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  2. Thumbnail for Rozelle students take part in multi-casualty simulation

    Rozelle students take part in multi-casualty simulation

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/rozelle-students-take-part-in-multi-casualty-simulation
    1 Dec 2023: Rozelle Campus' nursing and paramedicine students recently held a multi-casualty training exercise on campus. The event was a simulated concert with a fire breaking out on stage. Students worked together to treat critically injured patients and
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    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
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    Iris finds a path to pharmacy without moving away from home

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/iris-finds-a-path-to-pharmacy-without-moving-away-from-home
    9 Aug 2024: It can feel like a lot of pressure to be the first person in your family to go to university. But, for Bachelor of Pharmacy student Iris Cartwright, her pathway to study has been smoothed by the availability of financial, community and family support
  5. Thumbnail for Building world-class fisheries and aquaculture facilities for students, staff and community

    Building world-class fisheries and aquaculture facilities for…

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/building-world-class-fisheries-and-aquaculture-facilities-for-students,-staff-and-community
    6 Aug 2024: Work is underway to transform the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) at Taroona into a world-class fisheries and aquaculture research and teaching precinct. The University of Tasmania is upgrading the site to increase the institute’s
  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 Saving Tassie’s iconic species

    Saving Tassie’s iconic species

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/saving-tassies-iconic-species
    24 May 2024: Tasmanian devils and emerging researchers benefit from long-term donor passion For pharmacist Roger Tall, encountering Tasmanian devils was a regular part of growing up in Orford on the East Coast of Tasmania. “We frequently sighted devils up and
  8. Thumbnail for A unique Outdoor and Environmental Education experience in Tasmania

    A unique Outdoor and Environmental Education experience in Tasmania

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/a-unique-outdoor-and-environmental-education-experience-in-tasmania
    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
  9. Thumbnail for DREAM aims to support aged care workforce

    DREAM aims to support aged care workforce

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/dream-aims-to-support-aged-care-workforce
    6 Aug 2024: A new national training program, designed to boost the capability of the aged care workforce to deliver quality dementia respite care, has been officially launched. DREAM – the Dementia Respite Education and Mentoring Project – is a first of its
  10. 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
  11. Thumbnail for Natasha’s journey to health and medicine

    Natasha’s journey to health and medicine

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2019/883-natashas-journey-to-health-and-medicine
    8 Jul 2019: Natasha Abeysekera has completed the Bachelor of Medicine/Bachelor of Surgery. By the end of 2019, Natasha was officially Dr Abeysekera. “It’s a strange experience when you hear yourself called doctor for the first time,” Natasha
  12. Thumbnail for Warm currents in deep-sea canyons contributing to Antarctic ice melt as global temperatures rise

    Warm currents in deep-sea canyons contributing to Antarctic ice melt…

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/warm-currents-in-deep-sea-canyons-contributing-to-antarctic-ice-melt-as-global-temperatures-rise
    29 Jul 2024: Deep-sea canyons provide a pathway connecting warmer, deep ocean waters to the Antarctic Ice Sheet, allowing heat exchange that could accelerate glacial melting and rising sea levels. Evidence of long term currents bringing ocean heat to toward the
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    Flexibility is the key to master's success

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2019/904-flexibility-is-the-key-to-masters-success
    19 Aug 2019: Lyn Tram has just one regret about her time studying with Tasmania’s university, the University of Tasmania – she hasn’t yet had the chance to visit the beautiful island state her uni is based in. Lyn studied her Master of Clinical Pharmacy
  14. 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
  15. Thumbnail for Researchers step closer to developing at-home test to detect dementia

    Researchers step closer to developing at-home test to detect dementia

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/researchers-step-closer-to-developing-at-home-test-to-detect-dementia
    26 Jul 2024: Tasmanian scientists are a step closer to developing a computer test that can detect dementia, decades before any memory symptoms emerge, new research has found. In 2020, researchers from the University of Tasmania’s Wicking Dementia Research and
  16. Thumbnail for University wins $3.4 million for precision climate tracking project

    University wins $3.4 million for precision climate tracking project

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/university-wins-$3.4-million-for-precision-climate-tracking-project
    28 May 2024: A world-leading oceanographer at the University of Tasmania has been awarded an Australian Research Council Australian Laureate Fellowship to develop precision tracking of changes in the Earth’s climate system as it responds to emission
  17. 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
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    For art's sake

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2022/for-arts-sake
    11 Apr 2022: Linda Crispin has a very large shed in her backyard. She has equally big plans for it, and her Diploma of Creative Arts and Health will help her make those ideas a reality. Linda graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Painting) in 2017 and said
  19. Thumbnail for With scholarship support, the sky is the limit

