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Thousands "Meet the Thought Leaders" at ANU Open Day
An atmosphere of anticipation and excitement filled the air as thousands flocked to the ANU campus for ANU Open Day on Saturday 30 August. The Canberra sun shone brightly, showcasing the best that ANU and its surrounds has to offer. Star academics delivered presentations on various study options…
Changing the soul: are conservatives the new radicals?
By Shaun Crowe, Centre for the Study of Australian Politics. Few members of the 20th-century political right were more important than Milton Friedman. As an academic, author, television presenter and adviser to Ronald Reagan – who once described his show Free to Choose as a “survival kit” for…
Australians see Indonesia as a friend, but no ally
A majority of Australians regard Indonesia as a friend of Australia but not an ally, the latest Australian National University (ANU) snapshot of the nation’s views on foreign policy has found. The 2014 ANUpoll on Foreign Policy also found six in 10 Australians believe Indonesia has not assisted…
ARC Laureate Fellow to delve into Pacific's deep past
Professor Matthew Spriggs from the ANU School of Archaeology and Anthropology has received $2.4 million in funding for his research investigating the hidden history of the Pacific. His project, The collective biography of archaeology in the Pacific: a hidden history, received funding from…
CAIS takes Persian and Arabic language teaching online
Creating an engaging and dynamic language learning environment is no easy task, but staff from the Centre for Arabic and Islamic Studies (CAIS) and the Student and Education Office staff have worked together to build a new online learning environment from the ground up. Iranian students…
Indigenous languages won't survive if kids are learning only English
By Professor Jane Simpson, School of Literature, Languages and Linguistics. The question of what language(s) to teach Indigenous students, what languages to teach them in, and how to go about it has been generating a little political heat (but not quite so much light) of late. On ABC’s…
"White is the most visible invisible colour"
Title quote: Beth Ritchie, ANU Women’s Officer 2013 Attending a national university women’s conference has given music and development studies student GILLIAN COLGAN a renewed determination to keep campaigning for better women’s rights at ANU and in the community. Gillian reports. In July this…