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  2. Thumbnail for Hive mind at work in new learning destination

    Hive mind at work in new learning destination

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/Hive-mind-at-work-in-Ulverstone
    2 May 2024: Over the past few months, the Underwood Centre's Limitless Learning team has facilitated ten intergenerational workshops with local students and families at Hive Tasmania. This has led to the creation of educational resources by kids, for kids, that
  3. Thumbnail for New collaboration aims to improve the lives of people living with Parkinson's disease

    New collaboration aims to improve the lives of people living with…

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/new-collaboration-aims-to-improve-the-lives-of-people-living-with-parkinsons-disease
    21 Feb 2024: A new collaboration between Tasmanian researchers, clinicians and community groups is aiming to improve the lives of people with Parkinson’s disease. The Tasmania Parkinson’s Project includes the development of a registry of people with
  4. Thumbnail for It's OK to be bored: engaging children with art through Limitless Learning

    It's OK to be bored: engaging children with art through Limitless …

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/Its-ok-to-be-bored
    19 Feb 2024: A gallery guide and program designed with kids, for kids, launched recently at the Devonport Regional Gallery through the Peter Underwood Centre's Limitless Learning project. Dubbed It’s ok @ DRG, the guide is now available to all families visiting
  5. Thumbnail for Spotlight on Dr Tamara Wood, Senior Lecturer in Law

    Spotlight on Dr Tamara Wood, Senior Lecturer in Law

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/spotlight-on-dr-tamara-wood,-senior-lecturer-in-law
    23 Feb 2024: What inspires you about teaching and interacting with students in Law?Law students are society’s future change makers. Many of our students come into their Law degree with a vision for a better world and, all going well, they leave it with a set
  6. Thumbnail for No nerves for Cosgrove High student thanks to Children's University

    No nerves for Cosgrove High student thanks to Children's…

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/No-nerves-for-Cosgrove-High-student-thanks-to-Childrens-University
    9 Jan 2024: In a recent interview with Lucy Breaden on ABC Radio Hobart, Year 7 student Aiden provided firsthand insights into the transformative role of the Peter Underwood Centre’s Children's University Tasmania program in navigating the shift from primary
  7. Thumbnail for The Underwood Centre's first PhD graduate highlights the benefits of distance learning

    The Underwood Centre's first PhD graduate highlights the benefits …

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/The-Underwood-Centres-first-PhD-graduate
    27 Mar 2024: In a milestone moment for the Peter Underwood Centre at the University of Tasmania, Debra Urquhart became the first PhD graduate supervised through the Centre on 20 March 2024. The ceremony marked the culmination of years of dedicated research about
  8. Thumbnail for How did COVID-19 affect student learning?

    How did COVID-19 affect student learning?

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/how-did-covid-19-affect-student-learning
    26 Sep 2023: Most of us remember where we were at different points in the timeline of COVID-19 lockdowns. One such moment was Monday 30 March 2020, when Tasmanian schools were closed without anyone knowing when they might re-open. Even if you weren’t attending
  9. Thumbnail for 45,000 hours of extra-curricular learning and counting

    45,000 hours of extra-curricular learning and counting

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/45,000-hours-of-extra-curricular-learning-and-counting
    15 Jan 2024: Children’s University Tasmania has had its biggest year yet. Last November 742 young people graduated across nine ceremonies in Hobart, Launceston, Burnie and Devonport. Over 1,300 active Children’s University Tasmania members at 52 schools
  10. Thumbnail for Doing school differently to support young people to succeed

    Doing school differently to support young people to succeed

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2022/doing-school-differently-to-support-young-people-to-succeed
    4 Jul 2022: Peter Underwood Centre Deputy Director (Research), Professor Kitty te Riele, said the six students from two flexible education programs in Adelaide shared their views about what made school work for them. "These young people may be marginalised in
  11. Thumbnail for 100% of young people surveyed believe that every secondary school should have a Uni Hub

