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Upcoming events at the University of Western Sydney are listed below.

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• Aug 13
  Soils Masterclass at the Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment

  A new professional learning class about soil biology and its implications for improved agricultural productivity

  academic events; Training and skill upgrade
  Agricultural community
  A new professional learning class about soil biology and its implications for improved agricultural productivity

  The Link Between Soil Biology and Productivity

  Soil biology underpins the major processes driving productivity in agriculture. Soil biology strongly influences the processes of nutrient cycling and availability, soil water storage and movement, carbon storage in organic matter and many root and soil diseases. Our current management of soils is shaped largely around the chemical and physical aspects and their impact through tillage regimes and fertiliser use. In the future, the necessary improvements in agricultural productivity will result from better practices in soil biology. The cost and relative scarcity of energy, nutrients and water will combine to limit productivity growth while demand for food fibre will only continue to increase.

  To meet these significant challenges, we will need to find and implement new ways of managing soil biology that work to make better use of energy and nutrient inputs and availability. Content areas to be covered:

  • Core principles of soil biology including relative abundance and biodiversity, and the role of microbes and macro fauna in key soil biogeochemical processes.
  • Latest research on the application of molecular ecology to soil biology.
  • Tour of the Soil Biology and Genomics laboratory.
  • Developments in soil testing; what’s currently available, how to interpret the results and what’s on the horizon.
  • Management implications of improved understanding of soil biology
  • How can this improve productivity?

  Participants will take home:

  • How new soil biology knowledge, tools and practices can be applied to their current professional situation.
  • Improved research and practitioner networks.
  Tue, 13 Aug 2013 10:00:00 +1000
• Aug 13
  Visiting Research Seminar - Institute for Infrastructure Engineering

  Design, Calibration and some applications of Wireless Sensors

  Conferences and seminars
  students and staffs
  Design, Calibration and some applications of Wireless Sensors

  Presenter: Associate Professor Yan Yu, Deputy Director of Sensors Institute, School of Electronic Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology China.

  Seminar title: Design, Calibration and some applications of Wireless Sensors and their Networks for Structural Health Monitoring of Civil Infrastructures

  Seminar Abstract: Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) is more and more becoming a technique for ensuring the health and safety of civil infrastructures and is also an important approach for the research of the damage accumulation and disaster evolving characteristics of civil infrastructures; it is attracting prodigious research interests and the active development interests of scientists and engineers because a great number of civil infrastructures are being planned and built every year in mainland China. 

  In this speech, some recent advances on the research, development, and implementation of wireless sensors networks for the SHM of civil infrastructures are introduced, particularly in DUT and HIT in mainland China.

  Finally, solutions to the key problem of finite energy for wireless sensors networks are discussed.

  Some future works are also introduced, for example, the wireless sensor networks powered by corrosion signal for corrosion monitoring and rapid diagnosis for large structures.

  Biography: Yan Yu received his B. S. in industrial automation , his M. S. in architecture technique science and PhD in Disaster Prevention and Reduction Engineering from Harbin Institute of Technology in1999, 2001 and 2006. Now He is an associate professor, PHD. supervisor, Director of DUT-MEMSIC Wireless Sensor Networks Joint Lab, Deputy director of Sensors Institute, at School of Electronic Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology. His research interests include wireless sensor network, data fusion, structural health monitoring and intelligent building.

  A light lunch will be provided, for catering purposes, please RSVP to iie-admin@uws.edu.au by COB Thursday 8 August 2013. Please advise if you have any special dietary requirements.

  Tue, 13 Aug 2013 12:00:00 +1000
• Aug 13
  Free Campus Community Yoga Classes

  Free Drop-In Yoga Classes on Bankstown Campus

  Social events
  Open to all staff and students.
  Free Drop-In Yoga Classes on Bankstown Campus

  Free yoga classes to be held on the Bankstown campus during 2H/Spring Semester. Whether you are a beginner or a regular practitioner, this will be a fun, challenging and restorative class. Join in to experience the benefits of yoga and enhance your sense of wellbeing on campus.

  For more information, including class times, or to download the waiver form, please go to http://www.uws.edu.au/campus_community_yoga.

  A waiver form must be completed before you commence the class.

  The classes will be instructed by Dr Son Truong, a lecturer in the School of Education and a registered yoga teacher.

  If you have any queries, please email s.truong@uws.edu.au with the subject “CCY”.

