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Today I am reflecting on my fourth trip to ANU as Chancellor. When I took on this role in January last year...
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Campus has been a bit quiet the past few weeks with our students away on break. We miss them, but I think we all appreciate...
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As this week draws to a close, we're nearly at the end of the first quarter of 2021. And I know for many of our staff as well...
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A lot is happening right now, so I thought it would be good to try to catch everyone up with the news around the...
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Today we celebrated International Women's Day in Kambri with a panel discussion led by Honorary Associate Professor Sally...
The VC reflects on the future of ANU, why he's excited students are back on campus and your chance to shape our next five years.
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This week, Western Australia experienced their first major lockdown since March last year, with a five-day circuit breaker...
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Welcome back to 2021. Like many of you, my plans for the break were disrupted by border closures, and I was unable to travel...
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I am writing my last blog of 2020 - and unlike most years, this one did not go by quickly. From a record breaking 44 degree...
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This week, I wanted to start my blog with an update on our plans for returning to campus in 2021 as I've been receiving a lot...
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This week, our Australian news has been dominated by the COVID-19 outbreak in South Australia, coupled with some states...
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This week I have to start by reflecting on the US election. As a dual citizen (US-Australia), I've been watching closely as...
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What a big fortnight it has been in the ACT (and in New Zealand) with the 2020 Election held last Saturday. Not quite a...
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I wanted to start this blog by reflecting on the challenges of the last few months. 2020 has been the hardest year of many of...
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On Wednesday, I provided an update on the University's financial position, and the ramifications it will have for the...
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I wanted to start this blog by addressing concerns about foreign interference in Australia, and specifically in universities...
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As an astronomer I'm used to the weather disrupting the best laid plans... This week has been cold (by Canberra but not by my...
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Another week has passed in this our pandemic-shaped year, with Melbourne moving into a curfew lockdown and Queensland re-...
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Today I am taking some annual leave to spend time with my family and to relax a little bit. It is important that we all take...
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It's been a couple of big weeks since my last blog - and a lot has happened since then. This week the Victorian Government...