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Innovative teaching turns anatomy inside out

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2016/71-innovative-teaching-turns-anatomy-inside-out

21 Apr 2016: Smart phones and ‘doodling’ might be seen as distractions by some teachers, but to award-winning teaching innovator, Dr Jamie Chapman they’re just another way of engaging students. Originally trained as a biological microscopist, Dr
Ten Commandments for graduates according to Justice Michael Kirby

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/504-ten-commandments-for-graduates-according-to-justice-michael-kirby

21 Dec 2017: Graduating University of Tasmania law and social science students were lucky to receive sound and experienced advice from the Honourable Justice Michael Kirby AC, CMG as they embark on the next chapter of their lives. Justice Kirby, who is one of
From pastry chef to hospitality teacher

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2016/95-from-pastry-chef-to-hospitality-teacher

2 Jun 2016: Kirsten Bacon has two passions. One is pastisserie, and the other is helping students learn. “I came to University as a non-school leaver. When I left school I went into a pastry chef apprenticeship. I had always wanted to be a teacher as well,
Women of colour in science face a subtly hostile work environment

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2020/983-women-of-colour-in-science-face-a-subtly-hostile-work-environment

12 Feb 2020: It’s hard for women to succeed in science. Our research shows it’s even harder for women of colour. We interviewed women of colour working in scientific and technical organisations across Australia about their experiences. As well as direct
Scientists, teachers, warriors

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8 May 2023: Over the course of a long and dynamic academic career, now in its sixth decade, geographer and conservation ecologist Professor Jamie Kirkpatrick has focused increasingly on changes to the natural world from human – usually economic –
New research finds widespread violence against Australian mosques

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2021/1119-new-research-finds-widespread-violence-against-australian-mosques

19 Mar 2021: The horrendous mass murders in New Zealand on March 15 2019 had a strong link with Australia. The New Zealand royal commission into the attacks found the Australian perpetrator had long subscribed to violent right-wing Islamophobia and had taken
Bruny energy research project powers up

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/375-bruny-energy-research-project-powers-up

17 Aug 2017: The rapid changes in the energy sector are driving some of the biggest innovations experienced in centuries. How energy is consumed today, and where will it come from tomorrow, are some of the bigger questions being asked the world over. Central to
Taking Tassie tourism online

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2016/191-taking-tassie-tourism-online

14 Nov 2016: A love of tourism, Tassie, and people made Marketing Management student Mark Acheson the perfect person to give a popular outdoors brand an online boost. Mark holds a Bachelor of Arts majoring in Journalism, and worked in journalism for two years
For some kids, texting ability brings worries into socialising

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/351-for-some-kids-texting-ability-brings-worries-into-socialising

13 Jul 2017: Texting could be creating a literacy issue for children, but it is not the problem most people would expect. In a presentation to Education Transforms 2017 in Hobart, written language expert Dr Nenagh Kemp said her research with colleagues in the UK
Finding friends in a new land

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2018/641-finding-friends-in-a-new-land

11 Jun 2018: Story by Susan Oong. Banner image by Richard Jupe. Kicking a soccer ball around helped forge the friendship between Hazara asylum seeker Haji Alizada and University of Tasmania social housing researcher Julia Verdouw. Now 23, Alizada is an entrepreneur
Will the Najib Razak verdict be a watershed moment for Malaysia?

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2020/1040-will-the-najib-razak-verdict-be-a-watershed-moment-for-malaysia

30 Jul 2020: By Professor James ChinMalaysians are rejoicing the news this week that former Prime Minister Najib Razak has been found guilty on seven charges related to corruption and abuse of power, and sentenced to 12 years in prison. Many people want to see
Polar research prevents us getting caught out in the cold

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/polar-research-prevents-us-getting-caught-out-in-the-cold

8 May 2023: In early 2020 the World Meteorological Organization warned that the volume of ice shed annually from Antarctica had increased at least sixfold since 1979. The 14-million-square-kilometre continent that locks up 90 per cent of the world’s fresh
From not sure what to study, to advising the EU on criminology

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2016/220-from-not-sure-what-to-study-to-advising-the-eu-on-criminology

