Staff

UTAS alumni awards close soon

Nominations for the 2010 UTAS Distinguished Alumni Award and the 2010 Foundation Graduate Award close on 18 December.

Warm welcome to UTAS

The UTAS Community Friends and Networks Programme was launched in Hobart this week.

Source of ethical food

Hidden behind the Tasmanian University Union Building along French Street is a sustainable living demonstration garden that plans to open a food co-op selling affordable organic produce in 2010.

Art of Christmas

The Menzies Research Institute and Royal Hobart Hospital Research Foundation’s 2009 Christmas card collection features eight original Tasmanian artworks.

Lunchtime swing dance at Newnham

There will be no excuses for eating your lunch at the desk with a swing dance class planned for the Newnham campus courtyard on 9 December.

Time for a new timetabling solution

A new timetabling solution for UTAS will be introduced in 2011 to help minimise class clashes and make class scheduling easier.

Fire the spirit with music

Hobart’s spirit will fire up with a series of concerts featuring iconic works by Mahler and Stravinsky during December.

Friday file fling

This week is National Recycling Week and Planet Ark has nominated Friday, 13 November as “Friday File Fling” to encourage people to clear out their old files and recycle paper.

Applications sought for Churchill Fellowships

More than 100 Churchill Fellowships are on offer in 2010 for Australians who want to conduct research overseas and bring the benefits back to Australia.

Patents and their effect on commercialisation

Patents and whether they have any effect on the likelihood that an invention will be commercialised will be discussed at a seminar at the UTAS Sandy Bay campus on November 19.

Shakespeare festival

An Australian Shakespeare Festival, organised by the UTAS Conservatorium of Music, will be the centrepiece of Tasmania’s winter next year.

Debate on legalising voluntary euthanasia

A public debate on the legalisation of voluntary euthanasia will be held the UTAS Newnham campus next week.

Rhodes scholarship recipient announced

UTAS graduate Rhea Longley, 22, was today awarded the Rhodes Scholarship for 2010.

December graduations

UTAS staff members are being encouraged to celebrate the upcoming December graduations at Launceston, Hobart, and for the first time, Burnie.

Elite Research Scholarships - first round applications close soon

More than 100 Elite Research Scholarships, worth $30,000 per year, are on offer to UTAS PhD candidates next year - with applications for first round offers closing on November 15.

UTAS gives PhD students laptops

UTAS PhD research candidates who commenced their higher degree on or after January 1, 2009, will be provided with a laptop under the Graduate Research Laptop Scheme.

Moss Mania exhibition

Tasmanian Mosses are the focus of the latest exhibition at the Morris Miller Library at the UTAS Sandy Bay campus.

HECS-free study for visual and performing arts school teachers

Scholarships to cover HECS course fees are being offered to registered visual and performing arts school teachers in Tasmania to study a Master of Contemporary Arts (MCA) at the University of Tasmania in 2010.

UTAS professor wins Australia's richest literary prize

UTAS Riawunna chair and School of History and Classics Professor, Henry Reynolds, is the co-author of Drawing the Global Colour Line, which won the non-fiction category in the 2009 Prime Minister's Literary Award this week.

Phishing scam

Dear Staff and Students,

Please be advised that a spam email is currently circulating the University's email system and soliciting account information from University members. The message claims that a system upgrade is underway, and that email accounts will be deleted unless verified.