ANU has released its full action plan for Student and Safety Wellbeing. The plan puts an onus on tangible outcomes and a pathway forward for a safer campus. Read below for more updates.
RATs and masks distribution hub open again tomorrow (Wednesday 27 July) and Thursday 28 July from 10am - 2pm. Please bring your uni ID card with you to collect at Tangney Road in Kambri. Read more COVID updates.
We have negotiated some great discounted accommodation rates for ANU business travel across Australia, NZ and the Pacific.
ITS notifications
ANU is a team player but Microsoft wasn’t playing ball on Friday. MS Teams and other MS services were down in a global outage, impacting ANU as well.
Did you know the ANU Service Desk will give you a heads up if something is wrong? Unless the network is down and we can’t access ANU webpages, ANU Service Desk will have a notification banner on their homepage alerting you to the issue. You can also log a job if you think there’s an issue with an ANU system. Check it out.
Sometimes, for example if an outage affects the ANU network, we may notify you via ANUOK so remember to download the app and make sure notifications are turned on. This will be one of our quickest ways to alert you even when other ANU systems are having problems – we use this channel for other critical and urgent campus notifications too.
Student and Safety Wellbeing latest updates
We’ve released the full action plan today. Since the release of the Student and Safety Wellbeing Plan in March, ANU has consulted with over 200 stakeholders, including students, to gather feedback and input for the full action plan. Read the full plan.
Starting tomorrow, ANU will trial the Residential Community Safety Officer pilot program across six Residences for now. The Officers will work in pairs and provide additional safety and support to residential students between 6pm and 6am, Wednesday to Saturday. The program will be assessed over the semester and may be expanded to all residences on campus in 2023.
The majority of new Residential students have completed our Enlivening Consent program – over 91% of the student evaluation feedback indicates they would recommend the program.
ANU Council will open EOIs for three student representatives for the new Student Safety and Wellbeing Committee. It’s another great way for students to have their say in how we deliver on our plan and student services.
In the lead up to the planned day of student advocacy on 1 August, we encourage you to read the full Plan including the work done since 2021.
Creating a time capsule for future ANU generations
Friday 29 July, 2-3.30pm If you haven’t already, register now to be a part of our final 75th Anniversary celebration with our Chancellor the Hon Julie Bishop, Vice-Chancellor Professor Brian P. Schmidt and the ANU community.
In our closing ceremony we will showcase the items — all representing ANU in its 75th year — that have been selected to go in a time capsule to be opened at our 100th anniversary in 2046.
This is a special moment in ANU history – you won’t want to miss it.
Dish on what we should add to our smorgasbord of Aussie food terms
Do you add chicken salt to your parmy or schnitty? Do you go for a halal snack pack (HSP) or servo food after a night out? Perhaps you prefer bumnuts to smashed avo on toast.
If you love your Aussie food, word boffins from the Australian National Dictionary Centre (ANDC) want to hear from you. ANDC is looking for new contributions for The Australian National Dictionary, with a focus on food-related words and phrases.
TONIGHT, 5-7.30pm This panel style discussion will look at the next 75 years - how will our university and others will look, how are we ensuring graduates are ready for the future of work and how will the higher education sector meets the needs for our rapidly changing world. Register now
Southeast Asia’s tech drive
Wednesday 27 July (tomorrow), 2pm-4pm Join Asia Society Australia and the ANU College of Asia and the Pacific for this conversation as we launch the report Raising Standards: Data and Artificial Intelligence in Southeast Asia. Register now
The 2022 Sir Leslie Melville Lecture
Wednesday 27 July (tomorrow), 5.30-7pm Dr Steven Kennedy PSM presents the 2022 Sir Leslie Melville Lecture, A tale of two crises: reflections on macroeconomic policy responses to the GFC and the pandemic. Register now
ANU Community Connect - Executive and staff tour
Thursday 28 July, 10-11am Student facing staff are invited for a light morning tea and tour of the brand new space, ANU Community Connect, a safe and welcoming environment for all students to access support and connections within the ANU community. Register now
What is China’s Maritime Power?
Thursday 28 July, 4-5.30pm Come hear Edward Chan, Postdoctoral Fellow at the Australian Centre on China in the World, discuss the economic, legal and technological dimensions of China’s maritime power. Register now
Embedding academic integrity into curriculum
Tuesday 2 August, 10-11am Are you a teaching academic or educator wondering how to apply academic integrity rules and principles into your teaching practice? Join this session to get a snapshot of the Academic Integrity Rule 2021 from Professor Royston Gustavson. Register now
New priority teaching space support service
Information Technology Services (ITS) and Shared Services have recently launched a new priority service, resourced with AV knowledgeable support staff for Academics experiencing in-room teaching space issues.
For those requiring urgent assistance when delivering their classes, dial 54321 and select Option 1 to speak to a dedicated support team member. This service is available from the hours of 7am-7.30pm Monday to Friday.
For any other issues that do not relate to in live in-room teaching, select Option 2. We've created aninfographic to help staff understand which is the correct channel to use.
Student First Program embraces human-centred design
The Student First Program is a multi-year program of work that will improve the student experience at ANU.
Student First Program Director, Dean MacDonald, says Student First is utilising human-centred design principles to truly understand how people think, feel and work before diving into prioritising solutions.
“Community is the soul of the University,” says Roxanne Missingham (pictured), University Librarian and Chief Scholarly Officer, explaining why she chose to donate to the Staff Relief Fund.
Roxanne hopes that her donation to the Fund makes our colleagues feel loved and supported by the University.
The John Curtin School of Medical Research (JCSMR) was created in 1948, two years after the establishment of ANU.
The School was founded in 1948 as a result of the vision of Nobel Laureate Sir Howard Florey and was named in honour of former Prime Minister John Curtin.
Core research areas for the JCSMR include immunology, cancer, genomics, neuroscience, infectious diseases and metabolic disorders.