23 Dec 2016: It is a conundrum that most school leavers face at some point. What career path should they take, what university to study at or whether to go to university at all?Dr Hannah Graham faced the same issues, choosing between the idea of going to TAFE or
The secret ingredient

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30 Apr 2018: Chloe Proud, 31, runs two of the hottest food brands in Hobart. Chloe says the key to her success in this competitive field is an Arts degree from UTAS. She says she was always destined for university. “I was a really academic kid and I had my
The decline in male teacher numbers

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/441-the-decline-in-male-teacher-numbers

20 Oct 2017: The percentage of male primary school teachers in Australia has decreased in recent decades, from 30. 24% in 1983 to 18. 26% in 2016. Education authorities have responded to this with recruitment-focused initiatives, such as scholarships and quota
Aurora Australis in a nutshell

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/aurora-australis-in-a-nutshell

27 Jun 2023: As the gateway to the world’s southernmost wilds, Tasmania’s unique location and thriving scientific community attract students and researchers from every corner of our blue-green planet. Studying in Tasmania also gives you a front-row seat to
Why is southeast Asia so concerned about AUKUS?

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2021/1168-why-is-southeast-asia-so-concerned-about-aukus

20 Sep 2021: The announcement of a new strategic alliance between Australia, the US and UK (AUKUS) has caught many by surprise. Besides France, which reacted with fury over Australia’s scrapping of a major submarine deal with a French company, few countries
The legacy of Lake Pedder: how the world’s first Green Party was born

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2022/1219-the-legacy-of-lake-pedder-how-the-worlds-first-green-party-was-born

22 Mar 2022: A photo of Lake Pedder before it flooded. Stefan Karpiniec. Fifty years ago this week, the world’s first “green” political party was born in Tasmania after the state government purposefully flooded the magnificent Lake Pedder. The flooding made
Is it time for a Green New Deal in Australia?

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2020/1074-is-it-time-for-a-green-new-deal-in-australia

20 Oct 2020: By Kate Crowley, Associate Professor, Public and Environmental PolicyAfter the 2008 global financial crisis, Green New Deals were proposed in various countries as a way to pick up the pieces of the economy. The general idea is to create jobs while
Research finds exergamers need real exercise too

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/416-research-finds-exergamers-need-real-exercise-too

22 Sep 2017: More and more young Australians are playing video games during their leisure time. Fortunately, video game manufacturers have introduced “exergames” in an effort to make this typically sedentary activity more physically engaging. These
White continent, white blokes: shedding Antarctica's exclusionary …

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2021/1113-white-continent-white-blokes-shedding-antarcticas-exclusionary-past

11 Feb 2021: This article was originally published in The Conversation as White continent, white blokes: why Antarctic research needs to shed its exclusionary past. The icy continent has historically been a place for men. First “discovered” in 1820,
The right to discriminate: breaking ground in a complex middle space

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2020/1001-the-right-to-discriminate-breaking-ground-in-a-complex-middle-space

7 May 2020: Sociologist Professor Douglas Ezzy is preparing to break new ground in research, in what he calls a “complex middle space”. Professor Ezzy, from the School of Social Sciences, is the lead investigator on an Australian Research Council grant, for
Why are we the way we are?

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2016/98-why-are-we-the-way-we-are

7 Jun 2016: Demographer Amina Keygan didn’t just enjoy studying Sociology, she fell in love with it, quite accidentally. “When I came to University, I was very interested in gender and social structures, and how we become who we are as people and what
From science to teaching

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2016/103-from-science-to-teaching

13 Jun 2016: Coleen Cole always dreamt of being a teacher, but life took her in another direction. Now nearly 20 years later, she is studying to make her dream a reality. “I wanted to be a teacher ever since I left university the first time round, but it
Find out who you are, then make the changes needed in the world

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2016/168-find-out-who-you-are-then-make-the-changes-needed-in-the-world

14 Oct 2016: In high school she followed her passions, at University she learned how to argue for them. Now she stands up for them in the highest office in the land. Lisa Singh never strayed from what she believes in, and it has taken her right to the top. I
Mastering the art of storytelling along a path less travelled

