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COVID takes a toll on young Australians’ education
One-in-two high school students say COVID-19 hampered their education, with those with a disability the group reporting they’d fallen the most behind their peers, Australia’s largest survey of young Australians has found. The 10-year GENERATION study, led by The Australian National University (…
As calls grow louder for a Gaza ceasefire, Netanyahu is providing few clues about his strategy or post-war plans
Article by: Research Scholar Ian Parmeter, ANU Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies More than five weeks into Israel’s war with Hamas, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has not outlined his future vision for Gaza. He has said many times the war will continue until Hamas is eradicated. But his…
Financial strain on Aussies’ hip pockets sees social cohesion plummet to record low
Financial and cost-of-living pressures are among the top issues impacting Australians’ sense of belonging, pride and social cohesion in 2023, according to a major study from The Australian National University (ANU) and the Scanlon Foundation Research Institute. The 2023 Mapping Social Cohesion…
Distinguished Artists Visit ANU
Two distinguished visual artists from Indonesia visited ANU last month. Dr Willy Himawan and Mr Hendhy Nansha teach at the Institut Teknologi in Bandung (ITB), an institution that has had a long and close relationship with ANU academics. Willy lectures in painting, while Hendhy teaches ceramics and…
Greta Cooper: Winner of the 2023 Grad Show Logo Competition
Meet Greta Cooper, an inspiring student at the ANU School of Art & Design, currently completing her Bachelor of Visual Arts (Honours), and this year’s chosen designer of the 2023 Graduating Exhibition logo. Greta considers herself a multidisciplinary artist and designer, with a focus on…
New Australian university consortium to help world’s refugees access higher education
The Australian National University (ANU) has announced the creation of a new university consortium to help build pathways to higher education for refugees from around the world. The Australian Refugee Welcome University Sponsorship Consortium (ARWUSC) brings together, under the leadership of ANU,…
Professor Bronwyn Parry awarded $16 million in European Research Council funding
2 minute read In an Australian first for social science, Professor Bronwyn Parry, Dean of the College of Arts and Social Sciences at the Australian National University (ANU) and her European collaborators have been awarded a $16 million Synergy Grant from the European Research Council (ERC) to…