  Tue, 13 Aug 2013 16:30:00 +1000
• Aug 14
  School of Law Research Seminar

  Cuban Legal Structures Facilitating Urban Agriculture: Adaption for the New South Wales Local Government Context

  Conferences and seminars
  Cuban Legal Structures Facilitating Urban Agriculture: Adaption for the New South Wales Local Government Context Cuban Legal Structures Facilitating Urban Agriculture: Adaption for the New South Wales Local Government Context
  Wed, 14 Aug 2013 11:30:00 +1000
• Aug 14
  Conversation with Paul Hawker

  Lunch discussion with ABC Compass Producer and documentary director Paul Hawker.

  Conferences and seminars
  Staff and students
  Lunch discussion with ABC Compass Producer and documentary director Paul Hawker.

  Our Conversation guest is Paul Hawker, who works as a Producer for the ABC Religious Affairs series Compass. As well as this, he has directed TV Commercials and produced hundreds of hours of factual television for Channels 7, 9, and 10, the Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, National Geographic, and TVNZ. He has also written two books on spiritual experience, Soul Quest and Secret Affairs of the Soul. The Conversation will include a 15 minute 'interview' with Paul, followed by questions from the audience. Interview Topics will include Paul's work, the state of Australia's Religious Affairs reporting and how to make a career in Australian media.

  Feel free to drop in with your lunch, and leave whenever you need. For more information contact Christine Gapes (Chaplain) on 0422 498 371 or c.gapes@uws.edu.au.

  Wed, 14 Aug 2013 12:00:00 +1000
• Aug 14
  Encountering the Author

  Daphne Hampson and John Lippitt, Celebrating Kierkegaard’s 200th Birthday

  Conferences and seminars
  All welcome
  Daphne Hampson and John Lippitt, Celebrating Kierkegaard’s 200th Birthday The Encountering the Author seminar series presents papers on recently published books on philosophy.
  Wed, 14 Aug 2013 13:30:00 +1000
• Aug 14
  Detecting climate change impacts on Antarctic terrestrial communities

  Antarctica has experienced major changes in temperature, wind speed and stratospheric ozone levels over the last 50 years

  academic events; Conferences and seminars
  Staff and students
  Antarctica has experienced major changes in temperature, wind speed and stratospheric ozone levels over the last 50 years Until recently continental Antarctica appeared to be little impacted by climate warming, thus biological changes were predicted to be relatively slow. Detecting the biological effects of Antarctic climate change has been hindered by the paucity of long-term data sets, particularly for organisms that have been exposed to these changes throughout their lives. We have shown that radiocarbon signals preserved along shoots of the dominant Antarctic moss flora can be used to determine accurate growth rates over a period of several decades, allowing us to explore the influence of environmental variables on growth and providing a dramatic demonstration of the effects of climate change. This work has revealed evidence of a drying trend in several of the extensive moss beds in the Windmill Islands region of East Antarctica. Free water is critical for moss growth and the length of the summer growing season is predominantly influenced by the length of time that water is available (a function of both snow bank inputs and the extent and severity of seasonal melt). Developing methodologies to monitor key environmental drivers such as water availability and moss health parameters as well as species composition across larger spatial scales is a key aim of our research. Long-term monitoring of vegetation communities along a moisture gradient at two sites in East Antarctica commenced in 2003 using three complementary sampling regimes; turf water content, digitally determined broad scale percent cover of vegetation and finer scale relative abundance of species, but these methodologies are labour intensive and limited to relatively small-scale plots. Recently we have also incorporated the use of unmanned aerial vehicles and high spatial resolution imaging spectroscopy to develop efficient methodologies to monitor Antarctic vegetation health and composition at a larger scale. These technologies could be invaluable in the development of an Antarctic terrestrial observing network.
  Wed, 14 Aug 2013 15:00:00 +1000
• Aug 15
  Lunchtime Art of Sound Concert/Cinema

  Every Thursday UWS Music holds a concert or shows a music related film in the Playhouse.The next viewing will be Keith Jarrett's documentary on the art of improvising.

  academic events; Social events
  staff and students
  Every Thursday UWS Music holds a concert or shows a music related film in the Playhouse.The next viewing will be Keith Jarrett's documentary on the art of improvising.

  Every Thursday UWS Music holds a concert or shows a music related film in the Playhouse.The next viewing will be Keith Jarrett's documentary on the art of improvising.

  Thu, 15 Aug 2013 13:00:00 +1000
• Aug 15
  Nanoscale Colloquium

  Getting the reaction outcomes you want using ionic liquids: Toward solvent-controlled reactivity

  academic events; Conferences and seminars
  All staff and students
  Getting the reaction outcomes you want using ionic liquids: Toward solvent-controlled reactivity

  Abstract Ionic liquids are salts that are molten below 100 °C. As they have negligible vapour pressure, they are considered as potential alternatives for volatile molecular solvents. Whilst ionic liquids may reduce the environmental impact of a process, moving to an ionic solvent can also have significant effects on rates and selectivities of reactions. At the moment, explanations of the origins of such effects remain limited and solvent-controlled reactivity using ionic liquids is restricted as a result. This presentation will outline our work towards a predictive framework for describing ionic liquid behaviour. This framework will allow an informed decision to be made as to whether an ionic liquid should be used as a solvent for a given process. Results highlighting the microscopic origins of ionic liquid solvent effects in representative systems will be discussed and the potential for ionic liquids to be rationally chosen to beneficially affect reaction outcome demonstrated.

