The rundown - what you need to know
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The rules around masks at ANU are unchanged for now
- You still need to wear a mask indoors in all teaching spaces and work areas on campus. There are some exemptions for residences, commercial spaces and certain labs on campus. Find out more
Consideration of changes to mask requirements
- Following the decision by ACT Government to end the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency and relax restrictions across the Territory, as well as other factors around the COVID-19 pandemic, the University is proposing a change to our mask requirements.
The proposal is:
- to keep the requirement for masks in teaching settings until the end of semester (28 October 2022);
- to keep the requirement for masks in clinical settings - there is no proposed change to this requirement;
- to remove the mask requirements in all other settings on the ANU Campus from 17 October 2022.
Consultation:
- A consultation period for these proposed changes has now opened and we invite staff and students to provide any feedback by emailing our Work Health and Safety (WHS) team whs@anu.edu.au by 5pm Tuesday 11 October.
- Following the close of consultation, a decision will be taken and announced on Friday 14 October.
Please keep reading to find out about upcoming events and activities, stories, and other updates including the University's involvement with the Racism. It Stops With Me initiative. |
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Student Safety and Wellbeing Plan
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The Student Safety and Wellbeing team has been working hard to ensure our students are supported and safe on campus.
Our progress update against the Plan:
- We've appointed Kathleen Kuntz as the new Nurse Practitioner at the ANU Medical Centre. Kathleen provides students with expert and judgement-free advice and support, in a safe environment.
- Two new case managers have joined our team – including a fluent Mandarin speaker who has worked extensively with international students. You can drop into the Health and Wellbeing Centre in Kambri to speak with a case manager.
- The Respectful Relationships Unit and the Student Safety and Wellbeing Team are developing a pilot training program to be implemented in 2023 called Rights, Relationships and Respect at ANU. It will be a blended learning program, including a compulsory bespoke online module, and face-to-face multi sessions on consent and sexuality education.
- ANU has responded to the student associations' 'Follow through report'. It details our commitment to student safety and the concerns of our students. Read our response from 21 September 2022.
- Respectful Relationships Unit is launching the Sexual Violence Prevention Toolkit on Tuesday 11 October, 2-4pm. Chanel Contos will be a guest speaker. Chanel founded and led the Teach Us Consent campaign, which made consent mandatory in all Australian schools.
- The toolkit was designed specifically for our community, drawing together the evidence-based, best practice principles, as well as extensive consultation, and helps provide staff and students working in this space with tools and strategies to address these issues using a holistic approach.
- If you need support, please reach out to our Student Safety and Wellbeing team at student.wellbeing@anu.edu.au or +61 2 6125 2211.
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Events & activities
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What women (voters) want
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Friday 7 October, 11am–12pm
Join Professor Rosie Campbell and a panel of experts as they reflect on the role of women voters in both Australia and the UK discussing whether a new female PM in the UK may help win over women voters ahead of the 2024 election.
Register now for the What women (voters) want |
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World Mental Health Day
Wellbeing Program
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10 - 15 October
Join our wellbeing program to celebrate World Mental Health Day on 10 October. Take some time out to enjoy yoga, jujutsu, a Zumba class or watch a feel good movie. All activities are free.
View our wellbeing program |
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Lao-Australia relations and cooperation lecture
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Tuesday 11 October, 12.30-2pm
To mark the 70th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR) and Australia, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific and the ANU Southeast Asia Institute will host a special event with an address delivered by Lao’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister His Excellency Saleumxay Kommasith.
Register for the Lao-Australia relations and cooperation lecture |
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Sexual Violence Prevention Toolkit Launch Event
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Tuesday 11 October, 2-4pm
Join the Respectful Relationships Unit at the launch of the Sexual Violence Prevention Toolkit. Chanel Contos will be a guest speaker. Chanel founded and led the Teach Us Consent campaign, which made consent mandatory in all Australian schools.
Register now for the Sexual Violence Prevention Toolkit launch |
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Annual Freilich Lecture in Bigotry and Tolerance
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Wednesday 19 October, 6-7pm
His Excellency Vasyl Myroshnychenko, Ambassador for Ukraine in Australia, will deliver this year's Freilich Lecture in Bigotry and Tolerance. This event is held in partnership with the ANU Centre for European Studies and the We Bleed the Same Exhibition, currently on display at ANU.
Register for the 2022 Freilich Lecture |
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