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Beginning the New Year as we mean to go on
News 5 FebruaryA message from the Executive Dean of Theology and Philosophy, Professor Richard Colledge: A new year provides opportunities to nurture what has been planted, and bring buds to bloom.
Find out the end-of-year deadlines and operating hours for a range of staff and student services within Corporate Services including Service Central, People & Capability and Student Administration.
View key deadlines for People & Capability services, including submission of payroll documentation (eg, timesheets and other salary claim forms) and termination documentation (eg, resignations, fixed-term contract end), in the following Knowledge Base article in Service Central: What are the adjusted deadlines for P&C processes during the Christmas close-down period 2024?
Due to the transferred NSW Bank Holiday to Tuesday 24 December, end-of-year operations will vary from service to service. These changes to operations are listed below for each directorate, with offices closing at 5pm for that location unless detailed.
The NSW campuses, together with the Properties and Facilities directorate staffing will be closed from Tuesday 24 December 2024 to Wednesday 1 January 2025 inclusive.
The ACT, VIC and QLD campuses together with their Properties and Facilities directorate staff will close from 5 pm Tuesday 24 December 2024 and re-open on Thursday 2 January 2025.
If you have a business requirement to be onsite during the campus closure, please submit a Service Central request including the appropriate approval.
MER offices in New South Wales will be closed Tuesday 24 December 2024 to Wednesday 1 January 2025 inclusive.
MER offices in all other states will close from 5pm Tuesday 24 December 2024 to Wednesday 1 January 2025 inclusive.
For urgent media enquiries during this period please contact Louise Crossen at Louise.crossen@acu.edu.au or 0477 675 772.
The AskACU/ACU Online Future Student enquiries centre will close from 1pm on Tuesday 24 December 2024 to Wednesday 1 January 2024 inclusive. However, the email inbox will be checked and cleared during that period except on public holidays.
The NSW Information Technology directorate, including campus support, will be closed Tuesday 24 December 2024 to Wednesday 1 January 2025 inclusive.
The ACT, VIC and QLD Information Technology directorate, including campus support, will close from 5pm Tuesday 24 December 2024 and re-open on Thursday 2 January 2025.
People & Capability’s North Sydney offices will be closed from Tuesday 24 December 2024 to Wednesday 1 January 2025 inclusive.
People & Capability offices in all other states will be closed from 5pm on Tuesday 24 December 2024 to 1 January 2025 inclusive.
The Finance Directorate’s North Sydney offices will be closed Tuesday 24 December 2024 to Wednesday 1 January 2025 inclusive.
Brisbane and Melbourne offices will close from 5pm Tuesday 24 December 2024 to Wednesday 1 January 2025 inclusive.
Office of Academic Registrar, Enrolments, Course Completions, Fees, Academic Progress & Scholarships and Curriculum Management will close from 2pm, Tuesday 24 December 2024 and reopen Thursday 2 January, 2025.
Graduations, Admissions, Curriculum Management, Timetabling, Exams & Results will close from 2pm, Tuesday 24 December 2024 and reopen Thursday 2 January 2025.
Student Policy, Complaints, Conduct and Appeals and Student Systems will close 5pm, Monday 23 December 2024 and reopen Thursday 2 January 2025.
AskACU will be closed from 1pm, Tuesday 24 December and re-open on Thursday 2 January 2025.
The Hub will close from 1pm on Tuesday 24 December 2024 to Friday 10 January 2025 inclusive.
Service Central will close from 1pm on Tuesday 24 December 2024 to Wednesday 1 January 2025 inclusive.
The Service Improvement Team will be closed from 1pm on Tuesday 24 December 2024 to Wednesday 1 January 2025 inclusive.
The Legal, Assurance and Governance Directorate will be closed from 5pm Monday 23 December 2024 to 1 January 2025 inclusive.
Due to planned staff leave there will be limited services available in the first two weeks of January 2025.
The Chief Operating Officer’s office will close from 5pm Friday 20 December 2024 to 12 January 2025 inclusive.
A message from the Executive Dean of Theology and Philosophy, Professor Richard Colledge: A new year provides opportunities to nurture what has been planted, and bring buds to bloom.
Congratulations to ACU Honorary Professor David Runia who was named a Member of the Order of Australia in this year’s Australia Day honours.
During the first week of February every year we celebrate World Interfaith Harmony Week.
The Centre for Education and Innovation (CEI) is offering six one-hour professional development sessions to prepare academics for the start of Semester 1. Register for the webinars here.
The library has expanded its support for affordable learning.
The Artificial Intelligence (AI) Council has been established to guide ACU’s adoption of AI in its teaching, research and engagement, and to influence good practice with university partners and stakeh...
ACU Co-Lab has proudly secured its inaugural NSW TechVoucher grant. This grant will support a cutting-edge study led by ACU researchers in partnership with Peak Medical Pty Ltd.
The Student Experience team invites all members of staff to welcome new students to their campus and into the ACU community at the start of semester one 2025.
We’d love to hear from you. Learn how to submit a Staff Bulletin story, as well as some changes to our Staff Communications Policy.
A message from Vice President Fr Anthony Casamento csma: January offers us a fresh start and the hope of a brighter future.
The Office of the Deputy Chief Operating Officer and Director, Campus Leadership, is seeking expressions of interest for male staff members, both professional and academic, to be on the staff panel fo...
Lock in your professional development for the 2025 year.
Changes to the Academic Regulations were approved by Academic Board and take effect in 2025.
A new Authority to Act Policy and Authority to Act Procedure were approved by Academic Board and take effect in 2025.
Congratulations to Professor Bryan Turner from ACU’s Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences who celebrates his 80th birthday this month.
ACU will move to the new EBSCOhost user interface on 4 February 2025. Find out what you need to do to prepare.
Please note the digests from Academic Board meetings 06/2024 held on 14 November 2024 and via circular resolution from 15-19 November 2024.
The 2025 Academic Timeline interactions and focus zones are now available to help prioritise the planning and delivery of learning and teaching. Sync the focus zones to your Outlook calendar now.
The 2024 Showcase of Teaching and Learning brought staff and students together to share innovations and collaborations from across the university. An online edition will be hosted in early 2025.
It has been a big year, and we understand that the festive season can be a different experience for each of us. Access a new resource from our employee assistance program, designed to help you prepare...
Visit Service Central to access Corporate Services.