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Articles by Skanda Panditharatne
What’s The Go With The Factions: The Education Committee, Explained, Part 2
By Skanda Panditharatne In Part 1 of this explainer, we discussed the history, actions, and current issues with the ANUSA Education Committee (EdCom), as well as proposals for reform. In Part 2, we address the influence of political factions – …
‘Disengaged’ and ‘Disconnected’: The Education Committee, Explained, Part 1
By Skanda Panditharatne Education Officer Harry Needham has called a meeting this week to reform the ANUSA Education Committee, citing “significant issues” with its functionality and effectiveness. But what is the Education Committee, anyway? What does it do, and why …
PhB Arts Program Canned from 2020
By Kida Lin and Skanda Panditharatne The Bachelor of Philosophy – Arts and Social Science (PhB Arts) program will not be accepting enrolments from 2020, with a replacement program currently in development. Current students and those who have already accepted offers …
Vision Dominates PARSA Elections
By Eliza Croft, Taz Hudson and Skanda Panditharatne Elections for the Postgraduate and Research Students’ Association (PARSA) concluded today. Both major tickets – Vision for ANUSA and Empower ANUSA – ran on broadly similar policy platforms. Vision ultimately swept President, …
PARSA Tickets, Head to Head
By Tom Jordan, and Skanda Panditharatne Content Warning: Mentions of sexual assault and sexual harassment. The elections for the postgraduate student association, PARSA, will take place next week. This year’s election sees a contest between two tickets: Empower, led by current …
Your 2019 Gen Reps-Elect
Created by Eliza Croft, Taz Hudson, Adelle Millhouse, Jason Pover, Skanda Panditharatne, and Jessica Whiting. These are the Gen Reps elected for the 2019 ANUSA SRC. Information about the questions used for these cards may be found on our Gen …
Your 2019 NUS Delegates-Elect
Skanda Panditharatne, Jason Pover, and Adelle Millhouse Results are in for the 2018 ANUSA elections, and five delegates to the National Union of Students (NUS) National Conference (NatCon) have been elected. The successful candidates were Tanika Sibal (Refresh), Lachy Day …
Clubs Council Bails Out ANU Biology Society with ‘Financial Distress Grant’
The Clubs Council has awarded a $4000 ‘financial distress grant’ to the ANU Biology Society to remedy a shortfall created by undisclosed “decisions made in semester 1 2018”. The decision to bail out the society was made unanimously by the …
Socialist Alternative Aligned Ticket ‘Left Action’ Runs Candidates for NUS
Left Action for ANUSA, a ticket associated with the Socialist Alternative (SAlt) political group, launched on Sunday. The ticket is running three candidates for delegates to the National Union Of Students (NUS) National Conference (NatCon): Nick Carlton, Wren Somerville, and …