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Peace Building and Poverty Reduction: What can education achieve? A public lecture delivered by Prof Rupert Mclean AO on 16 April 2012.

The UTAS Foundation Dinner black tie events welcome new scholarship students, acknowledge the generous support of donors and celebrate excellence, innovation and participation at UTAS. The outstanding achievements of UTAS alumni are recognised with the awarding of the UTAS Foundation Graduate Award and the Distinguished Alumni Award.

Denison Debate featuring Associate Professor Natasha Cica, Director of the Inglis Clark Centre for Civil Society, in conversation with Professor Sir Ian Kennedy, Chair, Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, UK; Mr Rhys Edwards, Secretary, Department of Premier and Cabinet and Professor David Adams, Social Inclusion Commissioner, on March 28 2012.

In this UTAS Open Day public lecture, Dr Anthony Page discusses the importance of studying history and then, in a short example lecture, he explores Britain’s role in the Atlantic slave trade and the end of the slave trade. This lecture is presented by the UTAS Faculty of Arts.

In this UTAS Open Day public lecture, Dr Anne Coleman introduces us to the School of Sociology and Social Work, explores some of the areas that can be studied within the School, and elaborates on her personal area of expertise in homelessness. This lecture is presented by the UTAS Faculty of Arts.

In this UTAS Open Day public lecture, Associate Professor Richard Eccleston explores the ability of the Australian political system to deal with long-term policy challenges such as climate change. He also discusses globalisation, the media and the existing party system. This lecture is presented by the UTAS Faculty of Arts.

A new app developed by UTAS Faculty of Education academics, Profs’ Phonics, is being sold worldwide through iTunes. It is designed to help early readers decode the sounds of the letters in the alphabet.

Scientists from UTAS’ Menzies Research Institute Tasmania and the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute in the UK discuss their research which has revealed startling new insights into the Devil Facial Tumour Disease affecting Tasmanian Devils.

In this UTAS Open Day public lecture, Dr Margaret Hughes, Dr Sonya Stanford and Ms Jos Baltra-Ulloa discuss the place of research in a social work context and in dealing with marginalised people. This lecture is presented by the UTAS Faculty of Arts.