Talking About Teaching

When students attend the opening lecture of the Biomedical Parasitology course in third year, they are met with a surprising scene. They encounter an intriguing character: the flea circus director Professor Schmarotzersindwunderbarhausen, or as a rough translation suggests, a professor for “parasites are wonderful”. Role playing Meet Alex Maier. For Professor Maier, donning a costume […]

The challenge of teaching what is often described as the ‘dismal’ science of economics may be daunting to some, but not for Associate Professor Creina Day, who teaches macroeconomics to postgraduate students at the Crawford School of Public Policy.

Merryn McKinnon shares her journey from marine science to science communication, and eventually to an academic leadership role.

For the past two months the Centre for Learning and Teaching (CLT) multimedia staff have had the pleasure of photographing the nominees of the 2023 Vice-Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence in Education.

Dr Mathew Davies, Associate Dean of Education (ADE) in the College of Asia and the Pacific (CAP).

Watch and listen to these members of the ANU community as part our “In Conversation With…

So a confession – I failed in my very first task at ANU!
I wanted to visit all the coffee places on campus and ticked off at least eight before throwing in the towel.

In a deep and wide-ranging conversation Australian National Teaching Award winners Professor Katerina Teaiwa and Dr Timo Henckel sat down together to share insights and perspectives on their academic inspirations and careers.