Following last year’s breakdown of PARSA, as a result of financial mismanagement and the subsequent resignation of most of the Postgraduate Representative Council (PRC), a new constitution has been written. 

Yesterday, ANU’s Postgraduate and Research Student’s Association (PARSA) released an open letter to the political parties and candidates running in the federal election on the key financial, social and environmental issues that postgraduate students in Australia currently face.

The PARSA Disabilities Officer, Stephen Lawton, has released a statement criticising the Centre for Learning and Teaching (CLT) for publishing an article titled ‘Let’s Bust Those Myths About Students With Disabilities’ without including any student authors with disabilities. 

As of the 30th of April all members of the PARSA Board had resigned except for Ms Walker, who remains the only ex officio member of the Board. 

"An ANU spokesperson has confirmed that the ANU will be undertaking an audit of PARSA’s governance, service delivery and financial management."

The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a toll on ANU’s postgraduate community, as students experience financial hardship, job precarity, increased academic stress and uncertainty

‘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. 

The Interim Officer’s will fill in the role for the outgoing graduates until the terms of the officers who are elected in the upcoming PARSA elections begin.

PARSA's week started on the 20th of July and ANUSA's started on the 27th. Shreya and Charlotte wrap up ANU's first virtual Bush Week