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87-121 Watkinson St
Devonport TAS 7310
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Email: don.college@education.tas.gov.au
Phone: 03 6424 0200

Class Visitors

It is a feature of many classes that visitors are invited to share their knowledge and perspectives. This is very valuable as it broadens the perspective of students. 

In Legal Studies, the Dean of the Faculty of Law at UTas, Professor Tim McCormack, and fourth year Arts/Law students , Hollie Jackson and Grace Williams answered many questions about studying Law, as well as what it takes to be a north-west student who moves away from home to study. Hollie, an ex-student of Don, and Grace engaged the Legal students with their passion and enthusiasm for law, and for life in general. Each of them, as part of their study, is about to do a six month exchange overseas, Hollie in Sweden and Grace in Indonesia. Tim, who grew up in Burnie is an internationally renowned practitioner and expert in Humanitarian International Law. He engaged the class by being interested in their hopes for the future, by giving examples of his role as Dean and talking about the legal scene in Tasmania. The visit broadened the outlook of the Legal students and led them to think that they might be able to follow in the footsteps of these north-west coasters who have gone before them.

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Sarah Bissell, a Buddhist teacher visited the Studies of Religion class and talked about some of the central Buddhist beliefs and how these inform a Buddhist in their daily life. The students learnt about the importance of controlling the mind and what in fact the mind is. They learnt more about karma and how to gain lasting happiness by not grasping onto delusions.
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