What's On at UWA

Course outline: In this five-day course, students are given an overview of Aboriginal lifestyle, focussing on traditional and environmental responsibilities and the social practices of indigenous communities during pre- and post- colonial times.

The post-colonial section of the unit (...)

Australia is sometimes portrayed as a dangerous place, bulging with an array of deadly animals. Envenoming syndromes (toxicity due directly to the venom) occur most commonly to snake and redback spider bites on land and a variety of jellyfish in the sea. However the majority of deaths are caused by (...)

Presented by Douglas Osheroff, J.G. Jackson and C.J. Wood Professor of Physics, Stanford University and 1996 recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physics (with co-recipients David M. Lee and Robert C. Richardson).

How advances in science are made, and how they may come to benefit mankind at (...)

Connect your career to the world, enhance your degree and improve employment prospects with postgraduate courses in Integrated Human Studies and Science Communication. Investigate postgraduate educational possibilities with course coordinators Prof Neville Bruce and Assoc Prof Nancy Longnecker.

Following Nicole Kidman’s impassioned testimony to the US Congress in support of the International Violence against Women Act, the Perth Chapter of Young UNIFEM (The United Nations Development Fund for Women) is holding a ‘White Ribbon Day Soiree” to support White Ribbon Day, November 25.

Professor Shiro Ikegawa is a leading international expert in the field of molecular genetics of osteoarthritis and osteoporosis with a distinguished record of achievement. He frequently publishes scientific discovery in Nature and Science; he has had in excess of 160 publications since 1990, and (...)

Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery will be the first venue to exhibit the Flinders University Art Museum Touring Exhibition, Gooch’s Utopia: collected works from the Central Desert, straight from its successful exhibitions at Flinders University and Riddoch Art Gallery. Curated by Fiona Salmon, Director (...)

A collection of interesting and innovative artworks created by the 2009 Bachelor of Fine Arts Graduates.

(Please note that the Cullity Gallery is only open Monday-Friday.)

The talk: Energy, Climate and People - The world is running out of cheap oil and gas. If the past is any guide, energy demand is set to increase as the global population both increases and looks for higher living standards. There will be parallel but different pressures on water. The way (...)

Two-Day Media Skills Workshop

9am to 5pm on December 4 & 11, 2009

The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA

Have you ever wondered… What makes a media friendly story? Why doesn’t the story look like the information I provided? Why do I feel at the (...)

Matthew Gingold’s work in audio/visual installation and performance has largely focused on perception, the body and the various meanings ‘live’ and ‘alive’ can have within these contexts. Usually this is explored through multiple differences and repetitions, and through these, our (...)

A concert of community singing and festive joy featuring Stirling Silver Singers & Friends in Harmony, Harbourside Retirement Village Choir, Students from Vocal Studies UWA, Fremantle Women's Choir, Highgate Primary School, Working Voices Choir, Catch Music Project, People Who Care, Rhythm of (...)

UWA is hosting the Indian Rim Asian University Games, which will see students from over 30 universities from 7 participating countries including Australia, China, Singapore, Malaysia, India, Papua New Guinea and Japan competing across various sports. All welcome, please download the event program (...)

This course has been developed in response to queries from researchers and students on practical ways to start involving consumers and the community in their research.

The aims of the two-day workshop are to:

* raise awareness of the contribution consumers and the (...)

A free public lecture by Nobel Laureate Carl Wieman, Director of the Carl Wieman Science Education Initiative

Research on how people learn is now revealing how many teachers misinterpret what students are thinking and learning from traditional science classes and exams. However, research (...)

Come and join us for a friendly evening of philosophical dialogue. This FREE community event is open to all and no philosophical background is necessary. This event is supported by Philosophy at Notre Dame, Curtin and UWA. It is hosted by the Philosophy in Schools Association Inc.

Richard Light is a distinguished pulmonologist internationally renowned for his research in pleural disease. He received his MD from the Johns Hopkins University in 1968, and trained at the Johns Hopkins Hospital during which time he published the landmark paper on ‘Light’s Criteria’ for (...)

Are you concerned about climate change, but not totally sure what to conclude? Worried about attacks on scientists? What is a valid scientific idea and how is a scientific consensus formed? We will present climate science in a different way, to remove confusion, to illuminate the science, to (...)

Following the highly acclaimed Christmas Carols service at St. George's College last year, with the Winthrop Singers, the service of carols and readings will be offered on two evenings this year - Thursday 17th and Friday 18th December at 7pm. The choir will be joined by a brass ensemble. There is (...)