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/295-mastering-the-art-of-storytelling-along-a-path-less-travelled

7 Jun 2017: You could say Bridget Hickey didn’t take a traditional path at university. Instead, she studied across disciplines, between Fine Arts and Humanities, picking subjects that she loved. This diversity uncovered a passion for audio storytelling. Now,
‘The workload was intense’

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2020/1060-the-workload-was-intense

22 Sep 2020: By Tracey Muir, Associate Professor in Mathematics Education; Carol Murphy; David Hicks, Lecturer in Cultural Awareness - Aboriginal Studies, and Kim Beasy, Lecturer in Curriculum and Pedagogy (Equity and Diversity)Parents and carers were
Teachers who feel appreciated are less likely to leave the profession

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2018/511-teachers-who-feel-appreciated-are-less-likely-to-leave-the-profession

14 Jan 2018: We are fast approaching the end of summer holidays and many teachers are turning their attention to preparing for the start of the school year. Many of the teachers who started their careers in 2017 will not return to the classroom in 2018. In fact,
Hodgman rides Tasmanians’ disdain for minority government

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2018/547-hodgman-rides-tasmanians-disdain-for-minority-government

4 Mar 2018: The Tasmanian election result was an emphatic win for Will Hodgman, but he lost a fair bit of skin along the way. In an era of single-term governments and growing electoral volatility in Australia, the return of Will Hodgman’s Liberal government at
From cabinet maker to teacher

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2016/104-from-cabinet-maker-to-teacher

14 Jun 2016: In his 20s Craig Gooding was working in a factory, as a labourer for a shop fitter. He didn’t know what he wanted to do with his life. But he knew one thing: he was bored with his repetitive job. Today, he is in a job he loves, teaching primary
How Councils help with affordable housing

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2018/626-how-councils-help-with-affordable-housing

5 Jun 2018: Tasmania is in the grip of a rental housing affordability crisis. What do local governments do to help?Rural areas in particular lack rental options. To find housing, older people living in rural areas may often face a heartbreaking decision to
Growing up online

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2015/12-growing-up-online

2 Sep 2015: It's an amazing reality that men and women in their 20s can look back through their Facebook posts and see a big chunk of their life recorded in words and pictures like never before. So what do they think when they review the past five years and look
How films show the fear and loss that come with dementia

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2021/1125-how-films-show-the-fear-and-loss-that-come-with-dementia

8 Apr 2021: Two new films explore the fear of forgetting, loss of control, and other complexities that accompany a dementia diagnosis. The Father and Supernova, both released this month, grapple with the challenges confronting people living with dementia and
From equestrian to historian

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2016/83-from-equestrian-to-historian

9 May 2016: After school I went to uni and started commerce because I thought that would give me a good job. But I didn’t like it, it was just dry and not for me. I was a horse rider and bought an ex-racehorse that I went to the state championships on in the
How Journalism 101 changed her life forever

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2016/181-how-journalism-101-changed-her-life-forever

31 Oct 2016: On Christmas Day 2015, it was Lucy Breaden behind the News Reader’s desk at WIN Television bringing the news to Tasmania. I thought, ‘oh my gosh, when they finally say cue, am I actually going to be able to speak?’ I was so nervous. I actually
Education: improving the way we support people living with dementia

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2021/1164-education-improving-the-way-we-support-people-living-with-dementia

15 Sep 2021: Dementia not only impacts the person living with dementia but also those people who are involved in providing care and support to this person. Principles of Supportive Care for People with Dementia (CAD104) is a popular unit in the Diploma and
Why QAnon is attracting so many followers in Australia

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2020/1050-why-qanon-is-attracting-so-many-followers-in-australia

24 Aug 2020: By Kaz Ross, Lecturer in Humanities (Asian Studies), University of TasmaniaOn September 5, a coalition of online groups are planning an Australia-wide action called the “Day of Freedom”. The organisers claim hundreds of thousands will join them
We won’t close the gap

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2018/542-we-wont-close-the-gap

19 Feb 2018: The recent Closing the Gap report has highlighted the lack of progress in Indigenous affairs since the apology to the Stolen Generations a decade ago. Although not a specific target, safe, appropriate and affordable housing is acknowledged to be a
From diesel mechanic to foreign correspondent