  Profile Dr Jason Harper is a graduate of the University of Adelaide and the Australian National University, where he undertook a Ph.D. with Prof. Chris Easton. After two years as a C. J. Martin postdoctoral fellow working in the group of Prof. Tony Kirby at the University of Cambridge, he was appointed as Lecturer, now Senior Lecturer, in the School of Chemistry at UNSW. He has held visiting positions at Queen's University, Belfast and Boston College. His research interests are generally in the area of mechanistic and physical organic chemistry, with a particularly focus on reaction outcomes in ionic liquids.

  Thu, 15 Aug 2013 14:00:00 +1000
• Aug 16
  Writing & Society Research Centre seminar

  Lorraine Sim will present on ‘Extraordinary Actuality’: Helen Levitt’s Streets

  Conferences and seminars
  all welcome
  Lorraine Sim will present on ‘Extraordinary Actuality’: Helen Levitt’s Streets This paper examines representations of the everyday in Helen Levitt’s New York street photography of the 1930s and 1940s. In particular, I consider how this body of work unsettles and places in a dialectical relation concepts of the everyday (as the ordinary, familiar) and the extraordinary (as event, novelty). A relatively ex-centric figure in the history of American photography, I outline how Levitt’s work comprises an understated but significant intervention in cultural and visual histories of the street. Levitt’s New York departs from the dystopian and utopian conceptions of the city common to canonical modernism and nineteenth- and early twentieth-century discourses of modernity. Rejecting dominant historical paradigms which conceive the street as, for example, a site of degeneration and social anomie, or the masculine sphere of work, Levitt presents an alternative, everyday poetics of the street that foregrounds it as a stage for the imagination and play, sociality, affect and intimacy. I will also discuss Levitt’s aesthetics of the everyday – one based on a commitment to the ‘actual’ and ordinary which nevertheless foregrounds its indeterminacy and elusiveness.
  Fri, 16 Aug 2013 11:00:00 +1000
• Aug 18
  Student Services Fair

  Discover what's on offer at UWS between 19 - 28 August 2013

  Exhibitions and performances; Social events
  Current students
  Discover what's on offer at UWS between 19 - 28 August 2013

  The Student Services Fair happens twice a year. It spends one day on each campus during both Autumn and Spring Sessions. Come along to this free event to find out more about the services available to you as a UWS student.

  The Student Services Fair is on between 10.30am-2.00pm

  • Campbelltown - Monday, 19 August
  • Bankstown - Tuesday, 20 August
  • Kingswood - Thursday, 22 August
  • Hawkesbury - Tuesday, 27 August 
  • Parramatta - Wednesday, 28 August

  More information is available at the Student Services Fair web page

  Sun, 18 Aug 2013 00:00:00 +1000
• Aug 19
  Research Seminar - The MARCS Institute

  Associate Professor Jorge Serrador will be presenting "Why space flight is like ageing: the vestibular-brain blood flow link"

  Conferences and seminars
  Associate Professor Jorge Serrador will be presenting "Why space flight is like ageing: the vestibular-brain blood flow link"

  Associate Professor Jorge Serrador from the Dept of Pharmacology & Physiology, Rutgers Biomedical Health Sciences and War Related Illness & Injury Study Center, Dept of Veterans Affairs will be presenting "Why space flight is like ageing: the vestibular-brain blood flow link".

  Abstract: Spaceflight is associated with a number of adaptations that are very similar to those seen with aging. For example, both spaceflight and aging are associated with loss of muscle mass, loss of bone density and loss of balance. Both aging and spaceflight are also associated with increased incidence of orthostatic intolerance, or the inability to stay upright without fainting. One similarity in both groups is the loss of balance function. In both conditions the vestibular system has a reduced ability to detect gravity through the otolith organs, one because of loss of hair cells with aging, and the other because of a retraining of the brain to ignore the otoliths for perception of gravity because of adaption to zero gravity. We hypothesized that otolith mediated vestibular inputs would provide cues of position that would assist in maintaining brain blood flow when upright. To assess this we performed a series of experiments examining the role that the vestibular system may play in affecting cerebral blood flow. We found that direct stimulation of the vestibular system using centrifugation or tilt resulted in changes in cerebral blood flow that could not be explained either by changes in blood pressure or arterial CO2 levels. We further found that individuals with reduced otolith function demonstrated greater decreases in cerebral blood flow when upright. Finally, we used a new paradigm known as stochastic noise galvanic stimulation to improve vestibular function which resulted in enhanced cerebral blood flow during dynamic tilt with stimulation. These data demonstrate that reduced otolith function may be involved in orthostatic intolerance and that stochastic noise may be a possible method of restoring impaired function.