    With scholarship support, the sky is the limit

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/with-scholarship-support,-the-sky-is-the-limit
    4 Apr 2023: Neve Clippingdale was only two years old when she first saw a jellyfish dance. Eyes pressed against the glass, the toddler from the North-West Coast of Tasmania was mesmerised by the strange pulsating blob inside the aquarium. A curiosity about the
  20. Thumbnail for New collaboration aims to improve the lives of people living with Parkinson's disease

    New collaboration aims to improve the lives of people living with…

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/new-collaboration-aims-to-improve-the-lives-of-people-living-with-parkinsons-disease
    21 Feb 2024: A new collaboration between Tasmanian researchers, clinicians and community groups is aiming to improve the lives of people with Parkinson’s disease. The Tasmania Parkinson’s Project includes the development of a registry of people with
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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
  22. Thumbnail for University puts child safety courses on everyone's radar

    University puts child safety courses on everyone's radar

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/university-puts-child-safety-courses-on-everyones-radar
    18 Jul 2023: We all have a role in creating safer communities for children and young people, writes Dr Becky Shelley and Dr Mike GuerzoniIt has been made clear to us in recent years that child sexual abuse and its prevention is the uncomfortable conversation we
  23. 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
  24. Thumbnail for Rozelle campus offers opportunity to study faster, in smaller classes

    Rozelle campus offers opportunity to study faster, in smaller classes

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/rozelle-campus-offers-opportunity-to-study-faster,-in-smaller-classes
    11 Jan 2023: Taylah Pettersen felt like she was just a number when she studied at a big university in Sydney. But when she switched to a Bachelor of Nursing at the University of Tasmania’s Rozelle campus, she found her groove – and a vocation she
  25. Thumbnail for Postgraduate nursing for knowledge and networking

    Postgraduate nursing for knowledge and networking

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/postgraduate-nursing-for-knowledge-and-networking
    24 Jul 2024: Nursing students have a reputation for forming incredibly close bonds during their time studying. Graduation ceremonies are routinely punctuated by joyous whooping and cheering from the graduands as individuals cross the stage. Adelaide nurse Claire
  26. Thumbnail for Interest in Uni piqued at Agfest

    Interest in Uni piqued at Agfest

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2022/interest-in-uni-piqued-at-agfest
    2 Sep 2022: What do Tasmanian devils, drones, compost, video games and microscopes have in common? They were all found inside the University of Tasmania Pavilion at Agfest this year. More than 12,000 people visited the University’s new location nestled in one
  27. 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
  28. Thumbnail for New study aims to improve patient care in state's EDs through clinical pathways

    New study aims to improve patient care in state's EDs through…

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2022/new-study-aims-to-improve-patient-care-in-states-eds-through-clinical-pathways
    25 Nov 2022: New research into how clinical pathways for acute care in Tasmanian emergency departments can help improve patient care is underway. Dr Viet Tran, from the University’s Tasmanian School of Medicine, is leading a multi-disciplinary study that aims
  29. Thumbnail for RAN celebrates new Paramedicine graduates

    RAN celebrates new Paramedicine graduates

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/ran-celebrates-new-paramedicine-graduates
    22 Mar 2024: In a collaborative effort since 2016, the University of Tasmania has partnered with the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) to offer a specialised Clinical Managers course tailored for Navy personnel. The program accommodates individuals with diverse
  30. Thumbnail for Literacy roundtables encourage Tasmanian solutions

    Literacy roundtables encourage Tasmanian solutions

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/literacy-roundtables-encourage-tasmanian-solutions
    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
  31. Thumbnail for Giants of virtual reality walk the North West

    Giants of virtual reality walk the North West

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/giants-of-virtual-reality-walk-the-north-west
    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
  32. Thumbnail for Finding a place in Pharmacy

    Finding a place in Pharmacy

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2020/1066-finding-a-place-in-pharmacy
    6 Oct 2020: At school, Daniel Hoyle was interested in rugby, athletics and playing in bands. He also enjoyed studying chemistry, biology and maths, which led to his interest in how chemicals work in the body. When Daniel finished year 12, he didn’t know what
  33. 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
  34. Thumbnail for New sim space delivers real-world experience for students

    New sim space delivers real-world experience for students

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/new-sim-space-delivers-real-world-experience-for-students
    13 Jun 2024: A new training facility is providing real-world experience for health and medicine students. The new Hobart Simulation Centre, at MSP, is a state-of-the-art training facility which replicates a home environment with a bedroom, living room, kitchen
  35. Thumbnail for Studying paramedicine at Rozelle was a career-changer for these Sydney students

