Events for April 2010
This page is an archive of events for April 2010 listed from the first event through to the latest event to occur within this period.
April 2010
| 01 | st at 4:00 PM |
School of Psychology ColloquiumMaternal Vitamin D deficiency; an animal model of schizophrenia
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| 08 | th at 6:00 PM |
School of Nursing and Midwifery Academic Awards NightAcademic achievement awards for 2009 will be presented to students from the School. |
| 12 | th at 6:00 PM |
Policy, law or conscienceIn this month's seminar of the Clinical Unit in Ethics and Health Law, we will address one of the "simmering" questions in professional ethics: should professionals always act according to laws, regulations and policies, or can we act, when we feel necessary, according to conscience? Should it be "ethics first, law second", and if so, whose ethics? What level of divergence from a majority view can we accept, and should we try to judge the sincerity and rationality of the conscientious objector? |
| 13 | th at 10:30 AM |
Understanding the nature of change in complex social systems: Thinking about effects in relation to complex social interventionsPresented by Professor David Byrne, Durham University, UK. The interesting and important thing to understand about complex systems is their trajectory. In other words we need to be able to describe what systems are like across time — how they stay the same AND how they change. The important thing about change in complex systems is that the changes that matter are not incremental changes of degree but qualitative changes of kind. In this way of thinking an effect is either the maintenance of stability — not absolute equilibrium but continued existence in much the same state, or change and if change then change into what new kind of state. Underpinning the argument that we should pay attention to the nature of effects in complex systems are two propositions. |
| 13 | th at 7:15 AM |
Alumni Advantage Breakfast ProgramGood School, Bad School?
What will the MySchool site do to the teaching profession?
Professor Scott Holmes, Dr Robert Parkes & Professor Jim Albright will discuss the merits and demerits of Julia Gillard’s latest venture.
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| 15 | th at 4:00 PM |
School of Psychology Colloquium"The limits of cognition: Forgetting over the short term", presented by Professor Stephan Lewandowsky. |
| 19 | th at 11:00 AM |
Student Exchange FairThe purpose of the Fair is to encourage Newcastle students to participate in our various overseas programs, including semester exchanges, short programs, volunteering, and internships abroad. Students can speak with international students and staff from our overseas partner institutions. |
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at 6:00 PM |
Call and ResponseThe University of Newcastle and World Vision is running a screening of a documentary called "Call and Response", exploing the reality of human trafficking in a creative way by incorporating interviews and music clips with prominent political figures and acclaimed artists.
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| 21 | st at 6:00 PM |
Morpeth Lecture 2010The title of the 2010 Morpeth Lecture: DOES GOD HAVE A FUTURE? 'Darwin and the Design of Divinity'
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| 21 | st at 12:00 PM |
Academic Senate Meeting 2The Academic Senate is the principal academic body of the University of Newcastle.
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| 22 | nd at 3:00 PM |
Public Health Current and Proposed Seminar"Effects of restricting pub trading hours on night-time assaults in Newcastle", presented by Dr Kypros Kypri. |
| 22 | nd at 4:00 PM |
School of Psychology ColloquiumWheels on a bus go round and round, but which way do they go: multiple pathways to coherent motion
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| 22 | nd at 11:00 AM |
Public Health Leaders Seminar"Motivating change in problem drinkers using brief and ultra-brief interventions", presented by Professor John Cunningham of the University of Toronto, Canada. |
| 24 | th at 3:00 PM |
University Rugby Home gameThe University of Newcastle Rugby Union club will be playing at University today. Come down and support your team!
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| 27 | th at 7:30 AM |
Executive Committee of Alumni Meeting 3The Executive Committee of Alumni has an advisory role to the University Council on all matters relevant to Alumni.
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| 28 | th at 5:30 PM |
Futile Surgical CareHow to recognise it; how to avoid it
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| 28 | th at 12:00 PM |
Watt Space ExhibitionsFive New Shows Open at Watt Space Student Gallery
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| 29 | th |
HSC Music DayThe Faculty of Education and Arts presents the HSC Music Day. Year 11 and 12 Music students are invited to attend an exciting program of valuable presentations, elective workshops, Australian music examples and Performance Masterclass. Tickets are $30 per student (includes student resource booklet). |
| 29 | th at 5:00 PM |
Book launch: 'A Murder in Fiji'Jane Hartley Schofield will launch her new book, 'A Murder in Fiji', at the United Campus Bookshop at 5pm.
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| 29 | th at 4:00 PM |
School of Psychology ColloquiumChoice and decision-making in the cortico-striatal network
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