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Linguistics student awarded PhD scholarship to Cambridge
Master of General and Applied Linguistics (Advanced) graduate Li Nguyen initially had doubts about getting into the ANU. “I thought maybe I’m not good enough to get into the ANU, so I didn’t even think about applying,” she recalls. So it was that Li did a Bachelor of…
Postgraduate applicants wanted for RSSS Director’s $20,000 award
Postgraduate students looking for a research scholarship are invited to apply for the ANU Research School of Social Sciences (RSSS) Director’s Award, worth up to $20,000. The scholarship, which is a top-up to the Australian Postgraduate Award (APA), is open to a prospective or continuing domestic…
Drilling in the Bight: has BP learnt the right lessons from its Gulf of Mexico blowout?
By Andrew Hopkins, Emeritus Professor, ANU School of Sociology The Guardian newspaper recently hit a wall of non-response when it raised concerns about the possibility of an oil well blowout in BP’s proposed drilling operations in the Great Australian Bight. The facts are that bolts on…
ANU composer wins APRA grant for Indigenous Composers Initiative
Composer Dr Christopher Sainsbury from The Australian National University (ANU) School of Music has won an inaugural national grant to help promote the work of Indigenous composers in Australia. Dr Sainsbury has been awarded an Australasian Performing Rights Association (APRA) grant to…
ANU expert wins grant to train public servants about EU system
A European Union expert at The Australian National University (ANU) has won a €49,000 (A$73,000) grant to train Australian public servants and businesses about how the EU works. Dr Annmarie Elijah, Associate Director of the ANU Centre for European Studies (CES), received a Jean Monnet Project…
Applications open for ANU student exchange opportunities in 2017
Applications are now open for ANU undergraduate students to go on exchange in semester 2, 2017. Sarah Barrie, who is studying a Bachelor of Middle East Central Asia Studies with a Bachelor of Laws (Honours), is currently on exchange at the University of Oslo in Norway. The third-year…
New album for Australia's National Carillon
The Australian National University (ANU) School of Music will partner with the National Capital Authority (NCA) to commission an album of new Australian music for the National Carillon in Canberra. The album has been commissioned as part of an Australia Council for the Arts Grant Program…