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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 […]

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

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 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 still

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

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

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

Even if you weren’t in attendance at the VC’s thank you morning tea last week, I presume will have been appraised of the content of the announcement. In brief, the CSMs in the Enterprise Agreement Variation (EAV) that we voted to support earlier this year are to cease.