Image: 2024 ACT NAIDOC award. Photo credit: ANU

The exceptional ANU College of Business and Economics Student Support team has received the 2024 ACT NAIDOC Award for Non-Indigenous organisation's Contribution to the Indigenous community for their work in delivering the ANU Management Program for Indigenous public servants since 2021. 

Leading to a Graduate Certificate in Management, the program provides Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employees of the Australian Public Service (APS) with a foundation of knowledge, skills and applications across management disciplines within an evidence-based management framework and helps build capability for a long-term APS career. 

Learn more: ACT NAIDOC award 

Image: Typewriter. Photo credit: Amanda Cox and Nic Vevers.

Not many people will read your PhD thesis, but if you completed your doctoral research at the ANU College of Science, then Tabitha Carvan has probably read one small part of it. What she found is a kind of poetry in the science.  

Inspired by the hundreds of acknowledgements she read, Tabitha and her colleagues in the ANU College of Science Communications Team crafted a beautiful multimedia essay, alongside a heartwarming video exploring this phenomenon. 

Be a part of ANU community initiatives  

ANU Green is a program that seeks to embed environmental sustainability into the fabric of ANU. Two programs work towards these goals: Dhaagun Environmental Management Plan and ANU Below Zero. Get involved by joining the ANU Buy Nothing Group, signing up for volunteer opportunities and following ANU Green on Instagram and Facebook. Additionally, if you are interested in sustainability, enroll in climate adaptation and energy courses or ask your course convenors about incorporating ANU Green content into your current program.  

Reduce your carbon footprint by taking One Small Step  

One Small Step is an app that helps users choose sustainable options simply and easy with fun and engaging challenges. Take climate action now with ANU and Canberra-specific resources, making change even easier.  

Want more? We’ve compiled a list of several opportunities where you can work with others to generate lasting, positive change.

Tuesday 6 August, 2-4pm 

Whether you're passionate about sustainability, LGBTIQA+ health and wellbeing, empowering young people, or building new skills, the ANU+ Volunteering Fair offers something for everyone. Explore stalls, meet community legends, partake in activities and enjoy a delicious afternoon tea. From 2-2.30pm, listen into a panel discussion of volunteering experts.  

Register now: ANU+ Volunteering Fair 

Tuesday 30 July, 12-4pm 

Bring your friends along or come ready to make new ones to celebrate Student Life’s International Day of Friendship. Expect a fun-filled afternoon with food, music and plenty of activities including arts and crafts, finska, blind-folded herb smelling contest and more.  

Register now: Friendship fiesta 

Thursday 1 August, 5.30-7pm 
 
The Global Politics of Sexual and Reproductive Health by Maria Tanyag from the Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs examines everyday inequalities in sexual and reproductive health and rights and the failure to address these rights in crisis settings. Building on the book's findings, a panel of speakers will reflect on why sexual and reproductive health and rights remain so contested.  

Register now: The Global Politics of Sexual and Reproductive Health 

Thursday 1 August, 5.30-7pm 

Nick Cheesman will be in conversation with Tamara Jacka about her new book, Ginkgo Village: Trauma and Transformation in Rural China, which draws on ethnographic and life-history research to provide an original and powerfully intimate bottom-up perspective on China’s recent tumultuous history. 

Register now: Ginkgo Village 

Video: 2024 ANU Reconciliation Lecture. Credit: ANU TV.

On 18 July, the 2024 ANU Reconciliation lecture was delivered by Ms Selina Walker a Ngunnawal woman, emerging elder, and proud granddaughter of Senior Ngunnawal Elder Aunty Agnes Shea OAM. Ms Walker spoke about reconciliation as a young human rights movement that requires shared accountability and knowledge to achieve true reconciliation. 

At this year's lecture, Vice-Chancellor Genevieve Bell also announced the winner for the Vice-Chancellor’s Reconciliation Award – Professor Steven Roberts, Dean, ANU College of Business and Economics. Under Professor Roberts leadership, ANU has made significant progress towards reconciliation. His work towards the University’s Reconciliation Action Plan has seen an increase in the average headcount of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students at the College of Business and Economics. Professor Roberts has also engaged professional and academic staff through the Indigenous Trainee program.

Watch the full lecture here.

Thank you to our community who participated in the University's Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) review. We received nearly 900 eform submissions from staff, students and alumni. 

The feedback will be overseen by a diverse working group that includes broad representation from across ANU. This group will ensure that the review is thorough and inclusive, taking into account the valuable feedback from our University community. The findings of the review, including consolidated feedback, will be presented to the ANU Council for consideration on 9 August 2024. We will keep our community updated.

