May 9, 2022
What are the personal and professional benefits of volunteering?
Join Clare MacNish, Volunteering Manager at UWA Guild Volunteering, and our global panel of UWA alumni for their top volunteer tips, and a discussion about how volunteering can impact your career.
- Ash Dashlooty (BSc '03, MSc '11) Director Leadership Excellence, sp_ce
- Rida Ahmed (BA '15) Ethics & Compliance, International Olympic Committee (IOC)
- Audrey Ow (BSc '12) Senior Assistant Director, Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment
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April 20, 2022
The prospect of launching a new start-up can be daunting. CEOs and founders of start-up businesses face many challenges: finding investors, raising start-up capital, building a management team, developing competitive products, adopting an effective marketing program, finding early customers and more.
Recorded on Tuesday 12 April, hear from Dr Antoine Musu – Co-Founder and Director of Commercialisation Studies Centre Ltd, Director of ILC Australia and Entrepreneurial Thinking, Learning, and Practice Educator at UWA – along with our panel of UWA alumni entrepreneurs for a discussion about what it takes to create a successful enterprise. You'll gain insight from each panellist's unique entrepreneurial pathway, hear about their successes (and failures) and get top tips to help any budding entrepreneur.
Julia Kay Co-CEO + Co-Founder at Great Wrap™. Visit >> https://www.greatwrap.co/
Mark Heath, Co-Founder, Co-CEO at VOLY. Visit >> https://www.getvoly.com/
Sheary Tan, Founder, Self Taught Nation. Visit >> https://www.selftaughtnation.com/
Dennis Savic, CEO - Savic Motorcycles. Visit >> https://www.savicmotorcycles.com/
April 11, 2022
Health policy has rarely been higher on the international agenda than in the last two years. The pandemic has seen Western Australia’s health infrastructure go through its greatest and most unexpected stress test. Looking beyond this crisis, and further into the future towards 2050, how might the WA health system respond to emerging challenges? What new funding and service models are needed to facilitate better care? Can the recent responses to the pandemic help catalyse change in the WA health sector?
Join Director of the UWA Public Policy Institute Professor Shamit Saggar as he speaks with Dr Omar Khorshid, President of the Federal Australian Medical Association, about the future of healthcare in WA.
April 4, 2022
How do we tackle misinformation online? What makes something 'fake news'? Who decides?
Business News Senior Journalist Matt McKenzie [BA, BEc ‘15], ABC Reporter Samantha Goerling BPHil(Hons) ‘19 and UWA School of Psychological Science Research Associate Dr Toby Prike untangle how misinformation spreads faster than truth.
Wherever you are in the world...
March 28, 2022
UWA graduate Martina Ucnikova (MIntRelns ’13) co-Founded She Runs, a non-for-profit organisation focused on supporting women’s political, economic, and civic participation. Led by Independent Candidate for Australian Federal Seat of Curtin Kate Chaney (LLB ’98), this episode will provide insights and reflection into the diversity, drive and apathy required to get the best out of politics in Australia, and the impact of the She Runs Campaign School.
To learn more about She Runs, visit https://www.sheruns.org.au/
To learn more about Kate Chaney and her campaign, please visit https://www.katechaney.com.au/
March 7, 2022
There are many layers to a successful business. But what does it take to commercialise your innovation? Join Founder of Ginger Imagery and Marketing Manager at Bloom, Imogen Blow [BCom '18] and a cast of alumni who share their top tips for budding entrepreneurs, and steps to take commercialising your innovation.
Guest speakers
Jacqueline Bennett [BCom '04, MBA NYU Stern 2013, MBA London Business School 2013]
www.highlandsvp.com & www.commons.co
Dr Antoine Musu MBA '07, MBI '08, GradDipBusAdmin '08, DBA '21
Nate Sturcke BCom '15, GradCertEnt&Innov '17
https://skillsofthemodernage.com.au/ & https://skill.social/
Register today for the Meet the Founders webinar
https://alumni.uwa.edu.au/events/featured/meet-the-founders
Eager to learn more about Bloom? Visit Bloom's website, the Launchpad Unit Page, Bloom's Facebook page, Bloom's Instagram page, and our LinkedIn.
February 21, 2022
International Women’s Day is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating women’s equality.
Moderated by UWA grad Hayley Winchcombe BPhil(Hons) '19, hear from four amazing UWA graduates, from diverse backgrounds and industries who’ve faced difficult circumstances and made tough choices. Learn about their journey, how resilience can be key to success, and help us celebrate their achievements.
October 25, 2021
Where can a UWA degree take you? Singapore Alumni Ambassador Inez Faiz [BCom ‘15] is joined by Amber Wu [BCom ‘15], Dhanya Nair [BE ‘14], Andrew Lian [BArch ’90, MBA ‘06] and Sudhanshu Tripathi [MBA ‘11], who share their learnings, successes and encounters as international students at UWA, while offering tips to current students who are seeking their dream job.
Brought to you by the UWA Business School, Centre for English Language Teaching and the Alumni Relations team.
October 20, 2021
As COVID-19 continues to threaten the lives and livelihoods of millions of people across the globe, additional concerns are being raised about job security, hybrid workforces, and the economic landscape in Hong Kong.
Moderated by Dr Andrew Stock [BSc '08, BSc(Hons) '09] Director and Clinical Psychologist, ClinPsych Services, Jacqueline Teo, Global Chief Digital Officer, HGC Global Communications, Associate Professor Carmela Pestell, Director, Robin Winkler Clinic and Associate Chair of the Academic Board, and Joshua Sims, General Manager, Hong Kong & Taiwan, Santa Fe Relocation, share insights on what you need to know - and how it may affect your mental health.
Brought to you by Development and Alumni Relations and the Hong Kong Alumni Network.
October 5, 2021
Kaya. Wanju. Join us as we re-live an evening of reflection, learned insight and career inspiration, and hear from a panel of SIS alumni who share their advice and experiences of work and study.
Panellists:
- Jodi Eatt MBBS ’02
- Kim Farmer BA ’93, GradDipA ’96, LLB ’03
- Katina Law BCom ’91
- Brad Regts LLB, ’99
- Dr Cindy Solonec
