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  2. Thumbnail for Juliana found her calling in nursing

    Juliana found her calling in nursing

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/juliana-found-her-calling-in-nursing
    24 Aug 2024: Juliana Gunardi’s journey to becoming a nurse is a story of resilience, passion, and empathy. In January 2023, she packed up her life in Western Australia and moved to Launceston with her two youngest daughters to pursue studies in Nursing at the
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    The sky’s the limit: AMC student wins NASA-backed scholarship

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/the-skys-the-limit-amc-student-wins-nasa-backed-scholarship
    8 Aug 2024: Australian Maritime College (AMC) student Lucy Barr has been awarded a prestigious National Indigenous Space Academy (NISA) scholarship for 2024. The scholarship recognises her exceptional academic accomplishments and sets her on a path to
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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
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    New scholarship for next generation of teachers

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/new-scholarship-for-next-generation-of-teachers
    1 Nov 2023: The University has partnered with the Tasmanian Government to help ensure the state has the quality teachers it needs with a new scholarship valued at up to $31,000. The Teach Tasmania Scholarship will be made available to eligible Bachelor of
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    UniGO welcomes Van Lang University students

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/unigo-welcomes-van-lang-university-students
    4 Jun 2024: Five Vietnamese students are taking in Tasmania’s highlights and touring the University’s campuses as part of a UniGO scholarship. The students, from Van Lang University in Ho Chi Minh City, are the inaugural recipients of a University Global
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    Lucy’s Maritime Engineering degree is taking her to NASA

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/lucys-maritime-engineering-degree-is-taking-her-to-nasa
    22 Aug 2024: NASA doesn’t seem like the most obvious place to find a maritime engineer but, for Australian Maritime College (AMC) student Lucy Barr, it made perfect sense. The 20-year-old palawa woman said her Indigenous heritage strongly influenced her global,
  8. Thumbnail for The legacy of a life lived large

    The legacy of a life lived large

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/the-legacy-of-a-life-lived-large
    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
  9. 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
  10. Thumbnail for How the gift of art is supporting travelling scholarships

    How the gift of art is supporting travelling scholarships

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/how-the-gift-of-art-is-supporting-travelling-scholarships
    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
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    Applications open for Hedberg Writer-in-Residence

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/applications-open-for-hedberg-writer-in-residence
    3 Feb 2023: Applications are open for a unique $30,000 writing residency based at the University of Tasmania. The Hedberg Writer-in-Residence program, now in its third year, allows an established Australian author to live and work in Tasmania for three
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    Trust helps secure future of Tasmanian environment

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/trust-helps-secure-future-of-tasmanian-environment
    24 May 2024: John Roberts was a man who practiced what he preached. A life on the land as an orchardist then a sheep grazier instilled in him the importance of looking after the environment. He saw the need to prevent soil degradation, protect waterways, plant
  13. Thumbnail for New perspectives, and friendships, as students return from UniGO

    New perspectives, and friendships, as students return from UniGO

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/new-perspectives,-and-friendships,-as-students-return-from-unigo
    23 Feb 2024: Dolphin spotting might not be the usual way an Arts/Law student spends their days but, for Lily Hansson, it was a highlight of her recent UniGO sustainability experience in Malaysia. And, she discovered, it’s done a little differently off the
  14. Thumbnail for Pianist Sarah Chick awarded Ossa Music Prize

    Pianist Sarah Chick awarded Ossa Music Prize

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/pianist-sarah-chick-awarded-ossa-music-prize
    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
  15. 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
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    Into the future: this year's Westpac Scholars announced

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/into-the-future-this-years-westpac-scholars-announced
    11 Apr 2024: Four new Westpac Scholarship winners are diving into their studies at the University of Tasmania this year. Two have received sought-after Westpac Future Leaders Scholarships worth $120,000 each, and two are headed overseas on Westpac Asian Exchange
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    A rising tide lifts all boats

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/a-rising-tide-lifts-all-boats
    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
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    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
  19. Thumbnail for The first Jill and Ian Wilson Scholarship student begins

    The first Jill and Ian Wilson Scholarship student begins

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/the-first-jill-and-ian-wilson-scholarship-student-begins
    15 Feb 2024: Moving from North-West Tasmania to Hobart to study, Findlay was doing three jobs to pay for rent, bills and general living expenses, impacting on her ability to study and on her wellbeing. “I remember being in arrears with rent which was so
  20. Thumbnail for Family business gives back to architecture students

    Family business gives back to architecture students

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/family-business-gives-back-to-architecture-students
    4 Apr 2023: Started by Robert Frederick Fergusson, whose career as an architect was interrupted by the Great Depression, the business was expanded by son Robert Guy Fergusson to supply the home building and renovation market across Tasmania. Trustee and daughter
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    Island of dreams