    100% of young people surveyed believe that every secondary school…

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/100-of-young-people-surveyed-believe-that-every-secondary-school-should-have-a-uni-hub
    24 Jan 2024: Since 2017, we have worked in partnership with the State Government to deliver and grow our School-Higher Education Learning Hubs (Uni Hubs) at Claremont College and Newstead College. In 2023, Uni Hubs were also embedded at Don College, Hellyer
  12. Thumbnail for Co-designing with kids

    Co-designing with kids

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/co-designing-with-kids
    5 Mar 2024: In community centres, galleries and museums in the North and North-West of Tasmania, the Limitless Learning program brings together staff from participating institutions and young people from local schools to jointly construct activities for future
  13. Thumbnail for University's MOOCs among best of all time

    University's MOOCs among best of all time

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2022/universitys-moocs-among-best-of-all-time
    2 Nov 2022: The University of Tasmania’s MOOCs continue to garner international recognition. Three of the University’s Massive Open Online Courses have been listed in Class Central’s highest rated online courses and MOOCs of all time. Class Central
  14. Thumbnail for Our live show is back and making an impact

    Our live show is back and making an impact

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2022/our-live-show-is-back-and-making-an-impact
    30 Aug 2022: The Peter Underwood Centre's live show is broadcast via Zoom webinar to provide fun, extra-curricular learning opportunities for children and young people and inform aspirations. Hosted by Dr Louise Grimmer, from the Tasmanian School of Business
  15. Thumbnail for Book celebrates and advances the transformative power of education

    Book celebrates and advances the transformative power of education

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2020/book-celebrates-and-advances-the-transformative-power-of-education
    28 Jul 2020: Harnessing the Transformative Power of Education is being launched online, with an accompanying video, after social distancing measures required an alternative to a traditional in-person event planned for earlier this year. Lead editor and deputy
  16. Thumbnail for How do you connect with nature?

    How do you connect with nature?

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/how-do-you-connect-with-nature
    16 Nov 2023: A national initiative to collect stories about how each of us connects with nature has kicked off in Hobart, as researchers seek to understand how we can encourage more positive relationships with the environment around the country. The project is
  17. Thumbnail for Keeping people living with dementia connected during lockdown

    Keeping people living with dementia connected during lockdown

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2022/1215-keeping-people-living-with-dementia-connected-during-lockdown
    10 Mar 2022: Michael Preston graduated with an Associate Degree in Dementia Care in 2015. He has since worked as a Dementia-Friendly Project Officer with the Kiama Project in New South Wales. The Kiama Project has worked continuously to implement and test
  18. Thumbnail for Learning from a time of crisis

    Learning from a time of crisis

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/learning-from-a-time-of-crisis
    2 Feb 2023: When COVID-19 shut down schools in March 2020, naturally there was enormous concern about the impact of learning from home for Australia's student population. A report prepared at the time by the Peter Underwood Centre for the Federal Education
  19. Thumbnail for Risk environments put to the test in new MND research

    Risk environments put to the test in new MND research

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2022/risk-environments-put-to-the-test-in-new-mnd-research
    28 Nov 2022: A team of Tasmanian researchers will lead a new study into how interactions between an individual’s genetics and the environment in which they live contribute to motor neurone disease (MND). Associate Professor Tony Cook, from the University of
  20. Thumbnail for Literacy roundtables to encourage Tasmanian solutions

    Literacy roundtables to encourage Tasmanian solutions

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/literacy-roundtables-to-encourage-tasmanian-solutions
    27 Jun 2023: Researchers, policy-makers and community representatives will come together on a mission to improve literacy levels in Tasmania. Early years literacy will be the focus of the two-day Cuthill Family Foundation Literacy Roundtables to take place at
  21. Thumbnail for New DREAM project to help improve respite care for people living with dementia

    New DREAM project to help improve respite care for people living with …

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/new-dream-project-to-help-improve-respite-care-for-people-living-with-dementia
    14 Aug 2023: A Tasmanian-led national training program designed to improve respite care for people living with dementia has received $8 million in federal funding. The University of Tasmania’s Wicking Dementia Research and Education Centre was awarded the

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