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Sustainable Living courses that can help you make your own home and…

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5 Jul 2023: Saving the planet starts in your own backyard and the University of Tasmania’s Sustainable Living course can equip you with everything you need to know to put your green thumb to work. Most people choose to study the Diploma of Sustainable Living
Tourism researcher to chair key industry body

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20 Oct 2023: Tourism researcher Anne Hardy has become the first academic, and first woman, to chair influential industry body Destination Southern Tasmania. Associate Professor Hardy, who has been a board member of the organisation for six years, will lead heavy
Law professor to help guide genomics health care future

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22 Aug 2023: Professor of Law Margaret Otlowski will help guide the nation’s use of genomic science for better health care with her appointment to a key Federal Government advisory body. Professor Otlowski will be part of the Expert Advisory Group on Genomics
New chapter for historic building at Inveresk

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24 May 2023: More than 150 staff from the University’s Student Services and Operations teams have become part of an exciting new chapter for the historic E. G. Stone Building. The site is now the headquarters of the University Service Network (USN) following
Many hands help the garden grow at Inveresk

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19 Apr 2023: Since the Community Food Garden at Inveresk was established in 2022, it’s not only been growing food, but a community of people who are gathering, sharing skills and connecting in this new place. A wide variety of vegetables have been harvested by
Giants of virtual reality walk the North West

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26 Jun 2023: A giant’s perspective of a North West landmark will be among the experiences when the University partners with the Sensing Table Cape project later this month. Led by digital technology experts from the School of Education, a research team has used
Learn how to live with fire

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11 Dec 2023: A free, online short course that explores the unpredictability of bushfires and how we live with them is teaching the community how to adapt in a changing climate. Dr Penelope Jones, who developed the short course, said this was a great opportunity
Rankings show Tasmania can lead the world in sustainability

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1 Jun 2023: Times Higher Education has announced that the University of Tasmania is ranked 5th in the world for its performance against the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals. The University is ranked 1st in the world – for the second year
Local contractor appointed for Makers transformation

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9 Jun 2023: An exciting future is coming to Burnie’s iconic Makers’ Workshop thanks to a new chapter being progressed by the University of Tasmania and its partners. Work has begun on a $4 million+ internal refurbishment with local firm Fairbrother leading
River’s Edge building opens in Launceston

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28 Jul 2023: The University of Tasmania’s new Launceston campus has reached a milestone today (Friday, 28 July) with the opening of the River’s Edge, a state-of-the-art learning and teaching facility for students and staff in the North. Vice-Chancellor
World-leading medical researcher takes on personal cancer challenge

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11 Oct 2023: World-leading melanoma researcher Professor Richard Scolyer AO, who received the 2021 University of Tasmania Distinguished Alumni Award, is turning his research focus to brain tumours in the hope of curing his own tumour, diagnosed this
Partnering for sustainability

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8 May 2023: The University wants to ensure that its considerable sustainability expertise and capabilities contribute to shaping practices and policy across Tasmania and beyond. Reflecting this goal, the Tasmanian Policy Exchange (TPE) was established in 2020
Law alumna Dr Alice Edwards on ridding the world of torture and other …

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13 Dec 2023: In July 2022, Dr Alice Edwards was appointed the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. Based in Italy, she is the first woman to hold this position, which is considered the
University Alumni Award winners' far-reaching impacts

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10 Nov 2023: Congratulations to the three University of Tasmania Alumni Award winners for 2023, who have been recognised for their globally significant work in antimicrobial resistance and sepsis, sea ice and climate change, and nursing. They are Professor Tim
Spotlight on Kim Beasy, Senior Lecturer in Curriculum and Pedagogy

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26 Jun 2023: Dr Kim Beasy specialises in education for sustainability. Kim’s teaching and research engage diverse communities in the social, environmental, economic and cultural dimensions of sustainability. She seeks to inform and show how transitions toward
New Cardiovascular Research Flagship for Tasmania

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7 Dec 2023: To tackle the prevalence of cardiovascular disease in Tasmania the University of Tasmania’s Menzies Institute for Medical Research has launched a new Cardiovascular Research Flagship. This Flagship will build on the success and impactful research
Cultural and community spirit alive at Inveresk

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10 Aug 2023: Tales of the past, present, and future have been shared at the opening celebration of the University’s new River’s Edge building at Inveresk which brought together more than 200 people on Friday, 28 July. While wet weather hampered plans for
‘I tend to be very gentle’: how teachers are navigating climate…

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31 Aug 2023: Climate change education is increasingly seen as an essential part of schooling. The main international test of 15-year-olds’ progress (which Australia participates in) has just announced the next round of testing will include environmental
Accounting for the future

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13 Dec 2023: As businesses around the world respond to the challenges and opportunities of climate change, people in the emerging field of carbon and climate accounting, like Himadri Mayadunne (MBA(I) 2021), are leading the way in sustainable business. “To me,
River's Edge opens at Inveresk

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13 Dec 2023: River’s Edge has opened in Inveresk, transforming the experience of studying and working at the University in Launceston. Members of the public, too, are invited to use the quintessentially Launceston building which, through outstanding