What's On at UWA

In the absence of large, randomised, well-controlled clinical trials (with independent replication) to address every research question we all need to increase our statistical literacy. We are often faced with the need to critically assess grant applications, manuscripts or reports without a (...)

The next meeting of the Faculty of Science, Women in Science group will be a morning tea. All are welcome.

The morning tea is a great opportunity to network with other scientists in an informal setting. We will be discussing the implementation of the Faculty of Science mentoring (...)

Find out what opportunities are available in management consulting. Six firms will present over 2 days. This is your chance to meet and network with employers.

Presentation/Networking (Mon 22 February):

9.00am-10.30am: McKinsey and Company

10.30am-12.00pm: Bain (...)

Please join us to hear about the 2016/2017 Raine Medical Research Foundation funding programmes including Grants, Fellowships, Research Collaboration Awards, Visiting Professor Awards and Publication Prizes.

The Raine Foundation has allocated in excess of $36m for medical research since (...)

You are invited to join many of Australia's leading organisations at the year’s most important free careers event – The Big Meet.

Whether you're looking for graduate employment, a new job, vacation work, an international internship, a gap-year experience, voluntary work, travel (...)

Dr Fausto Panizzolo is a former international postgraduate student from Italy who completed his PhD at UWA in Feb 2015 under an SSEH supervisory team led by Associate Professor Jonas Rubenson. Fausto currently holds a post-doc position at Harvard’s Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired (...)

Are you aged 15 - 25? We want to hear from YOU! Tell us, what is important to YOU about health and wellbeing? How do YOU want to have a say about health research? Join us at Telethon Kids Institute for a community forum. Free parking, free pizza and payment included.

New client special at UWA Exercise & Performance Centre (EPC)! Machine and/or mat based Pilates classes with a focus on efficient and effective movement patterns. Classes designed to strengthen the body whilst building flexibility and mobility.

Sessions may incorporate elements of (...)

On behalf of the organising committee of the Symposium of WA Neuroscience (SWAN), in association with the Neurotrauma Research Program of WA and supported by the WA Neuroscience Research Institute, the Australasian Neuroscience Society and Murdoch University, it is my pleasure to announce that (...)

Psychology colloquium

Tuesday 3rd May in Bayliss MCS G.33, with post-talk drinks in the Psychology Courtyard (or in bad weather, the Psychology Common Room on the 2nd floor of the main psychology bldg.)

Presenter: Prof Richard Ryan

Richard M. Ryan is a clinical (...)

The Perth USAsia Centre in collaboration with the Australian American Leadership Dialogue are delighted to invite you to participate in our Ambassadors' Dialogue with Ambassador Cynthia P. Schneider and the former Ambassador to the U.S., The Hon. Kim Beazley on Wednesday, 11 May from 9.30am – (Lig (...)

The Seminar: On December 18 1995, Forbes predicted academic publisher Elsevier’s relevancy and life in the digital age to be short lived. 20-years later, the academic publishing oligopoly that Elsevier leads is thriving with an annual revenue of $25.2 billion at profit margins higher than Apple (...)

Public lecture by Simon Denegri, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) National Director for Patients and the Public in Research and Chair, INVOLVE

The role of patients, carers and the public in medical and health research is changing fast. What are the challenges and (...)

Drinks, food, fireworks and science. Come and watch as our fresh, young scientists present their work at a pub event with a difference.

The ten young scientists will describe their scientific discoveries in the time it takes a party sparkler to burn out.

One hundred early-caree (...)

Psychology Colloquium

Presenter: Assoc/Prof Konstantin Cigularov (ODU, Norfolk, VA, USA)

Konstantin Cigularov is an Associate Professor in Industrial and Organizational Psychology and Occupational Health Psychology in the Department of Psychology, Old Dominion University (...)

This workshop will outline how CERI can help researchers develop entrepreneurial skills and assist them through the innovation process. CERI is a not-for-profit organisation based in Nedlands.

Speaker: Professor Raffaele Dellacà was awarded a Masters degree in Information Technology Engineering from the Politecnico di Milano in 1997. He obtained a PhD degree in Bioengineering in 2001 on the assessment of respiratory mechanics by opto-electronic plethysmography and forced oscillations (...)

In this public lecture, sleep physician and researcher Matthew Naughton will highlight the importance of quality sleep and the health consequences of sleep deprivation.

Sleep is a crucial ingredient for a healthy life, in addition to a sensible diet and regular activity. In this current (...)

Across the month of September, the Centre for Education Futures will be hosting a range of workshops, presentations, webinars, panels and a half-day summit that will explore the use of mobile and in-context learning in Higher Education.

All mLearning Month events will be held at the (...)

The “epidemic” of myopia or short-sightedness has grabbed headlines over the last year. There is an increasing rate of myopia in the cities of East Asia, now affecting more than 80 per cent of school leavers.

A higher level of education is a well-defined risk for the development of (...)