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  2. Thumbnail for 3 reasons students choose not to learn a language in high school

    3 reasons students choose not to learn a language in high school

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2022/1250-3-reasons-students-choose-not-to-learn-a-language-in-high-school
    26 Apr 2022: Fewer students are choosing language electives at school but, contrary to popular perception, it isn’t purely a lack of interest causing the decline. My recent study suggests students want to study a language, but can’t. Language electives
  3. Thumbnail for The Underwood Centre's first PhD graduate highlights the benefits of distance learning

    The Underwood Centre's first PhD graduate highlights the benefits …

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/The-Underwood-Centres-first-PhD-graduate
    27 Mar 2024: In a milestone moment for the Peter Underwood Centre at the University of Tasmania, Debra Urquhart became the first PhD graduate supervised through the Centre on 20 March 2024. The ceremony marked the culmination of years of dedicated research about
  4. Thumbnail for Stay frosty: Antarctic science for kids, reviewed by kids

    Stay frosty: Antarctic science for kids, reviewed by kids

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/Stay-frosty-Antarctic-science-for-kids,-reviewed-by-kids
    12 Aug 2024: To mark National Science Week, Hobart scientists have presented a special collection of articles about Antarctica and the Southern Ocean to Libraries Tasmania. What makes this collection different is that the 23 articles written by scientists were
  5. Thumbnail for Fine Art student’s climate study takes National Photography Prize

    Fine Art student’s climate study takes National Photography Prize

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/fine-art-students-climate-study-takes-national-photography-prize
    27 Mar 2024: Fine Art PhD candidate Ellen Dahl has been awarded the prestigious $30,000 National Photography Prize 2024. Ms Dahl was awarded the prize for Four Days Before Winter, a selection from her PhD project completed in the School of Creative Arts and Media
  6. Thumbnail for Age matters: new age-ID tool set to revolutionise threatened seabird conservation

    Age matters: new age-ID tool set to revolutionise threatened seabird…

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/age-matters-new-age-id-tool-set-to-revolutionise-threatened-seabird-conservation
    9 Aug 2024: Scientists have developed a rapid and accurate way to estimate the age of a seabird, which could revolutionise the way threatened seabird populations are assessed – and boost conservation efforts. “Some seabirds can live for over 70 years, but
  7. Thumbnail for Students receive $133,000 to make a positive impact on the Tasmanian agricultural industry

    Students receive $133,000 to make a positive impact on the Tasmanian…

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/students-receive-$133,000-to-make-a-positive-impact-on-the-tasmanian-agricultural-industry
    30 Apr 2024: Agricultural science scholarships presentationThe future looks bright for agricultural science students who were awarded scholarships totalling over $133,000 to pursue their passion of making a positive impact on Tasmania’s agriculture and food
  8. Thumbnail for Record-smashing heatwaves are hitting Antarctica and the Arctic

    Record-smashing heatwaves are hitting Antarctica and the Arctic

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2022/1220-record-smashing-heatwaves-are-hitting-antarctica-and-the-arctic
    22 Mar 2022: Windmill Islands, near Casey Research Station, Antarctica. Dana M Bergstrom (Author provided). Record-breaking heatwaves hit both Antarctica and the Arctic simultaneously this week, with temperatures reaching 47℃ and 30℃ higher than
  9. Thumbnail for New arrival: baby Maugean skate hatches from captive-laid egg in world first for the endangered species

    New arrival: baby Maugean skate hatches from captive-laid egg in…

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/new-arrival-baby-maugean-skate-hatches-from-captive-laid-egg-in-world-first-for-the-endangered-species
    13 Aug 2024: For the first time ever, a baby Maugean skate has hatched from an egg laid in captivity – and scientists are looking forward to more arrivals soon. It’s an exciting time for marine ecologists at the University of Tasmania’s Institute for Marine
  10. Thumbnail for Australian Antarctic scientists in bid for NASA space mission

