What's On at UWA

This workshop will provide you with an overview of the key principles involved in effective recruitment and selection and a review of the University's selection process and procedures.

This workshop will focus on the criteria and evidence that can be included in a teaching portfolio and used for PDR and promotion. You will leave this session confident and eager to make a start on your own portfolio. This workshop is a good follow-up to the 'What counts as evidence of good (...)

To ensure compliance with the Fringe Benefits Tax legislation, it is important that staff at the University understand how to identify, document and report fringe benefits. This workshop is designed to assist staff to understand what a fringe benefit is, how and when they are provided to staff, and (...)

This session is for all academic and sessional teaching staff at UWA, particularly those constructing teaching portfolios or teaching award submissions. This session will examine what constitutes robust evidence. This workshop is intended to provide the evidence basis for the workshop on Developing (...)

This workshop involves a look at the causes of stress, the effects of on-going stress and stress management techniques which are particularly useful to reduce stress. Emphasis is placed on learning healthier ways to manage and cope with stress. Learn to recognise the barriers to implementing (...)

The purpose of this day is to recognise the important role sessional teachers play in the delivery of a quality student experience and to thank them for their contribution.

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Attend a health cover review and receive a free $20 iTunes voucher.*

Medibank health cover review If you are currently with another health fund simply attend a 30 minute one –on – one appoitment to discuss your health cover needs with a Medibank (...)

In this fast-paced, hands-on workshop, you’ll learn how to choose the best words to get your message across clearly and quickly, bring your writing to life with strong, punchy verbs, cut the deadwood out of your writing, write in a friendly, human style.

It provides participants with a knowledge of occupational safety and health legislation, principles, responsibilities and practices and their application at UWA.

In order to attend this workshop, participants must have completed the prerequisite; UWA Safety and Health 'Online Safety (...)

This workshop will examine: Why it is important to set out a proper case with respect to teacher and unit evaluations. How you go about demonstrating a case. Key elements in showing the effectiveness of your teaching. What other evidence can be included to support your teaching.

This workshop is designed to provide participants with the knowledge and understanding of the procurement policies, processes, objectives and procure-to-pay cycle of the University.

When making assessments, questions such as the following are often not examined: What is the difference between an exceptionally good piece of assessment and a poor piece of assessment? Over and above testing, what have students learned and retained, and what should assessment offer the students? (...)

The workshop will also help you explore the skills needed to create and deliver highly effective presentations in a practical manner. Content includes: personal presentation, dealing with nervousness, body language, voice usage, preparing, structure of speech, the use of presentation aids and (...)

Self and Peer Assessment by students, when properly implemented, has been shown to result in significant learning gains and deeper understanding. In this workshop the process needed to establish rigorous self and peer assessments will be outlined. Participants will discuss the benefits to both (...)

The Graduate Education Officers will outline the UWA rules on formatting your thesis as a series of papers. The advantages and disadvantages of this format will also be discussed.

This workshop will discuss the theoretical underpinnings of the different items in the SPOT questionnaire, look at how to interpret ones report and explore strategies that could be utilised to improve these areas of teaching and discuss a range of tips and strategies to collect feedback other than (...)

This half-day workshop will focus on the application of emotional intelligence in the workplace. It will discuss the emotional responsibilities of managers and staff with a view to improving communication and creating more fulfilling workplaces.

This course aims to provide an overview of available support for academics and researchers commencing at the University. This orientation session gives guidance to staff on core aspects of the University policy and processes. It will provide interaction with experts, colleagues and services.

The course will examine the role and responsibilities of first line managers/team leaders; assist you to more effectively organise yourself and others; help you to develop effective communication skills; and explore the factors necessary for the provision of effective performance feedback and (...)

A successful learning program or information session is the result of careful selection of material, sequencing of activities, careful selection of methods to present the material and an understanding of adult learning principles and learning styles. In this workshop we will cover: identifying your (...)