Message from Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic)

I hope you had a restful and safe Easter break. I took some time off and enjoyed spending some down time cooking and renovating an old wardrobe.

You will have seen the Chancellor and Vice-Chancellor’s announcement last week that the University will make offers to year 12 students based on their year 11 results to study at ANU in 2021. They just need to complete year 12.

I am very proud of this initiative. It provides domestic students with certainty, in a period plagued by uncertainty. It alleviates some of the anxiety final year students will be experiencing due the disruption to their studies. And it’s the right thing to do. As the national university, we must show leadership and innovation to ensure our future leaders are provided with the pathway to success.

» Read DVC's full message here

ANU Flu Clinic

National Health Co-op is providing free flu vaccinations to all staff and students. The ANU Flu Clinic will be running from Tuesday 14 April to Friday 1 May. 

More information on the flu clinic here.

» Book your appointment

Cybersafety at home

Now that we are working and studying remotely, it's important to safeguard your home networks from phishing scams and other IT security threats. We've created a 'how to' guide to help people manage their IT security systems at home.       

Read the 'how to' guide here.

ITS updates

ANU now provides access to DocuSign to support remote working through the electronic signing of documents.
    
More updates including Zoom security, software for staff and students, and password changes here. 

Support for teaching remotely

The Centre for Learning & Teaching provides advice and support in delivering innovative learning and teaching services across the University. They have created a support guide for staff teaching remotely including online training sessions.

» Learn more here

Reminders

To support our remote work environment, the Community Wellbeing team have produced a webinar focused on Supervising remote teams.

ANU Library is hosting copyright and online teaching sessions for ANU staff via Zoom on Wednesday 15 and Thursday 16 April. More information here.

Watch Vice-Chancellor Professor Brian Schmidt's Zoom-cast chat with ANU Chief Information Security Officer about IT security.

Our first virtual Meet the Author live event with Malcolm Turnbull in conversation with The Guardian's Katharine Murphy on Thursday 23 April 2020.

Update your signature block in support of the University's inclusive environment.

The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) are providing a temporary short-cut method to help staff working from home. It's important that staff are logging their hours each week. Read more here.

ANU has announced changes for undergraduate students for 2021 admission on the basis of their Year 11 results to give greater certainty during COVID-19. More details here.

In case you missed Drill Hall Gallery’s exhibition Ham Darroch: Propeller, watch curator Anthony Oates in conversation with ANU alumni and Canberra based artist Ham Darroch.