    Australian Antarctic scientists in bid for NASA space mission

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/australian-antarctic-scientists-in-bid-for-nasa-space-mission
    15 May 2024: Two Antarctic scientists in Tasmania are part of an international team selected by NASA to develop a new satellite mission for monitoring the effects of climate and vegetation change. Dr Petra Heil of the Australian Antarctic Division, and Dr Alex
  11. Thumbnail for PhD candidate receives industry-funded scholarship

    PhD candidate receives industry-funded scholarship

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/phd-candidate-receives-industry-funded-scholarship
    9 May 2024: PhD candidate Ibrahim Ahmad has received an industry-funded scholarship worth $10,000 each year, providing a financial boost while he is researching ways to reduce enteric methane emissions from livestock. The Tim Healey Memorial Scholarship was
  12. Thumbnail for How did COVID-19 affect student learning?

    How did COVID-19 affect student learning?

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/how-did-covid-19-affect-student-learning
    26 Sep 2023: Most of us remember where we were at different points in the timeline of COVID-19 lockdowns. One such moment was Monday 30 March 2020, when Tasmanian schools were closed without anyone knowing when they might re-open. Even if you weren’t attending
  13. Thumbnail for Spotlight on Dr Nicholas Blackburn

    Spotlight on Dr Nicholas Blackburn

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/spotlight-on-dr-nicholas-blackburn
    14 Aug 2024: Dr Blackburn is a Senior Research Fellow in Computational Genomics at the University of Tasmania’s Menzies Institute for Medical Research. Genetics, he says, has an important role in the development of MS with around one in five people with MS
  14. Thumbnail for Going deeper for healthy offshore reefs in Storm Bay

    Going deeper for healthy offshore reefs in Storm Bay

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/going-deeper-for-healthy-offshore-reefs-in-storm-bay
    25 Jul 2024: Scientists have used high-tech underwater robots to take a closer look at the deep offshore reefs on the east coast of Bruny Island in Tasmania – and have revealed the seabed biodiversity there for the first time. In a new study, researchers at the
  15. Thumbnail for New exhibition turns spotlight on marine species and habitats under pressure

    New exhibition turns spotlight on marine species and habitats under…

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/new-exhibition-turns-spotlight-on-marine-species-and-habitats-under-pressure
    23 May 2024: Human activities and a changing climate are putting species and ecosystems under pressure. In Antarctica, marine predators are on thin ice. In Tasmania, many marine species and habitats are found nowhere else on earth. And for many, there is nowhere
  16. Thumbnail for Giving back to our seas

    Giving back to our seas

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/giving-back-to-our-seas
    24 May 2024: Hobart is a long way from Alberta, Canada, but for University of Tasmania PhD student Kianna Gallagher it is just the ticket for a project investigating the relationship between humans and oceans. Kianna is particularly interested in how people can
  17. Thumbnail for Antarctic science and art meet for Tasmanian premiere of groundbreaking opera

    Antarctic science and art meet for Tasmanian premiere of…

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/antarctic-science-and-art-meet-for-tasmanian-premiere-of-groundbreaking-opera
    4 Apr 2024: A unique collaboration between the arts and sciences at the University of Tasmania will be realised with the Tasmanian premiere of the groundbreaking opera ANTARCTICA this month. ANTARCTICA in concert will represent the culmination of work begun
  18. Thumbnail for Forum helping to abate livestock emissions

    Forum helping to abate livestock emissions

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/forum-helping-to-abate-livestock-emissions
    29 Apr 2024: TIA Future Forum: Ensuring a sustainable future for Australia's ruminant livestock productionThe Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture (TIA) is hosting a virtual Future Forum on 14 May to discuss opportunities identified by Australian scientists to
  19. Thumbnail for Overcoming barriers in an online learning community

    Overcoming barriers in an online learning community

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/overcoming-barriers-in-an-online-learning-community
    24 Apr 2024: Boosting online learning’s potential to overcome barriers to university study will be the focus of new research in the School of Education. Strategies to better engage students, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds, will be explored in
  20. Thumbnail for Tasmanian fisheries forensics technology set to improve global catch management

