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CASS researchers successful in latest round of grants
The latest round of Australian Research Council (ARC) Future Fellowship and Discovery Early Career Researcher Awards (DECRA) were announced yesterday. There were nine College of Arts and Social Sciences (CASS) researchers who were successful in their applications. Such a strong showing from…
PhD candidate Nick Smith selected for The Best Australian Stories 2011
NIck Smith's short story "Everybody Wins on Kid Planet" has been selected for The Best Australian Stories 2011. Edited by Cate Kennedy and published by Black Inc this annual anthology of the best in Australian short fiction is available now. See the Penguin Books website. Nick Smith's 'Everybody…
PhD candidate Tristan Moss wins Australian Army History Research Grant
Congratulations to Tristan Moss, a PhD candidate in the School of Cultural Inquiry, who has been awarded an Australian Army History Research Grant. The grant will allow Moss to travel to Papua New Guinea and around Australia as part of his doctoral research on Australian military assistance to…
Oxford calling
Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science (Psychology) student Sarah Bourke has recently received a scholarship to visit Oxford. The Charlie Perkins Scholarship Trust offers high achieving Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander undergraduates the opportunity to visit Oxford. The scholarship is…
Last lecturer has the final word on classroom crises
The financial and monetary crisis in the European Union can be used as an analogy for the teaching and learning experience according to the 2011 Last Lecture winner. Dr Ben Wellings from the ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences was selected from a pool of more than 70 lecturers by over 700…
CASS researchers contribute to ANU funding
It was announced yesterday that ANU will receive more than $34m in research grants through the latest round of Australian Research Council grants. ANU Vice-Chancellor Ian Young said the 102 funded projects would help further the university's reputation as one of the world's top universities…
Stakes are high for problem gamblers
People with gambling problems are unlikely to identify as having a problem or to seek help unless they have experienced serious impacts or harms, according to new research released today. Dr Tanya Davidson the Director of the Centre for Gambling Research at The Australian National University is…