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    For some kids, texting ability brings worries into socialising

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/351-for-some-kids-texting-ability-brings-worries-into-socialising
    13 Jul 2017: Texting could be creating a literacy issue for children, but it is not the problem most people would expect. In a presentation to Education Transforms 2017 in Hobart, written language expert Dr Nenagh Kemp said her research with colleagues in the UK
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    Dangers of the desk job

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/327-dangers-of-the-desk-job
    22 Jun 2017: Australians are working longer and exercising less with two out of three adults now classed as overweight or obese – presenting Dr Scott Pedersen with a mighty battle. As the Director of the Active Work Lab in the University of Tasmania's Faculty
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    Strengthening Lions prepare for final tournament

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/417-strengthening-lions-prepare-for-final-tournament
    26 Sep 2017: A steadily improving University of Tasmania Lions rugby team is training hard ahead of the final tournament in this year’s inaugural Aon Uni 7s Series. Coming off disappointing bottom of the table finishes in the first two tournaments, the Lions
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    Surprise historical discovery could help whale survival

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/248-surprise-historical-discovery-could-help-whale-survival
    20 Mar 2017: The chance discovery of a unique set of whaling records dating back to 1952 has provided new insights into the lives and physiology of humpback and sperm whales. Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) PhD student Lyn Irvine heard from a
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    Delving into the "black books" of convict knowledge

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/325-delving-into-the-black-books-of-convict-knowledge
    20 Jun 2017: In 1803, the first of almost 73,000 convicts landed on what was then called Van Diemen’s Land. Over the course of the next 50 years convict clerks kept meticulous records of each new arrival in leather-bound volumes. Pouring over the voluminous
  7. Thumbnail for Putting the emotion into maths for better learning

    Putting the emotion into maths for better learning

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/500-putting-the-emotion-into-maths-for-better-learning
    17 Dec 2017: Are you a “maths person”? Most people think they are, or they aren’t. What if we told you there was no such thing? Professor Kim Beswick is an ARC Future Fellow, and her research is aiming to help teachers educate their students better, by
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    BIG and Bigger pathways

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/225-big-and-bigger-pathways
    16 Jan 2017: Fun pathways into higher education are being paved by the University of Tasmania, particularly at the Cradle Coast campus. Working closely with the BIG Committee, staff have spent 2016 bringing together students from Burnie-based schools with
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    Doctors offered more reasons to remain rural

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/370-doctors-offered-more-reasons-to-remain-rural
    14 Aug 2017: Postgraduate training opportunities for Tasmanian doctors will soon be expanded, in a significant development for medical professionals interested in working and training in rural regions. The University of Tasmania has successfully secured federal
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    Workplaces urged to get healthy, mentally

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/423-workplaces-urged-to-get-healthy-mentally
    9 Oct 2017: During Mental Health Week (October 8 to 14) researchers at the University of Tasmania are urging workplaces to make employee mental health a priority. While physical safety is at the forefront of Work Health and Safety laws and many workplaces are
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    Shedding the maths stigma

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/367-shedding-the-maths-stigma
    3 Aug 2017: Many of us gain a sense of control over a situation when we are able to create some kind of order. Teachers presented with a class full of children also tend to do this; grouping children with others who appear to be at the same level as them in
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