Synopsis Dr Samira Nazar is a Lecturer in Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the College of Business and Economics. She teaches entrepreneurship, innovation, and new venture creation, encouraging students to move beyond theory and actively apply knowledge to real-world challenges. Through interactive activities such as business simulations, entrepreneurial pitches, and teamwork projects, she helps students build…

Synopsis Dr. Wai-Man (Raymond) Liu is an Associate Professor in Finance at the ANU College of Business and Economics with over 25 years’ experience in market microstructure research and education. He established the first market microstructure course in Australia at Monash University in 2000, introducing real-time trading simulations to immerse students in market dynamics. At…

Synopsis Can a museum, a heritage site, or an ancient landscape become a classroom? Can students learn ethics, empathy, and critical thinking by walking through history rather than reading about it? Yujie believes they can—and shows how learning in place transforms heritage theory into lived experience. An anthropologist in Heritage and Museum Studies, Yujie leads…

Synopsis Luca has transformed the learning experience in Statistics at ANU through a distinctive blend of research driven teaching and student-centred focus. His classes are designed as spaces where students actively build frameworks for critical thinking and data analysis, rather than passively absorbing content. By connecting theory with authentic case studies, computer programming and applied…

Synopsis Right from the start, teaching MGMT7250 (Evidence-based Management) was a challenge: how could I bring decades of industry experience to enhance the study of research methods in service to real-world decision-making? Now, having convened diverse classes online, hybrid, and in-person, ranging in size from 2 to 200 students, for both undergraduate and postgraduate students,…

Synopsis Dr Eglantine Staunton is an award-winning, innovative and caring educator in Peace and Conflict Studies and a leader in curriculum and program design. Through her teaching of mass atrocity and conflict prevention, she helps students understand, but also care, about the world they live in, and think about the role they want to play…

The Popsicule: ANU Science in Pop Culture and Entertainment Hub Recipient, Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Programs that Enhance Learning The Popsicule, ANU Science in Pop Culture and Entertainment Hub, explores the cultural meanings of science with the aim to better understand how pop cultural narratives about science have affected the public discourse and understanding of science,…

ANU Law School’s Peer-Assisted Learning Program Highly Commended, Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Programs that Enhance Learning The ANU Law School’s Peer-Assisted Learning (‘PAL’) program is designed and delivered by law students to support the education and wellbeing of fellow students. This program epitomises the collegiate and supportive environment the ANU seeks to promote and represents the…