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/island-of-dreams
    4 Apr 2023: US-born Thomas Crawford spent only three of his 59 years in Tasmania but told friends that those three years studying at university were his happiest days. Indeed he dubbed Tasmania his “island of dreams”. A central theme in Thomas’s life was a
  22. Thumbnail for Deeper purpose: Cameron pursues a career in submarine design at the Australian Maritime College

    Deeper purpose: Cameron pursues a career in submarine design at the…

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/deeper-purpose-cameron-pursues-a-career-in-submarine-design-at-the-australian-maritime-college
    18 Mar 2024: A school trip to a naval base in grade 11 started Cameron Skeggs on a direct course to a career in submarine design. With a lifelong interest in all things STEM, Cameron already knew she wanted to be an engineer. But it was meeting a submariner
  23. 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
  24. Thumbnail for Naarah and the arts

    Naarah and the arts

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2022/naarah-and-the-arts
    13 Dec 2022: When Alumni magazine interviewed Naarah (pronounced: Nay-ar-ah) Barnes (BMus 2019), she was back in Western Australia’s Kimberley, seeing the house she bought on the very same day she was offered a supporting lead role in the Amazon Prime series
  25. 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
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    Students celebrate New Colombo Plan scholarships

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/students-secure-new-colombo-plan-scholarships
    8 Jan 2024: Six students from the University of Tasmania have been officially announced as recipients of the coveted New Colombo Plan Scholarship for 2024. The New Colombo Plan Scholarship, a flagship initiative of the Australian Government, recognises and
  27. Thumbnail for Lighting the way to equity in education

    Lighting the way to equity in education

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/lighting-the-way-to-equity-in-education
    13 Dec 2023: More than three decades ago, alumnus Dr Nicholas Hope AM signed his first credit for the World Bank. It was an education project, rather than an addition to infrastructure, and embodied a priority that became a cornerstone of Hope’s career. He
  28. Thumbnail for UniGO student experience removing barriers to overseas study

    UniGO student experience removing barriers to overseas study

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/unigo-student-experience-removing-barriers-to-overseas-study
    28 Nov 2023: A new, fully-funded student experience in Asia offered by the University of Tasmania is removing barriers to overseas study, with half of its participants offered financial scholarships to ensure they don’t miss out. The University Global
  29. Thumbnail for Scholarship helping Naarah to master her theatrical arts in London

    Scholarship helping Naarah to master her theatrical arts in London

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/scholarship-helping-naarah-to-master-her-theatrical-arts-in-london
    28 Jul 2023: Bachelor of Music graduate Naarah Barnes is heading to London to study her Master of Arts (Musical Theatre), thanks to a scholarship specifically for First Nations scholars. Gija woman Naarah graduated from the University of Tasmania in 2019 with a
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    New program to fund overseas experience

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/new-program-funds-overseas-experience
    20 Apr 2023: University of Tasmania students will be offered a fully funded experience in Asia as part of a landmark new program that will remove barriers to overseas study. The University Global Opportunity program – or UniGO – will fund travel to Indonesia,
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    The benefits of thinking big

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/the-benefits-of-thinking-big
    4 Apr 2023: The Great Southern Reef rivals the Great Barrier Reef for beauty, biodiversity, and the fisheries it supports. Yet it is relatively little known and significantly underfunded, despite being located in a climate change hot spot. University of Tasmania
  32. Thumbnail for Scholarship supports student carer to excel

    Scholarship supports student carer to excel

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/scholarship-supports-student-carer-to-excel
    4 Apr 2023: When University of Tasmania alumna Judith McKernan (BSc 1962) returned to university as a mature-aged student in Sydney, she was struck by a realisation: many students were struggling to make ends meet. She noticed the same when her children went to
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    Lecture series inspires thought

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/lecture-series-inspires-thought
    4 Apr 2023: Thanks to the support of a generous philanthropist, Pam McDougall, this complex conversation has begun. The inaugural Pam McDougall Lecture, the first in a series of public lectures on early childhood education, provided thought-provoking insights
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    The transformative power of education

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/the-transformative-power-of-education
    4 Apr 2023: Surveys of students who receive a university offer but don’t enrol have revealed that one in five are not enrolling due to financial issues. The costs that are barriers are living expenses while studying, accommodation, transport, textbooks and
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    Charitable trust makes enduring impact

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/charitable-trust-makes-enduring-impact
    4 Apr 2023: The year before her death, Irene Phelps reflected on her life: the girl from a former gold mining town in northern Tasmania, who had started out sweeping floors at a women’s apparel store, had travelled the globe, established a new life in
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    A helping hand

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/a-helping-hand
    4 Apr 2023: Meet the red handfish – Albie, Ariel, Benni, Hector and Hippocrates. The list goes on. Each has been sponsored by members of the public keen to help the critically endangered species. Albie was named by Albuera Street Primary School students,
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    Foundation USA

