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 […]
By Alex Elwood The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) has withdrawn from negotiations regarding a proposed ANU employment scheme intended to increase “job security and career certainty for casual staff”. NTEU claims the scheme fails to address existing issues of […]
By India Kazakoff and Grace Danielson It was always anticipated that the impact of COVID-19 would see the disestablishment of some courses. But few anticipated the immense scale and magnitude this would entail. On 4 April, a post on ANU […]
By Tom Kersten Content Warning: COVID-19, Mental Health. Students across the world were denied the on-campus experience they longed for last year. Forced to shift to an online model of learning, the education sector as a whole faced unprecedented […]
By Nathan Bow and Ali El-Zein ANU reported an operating deficit for the first time since 2008 with a loss of $162.4 million in 2020, a $334 million decline from 2019. According to the University, the transition from surplus to […]
By James Day, Tom Kersten, Jemima Adams, Alex Ellwood, Declan Milton, Brandon How and Helena Burke
By Sharlotte Thou Led by Public Health Lead Professor Tracy Smart, the ANU COVID Response Office has released updated guidelines relating to residential halls and campus. These guidelines are based on “common sense” as the risk of COVID lowers in […]
By Tom Kersten ANU has announced it “has not considered” implementing the Course Requirements Satisfied/Not Satisfied grading system in 2021, despite international students facing ongoing travel bans. The University will return to normal grading processes this semester. Introduced last year […]
By Darlene Rowlands The National Rental Affordability Scheme (NRAS) will end at ANU in 2022, with Lena Karmel Lodge as the University’s last provider. Although Warrumbul Lodge and the Laurus Wing at Ursula Hall have previously provided NRAS accommodation, only […]
By Alex Ellwood Compulsory first year courses POLS1002 and POLS1006 are currently running without tutorials, reducing students’ contact hours and leaving many students feeling academically unsupported. POLS1002: Introduction to Politics and POLS1006: Introduction to International Relations have both been timetabled […]
