May 24, 2022

COVID-19

ANU / COVID-19 / Fenner Hall

COVID-19 Positive Residents to Use Designated Bay in the Fenner Communal Kitchens

Hannah Farrow Posted On April 10, 2022

By Hannah Farrow From April 1st, the ANU will no longer provide catering to students who are isolating with COVID. At Fenner Hall, this means a designated bay in the shared kitchen space will be used by COVID positive residents. […]

ANU / Campus / COVID-19 / Halls of Residence

Rising cases at ANU cause several face-to-face classes to be sent back online

Xanthe Murrell Posted On March 9, 2022

Just weeks into the new semester, several ANU courses have reversed decisions to return to in-person teaching. Courses ranging from computer science to postgraduate economics have announced face-to-face classes will be moved online until further notice. Along with schools and […]

ANU / Campus / COVID-19 / Halls of Residence / News

Positive COVID Students Told to Isolate in Own Rooms

Tom Kersten Posted On February 23, 2022

By Tom Kersten In a pivot of University policy, students who test positive to Covid will from today be able to isolate in their own rooms, instead of being moved to self-contained apartments in ANU’s dedicated quarantine facility. This latest […]

ANU / Campus / COVID-19 / News

Omicron at ANU: Thoughts from an Epidemiologist

Georgie Ralphs Posted On February 21, 2022

By Georgie Ralphs Ahead of the return to campus this week, Observer sat down with Dr Katrina Roper, Epidemiologist and Honorary Senior Lecturer at ANU’s National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health to discuss the University’s response to the […]

COVID-19 / Explainers / Halls of Residence / New to ANU

Everything you need to know about Residential Living with Covid

Alayna Bourke Posted On February 6, 2022

By Alayna Bourke At the heart of on-campus accommodation are shared spaces and communal events, so how does residential living take shape in a pandemic? As semester one approaches, Observer puts together a guide to the new COVID-safe rules […]

ANU / Campus / Canberra / COVID-19 / News

[Almost] Relief for International Students Stuck Abroad and in Australia

Tom Kersten Posted On October 9, 2021

By Tom Kersten Nearly 19 months after Prime Minister Scott Morrison closed Australia’s International Borders, on October 1, Morrison declared “It is time to give Australians their lives back”, announcing the re-opening of the International borders from November contingent on […]

COVID-19 / Uncategorised

Details Emerge of the Positive COVID Case at Wright Hall

Nathan Bow Posted On October 7, 2021

By Nathan Bow During the morning of 7 October it was confirmed that a resident of Wright Hall had returned a positive test result for COVID-19. The individual has now been moved out of Wright Hall to complete their quarantine […]

ANU / ANUSA / COVID-19 / News

‘Lockdown to Zero’ Hopes Dashed in Wake of ACT Roadmap

India Kazakoff Posted On October 2, 2021

By India Kazakoff The passing of Motion 6.1 – colloquially considered the ‘lockdown to zero motion’ – in SRC 6 last week obliged ANUSA to become a public signatory to the ‘NSW Lockdown to Zero campaign’, and to support […]

ANU / ANUSA / COVID-19 / Home / News / PARSA / Teaching and Learning

Teaching Break Will Not Go Ahead

Sharlotte Thou Posted On August 25, 2021

By Sharlotte Thou ANUSA President Madhumitha Janagaraja announced on ANU Schmidtposting on Tuesday afternoon that the proposed one week teaching pause will not go ahead. This comes a week after the change.org petition – which has 5186 signatures at the […]

ANU / ANUSA / Campus / Canberra / COVID-19 / Halls of Residence / Home / Uncategorised

“Burning Money”: Stranded Interstate Residents to Continue Paying for Rooms

Darlene Rowlands Posted On August 25, 2021

By Darlene Rowlands There are 600 ANU students currently interstate and unable to return to Canberra. Those among them who usually reside on-campus continue to be financially liable for rooms they cannot return to. As the ACT lockdown damages the […]

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