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Staff edition
Monday 16 August

Message from the Vice-Chancellor

Hello everyone  

I hope you have been settling into the first few days of lockdown. Most of us would have seen the news that the ACT will be in lockdown until at least Thursday 2 September.
  
Our ACT campuses are included in this mandate and we will continue to operate and teach remotely until the restrictions are lifted.  

I know many members of our community have already been impacted, particularly our residential students who were under additional restrictions while close contacts awaited test results. Thank you all for your cooperation, I know it has not been easy. I also want to acknowledge the incredible hard work of our staff in the halls and volunteers who made sure our students were safe and had access to food. We have developed a new model with ACT Health, which we hope will make life for our residential students easier and won’t mean the entire hall is impacted each time a close contact is identified. 
 
I am very proud that everyone has taken this so seriously and although we aren’t coming out of lockdown as quickly as we all hoped, we need to do what we can to keep our community safe. Please make sure you are reaching out for the support you need.  

Please take the time to read our important updates below and continue to watch the website for updates. Stay safe everybody - we are all in this together. 

Brian
ANU staff delivering food to students who weren't able to leave their residences over the weekend. Image: Supplied.
Lockdown update
Keeping informed
ANU lockdown arrangements are being adapted by each area to ensure staff and students' needs are met. Keep an eye out for updates from your Dean or Director who will continue to provide information.
Campus updates
Please continue to check this page which is being regularly updated with information on how the lockdown impacts ANU.
FAQs

"I can't record lectures at home - can I book a room on campus?", "Am I an essential worker?", "What's happening with parking on campus"? Answers to these questions and more are available on our FAQs page.

Remote work done well
It's important you complete the workstation self-assessment checklist to ensure you're looking after yourself while working remotely.
Safe spaces to work
If your home does not feel like a safe place for you during this period, please contact the Community Wellbeing Team who can designate a safe space for you to work. All discussions will be treated discretely and confidentially.
Looking after yourself
Adviser to Staff available virtually
Counselling is still available during lockdown. More information is available here.
Daily at-home workouts
Keep active during lockdown with daily lunchtime workouts hosted by ANU Sport. Jump on their Instagram to join in.
ANU HomeDrive files set to 'read only' this weekend
ANU personal file directories (known as HomeDrives) will be temporarily set to ‘read only’ from 5pm Friday 20 August until 7am Monday 23 August 2021, while IT Services improve the University’s data storage capability.

Need to work over this period? You still can.
Read more
Emergency food relief
If you are unable to feed your family or yourself during lockdown, help is available through the ACT Government's emergency food relief program.
Increased COVID phishing attempts
Cyber attackers exploit disruption caused by lockdowns to target people when they are most vulnerable.

It's important to closely inspect links in emails before clicking on them by hovering over it to check the destination matches the text and that the destination domain is a known ANU source.
Learn more from our Cyber Sense team
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