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Potential students go Sci.Co at IMAS

Fifty high school science students from Victoria and New South Wales have been given a unique taste of life at IMAS as part of the University of Tasmania's Sci.Co Road Trip.

The lucky year 11 and 12 students won their all-expenses paid trips to Hobart in a competition for potential university enrolees which attracted close to 500 entries, with the 50 winners also able to bring a parent along for the weekend.

Lobster labAt IMAS they heard about our world class research in aquaculture, ice cores and oceanography, microalgae, the use of drones to investigate sea ice, and the birds and mammals of the Southern Ocean.

The University of Tasmania showcased its Mt. Pleasant Radio Telescope Observatory, science engineering and technology courses, and opportunities in the ICT industry and game development.

The once in a lifetime weekend also included a wilderness cruise of the Derwent estuary, a visit to the Dark Mofo Winter Festival and a walk on Mt Wellington, while the parents relaxed at the world renowned MONA (Museum of Old and New Art) and the Coal Valley Vineyard.

The 2015 Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) results show the University of Tasmania is the only Australian institution to achieve the highest possible rating of 5 in Fisheries Sciences, based on research carried out by IMAS.

IMAS scientists also helped the University to become one of only three in Australia to achieve a 5 for being well above world standard in Oceanography, while the top rating was also awarded in both Ecology and Geophysics, which cover the balance of IMAS' research.

Find out more about the Sci.Co Road Trip 2016.

Authorised by the Executive Director, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies
28 October, 2022