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 Mulgan Mia Dancers in Western Australia. Photo: Mark Roy/Flickr
01
Oct
2015

Racism hits Indigenous students' attendance and grades

Dr Nicolas Biddle is a Fellow in the Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research (CAEPR).Naomi Priest is a Fellow in the ANU Centre for Social Research and Methods.    Previous research we undertook showed that racism towards Indigenous students negatively affected school attendance.…

22
Sep
2015

ANU School of Music scores popular music studies regional and global conferences

One Direction, Madonna and John Lennon will be on the bill at ANU this December.   Obviously not performing, they are instead among artists to be discussed at the International Association for the Study of Popular Music’s (IASPM) regional branch conference to be hosted in Canberra for the…

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22
Sep
2015

Trip to homeland inspires new book

A new book being launched on Friday will explore some of the pressing issues facing Vietnamese youth, including love and destiny.   Dr Kim Huynh from the School of Politics and International Relations in the ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences was inspired to write his collection…

 Patrick Kilby's new book NGOs and Political Change: A History of the Australian Council for International Development (ACFID), is published by ANU Press
21
Sep
2015

ANU book set to launch maps 50 years of Australia’s peak body for international aid and development

The idea of Australia’s peak council for international aid and development organisations germinated following lunches in Canberra and meetings at University House 52 years ago this year.   Now an Australian National University lecturer in anthropology and participatory development has written…

 CASS Indigenous Scholarship winner Tracie Morrison
18
Sep
2015

Meet Yuin woman Tracie Morrison, CASS Indigenous Scholarship winner

Yuin woman Tracie Morrison, who wants to research the cultural differences in healing practices between Europeans and indigenous peoples, has been awarded the College’s 2015 Indigenous Australian Graduate Scholarship. Tracie, who belongs to the Yuin people of the New South Wales south coast on her…

 Will Jenkins is leaving the Persian and Arabic languages on-line programs he headed at CAIS to undetake prestigious scholarships in Europe. Photo by Stuart Hay, ANU
18
Sep
2015

A dream come true - ANU student wins €60,000 scholarship

Australian National University (ANU) graduate William Bullock Jenkins is hoping a prestigious international scholarship will help him piece together the world's history and broaden Australia's concept of the Indo-Pacific region.   William will spend a year at the University of…

 Photo by ANU photographer Stuart Hay.
18
Sep
2015

School of Music celebrates 50 years of excellence

The ANU School of Music will celebrate 50 years of music excellence this weekend.   The events start on Friday 18 September with the official opening of the School's new $1 million remodelled front entrance, the Athenaeum, followed by Joe Chindamo and Zoë Black performing music from…