The Australian National University (ANU) is Australia’s most research-intensive university, with an outstanding international research reputation, attracting many international visitors and engaging in a wide range of collaborative arrangements with universities in Australia and overseas.

In education, our undergraduate students and students in postgraduate coursework and research degrees benefit from the teaching which is embedded in, and exploits this, research culture.  The University’s primary educational objective is to become the university of educational choice for the top students locally, nationally and internationally, by offering a unique range of research-enriched degree programs through learning environments based on interactive enquiry.

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Second Annual ANU Festival of Teaching

The Second Annual ANU Festival of Teaching will be held on 10 and 11 June 2009 in the HW Arndt Building and Copland Lecture Theatre.  It will be opened by the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Ian Chubb AC, with keynote addresses from Professor Trevor Gale (Director, National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education, UniSA); and Associate Professor Marnie Hughes Warrington (2008 winner Prime Minister’s Award for University Teacher of the Year).

Full program details are available at Festival of Teaching Program

Vice-Chancellor’s Student Leadership Program

Students holding, or aspiring to hold, leadership positions in the ANU or wider community are invited to apply to participate in the Vice-Chancellor’s Leadership Program.

Designed to develop the leadership skills and potential of undergraduate students, the program will includes presentations from leaders from within and beyond the ANU.  The program will commence with a two-day intensive module in late July, followed by modules on Thursday evenings at two week intervals through August and September.

Applications are invited from undergraduate students who have successfully completed at least one year of their academic program.

Further details are available at Vice-Chancellor’s Student Leadership Program

Applications close on 30 June 2009