  Mon, 19 Aug 2013 11:00:00 +1000
• Aug 19
  Democracy Today with an Eye on Tomorrow: A public conversation

  For anyone with an interest in hearing from and talking with leading contemporary thinkers on the questions that are shaking western democracies to their foundations

  Conferences and seminars
  For anyone with an interest in hearing from and talking with leading contemporary thinkers on the questions that are shaking western democracies to their foundations The Whitlam Institute within the University of Western Sydney, Catalyst and Unions NSW are delighted to be jointly hosting this exceptional gathering of internationally renowned thinkers for an all too rare public conversation on the questions that are shaking western democracies to their foundations.
  Can democracy develop or flourish except as it is bounded, contained and framed by the constitutional state?
  Is representative democracy really past its 'used by' date?
  Can 'direct' democracy deliver?
  Is there a point at which inequality destroys any claim to democracy?
  Is there a future for social movements in nurturing social learning and shaping public policy?
  This is a free event.
  Mon, 19 Aug 2013 17:00:00 +1000
• Aug 19
  Democracy today with an eye on tomorrow: A public conversation

  Join Prof. Peg Birmingham, Prof. Michael Goodhart, Prof. Martin Loughlin, and Prof. Anna Yeatman, for an all too rare public conversation on the questions that are shaking western democracies to their foundations

  Conferences and seminars
  Public
  Join Prof. Peg Birmingham, Prof. Michael Goodhart, Prof. Martin Loughlin, and Prof. Anna Yeatman, for an all too rare public conversation on the questions that are shaking western democracies to their foundations

  The Whitlam Institute, Catalyst and Unions NSW are delighted to be jointly hosting this exceptional gathering of internationally renowned thinkers.

  For a public conversation on the questions that are shaking western democracies to their foundations.

  • Can democracy develop or flourish except as it is bounded, contained and framed by the constitutional state?
  • Is representative democracy really past its 'used by' date?
  • Can 'direct' democracy deliver?
  • Is there a point at which inequality destroys any claim to democracy?
  • Is there a future for social movements in nurturing social learning and shaping public policy?

  Speakers:

  • Peg Birmingham, Professor of Philosophy at DePaul University.
  • Michael Goodhart, Professor of Political Science at the University of Pittsburg.
  • Martin Loughlin, Professor of Public Law at the London School of Economics & Political Science.
  • Anna Yeatman, Professorial Fellow at the Whitlam Institute within the University of Western Sydney. 

  Please book your seat early. Arrival and light refreshments from 5:00pm.  Free entry, RSVP: Monday 12 August 2013, to Valerie Wilden at the Whitlam Institute.

  Mon, 19 Aug 2013 17:30:00 +1000
• Aug 21
  School of Law Seminar Series

  The Impact of the History War on Law: Stronger Futures or Perpetuating Paternalism?

  Conferences and seminars
  The Impact of the History War on Law: Stronger Futures or Perpetuating Paternalism? The Impact of the History War on Law: Stronger Futures or Perpetuating Paternalism?
  Wed, 21 Aug 2013 11:30:00 +1000
• Aug 21
  Philosophy Seminar Series

  Allison Weir presents 'Reconceiving Freedom'

  Conferences and seminars
  All welcome.
  Allison Weir presents 'Reconceiving Freedom'

  Allison Weir presents 'Reconceiving Freedom'

  Abstract: In her book,The Politics of Piety: The Islamic Revival and The Feminist Subject, Saba Mahmood analyzes the practices of the women in the piety movement in Cairo, arguing that in order to recognize the participants as agents, we need to question the feminist allegiance to a liberal ideal of freedom. In this paper, I take up Mahmood’s analysis to begin to rethink what freedom might mean. I argue that reconceiving freedom requires that we move beyond the limitations of the “paradox of subjectivation” model that Mahmood takes from Butler, and within which she locates the question of agency, and I sketch some alternative conceptions of freedom.

  Biography: Allison Weir is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Gender Studies in the Doctoral Program in Political and Social Thought at the University of Western Sydney, and is a member of the Institute for Democracy and Human Rights at the University of Sydney, Australia. She is the author of Identities and Freedom (Oxford 2013) and Sacrificial Logics: Feminist Theory and the Critique of Identity (Routledge 1996). She is currently at work on a new book, Reconceiving Freedom.

