August 3, 2021

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Students Kicked Out Of Chifley Following Blanket ID Checks

Ali El-Zein Posted On May 28, 2021

By Ali El-Zein On 22 May ANU UniSafe officers – formerly known as ANU Security – checked University Identification from person-to-person at Chifley library. Students without their student card were asked to leave. Some students presented their Wattle page to […]

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What Is the Shanghai Study Hub?

India Kazakoff Posted On May 21, 2021

By India Kazakoff Online learning can be stressful and isolating, especially for ANU students stuck overseas. Universities across the world have had to adapt to a new type of learning which can cater to students dispersed across the world. The […]

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Eccles Neuroscience Institute Saved

Tom Kersten Posted On May 14, 2021

By Tom Kersten ANU has reversed plans to disestablish the Eccles Institute of Neuroscience following public backlash and a significant student-led campaign. A University spokesperson confirmed that the institute “will be retained as an academic organisational unit”. In March, ANU […]

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CRS/CRN Returns for Every Student

Tom Kersten Posted On May 7, 2021

By Tom Kersten An ANU spokesperson has confirmed that all students will be able to request consideration for CRS/CRN grades, which will be applied on a case-by-case basis. This will be different from the process used last year, under which […]

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ANU Absent From Sustainable Development Goals Ranking

Tom Kersten Posted On May 5, 2021

By Tom Kersten The annual TIMES Higher Education Impact Rankings were released last month with a noticeable absence of ANU. Meanwhile, the University of Canberra was ranked the highest for “reducing inequality”. Since 2019, the annual Impact Rankings have compared […]

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CECS Tutors Allege Payment Delays For Second Year In A Row

Ali El-Zein Posted On May 4, 2021

By Ali El-Zein A number of College of Engineering and Computer Science (CECS) tutors have alleged that they faced significant delays before receiving their first paycheck. Observer has been told that delays varied, with some tutors getting their first paycheck […]

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ANU to Continue Early Offers Based on Year 11 Marks

Sharlotte Thou Posted On May 2, 2021

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 […]

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Vale James Frost (1986-2021)

Keeley Dickinson Posted On April 30, 2021

By Keeley Dickinson Contributing Writing by Sam Delaney On Thursday 22 April 2021, we lost James Frost. James was known by a number of nicknames – Jimmy (to many of his friends), and Frosty (to a good portion of his […]

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Fire On Campus: Admin Building Incinerated, HAZMAT Assessment Rules Rest of Campus Safe

Grace Danielson Posted On April 30, 2021

By Grace Danielson Around 7 am this morning, ACT Fire and Rescue were called to the ANU Acton campus to extinguish a fire in Building 13B. Emergency services had the fire under control by 8 am. A single demountable classroom […]

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CRS/CRN Officially Discontinued

Alex Ellwood Posted On April 29, 2021

By Alex Ellwood The CRS/CRN grading system has been officially discontinued this semester. The University told Observer that this is partly due to the absence of a “special dispensation” for a pass/fail grading system from the Tertiary Education Quality […]

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