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Today's date is Thursday, March 28, 2024
Student Events
 March 2019
Tuesday 05
13:00 - WORKSHOP - Avoiding common algebra mistakes : Don't let little slips ruin your work! Website | More Information
This session presents common algebraic mistakes and misconceptions and shows you how to detect and avoid them. Become mathematically independent by better understanding how rules work. Recommended for MATH1721, MATH1722, MATH1001, ECON1111, STAT1520 and anyone using algebra

Please note: this workshop is open only to current UWA students. Registration is free, required and available through eventbrite.

Check out www.studysmarter.uwa.edu.au for other academic skills services, workshops and resources for UWA students.

13:00 - WORKSHOP - Reading and notetaking : Improve reading and note-making skills for uni Website | More Information
This workshop provides strategies for avoiding information overload by enhancing your reading and note-making skills.

Please note: this workshop is open only to current UWA students. Registration is free, required and available through eventbrite.

Check out www.studysmarter.uwa.edu.au for other academic skills services, workshops and resources for UWA students.

13:00 - WORKSHOP - Speak Up: Communicate with Confidence : Intensive speaking practice for UWA students with English as a second or additional language Website | More Information
Improve your spoken English with this practical, friendly workshop. Get easy-to-apply tips and helpful feedback, with making new friends around campus.

This workshop is part of a series of weekly sessions that runs from weeks 1-8. Speaking topics change every week. Come to one session or to them all!

Please note: this workshop is open only to current UWA students. Registration is free, required and available through eventbrite.

Check out www.studysmarter.uwa.edu.au for other academic skills services, workshops and resources for UWA students.

14:00 - WORKSHOP - Referencing and paraphrasing : Cite right at UWA Website | More Information
Using sources effectively is the key to academic writing. In this workshop you will learn how to cite and reference your sources as well as how to paraphrase and synthesise, developing your own academic writing style.

Please note: this workshop is open only to current UWA students. Registration is free, required and available through eventbrite.

Check out www.studysmarter.uwa.edu.au for other academic skills services, workshops and resources for UWA students.

15:00 - WORKSHOP - Memory skills : Learn how to study effectively Website | More Information
Some of the most common study techniques used by students are not actually the most effective. This workshops draws on the science of learning to help students improve the study techniques they use to remember information for tests or exams.

Please note: this workshop is open only to current UWA students. Registration is free, required and available through eventbrite.

Check out www.studysmarter.uwa.edu.au for other academic skills services, workshops and resources for UWA students.
Wednesday 06
12:00 - WORKSHOP - Reading and notetaking : Improve reading and note-making skills for uni Website | More Information
This workshop provides strategies for avoiding information overload by enhancing your reading and note-making skills.

Please note: this workshop is open only to current UWA students. Registration is free, required and available through eventbrite.

Check out www.studysmarter.uwa.edu.au for other academic skills services, workshops and resources for UWA students.

13:00 - WORKSHOP - Referencing and paraphrasing : Cite right at UWA Website | More Information
Using sources effectively is the key to academic writing. In this workshop you will learn how to cite and reference your sources as well as how to paraphrase and synthesise, developing your own academic writing style.

Please note: this workshop is open only to current UWA students. Registration is free, required and available through eventbrite.

Check out www.studysmarter.uwa.edu.au for other academic skills services, workshops and resources for UWA students.

14:00 - WORKSHOP - Memory skills : Learn how to study effectively Website | More Information
Some of the most common study techniques used by students are not actually the most effective. This workshops draws on the science of learning to help students improve the study techniques they use to remember information for tests or exams.

Please note: this workshop is open only to current UWA students. Registration is free, required and available through eventbrite.

Check out www.studysmarter.uwa.edu.au for other academic skills services, workshops and resources for UWA students.
Thursday 07
14:00 - WORKSHOP - Write your literature review : Understand how to produce an effective literature review Website | More Information
This workshop will provide an understanding of what is needed to produce an effective literature review. Recommended for UWA Honours and Masters students.

