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Empowered to improve the lives of others

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22 Nov 2023: Nicole McKillop had a dream of becoming a zoologist. She loved animals and wanted to dedicate her life to studying and protecting them. I grew up around animals. I grew up riding horses, owning rabbits. When I ride a horse my vision impairment is not
Climate Accounting is the future for a low-carbon economy

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/climate-accounting-is-the-future-for-a-low-carbon-economy

26 Jun 2024: Accounting isn’t just about money these days. Businesses are increasingly needing to keep track of their emissions, waste, and other environmental factors as well. And with demand for “Climate Accountants” on the rise, accounting students like
International study centre for Melbourne CBD

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3 Mar 2023: The University of Tasmania will open a specialist international study centre in the centre of Melbourne. The centre will enable international students who prefer to live in large metropolitan centres to study with the University of Tasmania,
Partnering with industry to enhance the future of sustainable business

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16 Feb 2024: The University of Tasmania has partnered with Sumday, an innovative Tasmanian-based carbon accounting platform, to enhance its sustainability-focused courses and increase the state's access to sustainable business education. The Executive Dean of the
The Underwood Centre's first PhD graduate highlights the benefits …

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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
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
Students master music technology with expert instruction

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10 Jun 2019: The best way to get ready for work in the music industry? Learn from leading musicians. University of Tasmania Conservatorium of Music students had the chance to take a masterclass with leading industry musicians instructing them how to best use
School holidays a window for learning for Children's University…

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21 Jul 2023: A school holiday program for Children's University Tasmania families was drawing to a close at the School of Creative Arts and Media - Media School, University of Tasmania, when words that felt like music to our ears, if not our soul, were uttered
Children's University opens a new door to learning

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6 Jul 2023: For Michelle Wilson and her daughters Ashlegh and Alyssa, Children's University Tasmania has become an exciting part of daily life. Their involvement in Children's University began four years ago when the program was launched at the student's primary
Talking Leadership program brings Tasmanian leaders together

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7 Dec 2023: Like most great ideas, Talking Leadership started with good people, good conversation, and – most importantly - a spot of lunch. Dr Toby Newstead, an internationally respected leadership academic at the Tasmanian School of Business and Economics,
Risk environments put to the test in new MND research

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28 Nov 2022: A team of Tasmanian researchers will lead a new study into how interactions between an individual’s genetics and the environment in which they live contribute to motor neurone disease (MND). Associate Professor Tony Cook, from the University of
Parliamentary Library opportunity for health worker researcher

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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
"Profound impact," legacy of a $10m multiple sclerosis…

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1 Jul 2024: A world-first stem cell biobank and a groundbreaking clinical trial for brain repair treatment are among the significant advances in multiple sclerosis (MS) research at the Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania. These
A feeling of community is important to Lily’s study experience

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28 Jun 2021: Lily grew up on the coast of NSW. After finishing School, she realised that she wouldn’t feel right heading straight into university. She knew she had a passion for travel and wanted to explore the world before picking up study again. So, she
Youth justice system responses to sex offences to be reviewed

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8 Jun 2023: The ability of the state’s youth justice system to respond effectively to sex offences committed by young people will be reviewed by the Tasmania Law Reform Institute. The Institute has received State Government funding of $197,000 to conduct the
A billion signals that tell our oceans’ story

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18 Dec 2023: The Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS), a network of equipment ranging from autonomous floats, moorings, buoys, gliders, radars and even tagged seals, has collected and delivered more than 1 billion measurements from across Australia’s
Exhibitions shine spotlight on young artists

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28 Sep 2022: For the past year a group of Year 11 and 12 students across the state have immersed themselves in a creative arts program with the University of Tasmania. Now their artistic endeavours will be on display for all to see at one of three Object Design
Literary prize fosters new Tasmanian stories

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16 Dec 2022: Award-winning author Cameron Hindrum The University of Tasmania Prize has been taken out by alumnus Cameron Hindrum at the 2022 Tasmanian Literary Awards. Mr Hindrum won the $10,000 prize, awarded for the best new unpublished literary work by a
Law alumna keen to share career options