    Tasmanian fisheries forensics technology set to improve global catch…

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/tasmanian-fisheries-forensics-technology-set-to-improve-global-catch-management
    24 May 2024: In 2020, global wild capture fisheries production was estimated at 90. 3 million tonnes, valued at $141 billion USD, according to a 2022 report by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO). However, Dr Madeline Green from the University of
  21. Thumbnail for On the map: new portal to support Tasmanian marine planning decisions

    On the map: new portal to support Tasmanian marine planning decisions

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/on-the-map-new-portal-to-support-tasmanian-marine-planning-decisions
    28 May 2024: A new online mapping portal that collates information on Tasmania’s marine activities, and the environments in which they occur, will inform the state’s marine planning decisions – and will make spatial data more user-friendly and accessible
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    Telescopic visionary

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/telescopic-visionary
    24 May 2024: Family camping trips in the wilds of British Columbia were a formative time for entrepreneur and keen astronomer Caisey Harlingten. Lying on his back and gazing up at the night sky, he became captivated by space. “Looking up at the deep, dark,
  23. Thumbnail for Children's University graduations are all about the love of learning

    Children's University graduations are all about the love of…

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/childrens-university-graduations-are-all-about-the-love-of-learning
    15 Nov 2023: More than 700 children and young people will celebrate their learning success with family, school leaders and community partners in the annual Children’s University Tasmania graduation ceremonies throughout November. Nine ceremonies will be held in
  24. Thumbnail for Marine zooplankton bring global meeting to Hobart

    Marine zooplankton bring global meeting to Hobart

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/marine-zooplankton-bring-global-meeting-to-hobart
    14 Mar 2024: More than 340 scientists from 38 countries gather in Hobart next week for a major international conference about marine zooplankton, the most abundant and diverse ‘eco-influencers’ on the planet. As the estimated 28,000 species of animals that
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    Welcoming The Conversation

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/welcoming-the-conversation
    28 May 2024: Alumna and Deputy Editor Politics and Society at The Conversation Erin Cooper-Douglas will be based on-campus as part of a new collaboration with the University of Tasmania. The University has partnered with the leading publisher of research-based
  26. Thumbnail for Literacy roundtables to encourage Tasmanian solutions

    Literacy roundtables to encourage Tasmanian solutions

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/literacy-roundtables-to-encourage-tasmanian-solutions
    27 Jun 2023: Researchers, policy-makers and community representatives will come together on a mission to improve literacy levels in Tasmania. Early years literacy will be the focus of the two-day Cuthill Family Foundation Literacy Roundtables to take place at
  27. Thumbnail for Parliamentary Library opportunity for health worker researcher

    Parliamentary Library opportunity for health worker researcher

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/parliamentary-library-opportunity-for-health-worker-researcher
    2 Feb 2024: What’s it like for overseas trained workers in the Australian health system? What kind of experience do they have, and do they actually want to stay?Twenty per cent of the Australian registered health workforce has been trained overseas, a figure
  28. Thumbnail for Spotlight on Dr Tamara Wood, Senior Lecturer in Law

    Spotlight on Dr Tamara Wood, Senior Lecturer in Law

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/spotlight-on-dr-tamara-wood,-senior-lecturer-in-law
    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
  29. Thumbnail for Scientists urge caution on marine-based carbon dioxide removal methods

    Scientists urge caution on marine-based carbon dioxide removal methods

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/scientists-urge-caution-on-marine-based-carbon-dioxide-removal-methods
    7 Jun 2024: Limited understanding of basic ocean processes is hindering progress in marine carbon dioxide (CO2) removal, with the ongoing commercialisation of some approaches both premature and misguided, scientists say. In a new paper published in Environmental
  30. Thumbnail for Back to the wild: rescued red handfish returned to the sea

    Back to the wild: rescued red handfish returned to the sea

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/back-to-the-wild-rescued-red-handfish-returned-to-the-sea
    7 May 2024: Red handfish have been returned to the wild, after scientists rescued them this summer to protect their fragile population from record high sea and atmospheric temperatures. Scientists at the University of Tasmania’s Institute for Marine and
  31. Thumbnail for AAPP sea-ice scientist wins global glaciology award

