 people with an estimated eight million people affected. The Red Cross is at the forefront of the international response, sending shelter and water and sanitation specialists, setting up (...)

An afternoon of Chopin's greatest solo piano hits performed by Resident Music Fellow Raymond Yong and Emerging Artists Anastasia Buettner-Moore and Yiannis Maxwell.

Admission is free, bookings required as there is limited space.

The Seminar: Population displacement is a salient and recursive social phenomenon characterising the young nation-state of Timor-Leste. This paper concentrates on the twenty five years of Indonesian rule, which marks the most widespread and intensive waves of displacement and dispossession in Timor- (...)

In this public lecture by Marlene Zuk from the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior at the University of Minnesota, she will ask if human beings in modern society have stopped evolving. Are our bodies and brains at odds with contemporary life? In other words, have we somehow freed (...)

DATES for JULY Workshops - 7 July, 21 July.

Learn how to build your online professional presence so organisations seek you out . Many organisations use LinkedIn to find potential employees, some have talent searchers specifically employed to scan professional networks and poach potential (...)

Despite decades of research and applied efforts, interpersonal prejudice continues to occur at epidemic rates around the globe. Classic work focused on social categorization as the locus of prejudice formation, with volumes of research demonstrating that merely categorizing others as members of (...)

If you'd like policymakers to take more notice of your research, this short course is for you. This 3 day short course on knowledge translation and exchange can help you make your work more accessible and useful to policymakers.

You'll receive training on writing for policymakers and (...)

A desert retreat is an opportuntiy during UWA semester break to slow down and get clear on what's going on in our lives. Koora Retreat is in the Boorabbin National Park between Southern Cross and Coolgardie, providing healthy food, showers, warm beds and toilets. $495 to reception at Student (...)

Australian Consortium for Social and Political Research Inc. (ACSPRI) will be holding a series of intensive short courses ranging from a basic grounding in qualitative and quantitative research methods to state of the art techniques for experienced researchers. The courses offer practical and (...)

The Seminar: The benefits associated with the development of powerful training programs in Science Communication (SC) are acknowledged. The author would undoubtedly have been better placed to meet and defeat the performance challenge that descended on him and the Finding Sydney Foundation (FSF) (...)

If you expect that, when you get sick, someone will (of course) help you, no matter who you are, then you have a Christian culture in your head. It is not civilised, rational, common sense or efficient. But then, let us admit that there were some terrible things done in the church's name too. Let's (...)

Start the day fresh with an exclusive buffet-style breakfast at University Hall.

Take a tour with our ambassadors to hear their personal stories and to see the rooms and community lifestyle for yourself!

Family and friends are welcome to attend our free breakfast to coincide (...)