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4 May 2023: Hailing from Blackmans Bay, Law alumna Georgina Barnes BEc-LLB(Hons) 2019, AssocDegPhil 2022, is now an Associate specialising in dispute resolution at Baker McKenzie in Sydney. Georgina works across a broad range of the law on matters which are in
Food sustainability the focus for AgriCULTURED conversation

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1 Aug 2023: Helping communities understand and nurture resilient local food systems will be the focus for Professor Alana Mann at this week’s AgriCULTURED event in the state’s North. The University’s Professor of Media and Communication, who specialises in
Law graduates tackle war crimes with scholarship

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27 Jan 2023: Two Law graduates will work with war crimes prosecutors in The Hague after being awarded $25,000 scholarships. Gabrielle Gee and Chun Yu have each been awarded the Tim Hawkins Memorial Scholarship, allowing them to work in the Prosecutor’s office
Bicentennial art protest looks back to the future

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10 Mar 2023: A landmark art series that protested Australia’s bicentennial celebrations will be shown for the first time in its entirety since 1988 alongside new works at the University of Tasmania. Right Here Right Now – Australia 1988 featured 32
From teacher to Law graduate and University Medallist

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29 Feb 2024: Penny Stevenson found satisfaction in a teaching career for more than two decades, but still there was an itch to scratch. She’d wondered sometimes about other paths and, when the opportunity arose to study Introduction to Law as a one-off unit,
45,000 hours of extra-curricular learning and counting

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15 Jan 2024: Children’s University Tasmania has had its biggest year yet. Last November 742 young people graduated across nine ceremonies in Hobart, Launceston, Burnie and Devonport. Over 1,300 active Children’s University Tasmania members at 52 schools
Music students find a Malaysian groove

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/music-students-find-a-malaysian-groove

2 Mar 2023: A group of Music students has had the chance to move to a different rhythm with a two-week experience in Malaysia. Students studying classical, jazz, pop, songwriting and musical technology have jammed with traditional instruments, immersed
Pioneering educator receives top award

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24 Oct 2023: Alumna and Associate Professor Clair Andersen has become the first Aboriginal person to receive a prestigious award from the Australian Council for Educational Leaders. Associate Professor Andersen has been awarded the ACEL’s Tasmanian Eminent
Brain's 'garbage disposal units' could impact on…

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30 Aug 2023: New research looking at whether the brain’s “garbage disposal units” - microglia - play an active role in the progression of Alzheimer’s disease has received a funding boost. Research into Alzheimer’s disease has focused on amyloid beta
A Tasmanian Requiem

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24 Apr 2018: On December 26, 1847, a small group of Aboriginal people sat in the Lieutenant-Governor’s box at Hobart’s Theatre Royal watching a new pantomime. A local newspaper reported how “the natives … seemed gratified at their first public
Co-designing with kids

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5 Mar 2024: In community centres, galleries and museums in the North and North-West of Tasmania, the Limitless Learning program brings together staff from participating institutions and young people from local schools to jointly construct activities for future
New Director for Tasmania Law Reform Institute

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10 Feb 2023: The University of Tasmania’s Jeremy Prichard (BA/LLB ’97, BA Hons ’98, PhD ‘04) has been appointed Director of the Tasmania Law Reform Institute. "I look forward to working closely with the Institute’s Board to serve Tasmanians through
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
Promoting options for cutting Tasmania’s transport emissions

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1 Aug 2023: Tasmania may be one of the few places on earth which has already reached net-zero and has a head start in the transition to a low-carbon future. Our next challenge is to start the hard work of reducing emissions across the entire economy from heavy
Setting the scene on campus

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30 May 2019: If you were to look around a dim, chilly pottery studio, you would probably just see a space for making ceramics. Alistair Reilly looked around and instantly saw a morgue. A little unusual, but as a location manager for film and TV, his job is to see
100% of young people surveyed believe that every secondary school…

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/100-of-young-people-surveyed-believe-that-every-secondary-school-should-have-a-uni-hub

24 Jan 2024: Since 2017, we have worked in partnership with the State Government to deliver and grow our School-Higher Education Learning Hubs (Uni Hubs) at Claremont College and Newstead College. In 2023, Uni Hubs were also embedded at Don College, Hellyer
Live program to engage young Tasmanians during COVID-19 isolation

