Vica Bayley Online courses are soul destroying. My son started at UTAS, all his courses were online, he didn’t meet anyone, had no social interaction, did his work, passed and then left at the first opportunity. At 19 he needed to start life and this was the worst scenario.

Simon Davis Linda Poulton They are not alternative facts and I suggest you do your research, there is plenty of information in the public domain if you choose to look for it. Winter is playing a poorly calculated political game to wedge the government.

Simon Davis Linda Poulton It is not about preventing housing, UTAS is a public institution, the legislation is simply requiring some checks and balances for UTAS should they wish to divest land. Just like other public mainland unis - Uni of Melb and Uni of Sydney. Facts matter.

Simon Davis Linda Poulton And the land specifically being spruiked by Labor has already failed rezoning in TASCAT and UTAS also lost a Supreme Court decision. 2000 homes on hilly, wooded land with restricted access is poor planning. Facts matter.

Kevin Bonham The blogs theutaspapers.com and Tasfintalk show that developing the campus as a housing estate and relocating the uni in the CBD is financially impossible for UTAS. In fact the uni could run out of money altogether in 2 years. Both reflect meticulous research #politas

Dean Winter Dean you are not reading this correctly. The Bill is to put in place checks and balances to make UTAS more accountable, after all they are a public university whose management in recent years probably needs greater scrutiny. You are muddy the waters for political gain.

Public policy analyst, John Lawrence, rips into Labor on the viability of UTAS' proposed Sandy Bay redevelopment Using a report prepared by UTAS' own consultants, Deloitte, John Lawrence, has provided a withering critique of both UTAS' proposed Sandy Bay redevelopment and the

UTAS relocation is unaffordable – email sent to Members of the State Parliament on 2 August This is the text of an email I sent to State MPs yesterday: theutaspapers.com/utas-relocatio… As envisaged by UTAS, relocation would cost $6 billion with a loss of $1.4 billion. I will be keeping

Tasmania’s brain drain – UTAS continues to fail Tasmania where it matters most The Commonwealth Department of Education has started publishing student data for calendar year 2023. Taken together with other information, the data is highly revealing, and I have published a blog

The second successful joint motion was brought on by Cr Coats and I, moving to update the Council’s advocacy priorities to include support for UTAS to maintain and refurbish the Sandy Bay campus (incl STEM facilities). This one was amended to add Points 11 and 12 2/2

I did one science subject at uni - Vegetation Management, with Jamie Kirkpatrick. I struggled the entire time, and just scraped through with exactly 50%. But it’s stayed with me forever - I use that knowledge every time I walk past or through the bush. Vale Prof Kirkpatrick 😢

Coming your way soon - Ryan Posselt Small Business Advisory. Think you know your own business? He knows better. No unsolicited business advice too big or small, he knows it all. #fontcast #politas

So the buck stops with the Premier, but taxpayers have to cough up the $10+ million for his “path forward”? Rightio. #politas

Newly released records show UTAS consultation on CBD move was a farce After a 30 month battle, I have obtained documents from UTAS relating to its biased consultation process preceding the UTAS Council's decision to relocate the southern campus to the Hobart CBD in 2019. See my

I sat in the Supreme Court yesterday & pretended to be a courtroom artist. This is my asshole abuser. Unfortunately a week before the trial date the charges in relation to me were dropped. Six years the other complainant and I have been waiting. Cont/

I welcome the new proposal for a STEM rejuvenation on the SB campus, but the continued fragmentation of campus faculties & the monetisation of the upper campus without a clear plan are problematic. I spoke about this at last month’s HCC meeting & I stand by what I said: #politas

Premier Rockliff says abandoning a policy his govt was elected to implement is just them “getting on with the job”. I can’t work out which is worse … the lack of compassion for victims (and families), the dishonesty during the election campaign, or the pathetic excuses? #politas

So the Liberal Govt has betrayed its voters and abandoned the policy to save & refurbish the Sandy Bay campus. They now support the sale of Precinct 3 (STEM buildings) and P4 (student accomm), but how will a STEM centre function on the campus without these facilities? #politas