Please note: this workshop is open only to current UWA students. Registration is free, required and available through eventbrite.

Check out www.studysmarter.uwa.edu.au for other academic skills services, workshops and resources for UWA students.

15:00 - WORKSHOP - Write your thesis or dissertation : Discover strategies to write a successful thesis Website | More Information
This workshop will discuss what you may need to include in your thesis or dissertation. It will allow you to reflect on your current writing strategies, provide tips to improve your writing style, and assist you to produce a thesis or dissertation that has a logical structure and communicates effectively. Recommended for UWA Honours and Masters students.

Please note: this workshop is open only to current UWA students. Registration is free, required and available through eventbrite.

Check out www.studysmarter.uwa.edu.au for other academic skills services, workshops and resources for UWA students.

17:00 - SEMINAR - Researchers in Agriculture for International Development (RAID) Seminar and Networking Event Website | More Information
There is a rapidly growing interest among agricultural research to work in international development. Certainly, it is an extraordinary field, filled with challenges, yet bringing enormous rewards. Some key questions that many enthusiasts face are:

How do I get involved?

What does a career in international development entail?

Which organisations exists and what do they do?

If any of the above ring a bell to you, please join us in our next RAID event. Researchers in Agricultural for International Development (RAID) is an Australia-wide network aimed at connecting, supporting and engaging with researchers with an interest in this space.

Please, join us on 7 March to meet and learn from top leading researchers in the field:

Dr Deborah Prichard: Senior Lecturer, Department of Environment and Agriculture, Curtin University

- Prof. Richard Bell: Professor in Land Management and leader of the Land Management Group at Murdoch University

- Prof. Kadambot Siddique: Hackett Professor of Agriculture Chair and Director, The UWA Institute of Agriculture

- Dr Eloise Biggs: Lecturer, Faculty of Science, UWA School of Agriculture and Environment

- Prof. Tim Colmer: Acting Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research), UWA School of Agriculture and Environment

- Dr David Mickler: Interim Director of the UWA Africa Research & Engagement Centre (AfREC) and Senior Lecturer in Foreign Policy & International Relations in the School of Social Science, UWA

- Em Prof. Lynette Abbott: Senior Honorary Research Fellow, UWA School of Agriculture and Environment, Crawford Fund WA Committee Coordinator

- David Windsor: Consulting Agricultural Scientist, WA Chair AG Institute Australia

Speakers will talk about their own experiences and provide tips on how to get actively involved in agricultural research for international development. The event is aimed at CONNECTING people with a common passion, so we encourage all attendees to participate in the networking after the talks. Nibbles and drinks will be provided.

The RAID team look forward to seeing you at the event!

Note: There is free parking in and around campus after 5pm.

19:30 - PERFORMANCE - UWA Music presents: Centre Stage | Smalley Unearthed More Information
An exceptional ensemble come together to perform works by Roger Smalley including the rarely heard Missa Parodia I & II and the Concerto for Piano and Orchestra arranged by Adam Pinto for 2-pianos

Featuring:

EMILY CLEMENTS (FLUTE)

PAUL DE CINQUE (CONDUCTOR)

ROBERT GLADSTONES (FRENCH HORN)

LEANNE GLOVER (OBOE)

BEN NOONAN (TRUMPET)

EMILY GREEN-ARMYTAGE (PIANO)

AKIKO MIYAZAWA (VIOLIN)

LIAM O’MALLEY (TROMBONE)

ADAM PINTO (PIANO)

KATHY POTTER (VIOLA)

ASHLEY SMITH (CLARINET)

and

The UWA Conservatorium of Music BRASS ENSEMBLE

Entry is free - all welcome
Friday 08
9:00 - WORKSHOP - Write your literature review : Understand how to produce an effective literature review Website | More Information
This workshop will provide an understanding of what is needed to produce an effective literature review. Recommended for UWA Honours and Masters students.

