An ANU student has been removed from a booklet on award winners after refusing to withdraw a comment critiquing Australia’s refugee policy from her bio. Vice Chancellor Brian Schmidt today expressed regret for this, saying he is “disappointed”. Odette Shenfield […]
Jason Pover & Eliza Croft ANU announced plans for a $25,000 a year scholarship associated with a proposed Bachelor of Western Civilization on Tuesday, subject to student consultation. The announcement occurred at a forum for staff and student feedback, where […]
ANU student Anthony Joe has been selected to represent Australia in Badminton at this year’s Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast. Joe is in his fourth year of an Engineering degree at ANU. He told Observer he began playing badminton […]
Jason Pover and Eliza Croft ANU has entered discussions with the Ramsay Centre to offer a degree in ‘Western Civilisation’. CASS will host a forum on Tuesday to discuss the proposed programme, which has been met with mixed reactions from […]
The ANU Students’ Association (ANUSA) has prevented media from livestreaming its first Student Representative Council (SRC) meeting of the year. When Observer asked to livestream, General Secretary Eden Lim ruled this was not allowed, citing unspecified safety concerns. In 2017, […]
Content warning: this article contains descriptions of violence. Alex Ophel, who allegedly attacked students and a staff member with a baseball bat in August, was refused bail by the ACT Magistrate’s Court in December. Ophel, an ANU student at the […]
The ANUSA and PARSA offices were broken into last night. Property was damaged, but there is yet to be confirmation of what, if anything, was stolen. Damage to the offices was discovered this morning. It appears that the glass back […]
Eliza Croft & Michael Turvey ANUSA will not pay membership fees to the National Union of Students (NUS) in 2017, according to ANUSA President James Connolly, conditional on the approval of the SRC. ANUSA voted to accredit with the NUS […]
Eliza Croft, Michael Turvey, and Laura Farag Many UniLodge residents have found themselves out in the cold after their applications to return in 2018 were rejected. ANU has allegedly requested that Unilodge free up 800 beds – more than 40% […]