  Wed, 21 Aug 2013 15:30:00 +1000
• Aug 22
  Centre for Educational Research Seminar: Literacy and Place

  You are invited to attend Professor Barbara Comber's seminar on Literacy and Place hosted by the Centre for Educational Research.

  Conferences and seminars
  You are invited to attend Professor Barbara Comber's seminar on Literacy and Place hosted by the Centre for Educational Research.

  Professor Barbara Comber will explore how a synthesis of insights from theories of space and place and literacy studies can underpin the design and enactment of culturally inclusive curriculum for diverse student communities. Geographer Doreen Massey writes that “through the practising of place, the negotiating of intersecting trajectories’, place can be seen ‘as an arena where negotiation is forced upon us’. She notes that people are ‘thrown-together’ and that they must negotiate how they will interact. Schools and classrooms have always been sites of thrown-togetherness and negotiation.

  Drawing on two decades of collaborative research with teachers, Barbara will explore how a synthesis of insights from theories of space and place and literacy studies can underpin the design and enactment of culturally inclusive curriculum for diverse student communities. She argues that making place and space the objects of study can provide productive resources for teachers to design enabling pedagogical practices that extend students’ literate repertoires.

  Barbara Comber is a Research Professor in the Faculty of Education. She is particularly interested in literacy education and social justice in contexts of high poverty. Her current research explores ethical educational leadership and the affordances of place-conscious pedagogies for developing critical and creative literacies. She has co-edited a number of books including the International Handbook of Research in Children's Literacy, Learning and Culture (Hall, Cremin, Comber & Moll, 2013) and Literacies in Place: Teaching environmental communications (Comber, Nixon & Reid, 2007).

  To confirm your attendance plase RSVP to Tracy Buckridge: t.buckridge@uws.edu.au

  Thu, 22 Aug 2013 14:00:00 +1000
• Aug 22
  Precarious Work - What is it and Why it Affects Everyone

  Please join us and The Hon. Margaret Wilson DCNZM for an important discussion exploring the increasing worldwide trend towards precarious work and its impact on local communities in Australia and New Zealand.

  Conferences and seminars
  Please join us and The Hon. Margaret Wilson DCNZM for an important discussion exploring the increasing worldwide trend towards precarious work and its impact on local communities in Australia and New Zealand. The Whitlam Institute within the University of Western Sydney together with the UWS Outreach Campus in Lithgow is convening a forum in Lithgow on 22 August 2013.
  This forum is the first in the 'Discover UWS' series of free public lectures leading up to the opening of the Lithgow campus. UWS College hosts the series in partnership with UWS research Institutes and Centres.
  The key presenter for this forum is The Hon. Margaret Wilson DCNZM who will be in Australia as a guest of the Whitlam Institute.
  The trend towards precarious work is increasing globally. The forum will look at this trend in Australia and New Zealand and discuss some of the impacts of this trend on local communities and what can be done to provide more access to employment standards.
  Thu, 22 Aug 2013 17:00:00 +1000
• Aug 23
  UWS 3Minute Thesis Final

  The Three Minute Thesis (3MT) is an academic competition.

  academic events; Exhibitions and performances
  Staff, Students and general public
  The Three Minute Thesis (3MT) is an academic competition. Higher degree research students must communicate the significance of their research to a non-specialist audience in three minutes with one simple power-point slide.
  Fri, 23 Aug 2013 10:00:00 +1000
• Aug 23
  Research Seminar - Institute for Infrastructure Engineering

  Associate Professor Sergiy Kharkivskiy will present 'Microwave sensor technologies for structural health monitoring of infrastructure'.

  Conferences and seminars
  Staff and Students
  Associate Professor Sergiy Kharkivskiy will present 'Microwave sensor technologies for structural health monitoring of infrastructure'.

  Associate Professor Sergiy Kharkivskiy, Program Director-Infrastructure Health Monitoring, HDR Director - IIE will present 'Microwave sensor technologies for structural health monitoring of infrastructure'.

