What's On at UWA

Two day Symposium. Topics - Cancer & Clinical Trials; Tissue Engineering & Regenerative Medicine; Stem Cells & Applications; Lung, Cardiovascular & Metabolism Disease. PhD students are invited to present in the scientific program with prize for Best Student Presentation

Next Wednesday, 29th July, Professors Doug McEachern and Peter Leedman will be hosting a visit to UWA by two EMBL-EBI specialists – Maria Martin and Rodrigo Lopez. Each of these scientists is an EMBL Senior Scientist, and this provides a great opportunity to discover more about Bioinformatics at (...)

“Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast, / To soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak.” Congreve, The Mourning Bride, i, I. What is the origin of the natural human impulse to be musical? Are we “hardwired” for music? Can music enhance human health? How does music mediate human (...)

The Middle Ages is often thought to be the height of patriarchy. So how do we account for the fact that the Middle Ages also saw the rise of powerful women rulers, outstanding female dramatists, writers and scholars, great female spiritual leaders, and even Joan of Arc, a woman war-leader? Course (...)

ECRIs will share their views on how they successfully navigated the process of getting their first grant/fellowship and the strategies they used to get ahead

Senior Researchers will share their views on the challenges postdocs face and how this compares to their own postdoctoral (...)

- East and Southeast Asian universities are intensifying Asian focused internationalization efforts. Japan, S. Korea and Taiwan in particular are investing substantial amounts of public money to send postgraduate students to its Asian neighbours and to recruit the best and the brightest science and (...)

Everyone is welcome at Diversity@University seminars. Come along and learn about Kazakhstan from a real expert, Karina Diegel, and enjoy some (free!) food in convivial company. Diversity seminars are a great way to learn about other cultures from students and staff - their insights are always (...)

Inhabitate introduces current cross disciplinary research developed between dance artists Orr and Sweeney working in geologically significant sites across the UK and Australia. Since 2005 ROCKface have created innovative performance methods combining contemporary choreography with ecological and (...)

Countering Militancy in Pakistan: Domestic, Regional and International Dimensions is being organized by the Centre for Muslim States and Societies (CMSS) at the University of Western Australia (3-4 August 2009). The conference is co-sponsored by the AusAID, the ARC Asia-Pacific Futures Network (Is (...)

UWA & the Blood Service Saving Lives Together

A Donormobile will visit UWA on the August 3rd and 4th between 9:30am and 2:30pm to collect blood for the Australian Red Cross Blood Service.

The donormobile will be parked on the reserve to the north of the Arts Building (...)

HIAM-Health is a small non-government organisation, situated in the grounds of Dili Hospital, that works holistically to prevent malnutrition in East Timor. HIAM stands for Hamutuk ita ajuda malu: “together we help each other”. Staffed by East Timorese nationals and supported by AusAid (...)

Learn this unique blend of Japanese paper art and collage developed by artist Mutsuko Bonnardeaux. Kumi-E combines a personal blend of techniques borrowed from the Japanese Chigiri-E (hand torn paper pictures) and Hari-E (collages). Included in this blend of techniques are elements derived from (...)

Emeritus Professor David Tunley will be presenting his seminar on 'The fashionable salons: mirrors to the cultural and urban life of 19th-century Paris' at the School of Music.

Learn how to speed up your writing at work. Learn to write clearly, concisely and effectively for today's busy reader. Over six sessions, the course will cover fundamental aspects, including writing submissions, reports and letters. Course Code: 094406 Tue 6-8.30pm Aug 4 11 18 25 Sep 1 8 $369 (10% (...)

Secularism is a political doctrine that shapes the way many of us experience everyday life. By considering narratives of spirituality and mourning that relate to conflict and loss, we will consider the politics, possibilities, and even poetics of secular experience. Course Code: 094316 Tue 7.30-9pm (...)

This breakfast event is presented by the UWA Business School and The University Club of Western Australia.

The Australian Governments’ proposed Emissions Trading Scheme – The Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme – and its overall impact on our daily lives will be discussed by (...)

This seminar will give a glimpse of the work carried out in Rostrata Primary School by Richard Johnson, winner of the Premier's Prize for Excellence in Primary Science Teaching in 2008.

Ric believes the universal appeal of science learning poses no boundary to any child. The secret to (...)

BHP Billiton operates globally to provide the natural resources essential for the world's economic and social development, now and into the future.

Each year, up to twelve scholarships are provided to enable students of exceptional promise to undertake honours or higher degrees at The (...)

Speaker: Dr Daniela Baratieri, History, The University of Western Australia

This lecture will analyse two historical documents, two extremely popular films, in spite of their belonging to the rare cinema-released documentary-reportage genre: the first, 'The Path of the Wild Beasts' (...)