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2016/69-from-diesel-mechanic-to-foreign-correspondent

14 Apr 2016: When I was young, all I wanted to do was go into the army. But I have a stutter and I’m colour blind, which meant I could only ever have an office job in the army, which didn’t interest me. I looked into other emergency services, like
History textbooks still imply that Australians are white

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/323-history-textbooks-still-imply-that-australians-are-white

19 Jun 2017: Despite improvements to their content over time, secondary school history textbooks still imply that Australians are white. Textbook depictions of Australianness are not only relevant to experiences of national belonging or exclusion. Research has
A career where you never stop learning

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2016/101-a-career-where-you-never-stop-learning

10 Jun 2016: It wasn’t until I started year 11 that I realised I wanted to become a teacher. Along with my core pre-tertiary subjects I undertook a unit at college called ‘Working with Children. ' This subject allowed me to realise my passion for teaching
A PhD at 90 years young

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2016/154-a-phd-at-90-years-young

28 Aug 2016: Joan Webb is just getting started. In August, at the University of Tasmania’s winter graduation round in Launceston, she crossed the stage at the Albert Hall and claimed a new honorific. Mrs Webb became Dr Webb, and at only 90 years young. Though
Why do pregnancy pictures from everyday women matter?

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/237-why-do-pregnancy-pictures-from-everyday-women-matter

8 Feb 2017: Stop the presses, Beyoncé is pregnant. For a brief moment last week, the headlines shifted from Trump to the “Queen Bey”, who dropped the news of her twin pregnancy on Instagram in a post garnering nearly 10 million “likes”. Beyoncé
Why English classrooms and book clubs are life-altering spaces

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2019/762-why-english-classrooms-and-book-clubs-are-life-altering-spaces

1 Jul 2019: “The English classroom should be that space where you can broaden your understanding of literature, become a better writer, become a better reader, and become more able to think and talk about the ideas and experiences that you get from books,”
Why experts are rethinking how we teach statistics in schools

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2018/802-why-experts-are-rethinking-how-we-teach-statistics-in-schools

10 Sep 2018: Mathematics is behind everything we do in an advanced society, and as we become more dependent on technology in Australia, it will underpin more jobs than ever before. And yet, fewer and fewer young people are pursuing mathematics in their later
For generation Facebook, online identities hold pitfalls and promise

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2016/187-for-generation-facebook-online-identities-hold-pitfalls-and-promise

9 Nov 2016: Despite suggestions that young people are losing interest in the platform, its 1. 5 billion users still puts Facebook at the centre of social media. The site was launched in 2004, and so those meeting Facebook’s minimum age requirement of 13 will,
Dr Lionel Nichols: prosecuting some of the biggest cases of our time

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2016/39-dr-lionel-nichols-prosecuting-some-of-the-biggest-cases-of-our-time

1 Feb 2016: Becoming a lawyer was what Lionel Nichols always wanted to do. He’s now a barrister in London, working for the biggest law firm in the world, practicing international and human rights law. He has prosecuted some of the biggest cases of our time
First reconciliation, then a republic

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2018/520-first-reconciliation-then-a-republic

26 Jan 2018: Professor Maggie Walter, Pro Vice Chancellor (Aboriginal Research and Leadership) and Professor of Sociology, examines Australia Day in this opinion piece for The Conversation. I have always been rather taken with Gary Larson’s Far Side
Help us change minds for those whose minds have changed.

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2021/1169-help-us-change-minds-for-those-whose-minds-have-changed

23 Sep 2021: Almost half a million Australians are now living with dementia. Three times that number are involved in their care. As medical advances enable us all to live longer, these figures are set to increase significantly. Like so many, Rowena Howard
As the world watches, Myanmar votes

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2020/1082-as-the-world-watches-myanmar-votes

2 Nov 2020: By Adam Simpson, Program Director of the Master of Communication in Justice & Society at the University of South Australia, and Nicholas Farrelly, Professor and Head of Social Sciences at the University of TasmaniaThere is no simple way to leave