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Find a planet-first focus

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29 Apr 2024: Originally from the Gold Coast, Finlay Walton has always been fascinated by the unique lifestyle and environment of Tasmania. After a few trips down south for some outdoor adventures, he stumbled upon the University of Tasmania's Bachelor of
Jazz group SymmeTrio awarded Ossa Music Prize

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29 Jul 2024: Jazz outfit SymmeTrio has been awarded the prestigious 2024 Ossa Music Prize with a program highlighting their collaborative compositions. Bachelor of Music students Louis Monaghan (piano), Jode Brewster (saxophone) and Joshua Ford-King (trumpet)
How the gift of art is supporting travelling scholarships

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10 Jul 2024: Marie Edwards, a graduate of the Tasmanian School of Art, holds a unique place in the Tasmanian art scene. During her ascent in the 1970s she was one of the few women artists in the State working seriously in the area of abstraction. She is ranked
A unique Outdoor and Environmental Education experience in Tasmania

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30 Jul 2024: Tasmania’s unique landscape will be the classroom when the University offers a new range of courses for outdoor and environmental educators and guides from 2025. Three offerings will be introduced, including the nation’s only four-year combined
Calling all beer brewing enthusiasts

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25 Jul 2024: Do you fancy yourself as a beer brewer? Are you ready to put your beverage to the scientific test?The Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture (TIA) is holding a beer brewing competition for home brewers as well as current and former University of
A rising tide lifts all boats

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24 May 2024: Findlay Wright is exactly the kind of student Dr Ian and Jill Wilson hoped to assist when they provided a $1 million endowment toward scholarships at the University of Tasmania. Moving from North-West Tasmania to Hobart to study Findlay was doing
Celebrating the old and new of Hytten Hall

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15 Mar 2024: Hytten Hall college was formally re-established at Melville Street in central Hobart at a ceremony on 8 March, with college alumni and new residents meeting to share stories and make connections. The original Hytten Hall was a University college
Alumnus reveals warming tundra's carbon emissions

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9 May 2024: The importance of Arctic or alpine treeless expanses – the tundra – in terms of carbon emissions made international news last month. One of the international scientists involved in the 25-years-in-the-making study is Mark Hovenden, Professor of
Introducing The Hedberg Sounds

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22 Mar 2024: A new series of critically acclaimed performances gets underway at The Hedberg this month, showcasing Hobart’s home of intimate and unique music experiences. The Hedberg Sounds program will present five diverse performances from local and national
Supporting our best new journalists

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9 Jul 2024: Clancy Balen has been awarded Best New Journalist at the 2024 Tasmanian Media Awards. Mr Balen, who has been working as a journalist for two-and-a-half years, was one of the many winners on the night working for the ABC. “I’m a relatively new
Internship helped Imogen put her theory into practice

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3 Jul 2024: Imogen McMullen is still deciding exactly what career path she wants to pursue after finishing her degree but she’s confident she will be prepared for whatever it is. Currently in the final semester of her Bachelor of Arts in Hobart, majoring in
Boost to creativity with Island Magazine partnership

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21 Jun 2024: The University of Tasmania and Island Magazine have teamed up in a new partnership that aims to boost opportunities for students and local creatives. The two organisations have come together to collaborate on student workshops and internships,
From Tasmania’s West Coast to Federal Court Judge

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22 May 2024: The Hon. Justice Penelope Neskovcin (BEc-LLB Hons 1992) was appointed to the Federal Court of Australia on 8 February 2024. She graduated with a Bachelor of Economics and Bachelor of Laws (Hons) from the University of Tasmania in 1993. Prior to her
The art of making a difference

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24 May 2024: Gifting the joy of musicAccessibility to the arts was an important driver for former University of Tasmania Deputy Chancellor, business leader and alumnus Dr Rod Roberts and Mrs Cecile Roberts when they established the Ossa Music Prize. “We want to
The legacy of a life lived large

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10 Jul 2024: Dr Leon Wescombe (BSc Hons ’05) lived large, whether in his research into cystic fibrosis and thyroid disease or participating in his love of adventure sports and the great outdoors. “He had some big breakthroughs – his papers were sent to
Pianist Sarah Chick awarded Ossa Music Prize

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14 Jul 2023: Pianist Sarah Chick has been awarded the prestigious 2023 Ossa Music Prize with a program highlighting the work of lesser-known women composers. Third-year Bachelor of Music student Sarah receives a prize valued at $10,000, which includes $2500 for
Business focus thrives on the North-West

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24 May 2024: For Vincent McDonagh, receiving the 2023 Business Northwest Bursary has not only eased financial pressures, it has provided valuable connections with the business community. “I went to the Business Northwest meeting and spoke, and ever since then
Spotlight on Dr Tamara Wood, Senior Lecturer in Law

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23 Feb 2024: What inspires you about teaching and interacting with students in Law?Law students are society’s future change makers. Many of our students come into their Law degree with a vision for a better world and, all going well, they leave it with a set
Law students’ national president focusing on regions

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22 May 2024: Lucy Milne (BSc-LLB 2023) has taken the reins of the Australian Law Students’ Association as its national president. With the ALSA Annual Conference heading to Hobart in July, we asked Lucy what motivated her to study Law and what she’s focusing
Literacy roundtables encourage Tasmanian solutions

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24 May 2024: A report by the Australian Education Union estimates 50 per cent of Tasmania’s population has inadequate reading skills for their daily life. Seeing the need for solutions, a two-day symposium – the Cuthill Family Foundation Early Years Literacy