Courses
The courses are open to University staff and students, as well as people form private and government organisations.
In 2024 our courses will focus on developing a working knowledge of statistical techniques will implementation in the statistical program R. The program with include courses on data visualisation, the basics of R and analysis in R.
All courses require an enrolment fee, see individual course information for details.
More courses may be added throughout the year.
Short courses
Current courses on offer are:
Course information
How do I enrol in the course?
Participants must first complete the online enrolment form available from each course information page and then proceed to the online payment system to pay via credit card. Check each course for fee information.
Please note, if you are a UWA staff member or student and wish to pay from a project grant (PG) via electronic transfer please ask your finance team to
- transfer the fee (without GST!) from your BU/PG to BU 00670 (School of Physics, Mathematics & Computing) PG 63002012 (Statistical Courses), and
- email a confirmation of the journal transfer to consulting-cas@uwa.edu.au.
- Note: UWA staff are eligible for a 20% discount of the full enrolment fee when paying directly from a PG via electronic transfer.
What do I do if a course is full?
Sometimes extra places become available, please email us to join the waiting list.
I want to learn more about a topic not listed.
We can organise courses on particular topics if there is enough demand. Please contact us to enquire further.
Where will the course be held?
Courses will usually be held either in the Mathematics Building or the UWA University Club and will require you to bring your own laptop. You will be sent an email confirming the location of the course the week before.
Where can I collect the course material?
Materials can be collected from the venue 15 minutes before the course begins.
I have enrolled in one of your courses but I am not from Perth. Where can I stay?
The Centre for Applied Statistics does not provide accommodation, but accommodation options close to Crawley and in Perth surrounds are available.
Short course enrolment
Terms and conditions
The following rules cover enrolments, refunds and cancellations that apply to our short courses.
Check individual short courses for dates and fees.
Enrolment
You must enrol online for the appropriate course.
All courses of 1 day or more will include refreshments, however, lunch is not usually provided. See specific course descriptions for details.
Accommodation is not included in the costs of the courses.
Refund policy
- Withdrawal within 30 days of the start date of the course will result in full fees being paid. No refund will be provided.
- Withdrawal more than 30 days before the course will attract an administration fee of either 20 per cent of total course costs or $70, whichever is the greater. For example a course costing $1000 in total will attract a $200 administration fee, whereas a course costing $300 or less in total will attract a $70 administration fee. The remainder of the original costs will be refunded.
- Refunds will be returned should the Centre cancel the course.
Cancellation
The UWA Centre for Applied Statistics reserves the right to cancel courses should the number of enrolments be too small. Participants will be informed at least 2 weeks before the course should there need to be a cancellation.