Benjamin Viola is about to embark on the adventure of a lifetime to research seabirds and the scope of climate change – but he’s made sure he’s packed one essential item for his six month trip.
A University of Tasmania space scientist is on a mission to uncover the mysterious of the solar system through a spacecraft voyage to Jupiter.
The hi-tech world of robotics is breaking new ground in Tasmania. See how a career in STEM has already inspired our young Tasmanians.
UTAS graduate Dr Julia Shore wasn’t going to let her desire to pursue a PhD in mathematics and her wish to become a mum stand in her way. How she achieved her dream.
Postgraduate study is opening up to Australians without a university degree with wider recognition of the knowledge and experience would-be students bring from the workplace.
Taxpayers would fork out for regional parents to visit their kids at university and country students would get cash payments under a radical plan to halt shocking drop out rates.
A University of Tasmania team has won a Eureka Prize for the development of the world’s first trace detection device that can identify inorganic explosives in under a minute.
They are young, bright and ambitious … but a large number of young Tasmanians is migrating from the state to pursue higher education dreams elsewhere. UTAS is looking for answers.
Students are ditching a full gap year and heading back in droves to start their studies mid-year.
Studying at university may seem like a wise career move but the reality is many graduates are finishing their degrees with a large HECS debt and losing out financially compared with school leavers who embarked on a trade.
Schools are failing to prepare Australian students for university and the jobs of the future as literacy and numeracy skills face “sharp falls”, the Productivity Commission has found.
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