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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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    Researchers keen on quinoa's salty secret

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/446-researchers-keen-on-quinoas-salty-secret
    30 Oct 2017: A new study into the breeding of salt-tolerant crops has made an important finding, which could prove instrumental in long-term efforts to address global food security. The research, published in the journal Cell Research, found that quinoa, which
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    TIA scientist named Young Agronomist of the Year

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/418-tia-scientist-named-young-agronomist-of-the-year
    26 Sep 2017: The Agronomy Australia Young Agronomist Award was presented at the 18th Australian Agronomy Conference in Ballarat, Victoria. The award recognises an agronomist aged 36 or under for their record of publications, supervision of PhD candidates,
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    $150,000 to improve soil health for potato industry

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/338-150000-to-improve-soil-health-for-potato-industry
    3 Jul 2017: The one-year project is funded by Hort Innovation with in-kind contributions from TIA. It will provide tangible benefits to potato industry levy payers around Australia through the development of extension materials and identification of priorities
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    Lollies for cows: Plantain in the pasture

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/365-lollies-for-cows-plantain-in-the-pasture
    31 Jul 2017: New research at the Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture (TIA) is looking at how the inclusion of plantain in traditional ryegrass pastures can boost production and profitability for Tasmanian dairy farmers. TIA Dairy Research Fellow Pieter Raedts and
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    Agriculture graduate becomes a future industry leader

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/229-agriculture-graduate-becomes-a-future-industry-leader
    30 Jan 2017: An agriculture graduate from the University of Tasmania has received a prestigious $120,000 Westpac Future Leaders Scholarship to continue her research into Tasmania’s cider industry. Madeleine Way, 22, graduated from the University of Tasmania
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    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
  9. Thumbnail for Shedding the maths stigma

    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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    Criminality and Climate Change

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/254-criminality-and-climate-change
    3 Apr 2017: While the obvious impact of climate change is the increased temperature, rising sea-level and an impact to the ecology, there is also the issue of increased criminality. One of the many side-effects of climate change that many people don't make the
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    What we can learn from book clubs

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/420-what-we-can-learn-from-book-clubs
    3 Oct 2017: Children’s book clubs have been in the news lately. In July, ABC Online featured a number of Year 6 students who had formed their own clubs. The kids love their reading groups and the story describes how the groups form the basis of lasting

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