Please note: this workshop is open only to current UWA students. Registration is free, required and available through eventbrite.

Check out www.studysmarter.uwa.edu.au for other academic skills services, workshops and resources for UWA students.

10:00 - WORKSHOP - Write your thesis or dissertation : Discover strategies to write a successful thesis Website | More Information
This workshop will discuss what you may need to include in your thesis or dissertation. It will allow you to reflect on your current writing strategies, provide tips to improve your writing style, and assist you to produce a thesis or dissertation that has a logical structure and communicates effectively. Recommended for UWA Honours and Masters students.

Please note: this workshop is open only to current UWA students. Registration is free, required and available through eventbrite.

Check out www.studysmarter.uwa.edu.au for other academic skills services, workshops and resources for UWA students.
Monday 11
12:00 - WORKSHOP - Boost your Grammar: Better English Now : Interactive grammar practice for UWA students with English as a second or additional language Website | More Information
Improve your English language skills in this interactive, grammar-focused workshop.

This workshop is part of a series of weekly sessions that run from weeks 1-8. Grammar topics change every week. Come to one session or to them all!

Please note: this workshop is open only to current UWA students. Registration is free, required and available through eventbrite.

Check out www.studysmarter.uwa.edu.au for other academic skills services, workshops and resources for UWA students.

13:00 - WORKSHOP - Speak Up: Communicate with Confidence : Intensive speaking practice for UWA students with English as a second or additional language Website | More Information
Improve your spoken English with this practical, friendly workshop. Get easy-to-apply tips and helpful feedback, with making new friends around campus.

This workshop is part of a series of weekly sessions that runs from weeks 1-8. Speaking topics change every week. Come to one session or to them all!

Please note: this workshop is open only to current UWA students. Registration is free, required and available through eventbrite.

Check out www.studysmarter.uwa.edu.au for other academic skills services, workshops and resources for UWA students.
Tuesday 12
12:00 - WORKSHOP - Boost your Grammar: Better English Now : Interactive grammar practice for UWA students with English as a second or additional language Website | More Information
Improve your English language skills in this interactive, grammar-focused workshop.

This workshop is part of a series of weekly sessions that run from weeks 1-8. Grammar topics change every week. Come to one session or to them all!

Please note: this workshop is open only to current UWA students. Registration is free, required and available through eventbrite.

Check out www.studysmarter.uwa.edu.au for other academic skills services, workshops and resources for UWA students.

13:00 - WORKSHOP - Descriptive statistics : Learn about summarising and comparing data sets Website | More Information
A guide to some of the skills needed for summarising, examining and comparing data sets. Topics include types of data, visual representation, measures of centre and spread, linear transformations, z-scores. Recommended for anyone studying an introductory stats unit.

Please note: this workshop is open only to current UWA students. Registration is free, required and available through eventbrite.

Check out www.studysmarter.uwa.edu.au for other academic skills services, workshops and resources for UWA students.

13:00 - WORKSHOP - Writing essays: Get started : Get to know the steps you need to get started writing university essays Website | More Information
This workshop will show you how to plan and structure your essay.

Please note: this workshop is open only to current UWA students. Registration is free, required and available through eventbrite.

Check out www.studysmarter.uwa.edu.au for other academic skills services, workshops and resources for UWA students.

13:00 - WORKSHOP - Speak Up: Communicate with Confidence : Intensive speaking practice for UWA students with English as a second or additional language Website | More Information
Improve your spoken English with this practical, friendly workshop. Get easy-to-apply tips and helpful feedback, with making new friends around campus.

This workshop is part of a series of weekly sessions that runs from weeks 1-8. Speaking topics change every week. Come to one session or to them all!

Please note: this workshop is open only to current UWA students. Registration is free, required and available through eventbrite.

Check out www.studysmarter.uwa.edu.au for other academic skills services, workshops and resources for UWA students.

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