By Tom Kersten On the day in-person classes are set to commence for the new year, several COVID cases have emerged throughout ANU’s residential halls, likely emerging from O-Week events. This morning, every student who lives on campus was […]
By Sharlotte Thou ANU will continue to make unconditional early offers to prospective students on the basis of Year 11 marks for entry in 2022, after better than expected enrolments from domestic students this year. An ANU spokesperson told Observer […]
By Eleanor Ellis and James Day Students have raised a number of concerns about this year’s Market Day and expressed disappointment about ANUSA’s communication and organisation. Although the event was free, a post made on Schmidtposting by first year student […]
By Hayley Hands ANUSA’s decision to partner with a Canberra property developer JWLand as an O-Week sponsor, was heavily criticised in the comments of a since-deleted promotional post. This comes after a 4% cut to ANUSA’s overall funding for the […]
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 Rebecca Zhong ‘Climate Sessions Vol. 1’, scheduled for Tuesday afternoon, was cancelled at the last minute after students objected to the inclusion of a speaker from Sustainable Population Australia (SPA), Jenny Goldie. ‘Climate Sessions Vol. 2’ went ahead as […]
By Helena Burke The summer break has been a turbulent time for ANU. Before you give your liver a workout this O-Week, get up to date on the news you might have missed. Coronavirus travel ban Australia’s China travel-ban, imposed […]
By Hayley Hands Travel restrictions imposed to contain the spread of the coronavirus have caused concern about the ability of some students to commence their studies in Semester 1. The Morrison Government will deny entry to non-Australian Citizens arriving from […]
By Samuel Wright The O-Week Toga Party usually hosted by Burgmann College will not be running in 2020. Beck Long, President of the Burgmann Residents’ Association (BRA), cited financial risk as one of the reasons behind the decision. In a […]
ANUSA has cancelled its First Year Camp, citing “unforeseen circumstances” and a lack of “suitable… support mechanisms”. The camp was initially scheduled to take place over the weekend, beginning today, Friday 1 March. It was cancelled yesterday afternoon. The camp […]
