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PAST EVENTS CALENDAR:
WORKSHOPS AND SEMINARS
March - June 2021
Every Tue/Thur @17:00, from 16th March - 6th May
KINDNESS TO YOURSELF: FREE YOGA LESSONS!
Where: 612a Harry Perkins Institute
Come to exercise, relax and forget about daily stress with these free yoga lessons at Harry Perkins. Offered to UWA HDR students!
No fitness level or previous experience is required!
IMPORTANT: Please register to all the sessions that you intend to attend.
March 24th, 2021
15:30 - 17:30
KINDNESS TO THE ENVIRONMENT: SUSTAINABLE SCIENCE
Facilitator: Nikoline Borgermann (Ava Sustain)
ONLINE WEBINAR & INTERACTIVE WORKSHOP
Interactive webinar to learn more about:
1) The worst offenders in terms of equipment and habits that contribute to the high environmental impact of bioscience lab work
2) The top 5 high-impact green actions that you can take in the lab without compromising research
3) The many good arguments for going green which you can give you boss and colleagues if they are not already digging the green lab agenda
April 12th, 2021
9:30 - 11:00
Followed by morning tea
KINDNESS TO THE COMMUNITY: ORAL COMMUNICATION
Facilitator: Cassie Paxman
Where: G24 room, Harry Perkins
Science communication mini series!
Oral communication skills including explaining your research in an ‘elevator pitch’, use of analogies, how to answer prickly questions in a way that is kind but also informative.
April 19th, 2021
9:30 - 11:00
Followed by morning tea
KINDNESS TO THE COMMUNITY: WRITTEN COMMUNICATION
Facilitator: Cassie Paxman
Where: G24 room, Harry Perkins
Science communication mini series!
Written communication skills including explaining your research in lay words, building your personal brand or showing your research in social media.
May 4th, 2021
10:00 - 11:00
Followed by morning tea
KINDNESS TO THE COMMUNITY: VISUAL COMMUNICATION
Facilitator: Cassie Paxman
Where: G24 room, Harry Perkins
Science communication mini series!
Visual communication such as posters, infographics, diagrams. What should we use and what we shouldn't when presenting images of our research.
June 2nd, 2021
KINDNESS TO THE COMMUNITY: MEDIA COMMUNICATION
Facilitator: Miriam Borthwick
Where: Harry Perkins Institute, G24 seminar room
Learn how to get your research in the media!
Learn what journalists need from you, how to perform well in interviews, and overcome your fears of talking to the media.
July 23rd, 2021
SUPPORT AND STRATEGIES FOR STRESS: SURVIVING THE SCIENCE JOURNEY
Facilitator: Dr John Terry - UWA Medical Centre
Where: Harry Perkins Institute, G24 seminar room
What is stress? Defining mental health in academia.
Strategies to avoid the tipping point – recognising the difference between good and bad stress.
Strategies to deal with stress as an academic researcher yourself and how to support other academics in your lab group
June 8th, 2021
15:00 - 16:00
KINDNESS TO YOURSELF: MENTAL HEALTH IN ACADEMIA & HOW WE CAN MANAGE IT
Facilitator: Dr Zoe Ayres
ONLINE WEBINAR
Let's increase the awareness of mental health issues related to academia and reducing the stigma:
- Mental health during your PhD (Honours and Masters included)
- How to be kinder to ourselves
- Build a kinder community by improving mental health.
June 24th, 2021
16:00 - 17:30
Followed by a sundowner
KINDNESS TO OTHER SCIENTISTS: EQUITY AND DIVERSITY PANEL
Where: Harry Perkins Institute (TBC)
Striving for diversity, inclusivity and equity in the science world. What should we do as researchers to address these issues?
Hear and learn from 5 expert scientists talking their different academic journeys while advocating for kindness, equity, and gender diversity in science.
This discussion aims to present words of advice for scientists to improve diversity and equity in science in the future followed by a Q&A session and a sundowner.