Committees

Our focus is to be active representatives for postgraduate students across the University.

We represent students on the following University committees/boards/councils:

ANU Council Committees

Committee

Representative(s)

Frequency

Chair

ANU Council

Sonia Jeena

Bi-monthly

The Hon Julie Bishop 

Campus Planning Committee

Sonia Jeena

Bi-monthly

Ms Anne-Marie Schwirtlich AM 

ANU Finance Committee

Sonia Jeena

Bi-monthly

Dr Doug McTaggart

Honorary Degrees Committee 

Sonia Jeena

Three times a year 

Gareth Evans

Education Committees

Committee

Representative(s) 

Frequency 

Chair

Academic Board

Gunjan Dixit
Tristan Yip

Bi-monthly 

Professor Joan Leach 

Academic Quality Assurance Committee

Tristan Yip
Gunjan Dixit

Bi-monthly

Professor Royston Gustavson 

Teaching and Learning Development Committee 

Tristan Yip
Gunjan Dixit

Bi-monthly

Grady Venville

Higher Degree Research Committee

Gunjan Dixit

Bi-monthly

Professor Ann Evans

Appeals Committee

Harshita Bhatia
Tristan Yip
Gunjan Dixit

As necessary 

N/A

University Research Committee

Gunjan Dixit

Bi-monthly

Professor Keith Nugent

Feedback Enhanced Learning and Teaching Steering Committee (FELT)

Gunjan Dixit
Tristan Yip

Quarterly

Grady Venville

Student Survey Working Group

Tristan Yip
Gunjan Dixit

Monthly

Grady Venville

Technology Enhanced Learning Group

Tristan Yip

Monthly

Joseph Hughes

Infrastructure Committees

 Committee

Representative(s) 

Frequency

Chair

Campus Advisory Forum

Eleanor Cooper
Sonia Jeena 

Quarterly

Geraldine Schmid

Environment Management Planning Committee 

Eleanor Cooper
Preksha Panchamia 

Quarterly

Royston Gustavson 

Childcare Liaison Committee

Jhana De Silva

Three times a year 

Geraldine Schmid

University Naming Committee

Tristan Yip
Eleanor Cooper 

Quarterly

Brian Schmidt

Kambri Committee

Tristan Yip

Quarterly

Chris Grange

Kambri Reference Group

Tristan Yip
Laurie Fletcher

Monthly

Nicole Short

Access and Equity Committees

Committee

Representative(s) 

 Frequency

 Chair

Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Access Oversight 
Committee
 

Sonia Jeena
Tristan Yip
Sharrada Segeran

Once a year

Professor Mike Calford

Respectful Relationships Working Group

Tristan Yip
Eleanor Cooper
Nancy Zhang
Harshita Bhatia

Bi-monthly

Veronica Taylor

Healthy University Working Group

Harshita Bhatia

Twice a year 

Tania Willis

Disability Action Plan Working Group

Harshita Bhatia
Sharrada Segeran

 

 

Reconciliation Action Plan Working Group

Tristan Yip

 

 

Gender Equity Working Group

Nancy Zhang

 

 

Social Inclusion and Diversity Working Group

Harsthia Bhatia
Sonia Jeena
Kat Stewart

 

 

Family Friendly Committee

Jhana De Silva

Quarterly

PARSA & Penny Kyburz  

Mental Health Advisory Group

Harshita Bhatia

Bi-monthly

Tony Foley

Advisory Committees

Committee

Representative(s) 

Frequency

Chair

ANU Clubs Council

Gurisha Gupta

Bi-weekly 

Joshuah Yeend

University House Board of Fellows 

TBA

Quarterly

Peter Kanowski

Library Advisory Committee

Gunjan Dixit

Three times a year

Heather Jenks

Awards, Bursaries and Grants Committees

Committee

Representative(s) 

Frequency

Chair

Student Extracurricular Enrichment Fund (SEEF) Committee 

Eleanor Cooper
Harshita Bhatia

As necessary

Stephen Milnes

Grand Graduations Steering Committee 

Laurie Fletcher

 

 

Committee for the Graduate Accommodation,
Emergency Graduate Accommodation and Disability
Graduate Accommodation Bursaries

Deb Short

Harshita Bhatia

Once a semester 

N/A

Alumni Awards Committee

 

Yearly

Marnie Hughes-Warrington 

Gala Awards Steering Committee

 

Quarterly

Shirley Leitch

Vice-Chancellor's Awards

 

Yearly

N/A

ANU Foundation Board

Eleanor Cooper

 

 

College-Specific Committees

Committee

Representative(s) 

Frequency

Chair

CASS Teaching and
Learning Development Committee

Ruonan Chen

Bi-monthly 

Susanna Scarparo

CASS HDR Sub-Committee

Ruonan Chen

Bi-monthly

Douglas Craig

CASS Academic Quality
Assurance Committee

Ruonan Chen

Monthly

Susanna Scarparo

CAP Education Committee

Akrti Tyagi

Monthly

Stephan Fruehling 

CAP Curriculum Committee

Akrti Tyagi

Monthly

Stephan Fruehling

CAP Higher Degree Research Committee 

Akrti Tyagi

Monthly

Simon Avenell

JCoS Education Committee

Upasana Pathak
Shukla Promite

Bi-monthly

Anna Cowan

JCoS HDR Committee

Upasana Pathak
Shukla Promite

Bi-monthly

Anna Cowan

CECS Education Committee

Zhangcheng Qiang

Bi-monthly

Adrian Lowe

CECS HDR Sub-Committee

Zhangcheng Qiang

Monthly

Daniel MacDonald

CoL Education Committee

Tristan Yip

Bi-monthly

Vivien Holmes

CBE Education Committee

Siddarth Mittal

Monthly

Bronwen Whiting

PARSA Committees

Committee

Representative(s)

Frequency 

Chair

Executive Committee

Sharrada Segeran
Tristan Yip
Gunjan Dixit
Operations manager (observing)
PMAC (observing)

Weekly

Tristan Yip

Coursework Portfolio

Tristan Yip
Siddarth Mittal
Upasana Pathak
Akrti Tyagi

Fortnightly

Tristan Yip

Education Committee Tristan Yip, Gunjan Dixit, all college representatives Monthly Tristan Yip

Equity Portfolio

Sharrada Segeran
Nancy Zhang
Sonia Jeena
Harshita Bhatia
Jhana De Silva
Kat Stewart

Fortnightly

Sharrada Segeran

PARSA Queer Advisory Committee

Per invitation from chair

Monthly

Kat Stewart 

PARSA Disabilities Advisory
Committee

Per invitation from chair

Monthly

Diego Brozzon Zanotti

PARSA Womens Advisory Committee

Per invitation from chair

Bi-monthly 

Nancy Zhang

HDR Portfolio

Gunjan Dixit
Zhangcheng Qiang
Shukla Promite
Ruonan Chen

Fortnightly

Gunjan Dixit

PARSA PG International Forum

Per invitation from chair

Monthly

Sonia Jeena

PARSA Parents & Carers

Per invitation from chair

Monthly

Jhana De Silva

PRC

Whole PRC

Every six weeks 

Tristan Yip

Events

Whole PRC

Fortnightly

Laurie Fletcher

Advocacy

Whole PRC

As needed

Clair Zhang

Staff Leadership

 

Weekly

Operations Manager

 

To find out more, contact PARSA parsa@anu.edu.au

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