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Get a taste of the delights Perth offers cyclists, while improving your riding skills and confidence with an experienced rider and cycling coach. Polish up on basic bike mechanics, improve bike fitness (...)

“Why should I let the toad work / Squat on my life?” Philip Larkin In hunter/gatherer societies, around twenty hours a week was needed to acquire food and shelter to maintain bodily health, and the rest of the time was available for sleep, leisure, family life and cultural activity. What has (...)

What are the environmental consequences when shellfish farming grows in an uncontrolled way?

In this lecture, Professor Peter Cook will address the impact of rapidly expanding aquaculture industries across the globe. His case studies will address the environmental consequences of a (...)

"What Lies Underneath" is a glimpse into the provocative, evocative world of lingerie by artist Gabrielle Woodhams and is part of our new "Talk About Art" series of exhibitions held by Gadfly Gallery at The University Club of Western Australia.

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The focus of this course will be on how to get the best out of your super, including the benefits of self-managed super, how to get started, reducing the risk of compliance breaches, strategies for creating wealth and saving tax. No products will be promoted. Course Code: 092283 Wed 6.30-8.30pm May (...)

Join ABC TV's Gardening Australia presenter Josh Byrne as he demonstrates innovative ways to incorporate organic food production into your garden. This practical and highly informative course runs over two sessions, including a visit to Josh's private garden to see his ideas in action.

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Please note: Venue incorrectly listed as Octagon Theatre. This concert will take place in the Callaway Music Auditorium in the School of Music.

A new Administration and a new Defence White Paper. Professor Beazley will draw on his political experience and defence expertise to examine what the Obama Administration's first few months in office reveal for the future of the Australian-American relationship. The decisions made by the US (...)

This workshop gives managers/supervisors additional knowledge and skills to better exercise their responsibility for improving their staff's performance. You will learn to: a) sponsor training and development activities beneficial to the profitability of your organisation b) understand and (...)

Transient States presents a range of creative responses to the urban landscape of Perth, a city whose physical fabric appears to be in a state of continual and often radical transition. This exhibition considers how this phenomenon manifests itself in the work of eleven photographers whose work (...)

As part of Out There!, a hands-on public exhibition focused on the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) radio telescope, Professor Peter Quinn will present a fascinating talk at 12 noon on its incredible potential.

You’ll find out just how the SKA radio telescope, which is up to 50 times more (...)

May is Teaching and Learning Month at UWA.

Teaching and Learning Month is all about discovering, discussing, pursuing, celebrating and valuing excellence in teaching and learning at UWA.

The theme of Teaching and Learning Month 2009 is ‘Engaging Students Through the (...)

Local artist and teacher, Dr Barbie Greenshields, was the first Australian artist to be selected in the exchange program between Albany’s Vancouver Arts Centre and the Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop. With the support of the Department of Culture and the Arts, Dr Greenshields was granted a project (...)

A free public lecture by IAS Professor-at-Large Eric M. Meslin, Ph.D, Director, Indiana University Center for Bioethics.

Much of the academic bioethics work on science policy in the late 20th and early 21st century has been preoccupied with the challenges arising from two big topic areas: (...)

The world of physical and chemical micro-evidence in areas such as art fraud, the content of foods and provenancing murder weapons.   Course Code: 092441 Tue 7-8.30pm May 12 $39 (10% discount for UWA staff and students). Bookings Essential - 6488 2433 or www.extension.uwa.edu.au

Join us for a friendly philosophical conversation. Everyone is Welcome!!! Bring a friend and come along for an evening of interesting philosophical exchange. Event supported by UWA Philosophy, Notre Dame Philosophy and APIS Inc.

This talk will focus on the autobiographical experiences of the explorers into Australia's deserts, in the light of the wider field of the spiritual responses to wilderness or 'fierce landscapes'.

An evening of singing, organised by students from the UWA School of Music, promoting the important role music plays in bringing people from all walks of life together. Staff and students from the School of Music will join The Spirit of the Streets Choir, The Stirling Silver Singers, and The People (...)

The Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences will be hosting an information evening for prospective applicants to the undergraduate entry medicine course. Year 12 students who are considering applying to the course are encouraged to attend. Parents and teachers are welcome. Booking not (...)

The population of Perth is projected to more double by 2050. How do we expect to accommodate these people? Urban sprawl or teetering high-rise? New suburbs that can feed themselves and new high rise mini-cities? Significantly increasing the density of development along both the coast and the River? (...)