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09 June 2021
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Contacting ACU by telephone will soon become simpler, with 1300 ASK ACU (275 228) being adopted as the single, public-facing telephone contact number for the university.
From 7 July 2021, this is the only number students, staff and members of the public will need to remember for all enquiries, from enrolments advice and technology support to general enquiries about where to park your bike on campus.
Calls to Campus Concierge numbers will be automatically re-directed to 1300 ASK ACU (275 228) from this date. These new telephony arrangements are part of a project to improve the experience of contacting the university.
ACU receives more than 200,000 calls each year, and telephone is still the most-used contact channel. If you Google ‘contact ACU’, depending on your location, your search will return a wide range of phone numbers. ACU currently has multiple public-facing phone numbers, not all ACU business units provide contact numbers, and some are not adequately resourced to managed calls, which may provide a poor service experience.
The broader project will:
If you are a staff member calling from an internal phone or via MS Teams, you can still:
For ACU staff contact details, you can browse the ACU Staff Directory.
You can send any questions about the project and why we’re changing our approach to phone call management to the Service Improvement Team at ServiceImprovement@acu.edu.au.
Further information about key drivers and benefits of these changes can be accessed via: AskACU, Concierge, Service Central – Draft Change Plans.
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