Philippa Maddern Award 2023 postponed
The Philippa Maddern Award 2023 has been postponed due to unforeseen circumstances and will now be held either late 2023 or in 2024.
Newsletter June 2022
We certainly can’t claim that newsletters from UWA ASA are frequent, but we hope that they are at least worth reading when they arrive. This newsletter was hard to write, and went through a few drafts. As the ‘voice of academics’ at UWA we want to voice hope and optimism, not least because — as …
Academic Board, FOI and more – Newsletter November 2021
On 14th October, our association held its Annual General Meeting. The meeting was particularly well attended, which is perhaps not surprising, given the rapid turnover of material for discussion in recent months. Indeed, the speed of events has been such that our capacity to keep pace through the circulation of newsletters to our members has …
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Minutes from the AGM on 14 Oct 2021
MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING HELD ON OCTOBER 14TH 2021 AT 12.30PM IN THE ACORN ROOM, ABOVE THE GUILD SHOPS, UWA PRESENT: N Kirkham (President and Chair), and members including D Judge, A McKinley, S Tarrant, E Brink, S Dobbs, S Maloney, B Montgomery, M Rizzi, C Bourgault du Coudray, R da Silva …
The Philippa Maddern Awards Presentation
The Philippa Maddern Awards Presentation ceremony was held on Friday 13 August 2021. This biennial event is an important occasion in the Academic Staff Association calendar as the awards recognise the positive influences that academics have on students, the university and the wider community, through their outstanding leadership and inspiration. The Award for an academic …
Submission of UWAASA on the proposed structural change of the School of Social Sciences
We, The University of Western Australia Academic Staff Association, submit this response to the proposal to restructure the School of Social Sciences. We focus on two very important aspects: the process by which it appears to have been derived and key aspects of its substance as it pertains to the interests of academic staff. Process …
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This is no way to treat the Social Sciences – Newsletter July 2021
Dear members and colleagues, As you certainly already know, the proposal to restructure the School of Social Sciences was presented last week. Should it be approved in its current form, the restructure would have devastating implications for both the school and its staff, involving significant redundancies, the discontinuation or stifling of disciplines, and the thwarting …
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Nominations have now closed for the Philippa Maddern Award 2021
To celebrate Professor Philippa Maddern’s life and the legacy of her inspirational leadership, the UWA Academic Staff Association Philippa Maddern Award pays tribute to exceptional academics. The recipients of the Awards should be exemplars of UWA’s motto“Seek Wisdom”. Nominations have now closed. The presentation ceremony is being held on Friday 13 August. Please read more …
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“The Importance of Governance at UWA” – March 2021 Newsletter by Dr Debra Judge, UWAASA V-P
Best wishes to all as we move into yet another year in unusual circumstances. I hope that you were able to get a bit of a break to do the things most important to you before our launch into this semester. Please refer to the earlier post containing a presentation to UWAASA members by Ms …
Presentation on Governance at UWA
Governance defined: the system by which an organisation is controlled and operates, and the mechanisms by which it, and its people, are held to account the framework of rules, relationships, systems and processes within and by which authority is exercised and controlled in corporations a set of relationships between a company’s management, its board, its shareholders and other …