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IT took some determination, given the hovering pack of press wanting to ask about the Craig Thomson affair, but the Minister for Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government, and Minister for the Arts, Simon…
CURTIN Primary School has thrown caution to the winds with the “stuff and nonsense” theme of its coming Art Show, commemorating the 200th anniversary of Edward Lear’s birth. Lear’s famous poem, “The Owl and the…
THE visual arts community in Canberra is abuzz with news that the National Gallery of Australia’s summer blockbuster for 2012-13 will be an exhibition of works by the French painter Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, says arts…
Big is not always better when it comes to education, says Mum in the City columnist SONYA FLADUN
IN what staff are calling a “Grand Opening”, the University of Canberra vice chancellor Stephen Parker swept away the austerity blues as he unveiled the new Co-op Bookshop on the concourse of the university. The…
LATE yesterday, staff at the ANU School of Music received a letter from head of school Prof Adrian Walter via an email from the general manager’s office, saying that he was no longer on leave….
ANU Music staff have greeted stories of a “backdown” over staff cuts by the vice chancellor, Ian Young, with disappointment and scepticism. A senior faculty member who preferred not to be named said staff were…
CANBERRA’S music community will be saddened to hear of the death in Denmark of pianist and former director of the Canberra School of Music, John Winther. Winther was born on August 20, 1933 in Copenhagen,…
IT WAS undoubtedly the noisiest, and the coolest, rally in town as staff, students and members of the public gathered at the ANU’s Union Court today to protest against cuts and changes at the School…