    AAPP sea-ice scientist wins global glaciology award

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/aapp-sea-ice-scientist-wins-global-glaciology-award
    27 Feb 2024: A Hobart-based scientist from the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) has received a prestigious honour from the International Glaciological Society. Dr Pat Wongpan, a sea-ice biologist with the Australian Antarctic Program Partnership
  32. Thumbnail for Going back to the Beagle for marine park health check

    Going back to the Beagle for marine park health check

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/going-back-to-the-beagle-for-marine-park-health-check
    6 Aug 2024: Scientists are heading out with underwater robots to re-survey the coarse sands, sponge-covered reefs and mysterious gatherings of sharks at the Beagle Marine Park in Bass Strait. The two-week voyage on marine research vessel (MRV) Ngerin left from
  33. Thumbnail for Alumni honoured

    Alumni honoured

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/alumni-honoured
    15 Feb 2024: We continue to be inspired by the ground-breaking contributions to medicine of alumnus Professor Richard Scolyer AO (BMedSc ‘87, MBBS ‘90) who has been awarded Joint Australian of the Year in the 2024 Australia Day Honours for work in melanoma
  34. Thumbnail for The dawn of the Antarctic ice sheets

    The dawn of the Antarctic ice sheets

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/the-dawn-of-the-antarctic-ice-sheets
    8 Jul 2024: Scientists have achieved a world first, combining unique geological samples from the seafloor with sophisticated modelling to reveal the origins of the Antarctic ice sheet. Global warming is affecting today’s Antarctic ice sheet. The ‘eternal’
  35. Thumbnail for Fine Art student takes prestigious Glover Prize

    Fine Art student takes prestigious Glover Prize

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/fine-arts-student-takes-prestigious-glover-prize
    16 Mar 2023: Fine Art student Joanna Chew has taken out one of Australia’s most significant awards for landscape painting, the $75,000 Glover Prize. Ms Chew, a PhD student in the School of Creative Arts and Media, won for her entry titled Tender. Jo Chew,
  36. Thumbnail for How a backyard project inspired a career that is protecting our reefs

    How a backyard project inspired a career that is protecting our reefs

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/how-a-backyard-project-inspired-a-career-that-is-protecting-our-reefs
    13 Dec 2023: Associate Professor Scott Ling's (BSc Hons 2000, PhD 2009) fascination with science began as a backyard project when he was a boy growing up in Tasmania. With his cocker spaniel by his side, he became aware of a brown trout in the stream that ran
  37. Thumbnail for Education researcher Carmel Hobbs awarded ABC residency

    Education researcher Carmel Hobbs awarded ABC residency

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/education-researcher-carmel-hobbs-awarded-abc-residency
    7 Jul 2023: Education researcher Carmel Hobbs has been recognised as one of the country’s most promising academic communicators with a sought-after ABC Top 5 residency. Carmel has been selected as one of five Humanities focused researchers to undertake a
  38. Thumbnail for Climate risks projected to bring steep falls in fish biomass around the world's ocean

    Climate risks projected to bring steep falls in fish biomass around…

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/climate-risks-projected-to-bring-steep-falls-in-fish-biomass-around-the-worlds-ocean
    12 Jul 2024: Scientists are warning that exploitable fish biomass faces climate risks across nearly all regions of the world's ocean, including top producer countries and those with a high reliance on aquatic foods, under a high-emissions scenario. Global
  39. Thumbnail for Alumni composers look to world stage

    Alumni composers look to world stage

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/alumni-composers-look-to-world-stage
    27 Apr 2023: Two University of Tasmania alumni are among just six composers selected to represent Australia at a prestigious international contemporary music showcase. Music graduates Angus Davison and Dominic Flynn have had pieces selected for possible
  40. Thumbnail for Floating robots reveal just how much airborne dust fertilises the Southern Ocean – a key climate ‘shock absorber’

    Floating robots reveal just how much airborne dust fertilises the…

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/floating-robots-reveal-just-how-much-airborne-dust-fertilises-the-southern-ocean-a-key-climate-shock-absorber
    16 May 2024: The Southern Ocean, a region critical to Earth’s climate, hosts vast blooms of microscopic ocean plants known as phytoplankton. They form the very basis of the Antarctic food web. Using a fleet of robotic floats, our study published in Nature today
  41. Thumbnail for World-leading medical researcher takes on personal cancer challenge

