News
The Bachelor of Arts at ANU is one of the most popular and flexible degrees.
Pursue two Master degrees in just two years with ANU Flexible Double Masters program!
ANU criminologists examine history of violence in Cambodia
A new book by ANU scholars examines how violence in Cambodia has gradually declined over the decades from the French colonial period to today, despite the genocide and mass murders by the Khmer Rouge in the 1970s. Violence and the Civilising Process (CUP, 2015) by Roderic Broadhurst…
School of Art students learn about historic Indigenous trail
A group of ANU School of Art students have heard first-hand about the cultural relationships that Indigenous communities have with an historic trail that runs through New South Wales known as the Bundian Way. The students attended a week-long field trip to Eden to learn about the…
ANU Poll shows Australians are divided over government debt
A new poll from The Australian National University (ANU) has found Australians are divided on the importance of government debt, with just less than half believing it to be the most important economic issue facing Australia. The latest ANUpoll also found people prefer the…
Western policy responses to violent Jihad
With parts of the Middle East highly unstable and the Islamic State (IS) still robust, leading academics will come together at The Australian National University (ANU) on Friday to discuss why western policy responses have failed to supress violent Jihad and extremism. Conference convener…
Students return from first ANU internship in Taiwan
Three ANU students of politics, Eric Chen, Bessie Zhang and Mike Cheung, have returned to Canberra after completing the university’s first internship program with partner institutions in Taiwan. The Taiwan Public Policy Internship Program, which began in 2015, is coordinated by the Australia and…
Aboriginal outstations not the problem in northern Australia
The editors of a new book exploring the history of Aboriginal outstations believe that they are not the major funding or policy problem facing governments in northern Australia. Outstations came under fire last year when former Prime Minister Tony Abbott backed a plan in Western Australia…
Voters have a good choice of politicians, but need to overcome their mistrust of them
By Marian Sawer, Emeritus Professor, ANU School of Politics and International Relations Is the Australian parliamentary gene pool shrinking? Has recruitment from a “political class” meant that politicians from across the chamber are more like each other than the people they represent? Is this why…