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Voter interest hits record low in 2016 - ANU Election Study
A major review of the 2016 Australian election has found record low levels of voter interest in the election and record low levels of satisfaction with democracy and trust in government. The latest Australian Election Study, conducted by The Australian National University…
Frank Bongiorno's 'The Eighties' is ACT Book of 2016
Frank Bongiorno, an incredibly well-regarded historian at The Australian National University, has won the 2016 ACT Book of the Year overnight for his book The Eighties: The Decade that Transformed Australia. Judges said the book, which argues the 1980s was the decade Australia “packaged” itself…
Politics and International Relations graduates relish ANU opportunities
Three graduating students reflecting on their time in the ANU School of Politics and International Relations say they wouldn’t have had the internship experiences and opportunities that they did at any other university. Sarah Jones gave the 2016 convocation speech on behalf of College of Arts and…
Foreign Minister Bishop launches book on Iran and the Middle East
Australia's Minister for Foreign Affairs Julie Bishop has praised the work of the ANU Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies (CAIS) as she launched a new book edited by centre Director Professor Amin Saikal. The book, The Arab World and Iran: A Turbulent Region in Transition…
Classics fan Katherine conquers heart surgery, Ancient Greek
Katherine Prouting wasn’t going to let her fourth round of open heart surgery stop her from studying ancient Athenian prostitution law and completing an ANU Bachelor of Classics (Honours). She arrived at her first Cardiac Rehab session in late 2015 with a pile of books borrowed from her…
Social science graduating students are helping to shape a better world
Two female social scientists graduating from The Australian National University this week are using their newly-acquired skills to help young Australians, and retired ones, with eating disorder-related anxieties and social connectedness. Rachael Stevens, the 2016 ACT Young Woman of the Year Award…
Comedy, feminism and languages: the many loves of Codie Bell
Codie Bell, Bachelor of Languages (Hons) (Language Studies) Codie Bell has many passions. One is languages: she’ll be leaving the ANU with two more under her belt – Chinese and French. This is on top of German, which she learned in high school. In addition, Codie describes…