    Studying paramedicine at Rozelle was a career-changer for these…

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/studying-paramedicine-at-rozelle-was-a-career-changer-for-these-sydney-students
    5 May 2023: Miah Stephens and Lucy Castelletti never really intended to become paramedics. These two Sydney-based Bachelor of Paramedicine students both had very different career paths in mind during high school. Both even studied completely unrelated degrees at
  36. Thumbnail for ‘I tend to be very gentle’: how teachers are navigating climate change in the classroom

    ‘I tend to be very gentle’: how teachers are navigating climate…

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/i-tend-to-be-very-gentle-how-teachers-are-navigating-climate-change-in-the-classroom
    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
  37. 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
  38. Thumbnail for Human rights laws recommended for Tasmania

    Human rights laws recommended for Tasmania

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/human-rights-laws-recommended-for-tasmania
    30 Apr 2024: Tasmania should enact laws that better protect human rights, a new research paper from the Tasmania Law Reform Institute (TLRI) has recommended. A Charter of Human Rights or a Human Rights Act should be adopted and an independent Human Rights
  39. Thumbnail for Student-designed Foodies program helps those struggling to access good food

    Student-designed Foodies program helps those struggling to access…

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/student-designed-foodies-program-helps-those-struggling-to-access-good-food
    17 Jun 2024: Health sciences’ students are providing their expertise to assist their peers. In collaboration with the University’s Sustainability team, third-year Nutrition Science students designed a UTAS Foodies Program to help students experiencing food
  40. Thumbnail for New research to help prepare for natural disasters

    New research to help prepare for natural disasters

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/new-research-to-help-prepare-for-natural-disasters
    12 Jul 2023: Research spanning natural hazards, their impacts on human health and ways to mitigate disaster risks are among the University of Tasmania projects to be funded by the Australian government’s new Disaster Ready Fund. With a goal to improve
  41. 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
  42. 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
  43. Thumbnail for Pharmacy alumnus helping to deliver State's COVID-19 vaccine

    Pharmacy alumnus helping to deliver State's COVID-19 vaccine

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2022/pharmacy-alumnus-helping-to-deliver-states-covid-19-vaccine
    25 Jan 2022: University of Tasmania pharmacy alumnus Jackson Crawn is making history. As a specialist pharmacist in infectious disease with the Tasmanian Health Service, Jackson is part of a team of highly skilled pharmacy technicians and pharmacists who are
  44. Thumbnail for Psychology Clinic expansion makes way for new referrals

    Psychology Clinic expansion makes way for new referrals

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2022/psychology-clinic-expansion-makes-way-for-new-referrals
    9 Jun 2022: The University’s Psychology Clinic is currently taking new referrals with a new Launceston-based clinic to open in July. The University of Tasmania is actively training and graduating more clinical and professional psychologists to help with the
  45. Thumbnail for The Psychology of the Brain

    The Psychology of the Brain

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2022/the-psychology-of-the-brain
    27 Jun 2022: The brain is a complex organ that contains billions of nerve cells that scientists are actively studying to help gain a better understanding of behaviour, brain functions and mental processes. There is still much to learn about how the brain works
  46. Thumbnail for Students' skills put to the test in trauma weekend

    Students' skills put to the test in trauma weekend

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/students-skills-put-to-the-test-in-trauma-weekend
    28 Mar 2024: Medical students from across Tasmania recently converged for the first time in Launceston for an interactive trauma workshop. One hundred and five final year medical students were be joined by 15 paramedicine students for the two-day course designed
  47. 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
  48. Thumbnail for Beyond the stethoscope: Six health careers you can pursue with a biomedicine degree

    Beyond the stethoscope: Six health careers you can pursue with a…

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/beyond-the-stethoscope
    24 May 2023: Are you drawn to the vast and vital health field, passionate about making a difference, but don’t necessarily see yourself donning scrubs and a stethoscope?If you're intrigued by the workings of the human body and fascinated by the power of
  49. Thumbnail for Making her mark at Mona

    Making her mark at Mona

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2019/937-making-her-mark-at-mona
    16 Sep 2019: When Eleanor Robb was younger her parents would take her from their home in Burnie to museums in Sydney and Melbourne. But how do you go from having an appreciation of art to becoming Digital Manager for one of the world’s most renowned art
  50. 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
  51. Thumbnail for 10 ways to level up your nursing career

    10 ways to level up your nursing career

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2022/1266-10-ways-to-level-up-your-nursing-career
    25 May 2022: Image: Inside the Nursing simulation lab, Cradle Coast Campus at West Park. The beauty of a nursing career is that the opportunities are amazingly varied and you can take your career in all kinds of directions. And if you’ve been in the workforce

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