# News from the VC

**Source**: https://www.anu.edu.au/news/news-from-the-vc
**Parent**: https://www.anu.edu.au/

## [VC's update – Future growth](https://www.anu.edu.au/news/all-news/vcs-update-future-growth)

Hi all, Campus is a little quieter this week, as we begin the two-week teaching break. I know I have friends and colleagues traveling, attending…

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26

Aug

2025

### [VC's update – open conversations](https://www.anu.edu.au/news/all-news/vcs-update-open-conversations)

Hi everyone, Yesterday we saw the Senate vote on four motions for the production of documents by ANU – with the Senate voting against the…

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19

Aug

2025

### [VC's update: Ongoing conversations](https://www.anu.edu.au/news/all-news/vcs-update-ongoing-conversations)

Hi everyone,I’ve been returning gradually from sick leave and want to acknowledge some of the statements made at the governance inquiry last week.…

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05

Aug

2025

### [VC’s update: acknowledgements](https://www.anu.edu.au/news/all-news/vcs-update-acknowledgements)

Hi everyone,Friday 1 August was an important day for our community with the acknowledgement of the work that has been done, and work that still needs…

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22

Jul

2025

### [VC's update: 48th Parliament opens](https://www.anu.edu.au/news/all-news/vcs-update-48th-parliament-opens)

Hi everyone,The 48th Federal Parliament commences this week, with all the ritual and ceremony, alongside hope, politics and opportunity. I attended…

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15

Jul

2025

### [VC's update: O-Week](https://www.anu.edu.au/news/all-news/vcs-update-o-week)

Hi everyone,This week is the first time a whole new cohort of students find themselves at ANU ready to start Semester 2 – and I have enjoyed opening…

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08

Jul

2025

### [VC's update - reflections](https://www.anu.edu.au/news/all-news/vcs-update-reflections)

Hi everyone,Last week saw the release of three change proposals for Renew ANU. I know that change is complex and is creating anxiety in our community…

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01

Jul

2025

### [VC's update - facing into the future](https://www.anu.edu.au/news/all-news/vcs-update-facing-into-the-future)

Hi everyone,As most of you are aware, we are in a period of formalised change at the University. I know this has been an unsettling time for ANU…

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17

Jun

2025

### [VC’s update - sitting in hard moments](https://www.anu.edu.au/news/all-news/vcs-update-sitting-in-hard-moments)

Hi everyone,Another day, another headline about ANU. It’s never easy to read about a place you love couched in constantly critical terms, especially…

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10

Jun

2025

### [VC's update - King’s Birthday Honours](https://www.anu.edu.au/news/all-news/vcs-update-kings-birthday-honours)

Hi all, Over the weekend, the King’s Birthday Honours list was announced. I’d like to extend special congratulations to Professor Mark Howden AC…

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03

Jun

2025

### [VC's update - steps we have taken](https://www.anu.edu.au/news/all-news/vcs-update-steps-we-have-taken)

Hi everyone, Last week, our CFO released further detailed financial information through On Campus. This includes how we are tracking our Renew…

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27

May

2025

### [VC’s Update: The next step in the conversation](https://www.anu.edu.au/news/all-news/vcs-update-the-next-step-in-the-conversation)

Hi everyone,There is a lot of misinformation still circulating campus about our finances and our financial sustainability. The reality is, we…

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20

May

2025

### [VC’s Update: End of semester and Council news](https://www.anu.edu.au/news/all-news/vcs-update-end-of-semester-and-council-news)

Hi everyone,I have been thinking a lot about cadences recently, and about time. I did foolishly ask Google’s AI tool how many working days until the…

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13

May

2025

### [VC’s Update: Unpacking strategy and update on Nixon report](https://www.anu.edu.au/news/all-news/vcs-update-unpacking-strategy-and-update-on-nixon-report)

Hi everyone,I have been thinking a lot about strategy recently.During my time at Intel, I spent a lot of time on strategy – from how to build a…

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06

May

2025

### [VC’s Update: 2025 election](https://www.anu.edu.au/news/all-news/vcs-update-2025-election)

Hi everyone,So we had an election over the weekend, and whilst there are still some seats to be confirmed, it is clear that Australia has made a…

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08

Apr

2025

### [VC message: making certainty](https://www.anu.edu.au/news/all-news/vc-message-making-certainty)

It’s been nearly 175 years since the first university opened its doors in Sydney. It’s been a little over 150 years since the first legislation…

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01

Apr

2025

### [VC's Update: Changing context](https://www.anu.edu.au/news/all-news/vcs-update-changing-context)

Hi everyone,Last Friday morning, the cannons sounded, signalling that the Governor-General has prorogued Parliament ahead of the Federal Election on…

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25

Mar

2025

### [VC’s update: what remains unchanged](https://www.anu.edu.au/news/all-news/vcs-update-what-remains-unchanged)

There is a more than average amount of uncertainty in the world right now, and I know for many of us this requires a lot of resilience, fortitude and…

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18

Mar

2025

### [VC message: North Star](https://www.anu.edu.au/news/all-news/vc-message-north-star)

Hi everyone,Last week I got to spend time in the newly forming ANU College of Systems and Society at a happy event, celebrating our Kim Jackson…

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04

Mar

2025

### [VC message: Senate Estimates and DVCA news](https://www.anu.edu.au/news/all-news/vc-message-senate-estimates-and-dvca-news)

Hi everyone,This fortnight has been another busy time for our campus. Last week, ANU was called to Senate Estimates which is an extraordinary…

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18

Feb

2025

### [VC message: Familiar beginnings](https://www.anu.edu.au/news/all-news/vc-message-familiar-beginnings)

Hi everyone, This is my third semester as VC and it is no less extraordinary 14-months into the job. The start of semester is part of university…

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