Tasmanian Times
Education
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1.2KUTAS Inveresk campus plans unveiled
*Pic: Artist’s impression of the proposed UTAS campus at Inveresk, viewed from Aurora Stadium. The University of Tasmania says relocating its Launceston...
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The ‘disappointing’ Peter Rathjen …
*Pic: Peter Rathjen, Guy Green and Lton Mayor Albert van Zetten*Pic from HERE UNIVERSITY of Tasmania vice-chancellor Peter Rathjen, who earns over...
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It’s not called ‘writing’ anymore, it’s ‘sentencing’
If ever there was a good example of how it is not teachers who are to blame for what is taught (or...
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Launceston’s Big Public Meeting
BIG PUBLIC MEETING TRAM SHEDS FUNCTION CENTRE 7PM TUESDAY 9th. FEBRUARY 2016. To discuss and reject Launceston City Council’s intention to give...
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PETA letter to schools ‘outrageous’
The recent letter from the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) to Tasmanian schools is a political stunt pushing their...
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This place changed my life …
Last Friday night, at a dinner celebrating its 125th anniversary, the University of Tasmania awarded Richard Flanagan its Distinguished Alumnus Award. This...
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The Rise and Fall of for-profit schools
Not too long ago, for-profit colleges looked like the future of education. argeting so-called “nontraditional students”—who are typically older, often have jobs,...
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Climate change puts UTAS plans at risk
The University of Tasmania’s proposed $200 million northern campus in Launceston ( • TT: UTAS Launceston move to Inveresk a ‘great deception’...
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The Pokies Cup. Five Runners. What are the odds?
*Pic: From ‘Team Mulawa’ here: “Greg Farrell Jr, “Mr. Mulawa”: Greg is by nature very hands-on – activity done translates into learning...
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What has happened to University culture? Whither the Launceston campus?
The time when universities were called sheltered workshops for the intellectually abled has long since passed. Corporate thinking has utterly absorbed the...
