Beyond UWA
Episodes
Wednesday Nov 01, 2017
Wednesday Nov 01, 2017
Peter is an international human rights lawyer who has been working in the field of human law and advocacy for 18 years in Australia, the United Kingdom, Europe, Commonwealth countries, and most recently in Hong Kong China.
Since November 2012, Peter has been working as Legal Counsel at the Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) in Hong Kong where he has been leading a number of advocacy and policy projects relating to improving the anti-discrimination legislation and related policies.
Previously for 11 years Peter worked in London United Kingdom in a number of human rights roles including at Amnesty International UK; the Commission for Racial Equality as Principal Litigation Officer and Head of European and International Legal Policy from 2005 to 2008; the Equality and Human Rights Commission as a Senior Lawyer and Director of Legal Policy from 2008 to 2012; and at the Commonwealth Secretariat in 2012 as a human rights consultant on Commonwealth projects.
Monday Oct 30, 2017
Aleesha Kumar (BA '17) - CEO & Founder, LOVE Foundation Australia
Monday Oct 30, 2017
Monday Oct 30, 2017
Aleesha Kumar graduated from Penrhos College in 2013. She studied a Bachelor of Arts at the University of Western Australia, majoring in Political Science & International Relations and French. During this time she completed a six month exchange at Comillas Pontifical University in Madrid. She is Founder and CEO of non-profit LOVE Foundation Australia, which works to fight poverty through the arts. She is currently completing the CASE Asia Pacific Fundraising Graduate Program and is an Advancement Officer at the Development and Alumni Relations Office at the University of Western Australia.
Saturday Oct 28, 2017
Dave Sherwood (BSc(Hons) '13) - Co-Founder & CEO at BibliU
Saturday Oct 28, 2017
Saturday Oct 28, 2017
Dave is the co-founder of London based VC funded company BibliU - the Spotify for Textbooks. As the 2013 Western Australian Rhodes Scholar, Dave studied PPE (Philosophy, Politics & Economics) at Oxford University after his BSc (Chemistry & Physics) at the University of Western Australia. Dave’s rural schooling experience at Bunbury Senior High School inspired him to co-found TLG to enable rural and Indigenous students to reach their full potential.
Thursday Oct 26, 2017
Thursday Oct 26, 2017
Claire Stokes is a passionate social impact leader, innovator, educator and researcher working to create systems-level change to enable all people to reach their potential. Claire currently holds several positions at the Centre for Social Impact UWA. She works on research projects, particularly in the area of impact measurement, and manages the Centre’s engagement activities. This includes being Co-Director of the major annual event the Social Impact Festival held in Perth, Western Australia. She also lectures in the unit Changing the World: Social Innovation, Finance and Enterprise. Claire also volunteers as Chair of the Board for community arts organisation Globe Town Project and as Board Director for Arts Initiative Australia.
Monday Oct 23, 2017
Monday Oct 23, 2017
Fadzi Whande is an award winning social justice advocate and a Global Diversity and Inclusion Strategist. She currently works as the Manger, Inclusion and Diversity, at the University of Western Australia.
Fadzi currently serves as the National Human Rights Program Convenor for the United Nations Association of Australia and sits on the Board of the Museum of Freedom and Tolerance, Australian Computer Society Diversity Committee and is an Ambassador for 100 Women, Water for Africa and the Humanitarian Group.
In 2016, Fadzi was awarded the International Racial Equity Leadership Award in USA and named a finalist for the Australian Human Rights, ‘Racism it Stops With Me’ Award.
Wednesday Oct 18, 2017
Wednesday Oct 18, 2017
"As citizens, humanity's fate ultimately rests in our hands and our goal of a world without extreme poverty is only going to be realised through the constant drumbeat of citizen-led movements clambering for change."
Tuesday Oct 10, 2017
Tuesday Oct 10, 2017
James Kelley joins Noongar woman Krista McMeeken, who shares how growing up in Esperance, relocating to Perth in 2008, and her role as Principal Policy Officer at Commissioner for Children and Young People drives her towards fostering an inclusive society.
"Inclusion is important to me because an inclusive environment is the key to individual happiness and solving our most complex issues as organisations and as people."
Monday Oct 02, 2017
What makes a great City? - Singapore
Monday Oct 02, 2017
Monday Oct 02, 2017
Our decisions about where and how to live are among the most important of our lives. More and more of us progress our careers in large urban centres. That means living in one or facing lengthy commutes or the isolation of telecommuting in trade. As city housing prices soar and traffic slows, the question of what makes a great city seems straightforward – but is it?
Join a panel of thought-leaders, all UWA alumni, as we explore the key contributors to quality of life in the city – and how Singapore is measuring up.