    World-leading medical researcher takes on personal cancer challenge

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/world-leading-medical-researcher-takes-on-personal-cancer-challenge
    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
  42. Thumbnail for Researcher takes up fight against oxalis

    Researcher takes up fight against oxalis

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/researcher-takes-up-fight-against-oxalis
    24 Jan 2024: View or download the project factsheet (PDF 376. 5 KBThis article was written by Karolin MacGregor and was published in Tasmanian Country Newspaper on 12 January 2024. It is fast becoming one of Tasmania's most invasive weeds but at this stage not
  43. Thumbnail for Fulbright scholars awarded for US study

    Fulbright scholars awarded for US study

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/fulbright-scholars-awarded-for-us-study
    14 Feb 2024: Three academics and alumni from the University of Tasmania have been recognised with prestigious Fulbright Scholarships. In areas across climate change communication, artificial intelligence in medicine and contemporary voice, the researchers will be
  44. Thumbnail for 7 red flags your teen might be in an abusive relationship – and 6 signs it’s escalating

    7 red flags your teen might be in an abusive relationship – and 6…

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/7-red-flags-your-teen-might-be-in-an-abusive-relationship-and-6-signs-its-escalating
    13 Sep 2023: Australian teens need adults to help them recognise red flags for potentially abusive relationships. Dr Carmel Hobbs, School of Education The Australian Bureau of Statistics estimates 2. 2 million adults have been victims of physical and/or sexual
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    Professor Craig Johnson

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/professor-craig-johnson
    10 Feb 2023: BSc Hons 1980University of Tasmania ecologist and alumnus Professor Craig Johnson has spent his career underwater. He has dived under the ice with the navy in Canada, studied the rich kelp forests off South Africa, and researched the crown-of-thorns
  46. Thumbnail for From TB to COVID-19 and back again

    From TB to COVID-19 and back again

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/from-tb-to-covid-19-and-back-again
    13 Dec 2023: Dr Clare Smith’s face is beaming. She’s standing in front of a small silver plaque fastened to a white brick wall. Underneath the name of her department, Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, are two words that signal the start of a new chapter in
  47. Thumbnail for Ocean detectives return with climate clues

    Ocean detectives return with climate clues

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/ocean-detectives-return-with-climate-clues
    4 Mar 2024: The longest science voyage by CSIRO research vessel RV Investigator has returned to Australia with one of the most comprehensive datasets ever collected in the Southern Ocean. Over 60 days and 12,000 kilometres, the voyage led by the Australian
  48. Thumbnail for A biting discovery about Tasmanian devils

    A biting discovery about Tasmanian devils

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/a-biting-discovery-about-tasmanian-devils
    13 Dec 2023: A Tasmanian devil expert has uncovered an evolutionary quirk that sets carnivorous marsupials apart from the crowd – and the secret lies behind their smiles. Professor Menna Jones from the University of Tasmania’s School of Natural Sciences has
  49. Thumbnail for Connecting with our neighbours through education

    Connecting with our neighbours through education

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/connecting-with-our-neighbours-through-education
    6 Jun 2023: The University will help build connections between educators in Australia and across South-East Asia when a ground-breaking webinar series continues this month. The Australia-ASEAN Academics Forum was formed in 2021 to improve online education
  50. Thumbnail for Spotlight on Kim Beasy, Senior Lecturer in Curriculum and Pedagogy

    Spotlight on Kim Beasy, Senior Lecturer in Curriculum and Pedagogy

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/spotlight-on-kim-beasy,-senior-lecturer-in-curriculum-and-pedagogy
    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
  51. Thumbnail for Marine CO2 removal technologies could depend on the appetite of the ocean’s tiniest animals

    Marine CO2 removal technologies could depend on the appetite of the…

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/marine-co-removal-technologies-could-depend-on-the-appetite-of-the-oceans-tiniest-animals
    17 Jun 2024: As the world struggles to decarbonise, it’s becoming increasingly clear we’ll need to both rapidly reduce emissions and actively remove carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere. The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report

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