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/foundation-usa
    4 Apr 2023: It seems worlds apart from the small, pristine and laid-back island of Tasmania where the Chief Executive of private equity investment firm Beckway studied. Despite the differences and the vast distance, the bond between Mark and the University of
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    Staff giving from the heart

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/staff-giving-from-the-heart
    4 Apr 2023: That’s all changing now, as an increasing number of year 12 students and adult learners from across Tasmania look to the University as the portal to the future. Associate Professor Ashley Townsend, a leader at the University’s Central Science
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    Duyen’s pharmaceutical research supported by international…

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/duyens-pharmaceutical-research-supported-by-international-scholarships
    6 Apr 2023: Two generous international scholarships are helping Duyen Tran realise her dream of helping people with chronic illnesses, especially those in disadvantaged communities. Currently completing her PhD in Pharmacy with the University of Tasmania’s
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    Scholarships securing the future of the Tasmanian devil

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/scholarships-securing-the-future-of-the-tasmanian-devil
    4 Apr 2023: This is Brandy, a handsome Tasmanian devil aptly named by Tamar Valley vineyard owner Tim High during a research trip in November 2022. Tim and his wife, Sheena, support two scholarships for graduate students working in priority study areas for the
  41. Thumbnail for Asylum seeker scholarship helped Mohammad follow his study dreams in Tassie

    Asylum seeker scholarship helped Mohammad follow his study dreams in…

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/asylum-seeker-scholarship-helped-mohammad-follow-his-study-dreams-in-tassie
    3 Apr 2023: Mohammad Mansourinejad was only nine years old in 2012, when he and his mother arrived in Australia as asylum-seekers from Iran, in search of a new life and a fresh start. Currently studying the second year of his Bachelor of Business degree at the
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    Agriculture and the arts feature in Westpac Scholarships

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/agriculture-and-the-arts-feature-in-westpac-scholarships
    22 Mar 2023: Three University of Tasmania students have received 2023 Westpac Scholarships in two categories: 2023 Westpac Future Leaders and Asian Exchange. Each year, the Westpac Scholars Trust awards 100 scholarships across five program streams to individuals
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    Law graduates tackle war crimes with scholarship

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/law-graduates-tackle-war-crimes-with-scholarship
    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
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    Providing opportunity

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2022/providing-opportunity
    13 Dec 2022: Moya Deigan (GDipBA 2007, MBA 2008) appreciates the value of education. Born in Wollongong, but a Tasmanian resident for over 30 years, Moya was the first in her family to go to university. Indeed, she was the first person in her family to receive
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    Crown Princess Mary Scholarship reflections

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2022/crown-princess-mary-scholarship-reflections
    13 Dec 2022: One of the first recipients of the inaugural Crown Princess Mary Scholarship was Danielle Conlan (BCom-LLB Hons), whose world changed when she took up the opportunity to study in Denmark. “Studying abroad indelibly changes you,” Danielle said.
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    Sage makes a sea-change for study

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2022/sage-makes-a-sea-change-for-study
    17 Oct 2022: Growing up in the small Queensland town of Bell, 160km inland, Sage Gleeson might not seem like the most likely person to aspire to be a marine biologist. But with a deep love of science, and a fascination with the ocean, Sage was determined to
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    Diving into marine science

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2022/diving-into-marine-science
    4 Oct 2022: Lydia Schuller was working for a Great Barrier Reef cruise company when she decided she wanted to be a marine biologist. Originally from Munich, Germany, she came to Australia a decade ago and fell in love with the ocean while visiting Queensland. So,
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    Next Generation of Young Leaders in Singapore on Exchange

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2022/next-generation-of-young-leaders-in-singapore-on-exchange
    21 Sep 2022: A team from the University of Tasmania has partnered with Westpac Scholars to take a delegation of 50 university students overseas for a week-long leadership development program in Singapore. The students are recipients of the Westpac Asian Exchange
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    Social conscience leads to Hobart quiet life

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2022/social-conscience-leads-to-hobart-quiet-life
    12 Aug 2022: Having grown up in a city of more than ten million people, Perpetual Onuigbo finds life in Hobart to be idyllic. And a scholarship certainly made life easier as well. Perpetual moved to Hobart from Nigeria two years ago to study at the University of
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    From Sri Lanka with love

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2022/from-sri-lanka-with-love
    29 Jul 2022: Love brought Maxwell Vincent to Tasmania, and a much-needed scholarship made the practicalities of the relocation a whole lot easier. Originally from Sri Lanka, Maxwell started studying his Bachelor of Information and Communications Technology online
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    Released into the wild

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2022/released-into-the-wild
    18 Jul 2022: Jessica Morrison had to change courses in the final year of her bachelor’s degree in order to study her honours year in Tasmania, but she says it was completely worth it. And being awarded the $7500 Governor’s Environment Scholarship was a
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