Dr Hanna Kurniawati, the course convenor of COMP3600/6466 announced that the entire student cohort enrolled in the course will retroactively be penalised 30 percent of their marks due to alleged academic misconduct on a major assignment.

Once again, the National Union of Students (NUS) year defining event, National Conference (NatCon), has pulled us all back kicking and screaming into the world of student politics. Yet this year, NatCon received harsh backlash from both student politicians and student media.

As the NUS NATCON wraps up for another year, Woroni has broken down the portfolios of the 2020 NUS Office Bearers, and those that have been elected to hold office in 2021. 

The Water Justice Hub at the Australian National University was officially launched on September 28th 2020. With a wide multidisciplinary membership, the Hub is focused primarily on research surrounding issues of water justice in both Australia and overseas.

On the 7th September ANU reinstated events, venue hire and functions at the Acton campus, but all events are required to strictly comply with the new Functions on Campus Protocol.

Woroni spoke to four students about how this situation is affecting them. 

A source has told Woroni that they were made aware of the changes when asking the College a question regarding their degree, and was told that the minor might not count towards completion of their Bachelor’s degree. 

Ballard raised further concerns that rejection of so many returner applications contradicts ANU’s continued defence that building a residential culture is an effective response to reducing rates of sexual violence on campus. 

‘ANU United’ is the second and final ticket that has been launched for the upcoming PARSA elections.

The ticket is running candidates for all executive positions. The ticket is politically unaligned and based on the principles of community and care. 

To ensure the sustainability of the University, it was announced that the ANU must achieve a reduction in expenditure of $103 million per year until 2023. 

Most of the businesses in Kambri have adapted to the issues presented by the COVID-19 pandemic, altering menus and opening hours to stay afloat, with many slowly seeing revenue for the first time since shutdown.