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College of Arts, Law and Education (University of Tasmania)
College of the University of Tasmania
The College of Arts, Law and Education was founded in 2017 as a college of the University of Tasmania that incorporated the School of Humanities, the School of Social Sciences, the School of Creative Arts (formerly the Tasmanian College of the Arts) and the Faculties of Law and Education.[2] The College offers undergraduate, postgraduate and research programs.
| Type | Public |
|---|---|
| Established | 2017 as the College 1890 as the Faculty of Arts 1893 as the Law School |
Parent institution | University of Tasmania |
| Vice-Chancellor | Rufus Black |
| Dean and Pro-Vice Chancellor | Kate Darian-Smith[1] |
| Location | , , Australia  |
| Campus | Urban |
| Website | utas.edu.au/arts-law-education |
The Colleges hosts a number of institutes including the Institute for the Study of Social Change, the Tasmanian Law Reform Institute, and the Asia Institute Tasmania.[3]
The College was established in March 2017 after the merging of the School of Humanities, the School of Social Sciences, the School of Creative Arts (formerly the Tasmanian College of the Arts) and the Faculties of Law and Education as a single entity. The College model followed other Australian Universities in the combining of academic units to promote further interdisciplinary teaching and research as well as a streamlined administrative process.[2]
The College hosts five schools and facilitates which offers undergraduate, postgraduate and research programs.
School of Creative Arts and Media
The School of Creative Arts offers Art and Design, Media, Music and Theatre and Performance studies and research curricula. The School operates five Gallery spaces across Tasmania, the Plimsoll Gallery and the Entrepôt Gallery based at the School's Hunter Street Campus in Hobart, the Academy Gallery and Powerhouse Gallery in Launceston, and the Makers' Space Gallery in Burnie.
Research centres and Institutes
Faculty of Education
School of Humanities
The School of Humanities focuses on the study and research of English, Global Cultures and Languages, History and Classics, and Philosophy and Gender Studies. Much of the School's research is significantly focused on the Universities 'Creativity, Culture and Society' research theme.
Research centres and Institutes
- Asia Institute Tasmania
- Institute for the Study of Social Change
- Centre for Tasmanian Historical Studies (CTHS)
- Experimental Histories Research Group
- Oceanic Cultures and Connections Research Group
- Antarctic Engagements Research Group
- Environmental Change Research Group
- Animal Studies Research Group
Faculty of Law
The Faculty of Law (formally the School of Law) was founded in 1893 and is the fourth oldest law school in Australia. The University of Tasmania Law Review[4] and the Journal of Law, Information and Science[5] are based within the Faculty as well as numerous publications produced by the Tasmanian Law Reform Institute.
In addition to its academic programme, the law faculty promotes a range of co-curricular activities including mooting, negotiation and client interview competitions, membership of the University of Tasmania Law Review student editorial, and membership of law students' societies the Tasmania University Law Society (TULS) and the Student Environment and Animal Law Society (SEALS) which provides opportunities for law students to become engaged in environmental law in such a way which encourages the building of legal skills and professional connections.
Research centres and Institutes
School of Social Sciences
The School of Social Sciences focuses on Political Science, International Relations, Social Work Sociology and Criminology. The School's research focus has been assessed at world-class and above world standards levels.[6]
Judges
- Sir Stanley Burbury, KCMG, KCVO, KBE, Chief Justice of Tasmania 1956–1973
- Ewan Crawford, former Chief Justice and Lieutenant-Governor of Tasmania
- Sir William Lambert Dobson, KCMG, FLS, Chief Justice of Tasmania 1885–1898
- Sir John Stokell Dodds, KCMG, Chief Justice of Tasmania 1898–1914
- Stephen Estcourt QC, Tasmanian Supreme Court judge
- Philip Lewis Griffiths, former Chief Judge of the Mandated Territory of New Guinea
- Peter Heerey AM, QC, former Judge of the Federal Court of Australia
- Duncan Kerr, Judge of the Federal Court of Australia, President of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal and former Attorney-General of Australia
- Davendra Pathik, former Judge of the Supreme Court of Fiji
Legal practitioners
- Damian Bugg, former Commonwealth and Tasmanian Director of Public Prosecutions
- Michael Mansell, Aboriginal rights activist and lawyer
Legal academics
- Enid Campbell AC, former Dean of Monash University Faculty of Law and first female law professor in Australasia
- Kate Warner AM, current Governor of Tasmania and legal academic
Politics and government
- Eric Abetz, Senator for Tasmania
- Guy Barnett, Senator for Tasmania
- David Bushby, Chief Government Whip in the Senate
- Roy Fagan, former Deputy Premier of Tasmania
- Adrian Gibson OAM, former Liberal politician and barrister
- Lara Giddings, Labor politician and former Premier of Tasmania
- Bill Hodgman, OBE, QC, former President of the Tasmanian Legislative Council
- Michael Hodgman AM, QC, former Liberal politician and barrister
- Will Hodgman, Premier of Tasmania
- Michael Tate, former Labor politician and diplomat, legal academic and Catholic priest
- Peter Underwood, former Governor of Tasmania
- Hannah Yeoh, speaker of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly
Diplomacy
- Ralph Harry AC, CBE, Diplomat and former Ambassador to the United Nations
Business
- Andrew MacLeod, businessman, author, former humanitarian lawyer and aid worker
- "Profiles: Kate Darian-Smith". The Conversation. The Conversation. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
- "Welcoming the College of Arts, Law and Education" (Press release). Hobart, Tasmania: The University of Tasmania. 7 July 2017. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
- "College of Arts, Law and Education". College of Arts, Law and Education (University of Tasmania). The University of Tasmania. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
- "ERA 2015" (Press release). Hobart, Tasmania: The University of Tasmania. Retrieved 24 October 2019.