Wednesday 2 August, 5-6.30pm 

Join us tomorrow at Llewellyn Hall for a special event designed for students and people interested in learning more about the upcoming Voice referendum. 
 
Our panel, which includes Professor Megan Davis, Senator Jana Stewart, Senator Andrew Bragg, Dean Parkin and Sally Scales, will cover the key issues and points of contention relating to the Voice and respond directly to questions from students.  

We hope to facilitate a vibrant, inclusive and respectful public discussion covering off on the tough questions that students from around Australia want to ask.    

This is a unique and important opportunity to hear from our national student body as our nation prepares for one of the most crucial referendums in our history. 

The event will also be livestreamed, and you can join the discussion on social media using the hashtag #VoiceToParliament 

Read more about what you need to know about the Voice on the ANU Reporter website. 

Register for the Voice Dialogue here

Did you know we have many parenting rooms across our ANU campuses? While ANU welcomes breastfeeding across campus, these parenting facilities offer a private and quiet space to attend to breastfeed or express milk, as well as providing change table facilities for attending to infants and toddlers. 

Read more on our supportive breastfeeding policy and the breastfeeding procedure that includes a list of parenting facilities at the Acton and Mt Stromlo campuses. 

Returning from parental leave can be a challenging time, and many parents are juggling work with feeding their baby breastmilk. In the coming months ANU is finalising the work to become accredited as a Breastfeeding Friendly Workplace by the Australian Breastfeeding Association. If you have any suggestions, please email belonging@anu.edu.au

The theme for this year’s global awareness-raising campaign is Enabling breastfeeding - making a difference for working parents, you can find more information on the Australian Breastfeeding Association’s website. 

Thursday August 10, 5.30-6.30pm 
Join us for the second ever Tony and Yohanni Johns lecture, featuring ANU Associate Professor Ronit Ricci from the School of Culture, History & Language at the ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, and Professor of Asian Studies and Comparative Religion at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The Serat Ambiya (Tales of the Prophets) depict the lives of the many prophets of Islam leading up to Muhammad. Professor Ricci will discuss a 'wali-Ambiya interface', through which the two great Islamic traditions of the walis and prophets were intertwined and mutually constituted within major Javano-Islamic pedagogical settings in the 19th century.  

Register here 

Monday 14 August, 6pm 

Join us for a conversation with Lea Ypi, an extraordinary new voice, as she discusses her award-winning book Free: Coming of Age at the End of History with Allan Behm. Delve into the profound exploration of freedom - personal, collective, and political - as Lea shares her engrossing memoir of growing up in communist Albania, questioning the true meaning of freedom in a time of political and social upheaval. 

Register here 

Wednesday August 16, 5.30pm 

Join us for the opening of Timothy Phillips' exhibition at the ANU School of Art & Design Gallery. Oblique Objects explores concealment as a visual and poetic strategy in figurative painting.

Register here 

Student safety and wellbeing 

As we commence Semester 2 2023, we continue our ongoing commitment to fostering a culture where individuals feel safe, respected and empowered in their academic pursuits at ANU.

We’ve recently updated the Student Safety and Wellbeing Plan which highlights our collective progress in the critical area of sexual violence prevention and response over the last year.  We thank everyone involved in this plan and those who are committed to improving student safety on our campus.  

We are also excited to announce that ANU will partner with the Gendered Violence Research Network (UNSW) to undertake a mid-review of our Sexual Violence Prevention Strategy and will lend their expertise towards our next Student Safety and Wellbeing Plan (2024-2025). Led by Professor Jan Breckenridge, the team from the Gendered Violence Research Network will work closely with students, staff and the wider ANU community to ensure our next plan builds on previous work while embedding best practice.   

While we acknowledge our achievements to date, there is much work to be done. We must remain proactive and work together to create environments where individuals feel safe, respected, and empowered in their academic pursuits. 

The ANU fully supports the Student Union’s action today.  Together, we are committed to building an inclusive community ready and willing to enact meaningful changes that will make our university a safer and more supportive environment for all. 

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Human Ethics component of REMS to go live this week  

Attention Human Researchers, the human ethics component of the new ANU research ethics management system called REMS will go live on Tuesday 8 August 2023. This NEW system will replace the ethics module in ARIES.  

Please send an email to: REMS.ITS@anu.edu.au to sign up for the REMS practice system. 

The animal ethics component of REMS will go live in September 2023.

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Student Experience Survey (SES) - Now open  

Sharing your experience at ANU in the Student Experience Survey (SES) only takes 10 minutes and puts you in the draw to win $1,000!  

Complete the survey by Sunday 27 August for your chance to win.  

Complete the survey 

Ticket Giveaway - Canberra Writers Festival – Off Campus Panel 

Saturday 19 August, 10.30-11.30am 

Immerse yourself in the captivating world of Australian campus novels with our panel featuring young novelists Zeynab Gamieldien and Vidya Madabushi. From navigating professorial egos and departmental turf wars to exploring youth idealism and student politics, their novels The Scope of Permissibility" and The Days Toppled Over will stretch the boundaries of university settings. Joining the discussion is Aarti Betigeri, an esteemed Canberra-based writer and former foreign correspondent, who brings her expertise as the moderator.  

We have a special ticket giveaway for this lecture, you can win a free ticket to the event. 

Four tickets are up for grabs for ANU students. Follow the instructions in the entry form to go into the draw and you could be one of the lucky winners!    

Competition closes at noon AEDT on Wednesday 9 August. Terms and conditions apply.  

Register for the event here 

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Ticket Giveaway - Canberra Writers Festival – A Woman of the World 

Saturday 19 August, 12.30-1.30pm 

Delve into the captivating life of literary legend Shirley Hazzard at this special event presented in conjunction with the Australian Book Review. Join author Brigitte Olubas as she unveils the biography that Hazzard so richly deserves, exploring the journey of a girl from Sydney suburbs to a globetrotting icon of literature. With historian Frank Bongiorno as the moderator, this promises to be an enthralling discussion on Australian literature and the fascinating world of Shirley Hazzard. 

We have a special ticket giveaway for this conversation, you can win a free ticket to the event. 

Four tickets are up for grabs for ANU students. Follow the instructions in the entry form to go into the draw and you could be one of the lucky winners!    

Competition closes at noon AEDT on Wednesday 9 August. Terms and conditions apply.  

Register for the event here 

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Brush up your Library Research Skills for Semester 2 

Get a jump start on your research and study skills by attending a Library Research Skills 101 session in August. With all the information out there, finding where to start can be overwhelming. Come along and learn the skills you need to find the best possible resources as quickly as possible.  

Register here 

Wednesday 16 August - Sunday 20 August 

The Canberra Writers Festival will be back next month, offering a space to explore significant questions, celebrate Australian storytellers, and bring together art-makers, thinkers, dreamers, and readers in a joyous collision of ideas and imagination. 

Read the events program for the Canberra Writers Festival