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Mailing Lists/ Newsletters/ Mail Chimp

Mailing Lists/ Newsletters/ Mail Chimp Your small business, not-for-profit or community organisation probably needs an email list and a newsletter to really spread the word about the work you’re doing. This workshop will introduce you to using the Mailchimp platform (free for up to 2,000 subscribers) to create a mailing list database, learn the legalities of this and hear tips on how to encourage more people to sign up to your list. It will also cover the mechanics of sending email... [More]

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Plan Your 2019 Online Marketing

Plan Your 2019 Online Marketing For creatives, bloggers, small business owners and more: get a head start for your social media and blogging plans for 2019 with this half-day workshop. Whether you use Facebook, Instagram, blogging, other platforms or a combination, this workshop will help you analyse how you’ve been doing and make some awesome plans for the future. We will start with a review of 2018 and set some goals for 2019, then talk about how best to use a content calendar to... [More]

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How Children Learn Language

By about three years old, every human has performed one of the most complex cognitive feats in the animal kingdom: learning a language. How do they do it, and when? And what can adults do to encourage a child’s language learning? This session is an accessible look at child language acquisition and its implications for the human mind. There are also some adorable baby videos. [More]

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ADVANCED- DNA and genealogy

After last year’s sold out DNA seminar we have been inundated with requests for a more advanced course. So you’ve done a DNA test and want to know more! In this intensive session, Mike will expand your DNA toolkit and demonstrate how to get the most out of the analytical tool  available on ancestry DNA. Also how to download your raw DNA data and upload to other sites and which sites to choose. Plus you will learn how to use tools available such as chromosome browsers, clustering... [More]

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The Gut Brain Connection: How Gut Health Affects Wellbeing

Did you know we are essentially more bacteria than human? – and the microbes in our guts are responsible for 90% of the messaging to our brain rather than brain to gut! Science is beginning to catch up to the crucial impact our gut microbes have on our digestion, overall health and mental well being. In the last few years huge advancements in technology used to measure and detect the microbes that live on and in us has allowed researchers to map and track the diversity and the... [More]

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Travel Sketching with Pen and Wash

This workshop is for people who wish to learn how to best use pen and wash to capture scenes in a sketch book when travelling. Some drawing experience is an advantage. We will cover simple perspective and composition with tips and tricks on how to not be overwhelmed with what we’d like to capture. OUTLINE • Recap basic drawing techniques • Simple perspective – distance and horizon. • Composition • Mark making with a pen • Simple colour theory • Wash techniques THINGS TO KNOW The... [More]

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Philosophy Feast - Drug Use

Philosophy involves thinking about some of the big questions we ask during our lifetime: Should recreational drugs be legalised? Should performance enhancing drugs be allowed in sports? Come along to the May Philosophy Feast, join in the conversation and hear the arguments for and against the legalisation of recreational and performance enhancing drugs. This Feast of Philosophy, chaired by Dr Nin Kirkham, UWA Chair of Philosophy, will tackle these big questions and more over... [More]

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The Philosophy Feast - Consequentialism

Philosophy involves thinking about some of the big questions we ask during our lifetime: What is consequentialism? What is utilitarianism? Is utilitarianism the best moral theory? At this Philosophy Feast we will discuss the benefits and the limitations of the utilitarian approach to ethics. We will look at alternatives, and highlight the practical implications of adopting the utilitarian approach to ethical decision making. This Feast of Philosophy, chaired by Dr Nin Kirkham, UWA... [More]

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Philosophy Feast - Consequentialism in Ethics

Philosophy involves thinking about some of the big questions we ask during our lifetime: What is consequentialism? What is utilitarianism? Is utilitarianism the best moral theory? At this Philosophy Feast we will discuss the benefits and the limitations of the utilitarian approach to ethics. We will look at alternatives, and highlight the practical implications of adopting the utilitarian approach to ethical decision making. This Feast of Philosophy, chaired by Dr Nin Kirkham, UWA... [More]

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Grammar Therapy II

Grammar Matters! Grammar holds sentences together, but it also communicates who you are. With the skills found in this course, you will gain a more advanced understanding of the grammar of English, and use this knowledge to make your writing more clear. This course is directly focused on writing, and gives you facts about language, grammar, and usage. It will help you get up to speed on formal styles, avoid common mistakes, and build a set of tools that you can keep using when the... [More]

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