  Abstract: Several papers related to wired and wireless sensors for structural health monitoring have been recently published. They presented many different classifications of sensors depending on measured/sensed physical parameters such as displacement and moisture, on functional principles such as mechanical and electrical, and on the applications such as civil infrastructure, aircraft and maritime structures. The existing standard sensors used in civil infrastructure such as strain sensors and accelerometers may not always be capable of sensing critical parts of infrastructure. For instance, strain is one of the most important physical parameters that provide information about loading, boundary, fatigue and material conditions. Traditional strain gauges are reliable, practical and inexpensive, however, they require a wired physical connection and this is not suitable for structural health monitoring of large scale civil infrastructure systems. This paper provides a review of novel microwave sensor technologies developed for structural health monitoring of infrastructure. Microwave sensor technologies may provide wireless passive (unpowered) strain sensors in addition to wireless sensor networks. They based on the interaction between materials and electromagnetic waves at frequency range from 300 MHz to 30 GHz with corresponding wavelength range from 1m to 10 mm. This paper focuses on passive wireless sensor systems and microwave sensors that provide the measurement of strain and displacement in civil infrastructure members such as bridges and building. These sensors include a resonant cavity, microstrip patch antenna and dielectric-loaded waveguide sensors that can be mounted on or embedded in the members.

  For catering purposes, please RSVP to iie-admin@uws.edu.au by COB Tuesday 20 August 2013. Please advise if you have any special dietary requirements.

  Fri, 23 Aug 2013 12:00:00 +1000
• Aug 23
  UWS 3MT Final

  Come and support our research students in the UWS Final of the Three Minute Thesis Competition (3MT)

  academic events; Conferences and seminars; Social events
  Staff, family and friends
  Come and support our research students in the UWS Final of the Three Minute Thesis Competition (3MT)

  You are invited to come and support our research students in the UWS Final of the Three Minute Thesis Competition (3MT).

  Please visit: www.uws.edu.au/3mtfinal to register your attendance by 9 August, 2013

  Fri, 23 Aug 2013 14:00:00 +1000
• Aug 28
  School of Law Seminar Series

  Medical Law & Litigation Challenges: Consent by Parents for Children for Procedures with no Clinical Benefit

  Conferences and seminars
  Medical Law & Litigation Challenges: Consent by Parents for Children for Procedures with no Clinical Benefit Medical Law & Litigation Challenges: Consent by Parents for Children for Procedures with no Clinical Benefit.
  Wed, 28 Aug 2013 11:30:00 +1000
• Aug 31
  Spring census

  Census date for Spring 2013.

  academic events; Information sessions
  Census date for Spring 2013. Census is your fee and enrolment deadline. Check your enrolment and pay or defer (if eligible) your fees by census.
  Sat, 31 Aug 2013 00:00:00 +1000
• Sep 1
  UWS Open Day

  Come and learn about the great opportunities a degree from UWS can give you

  Information sessions
  Come and learn about the great opportunities a degree from UWS can give you

  UWS Open Day - one of the most exciting days on the University's calendar - is all about helping you choose a future career.

  Come to UWS Parramatta campus on September 1 and:

  • Experience courses beyond the course information sessions - you will see a great range of interactive displays throughout the day
  • Meet academic staff and ask them questions about the courses that interest you
  • Ask questions of University staff and current UWS students and get a real handle on what it means to study at one of Australia's leading Universities
  • Attend course and general information presentations

  Take a look at the UWS Open Day website for more information! Registrations open closer to the event.

  Sun, 01 Sep 2013 00:00:00 +1000
• Sep 4
  School of Law Seminar Series

  The Australian Securities and Investments Commission and the Problems of the Civil Penalties Regime

  Conferences and seminars
  The Australian Securities and Investments Commission and the Problems of the Civil Penalties Regime The Australian Securities and Investments Commission and the Problems of the Civil Penalties Regime
  Wed, 04 Sep 2013 11:30:00 +1000
• Sep 5
  Diversity Week photographic exhibition entries open

  Submit your entries now to be part of the student and staff 'Diversity Week' photography exhibition.

  Exhibitions and performances; Social events
  Staff and students
  Submit your entries now to be part of the student and staff 'Diversity Week' photography exhibition.

  Diversity Week explores and celebrates our differences.

  From 17 - 20 September UWS will hold an exhibition of staff and student photographs exploring the personal meanings of ‘diversity’ in the UWS community.

  If you have an idea that signifies diversity, take a photo with your phone, tablet or camera and send it in! Images must be high resolution (no less than 2mb).

  To submit your work for the exhibit please email S.Duverge@uws.edu.au. You’ll also need to include your name, a title for your image and a brief description of how it relates to diversity.

  Please note that by submitting your entry you are agreeing to have it publicly exhibited during Diversity Week.

  With the help of UWS Art Curator, Monica McMahon, this exhibition will run during Diversity Week 2013. We look forward to receiving your entries!

  Thu, 05 Sep 2013 09:55:00 +1000
• Sep 9
  Research Seminar - The MARCS Institute

  Professor Marcus Taft, School of Psychology, University of NSW will be presenting ""A model of word recognition in reading".

  Conferences and seminars
  Professor Marcus Taft, School of Psychology, University of NSW will be presenting ""A model of word recognition in reading".

