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College finalist announced for the Lion's Oratory Competition
Daniel McKay, a current Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Laws student, has been selected to compete in the 18th Annual Lion's Oratory Competition. At the competition, which encourages students from all of the ANU Colleges to read widely on subjects dealing with human values, Daniel will speak about '…
Welcome to Dr Jeanine Leane
Welcome to Dr Jeanine Leane who has recently joined the College in the Australian Centre for Indigenous History. Jeanine, who is a Wiradjuri woman from south-west New South Wales, currently holds an ANU post-doctoral fellow. Her research interests include: the historical trajectory of…
Poetry slam final held
Last week the final of the first annual Voice Slam, hosted by poet, rapper and ANU graduate, Omar Musa, was held. The program has been designed to give young high school students an opportunity to share their creativity through spoken word and song. The Voice Slam is run by the ANU Student Equity…
Speaking to the World - New Languages Diploma
A new ANU Diploma of Languages will kick off in 2013, offering students better access to 17 languages at ANU, some not taught anywhere else in Australia. Languages available in the new Diploma are: Ancient Greek, Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latin…
A different breed of democracy
How we understand and define democracies in Europe and Asia will be the subject of a two-day workshop beginning tomorrow at ANU. The workshop will examine so-called hybrid regimes – political systems, which are neither clearly democratic nor authoritarian but often appear as democratic with…
Rethinking representation
Dr Will Sanders was working with a local government in rural Northern Territory when the drama began. “In 2008, a local government I had been advising was amalgamated into a much bigger shire. The 18 councillors were suddenly pushed into competition for just four positions. I thought, there’s…
Remembering forgotten Australians
Queensland Premier Campbell Newman’s inquiry into the state’s child protection regime needs to revisit and address past historic abuse as well as present day problems, according to a researcher from The Australian National University. Dr Adele Chynoweth, a Visiting Academic in the ANU College of…