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 Professor Matthew Gray says Australia has a real need for research on social research methods and their application
17
Sep
2015

New head and goals for ANU Centre for Social Research and Methods

Professor Matthew Gray has spent months assembling a cracking team of some of the country’s best economists, political scientists, sociologists, psychologists and social research practitioners at the Australian National University.   Professor Gray has been developing the new centre since July…

 Ashley Orr was inspired to contest the 2015 3 Minute Thesis competition after talking with last year's winner, Rosanna Stevens
15
Sep
2015

PhD student uses thesis competition to share English literature research on women’s bodies

A College finalist in the Australian National University’s Three Minute Thesis competition is examining negative societal attitudes toward women by analysing the representation of female bodies in literature.   Ashley Orr, PhD candidate in the School of Literature, Languages and Linguistics,…

15
Sep
2015

QS rankings reveal ANU still best in country for Arts and Humanities

The Australian National University has maintained its position as the top Australian institution in the global QS Top Universities rankings and the number one Australian university for Arts and Humanities.   The ANU rose to 19th in the world in 2015 from 25th in 2014 and is the top-ranked…

 Executives from the College of Arts and Social Sciences met their colleagues from Nanjing University's School of Social and Behavioural Sciences and pledged closer cooperation
14
Sep
2015

College and top Chinese university agree to explore cooperation on criminology, heritage studies

The ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences and one of China’s ‘Ivy League’ universities have agreed to explore closer cooperation in the fields of criminology and cultural heritage studies as well as staff and student exchanges.   Three scholars from the School of Social and Behavioural…

 Professor Catherine Waldby
11
Sep
2015

CASS welcomes Professor Catherine Waldby

The College of Arts and Social Sciences welcomes prominent academic and social researcher Professor Catherine Waldby as Director of the Research School of Social Sciences (RSSS). Professor Waldby, previously an ARC Future Fellow and Professor at the University of Sydney’s Department of Sociology…

 ANU Honours student Clare McFadden said that being able to identify the sex of human skeletal remains is crucial to avoid creating a distorted version of history: Image: Michael Coglhan, Flickr.
10
Sep
2015

For skeleton sex it’s all in the hips

Archaeologists at The Australian National University (ANU) have weighed into a long-running controversy surrounding one of the best methods of determining the sex of human skeletal remains.   Honours student Clare McFadden, who studies in the School of Archaeology and Anthropology,…

 Photo supplied courtesy of ANU School of Music
09
Sep
2015

School of Music to play key role at 2015 Floriade

Eight student ensembles and two guest bands will take to the stage at Floriade 2015 in The Australian National University (ANU) School of Music Rhythm & Blooms concert series.   The Rhythm & Blooms concert series has been involved with Floriade for more than 10 years.…