  Professor Marcus Taft, School of Psychology, University of NSW will be presenting ""A model of word recognition in reading".

  Abstract: This talk will present a framework for conceptualising the way in which printed words are represented and retrieved from lexical memory. The model gives an account of naming without a separate GPC system, but nevertheless incorporates grapheme-phoneme translation. It also emphasises the importance of onsets/body structure. The model is as all-embracing as it can be, handling issues ranging from the processing of polymorphemic words to the assignment of letters to their appropriate position

  Mon, 09 Sep 2013 16:00:00 +1000
• Sep 11
  School of Law Seminar Series

  The Evolution of Franchising in the Chinese Courts: The Qualifications for a Franchisor and the Application of the Disclosure REquirements by the Courts

  Conferences and seminars
  The Evolution of Franchising in the Chinese Courts: The Qualifications for a Franchisor and the Application of the Disclosure REquirements by the Courts The Evolution of Franchising in the Chinese Courts: The Qualifications for a Franchisor and the Application of the Disclosure REquirements by the Courts
  Wed, 11 Sep 2013 11:30:00 +1000
• Sep 18
  School of Law Seminar Series

  Implementing Ethical Principles in Medical Data Mining: Ethical and Regulatory Considerations Related to Privacy and Confidentiality in Medical Data

  Conferences and seminars
  Implementing Ethical Principles in Medical Data Mining: Ethical and Regulatory Considerations Related to Privacy and Confidentiality in Medical Data Implementing Ethical Principles in Medical Data Mining: Ethical and Regulatory Considerations Related to Privacy and Confidentiality in Medical Data
  Wed, 18 Sep 2013 11:30:00 +1000
• Sep 19
  UWS Photographic Exhibition ‘My Faith, Our Australia: Common Ground’

  Join the UWS Chaplaincy to celebrate the talent of UWS staff and students with the UWS Photographic Exhibition ‘My Faith, Our Australia: Common Ground’.

  Exhibitions and performances
  Join the UWS Chaplaincy to celebrate the talent of UWS staff and students with the UWS Photographic Exhibition ‘My Faith, Our Australia: Common Ground’.

  Enjoy some time out discussing what is meant by common ground and what common ground means for you. Come along for finger food and friendly conversation.

  Please visit the Chaplaincy Events webpage for further information and how to submit a photo for the exhibition (before 2 September).

  http://www.uws.edu.au/currentstudents/current_students/services_and_facilities/chaplaincy

   

  Thu, 19 Sep 2013 12:00:00 +1000
• Sep 25
  Encountering the Author

  Siobhan O'Sullivan presents 'Animals, Equality and Democracy'

  Conferences and seminars
  All welcome
  Siobhan O'Sullivan presents 'Animals, Equality and Democracy'

  Animal welfare laws for hens in petting zoos are more comprehensive than laws for broiler hens raised for meat.

  Seem strange? In Animals, Equality and Democracy Siobhan O'Sullivan exposes inconsistencies in animal protection laws that favour the most popular, best known nonhuman animals. She also shows that protections vary depending on how we want to make use of a particular animal, with the most visible animals receiving the strongest level of protection. She argues that contemporary animal welfare laws make the lives of animals akin to a lottery.

  O'Sullivan calls this the 'internal inconsistency' and argues that animal protection inequalities offend fundamental liberal democratic values. She argues that this is a justice issue and proposes that both human-animal studies scholars, and animal advocates, turn their attention to the internal inconsistency as a pressing matter of social justice.

  Dr. Siobhan O'Sullivan is a Research Fellow in the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Melbourne. She has published extensively on animal related matters, with a particular emphasis on how our political institutions influence the life chances of nonhuman animals.

  Other speakers include: Fiona Probyn-Rapsey, University of Sydney Jane Johnson, Macquarie University Chris Degeling, University of Sydney John Hadley, University of Western Sydney.

  Wed, 25 Sep 2013 14:00:00 +1000
• Oct 9
  School of Law Seminar Series

  Space, Technology and the Challenges they Pose for International Humanitarian Law

  Conferences and seminars
  Space, Technology and the Challenges they Pose for International Humanitarian Law Space, Technology and the Challenges they Pose for International Humanitarian Law
  Wed, 09 Oct 2013 11:30:00 +1100
• Oct 18
  3MT® Trans-Tasman Competition 2013

  UWS will host the Three Minute Thesis® final on 18th October 2013.

