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 Linda Ma is heading to the University of Hong Kong to continue her research in Development Studies. Photo by Stuart Hay, ANU.
01
Dec
2015

CASS students win two New Colombo Plan scholarships for 2016

Two College of Arts and Social Sciences students are among the six ANU winners of scholarships to live and study in Asia and the Pacific under the Australian Government's New Colombo Plan (NCP) scholarships for 2016. The New Colombo Plan was launched by Foreign Affairs…

 Jacky Green with daughters Shauntrell and Jackie Green at a special award ceremony in Borroloola. Photo: Karl Goodsell/ACF/CAEPR.
01
Dec
2015

CAEPR Visiting Indigenous Fellow wins national conservation award

A Visiting Indigenous Fellow at the Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research (CAEPR) has won a national conservation award for helping protecting in his country in the southwestern Gulf of Carpentaria region. Jacky Wongili Green, a Garawa man, received the 2015 Peter Rawlinson Award from the…

30
Nov
2015

The art market is failing Australian artists

By Alexander (Sasha) Grishin, Adjunct Professor of Art History, School of Literature Languages & Linguistics, Australian National University Despite rhetoric positioning Australia as the clever country and the creative country, Australian artists, particularly in the visual arts, are…

 Graduating student Sian Watson's Drongo.
30
Nov
2015

ANU School of Art students on show

An exhibition celebrating the works of more than 130 ANU School of Art graduates opened on Friday.   The 2015 Graduating Exhibition is the culmination of years of study in art practice, art history and art theory, showcasing works from the School's eight separate workshops.   Janis…

 Syrian refugees. Image: Freedom House/Flickr
27
Nov
2015

Lebanese-style power sharing isn't the solution to Syrian impasse

By Damien Doyle, PhD Candidate, Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies, Australian National University and Tristan Dunning, Honorary Research Fellow, School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry, The University of Queensland The interests and demands of the Syrian government, rebel groups,…

 Most of the grants have come from the Australian Research Council for its 2016 round of Discovery Projects and Discovery Early Career Research Awards. Image: ANU
27
Nov
2015

ANU wins almost $4m in arts, humanities and social sciences funding

More than a dozen researchers from the ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences have secured almost $4m in grants to investigate topics of national and global importance, ranging from alcohol-related policing to safe migration to Western Desert art. The sixteen projects cover the College’s Research…

26
Nov
2015

Welcome home - Top 10 reasons to move to Canberra for university

There are lots of universities to choose from, but only one ANU. There is a reason why demand is strong for accommodation on ANU campus. Our accommodation experience is renowned for being easy and free to apply, fun, supportive, and inclusive. Why would you move interstate for uni? We have put…