By Vienna Daniels On Tuesday, Vice-Chancellor Brian Schmidt sent an email update regarding the financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic to ANU staff and students. In the email, Schmidt announced an expected $220 million budget shortfall in comparison to the […]
By Helena Burke Online exam invigilation platform Proctorio has defended itself against the criticisms of the student-led ‘No Proctorio’ campaign. In an email sent to Observer, the company claims that some of the concerns of the petition were founded on […]
By Samuel Wright and Rebecca Zhong In an email sent to ANU students yesterday, the University announced that it will use Proctorio to hold remote examinations, despite the privacy concerns that have been raised by many students. The announcement featured […]
By Hayley Hands ANU announced yesterday in an email that the standard grading system will be used in Semester 1. Deputy Vice-Chancellor Grady Venville stated that students would be able to ‘opt-in’ to a pass/fail system following the release of […]
By Hayley Hands Whether you’ve been busy enjoying O-Week festivities or frantically searching online for PDFs of your assigned textbooks, here’s what you might have missed. ANUSA This week, ANUSA ran a number of O-Week events including campus tours, trivia, […]
By Hayley Hands It’s the end of Week 2. If you’ve been too caught up in readings and tutes to catch the goss, here’s what you might have missed. ANUSA and PARSA On Saturday, PARSA held its annual ‘Big Day’ […]
By Eliza Croft, Tristan Khaw, and Rebecca Zhong ANU has announced it has been the victim of a data breach. The breach occurred in late 2018, and was first noticed two weeks ago. Data going back 19 years, including phone […]
Eliza Croft and Jason Pover Vice Chancellor Brian Schmidt walked Andrew Barr, the Chief Minister of the ACT, around the ongoing Kambri redevelopment today. The event was held to show off the new precinct to media and encourage collaboration between […]
Content warning: sexual assault, sexual harassment, institutional betrayal, revenge porn. Sexual assault, harassment and revenge porn are now defined as misconduct under ANU’s discipline rule, Brian Schmidt announced today. These changes come after ANU was criticised for claiming […]
This story contains discussion of sexual harassment, sexual assault & institutional betrayal. Students have mixed responses to ANU’s recent independent review into sexual assault and harassment policies, with many criticising the conduct of the review, and claiming much of […]
