UTAS STEM Centre Win For Tassie Tech and Students

This week’s passage of legislation to allow a STEM precinct at UTAS at Sandy Bay is a win for Tassie tech and the next generation of STEM students.

TasICT supports the University of Tasamnia’s visionary plans to redevelop the Sandy Bay campus to include a $500m state-of-the-art STEM precinct.   

TasICT has been campaigning for the precinct – recognising that it will provide a massive boost to STEM education in Tasmania.

TasICT CEO Russell Kelly called on the State Government to now take a leading role in making the STEM precinct a reality.

“Innovation, Science and Digital Economy Minister Madeleine Ogilvie deserves credit for seeing this legislation through, but now the work really begins.

“The Labor Party’s support for the STEM precinct has also been greatly appreciated.

“The State Government can attract major tech companies to set up and drive new levels of STEM education and collaboration in Tasmania and the Commonwealth should now get behind this STEM precinct whole-heartedly with funding,” Mr Kelly said