  academic events; Conferences and seminars; Social events
  All members of the community are welcome.
  UWS will host the Three Minute Thesis® final on 18th October 2013. The Three Minute Thesis (3MT) is an academic competition.
  Higher degree research students must communicate the significance of their research to a non-specialist audience in three minutes with one simple power-point slide. It is an exercise that develops skills students will need when pitching to government and industry, as well as in explaining their research to their friends and families!
  The first 3MT was held at the University of Queensland (UQ) in 2008 and enthusiasm for the 3MT concept led to its adoption in numerous universities and the development of an international competition, with the Inaugural Trans-Tasman 3MT competition held at UQ in 2010. Research higher degree students have three minutes to present a compelling oration on their thesis topic and its significance.
  3MT is not an exercise in trivialising or ‘dumbing-down’ research but forces students to consolidate their ideas and crystalise their research discoveries (from UQ website). Please feel free to contact us about any aspect of the 2013 Three Minute Thesis competition at 3MT.UWS2013@uws.edu.au
  UWS Parramatta campus is located on the corner of Victoria Road and James Ruse Drive, Rydalmere. Please visit UWS interactive Maps for directions to the venue.
  Fri, 18 Oct 2013 09:00:00 +1100
• Oct 23
  Europe Lecture

  Professor Yanis Varoufakis presents 'Europe: The Dirty War for Its Integrity and Its Soul'

  academic events; Conferences and seminars
  Professor Yanis Varoufakis presents 'Europe: The Dirty War for Its Integrity and Its Soul'

  Professor Yanis Varoufakis presents 'Europe: The Dirty War for Its Integrity and Its Soul'

  Abstract: After almost seven decades of small but determined steps toward continental integration, Europe is now at the mercy of centrifugal forces that seem to be tearing it apart. Much is being made of the Euro Crisis, and the divisive effects of the common currency across the continent. However, the forces at play today have deeper roots and can be traced back to the middle of the twentieth century, when the institutions of the European Union began to take shape. Professor Yanis Varoufakis will argue that the establishment of the Eurozone, and the impact the Great Financial Crisis of 2008, had on it were logical extensions of earlier choices and policies. His lecture will address a simple question: Can Europe’s current Crisis spur Europeans on to complete the project of integrating their continent? Or was it always a terminal project that raised expectations it could never fulfil?

  Bio: Yanis Varoufakis is a renowned scholar and political commentator. He is Professor of Economic Theory at the University of Athens and is currently the Visiting Professor at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, University of Texas, Austin. He is the author of numerous works including The Global Minotaur: The true origins of the financial crisis and the future of the world economy and Economic Indeterminacy: A personal encounter with the economists’ peculiar nemesis.

  Wed, 23 Oct 2013 18:00:00 +1100
• Nov 7
  UWS Day Parramatta

  High School students are invited to experience university life first hand...

  Information sessions
  High School students currently completing their HSC
  High School students are invited to experience university life first hand...

  UWS Day is all about helping you choose a future career – today.

  If you are a High School student, UWS Day is your opportunity to:

  • Experience the range of courses available at UWS through interactive workshops and presentations
  • Talk to current UWS students and academic staff
  • Learn about scholarships, pathways programs and opportunities to advance to your success

  Take a look at the UWS Day website for more information! Registrations open closer to the event.

  Thu, 07 Nov 2013 00:00:00 +1100
• Nov 8
  UWS Day Penrith

  High School students are invited to experience university life first hand...

  Information sessions
  High School students currently completing their HSC
  High School students are invited to experience university life first hand...

  UWS Day is all about helping you choose a future career – today.

  If you are a High School student, UWS Day is your opportunity to:

  • Experience the range of courses available at UWS through interactive workshops and presentations
  • Talk to current UWS students and academic staff
  • Learn about scholarships, pathways programs and opportunities to advance to your success

  Take a look at the UWS Day website for more information! Registrations open closer to the event.

  Fri, 08 Nov 2013 00:00:00 +1100
• Dec 3
  2013 Annual Australasian Society for Continental Philosophy Conference

  UWS is hosting the Australasian Society for Continental Philosophy (ASCP) conference this year, the most significant conference in continental philosophy in the Australasian region.

  Conferences and seminars
  All welcome
  UWS is hosting the Australasian Society for Continental Philosophy (ASCP) conference this year, the most significant conference in continental philosophy in the Australasian region.

  The Australasian Society for Continental Philosophyaims to provide a broad intellectual forum for professional academics and postgraduates researching topics in Contemporary European philosophy, and it is the premier reference point for people working within the diverse fields of Continental/European Philosophy in the Australasian region.
  Keynote addresses by:
  

  • Graham Harman
  • James Martel
  • Elizabeth Rottenberg
  • Gianni Vattimo
  • and a plenary panel on the work of Rosalyn Diprose.

  
  Followed by the one-day International Symposium on Hegel and Heidegger (6th December).
  For further information and to register for the conference please visit the ASCP 2013 website.
  Tue, 03 Dec 2013 00:00:00 +1100