Our FAQs will continue to be updated. For information related to the encampment, visit our ANU website.

ANU is excited to announce that it has entered into exclusive negotiations with University Preschool Childcare Centre (UPCCC) and Heritage Early Childhood Centre (Heritage) to deliver high-quality childcare in brand-new facilities on the University’s campus from January 2025.

The UPCCC and Heritage proposals have received letters of support from the two other current ANU childcare providers on the University campus, Acton Early Childhood Centre (AECC) and Cubby House on Campus.

Earlier this year, ANU announced it would construct two new childcare facilities to replace four heritage-listed cottages currently being used for childcare on campus.

ANU, UPCCC, Heritage, AECC and Cubby are committed to ensuring the continuity of high-quality, safe and sustainable childcare on the University’s campus.

ANU will now continue to work exclusively with UPCCC and Heritage to finalise an agreement for the two childcare providers to move into the new facilities. 

Read more: Latest childcare developments

Learn more: Childcare FAQs

There have been a number of updates made to the ANU late withdrawal due to special circumstances policy and procedure that come into effect from Semester 2, 2024 (for applications submitted after 22 July 2024). If you have experienced unavoidable and unexpected circumstances that made it impracticable to complete your courses and you intend to apply, we encourage you to familiarise yourself with the updated policy, procedure and webpage prior to submitting your application. If you have any questions regarding submitting an application or eligibility requirements for late withdrawal, please contact the Academic Standards and Quality Office (ASQO) at specialwithdrawal.asqo@anu.edu.au 

Located in the bush capital of Australia, ANU provides students a unique opportunity to be close to nature on campus and it is not uncommon to encounter native fauna. While most of these interactions are positive, there has been an increased number of reports regarding swooping birds, which can pose potential for injury. Due to this, it is important to be aware of the reasons why birds swoop and how to reduce swooping.  

Read more: How to avoid swooping birds on campus

ANU is pleased to announce pilot English Language Intensive Courses for overseas students (ELICOS) in partnership with the University of Canberra and University of Canberra College. This ELICOS pilot program provides another pathway for new international students who have received an ANU offer of admission, conditional on meeting our English language requirements. This program is now open for applications, with the first intake due to commence in November this year.   

Learn more: ELICOS program 

The annual Australia and the World symposium is designed to spark interdisciplinary conversations between scholars on the major issues confronting Australia and foster future research and publications. This year's symposium, Still Lucky? 60 years since Donald Horne's scathing critique, on Wednesday 13 November invites submissions from all academic disciplines that explore an aspect of the Australian experience over the decades since Horne's 1964 publication, The Lucky Country.  

Abstract submissions are due by Friday 30 August.

Learn more: Australia and the world symposium 

Researchers in the ANU College of Health and Medicine and the Black Dog Institute are testing a resource to see if it can help parents and carers better support the mental health needs of their children. If you are a parent or carer of a 5–17-year-old and live in Australia, please consider participating. 

Learn more: Parents for mental health research

Discover the latest privacy related news and advice with the ANU Library privacy update. Learn about recordkeeping, streamlining privacy assessments, phishing warnings, privacy awareness week and national privacy news.

Read more: ANU privacy update 

Meet the Author Student Giveaway - Michelle Arrow and Leigh Boucher 

Michelle Arrow and Leigh Boucher will be in conversation with Frank Bongiorno on their new book Personal Politics. Sexuality, gender and the remaking of citizenship in Australia. 

We have a special giveaway for a chance to win one of two copies of their book and have the opportunity to have your copy signed on the night of Monday 5 August.    

The competition closes at noon AEDT on Wednesday 31 July.   

Enter now: Meet the Author Student Giveaway 

Meet the Author Student Giveaway - Paul Ham 

Paul Ham will be in conversation with Hugh Mackay on his new book on the history of the human mind, The Soul. The history of the human mind. 

Enter now for a chance to win one of two copies of The Soul and have your copy signed on the night of Wednesday 7 August.    

The competition closes at noon AEDT on Wednesday 31 July.   

Enter now: Meet the Author Student Giveaway

If you are dealing with a personal or university-related issue, including distress related to the conflict in the Middle East, the University encourages you to seek support through the ANU Student Safety and Wellbeing team by emailing student.wellbeing@anu.edu.au or calling 02 6125 2211, Monday to Friday, 9am - 4pm.

You can also visit our Urgent Support page for a list of 24/7 and crisis support options.