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29 Apr 2020: A new, interactive online show for young Tasmanians is the Peter Underwood Centre’s latest response to COVID-19 isolation. The weekly program, UCTV Alive for Kids, will feature a presentation by a University of Tasmania researcher and a Q&A
Fine Art student takes prestigious Glover Prize

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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,
A Rising Star is born

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24 Aug 2017: Third year Bachelor of Music student Maraika Smit, 21, has been named the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra’s new Rising Star. Maraika, who plays the horn, was selected from a number of entrants to receive the title, and will perform solo with the TSO
Theatre Makers to immerse themselves in new musical production

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2022/theatre-makers-to-immerse-themselves-in-new-musical-production

11 Nov 2022: A successful weekend festival is finding ways to cultivate and nurture artistic talent right here in Tasmania. The University of Tasmania is partnering with the Australian Musical Theatre Festival for the Maker’s Weekend – a bespoke festival
United Nations partnership encourages Tasmanian community to cross…

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/united-nations-partnership-encourages-tasmanian-community-to-cross-the-divide

15 May 2023: Encouraging Tasmanians to bridge local divisions about vital environmental and heritage issues will be at the heart of a new partnership with a United Nations agency. Making good decisions, with less damaging conflict, about the state’s natural,
John Clark AM

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9 Mar 2023: BA Hons 1954, MA 1956, honoris causa 2003John Clark AM, Director of Australia’s National Institute for Dramatic Art (NIDA) for four decades, has an eye for talent. An eye too for story and for teaching. A firm believer in practicing what you preach,
Ossa Prize the launching pad for singer’s burgeoning career

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17 Mar 2020: The University of Tasmania alumna is being catapulted onto the national stage, spending 2020 performing in the award-winning musical. Naarah is delighted to be fulfilling her dream of touring Australia in the show, which is based on the true story
Law alumna breaks glass ceiling to become a Malaysian federal minister

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10 May 2023: Malaysian member of parliament Hannah Yeoh (LLB 2001, GradCertLegalPrac 2003) has created history in her country. In 2013, prior to becoming a federal minister, she was appointed Selangor Legislative Assembly Speaker – the youngest speaker and the
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
How did COVID-19 affect student learning?

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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
$100m innovation to secure sustainable forestry future

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12 Mar 2024: The future of sustainable forestry received a significant boost today with the official launch of the Albanese Government’s $100 million Australian Forest and Wood Innovations (AFWI) program. AFWI is a collaboration between the Albanese Government
Books, nature and connection to place in new city mural

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6 Jul 2022: The University’s accommodation and learning precinct on Melville St will be enlivened by the major artwork, as further planned stages of work on a new laneway are completed. Dr Benjamin Kluss, or Jamin, recently completed a PhD at the University of
Scoring a new path at the Hedberg

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3 Dec 2020: Collaborating, rehearsing, performing and recording can all take place in a single day at the Hedberg. Our second year Bachelor of Music students were the first to do just that. Specialising in either Commercial Music Creation, Music Technology, or
Law Week talks tackle human rights, social change and (de)extinction

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/law-week-talks-tackle-human-rights,-social-change-and-deextinction

3 May 2023: The University will host talks on some of our most important legal issues, as well as an opening address from Tasmania’s Chief Justice when Law Week kicks off later this month. The Hon Alan Blow AO will officially launch Law Week Tasmania 2023 at
Tasmania’s 2024 Rhodes Scholar has already started giving back

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3 Nov 2023: As schools emerged from the COVID lockdowns, Billy Blackett saw a universal problem – students were struggling with the impacts of the pandemic on their learning. He turned his entrepreneurial and altruistic spirit to the problem. What was a
Conservatorium leader lends his voice to community festival

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29 Jun 2016: Associate Professor Andrew Legg cut his teeth in the music industry playing piano for the likes of Stevie Wonder and Aretha Franklin. Now the Director of the University’s Conservatorium of Music has lent his expertise to a “Gospel Bootcamp” at