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| ANU graduate studies information evening | May 22, 2012 | |
 Explore your research and coursework optionsThis evening is an excellent starting point for you to find out about Australia's top ranking university and the graduate coursework and research programs on offer. |
Date: Tuesday 22 May 2012 Time: 4pm - 7pm (attendees are welcome to come anytime between the hours of 4 - 7pm) Location: University House, The Hall, Balmain Crescent, ANU |
Contact Jonathan Dampney (phone 59909) Find out more... Registration in essential |
| TB control in the PNG-Australia cross-border region | May 23, 2012 | |
| Australia and Papua New Guinea's relationship is unique: sharing a common border and a history. Recently, the two countries have also come to share a concern for the rising prevalence and potential for transmission of tuberculosis (TB), including a multi-drug-resistant strain in the Torres Strait cross-border region. Both the Australian and PNG governments want to ensure the availability of health services that provide appropriate care for sufferers of TB without exacerbating the emergence of drug resistance. How to best achieve this aim is not always clear and has been controversial. An initial step is to understand where and why individuals look for health care, and what services result in the best outcomes. The key stakeholders in ensuring this is integrated into policy are those directly involved in the uptake and delivery of TB services. This public forum will bring together the views of community members, clinicians and policy makers directly impacted by this issue, along with researchers working to develop effective strategies for control of TB in the region. |
Panel Members include: > Dr Kamalini Lokuge, Medical Epidemiologist, National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, ANU > Professor Tom Kompas, Professor of Economics and Director, Crawford School of Public Policy, ANU > Dr Paul Aia, Director National TB Program, National Department of Health, PNG > Cr Kebei Salee Koeget, Local-level Government Ward Member for Sigabaduru, PNG > Dr Tom Konstantinos, Director, Queensland Tuberculosis Control Centre > Mr Benedict David, Prinicipal Health Specialist, AusAID > A representative of Saibai Island Council - TBC |
Find out more... 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Acton Theatre, Level 1, JG Crawford Building 132, Lennox Crossing, ANU |
| Earth Hour at ANU | Mar 31, 2012 | |
 Earth Hour is a truly global affair which raises awareness on climate change and energy efficiency matters. ANU is proud to support this event by hosting a family-friendly, community event in the lovely fields of Chifley Meadows.Free live entertainment and BBQ food will be provided at the event focusing around an international theme, high levels of student involvement and 'going beyond the hour' to incorporate energy saving measures into our everyday lives. |
Line-up: 6:30 – 7:15 School of Music live jazz performance 7:00 - until food runs our Free BBQ 7:15 – 7:40 Traditional Aboriginal performance 7:40 – 8:20 local band Sidney Creswick 8:20 – 8:30 Speech and countdown to lights out Vice Chancellor, Ian Young 8:30 – 9:30 Lights out. Fire twirling and West African percussion - Drum Assault Star gazing Black Hole Society Cultural student groups will sell international cuisine throughout the evening. |
Contact Teifi Caron (phone 52311) Find out more... Please note that this is an outdoor event so in the case of bad weather, the event will be canceled. |
| Pre Enrolment Advice Day 2012 | Feb 03, 2012 | |
 If you are coming to ANU to study a single or combined Science degree we'd like to assist you in making the right course choices.Pre Enrolment Day is a great opportunity to:
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When Friday 3 February 2012 10am- 11:45am (for surnames A-K) 12:15pm- 2pm (for surnames L-Z) Melville Hall, Building 12 What to Bring Please bring your enrolment registration form with you on the day. |
Contact Science Student Enquiries Office (phone +61 2 6125 2809) |
| Fenner School Public Seminar: From IUFRO to the Internet: A Tale of International Forest Institutions | - Oct 20, 2011 | |
 Presented by John DargavelVenue: Forestry Lecture Theatre (Bld 48) Time: 1-2pm A large and complex network of international government, NGO, and hybrid organisations now attempt to influence national forestry in different ways. The growth of international forestry institutions from the establishment of IUFRO in 1891 to the present period of globalisation will be traced in five stages. 1. Internationalising forestry, 1890s-1930s 2. Organising forestry in the post-colonial world, 1940s-1970s 3. The environmental era, 1970s-1990s 4. Globalising forestry up to 1992 5. Globalising forestry after 1992 |
Dr John Dargavel is an honorary Visiting Fellow in the Fenner School for Environment and Society at the Australian National University where he is currently writing a book on the history of forest science. He has degrees in forestry from the Universities of Edinburgh, Melbourne and the Australian National University. He worked as a forester in government and industry for over twenty years, before moving to ANU in 1978 where he has researched and lectured in the areas of forest management, economics, politics and history. |
Contact David Salt (phone 6125 9286) |
| Fenner School Public Seminar: Crying for our Country: how ‘Caring for our Country’ has undermined regional natural resource management in Australia | - Oct 14, 2011 | |
 Presented by: Lisa Robins and Peter KanowskiVenue: Forestry Lecture Theatre (Bld 48) Time: 1-2pm Australia’s regional natural resource management (NRM) model was formalised under the Howard Government’s NHT2 (2002-03 to 2007-08). The Rudd Government’s successor Caring for our Country (CfoC) program was anticipated to build on these foundations. Instead, it adopted a narrower and more centralised agenda; its implementation failed to realise the aspirations of regional organisations for core funding, substantially increased transaction costs and diminished success rates under competitive funding arrangements, and prejudiced the goodwill of many in the NRM community. Commitment to local community movements like Landcare has been inconsistent, and largely unsuccessful. Retracting investment in relevant research and development has severely limited knowledge creation and sharing to inform and strengthen the regional model. Our research suggests that there is a substantial body of evidence in favour of the regional model, and that the Australian Government should revisit its strategy for enabling and sustaining NRM investment. |
Lisa Robins is Principal of Robins Consulting and a visiting fellow at the Fenner School. She has worked in regional NRM in Australia for more than 20 years, and completed her PhD by published work (Get Real: Making Capacity Building Meaningful) at the Fenner School in 2009. As an Australian Government Endeavour Fellow in 2010-11 Lisa worked with the M-POWER network on regional water governance in the Mekong based in Vientiane. This presentation is based on a paper published in the Australasian Journal of Environmental Management (18:2, pp 88-108), which was short-listed for the 2011 Eric Anderson Award for Best Paper. Peter Kanowski is Professor of Forestry at the Fenner School of Environment & Society. He has worked in numerous regional natural resource management policy processes, most recently the NSW Natural Resource Commission's forest assessments. He is a member of the committee preparing the 2011 Australian State of Environment Report, and of the Steering Committee of The Forests Dialogue. |
Contact David Salt (phone 6125 9286) |