Spotlight

Tell us about your experience of learning and living at ANU? I choose ANU because of its reputation and expertise in the area of Asian and Pacific economic studies. The high standards and reputation…

Following her passion for complex maths problems has been just the ticket that ANU graduate Fiona Skerman needed to see the world. Fiona graduated from ANU in 2011 and is currently completing her PhD…

Ian is one of Australia's most experienced development professionals and is currently the CEO of the Australian branch of Plan International. For the past 22 years he has been involved in virtually…

Jane was born and raised in the inner northern suburbs of Melbourne. She is married and has three children. Jane graduated from ANU in 1997 with a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) and Bachelor of Law. She was…

2014 was a big year for Crawford graduate Thomas Kaydor who celebrated his graduation, published a book and was appointed Deputy Foreign Minister for International Cooperation and Economic…

Mr Armstrong's early career in fire management involved fire suppression activities as a front line fire fighter, and a practitioner of prescribed burning in the south-west of WA. He subsequently…

When were you a student and what did you study? I did the combined Arts/Law degrees, commencing straight from school in 1969 and finishing in 1973.  On the law side, I ended up specializing in…

Sotiris Dounoukos (BA ’96, LLB (Hons) ’96, GDLP ’96) isn’t your typical law graduate. After graduating from ANU he went on to a career in law. However, Sotiris left that world to pursue an equally-…

Born in California, Charlene moved to Adelaide before finding her way to Canberra as an eight year old. Her talents in Taekwon-Do were recognised at an early age, and she earned her black belt at 12…

We recently had the chance to sit down with rising young alumnus Rob Wiblin (BSc/BEc (Hons) ’12), Executive Director of the Centre for Effective Altruism in Oxford. We reminisced with Rob about his…

“Working on a solar lighting project led to my interest in renewable energy, and ANU’s reputation in solar energy brought me to Canberra.” Samuel Fernandes’ interest in renewable energy has taken him…

What attracted you to ANU?  The initial attraction of ANU was its high quality Master of Economics by coursework, with exceptional lecturers including John Niland (labour economics), Stephen…

How did ANU shape you? Fundamentally my ANU experience taught me how to learn, organise my time, be accountable for deliverables and be consistently curious – constantly questioning why is something…

Pete Hamill wrote for the New York Post: "The girl's name was Megan Stoyles and she had a marvellous chest bouncing beneath a white tee-shirt with the words Make Love Not War stencilled across the…

"I originally wanted to study film, so I did the closest I could do: English and History,” says Andrew Pike, now Managing Director of Ronin Films and founder of Electric Shadows Cinema. "But really,…

In 1966, Tim Overall started an economics degree. In 1966, Tim Overall’s number was called. It was the call for military service for the Vietnam War. He received a letter at his family home in…

“It was around July 1971 when I received a telegram from Professor Heinz Arndt informing me of the offer of a PhD Scholarship at ANU,” said Dr Paul Chan, founder of and now Vice- Chancellor and…

The student experience is not uniform, nor is it one size fits all. Jennie Cameron started at the University in 1986 as a mature aged student. “I was married shortly after arriving at the ANU – and…

Born in Christchurch, New Zealand, Richard Barwick (1929-2012) enjoyed a long and event-filled career built on his love for nature and the outdoors. Richard spent most of his career as a vertebrate…

It didn’t seem like it at the time, but Susan Bambrick was a feminist.  “I was then at McMaster University, Canada doing a course in Monetary and Mathematical Economics. It was the tail end of…