August
Parental & Aged Care Support Program (PACS) for staff
PACS is a support program to assist ANU staff with child care and age care responsibilities. PACS offers a convenient, on-line service available both on and off-campus.
Program features include:
- Booking services for babysitters, nannies and aged care workers, offering qualified staff who are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Bookings are confirmed within one hour and profiles of carers and their location can be viewed in advance.
- Map-based searches to help you locate child care and aged care facilities close to ANU or your home.
- Articles, tips and topical parenting and aged care information. You can request information on topics of interest to you or to meet your own circumstances.
- Family fun ideas to help you find activities for your children or aged parents.
- Information about Government funding you may be entitled to as a parent or carer.
- Convenient workshops to be held at ANU on topics of your choice.
- Daily updates on the latest news in the childcare and aged care sectors.
You can access PACS from the following links:
** ANU school holiday program information
Parental Support
Aged Care Support
ANU School Holiday Program
You can book places on the ANU School Holiday Program via the Parental Support website.
March
Celebrating 100 years of International Women's Day
On 9 March 2011, the Diversity and Inclusion Unit sponsored a morning tea to celebrate International Women’s Day (IWD). Professor Penny Oakes, Professor of Psychology and Dean of Students presented awards to seven women from more than twenty women from across the campus nominated as a ‘quiet achiever’ as part of IWD celebrations.
The 2011 IWD celebration was especially important as it marked 100 years since the idea of celebrating a women’s day every year in every country was suggested by Clara Zetkin at an International Conference of Working Women held in Copenhagen in 1910. Clara’s proposal was unanimously adopted by conference attendees and the first formal IWD events were held in Austria, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland in 1911. These events were very successful, with over one million men and women campaigning for women’s right to work, vote, be trained, hold public functions and end discrimination.
100 years on, IWD has become a global mainstream phenomenon. It is celebrated across many countries and is an official holiday in approximately 25 of these countries. Early campaigners contributed a lot to the achievements of women today and despite the daily struggles of balancing working lives with family lives, overcoming gender pay gaps and difficulties in advancing to very senior positions, a lot of real progress has been made.
While some women have been outspoken public figures in the fight for equality, many have pushed the agenda without taking the limelight. It was in that spirit that this year ANU recognised the achievements of women nominated as ‘quiet achievers’. Collectively these women create a platform for others to shine. Without them ANU’s success and reputation as a national and world class institution would be sorely diminished.
(photo: Kim Rubenstein & Inge Saris cutting the cake)
'Quiet Achiever’ award recipients:
The full list of nominees for the awards were: Marianne Dickie, Margaret Eichholzer, Margaret Evans, Gail Frank, Dora Gava, Julie Gorrell, Gwen Gray, Denise Higgins, Fiona Hurley, Diane Hutchens, Janette Lindesay, Pene Mathew, Margaret McFarlane, Flora Mehr, Wendy Mohring, Pamela Roberts, Suzanne Rochester, Kim Rubenstein, Peta Spender, Cecily Stewart, Sue Stocklmayer, Mandy Thomas, Su Wild-River.
International Women's Day official website
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