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Inclusion, diversity, equity, and access (IDEA) are integral to the culture of the ANU College of Systems & Society (CSS) and the way that we learn and work together.
We are deeply committed to advancing initiatives that redress historical exclusion and amplify the voices of historically excluded groups in our community.
CSS is one of the first Colleges at The Australian National University to have explicit diversity representation in its senior leadership structure. The formation of the Associate Dean - Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access (AD - IDEA) position and supporting operational team underscores the College’s intention to meaningfully support these initiatives. CSS is setting the benchmark for investment in a specialised IDEA strategic and operational infrastructure.
In March 2023, the College proudly launched a Diversity, Belonging, Inclusion and Equity Strategy 2023-2025. This strategy has been designed to help mobilise us to tackle our longstanding challenges and create an environment that will enable us to recruit and retain undergraduate, postgraduate, and higher degree research (HDR) students and staff from groups that have traditionally been excluded from our disciplines. The Strategy provides an overarching vision and principles for the College that will empower each of its organisational units to develop their own action plan that is contextually relevant and aligned with our strategic priorities.
With the support and guidance of the Associate Dean (IDEA) and IDEA team, each organisational unit within the College has established a IDEA working group to develop and execute an action plan for that unit that responds to the College strategy.
Download our College’s Diversity, Belonging, Inclusion, and Equity Strategy 2023-2025 (pdf)
If you would like to learn more about our College IDEA strategy, working groups and IDEA initiatives, contribute ideas or get involved, please contact the team at: inclusion.css@anu.edu.au or reach out to the Associate Dean of Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access at: ad.idea.css@anu.edu.au.
Resources
Community and culture in the College
A story to be told and retold: ANU building renamed in honour of IT trailblazer
24 Feb 2025
The ANU computer science and information technology building has been renamed to honour Skaidrite Darius, a pioneer who carved out a place for women in the early male-dominated days of computing.
Blasting off: the ANU club reaching for gender equality in space
9 Jan 2025
The students at ANU Rocketry are determined to launch women into STEM careers.
Crafting with CECC
29 Oct 2024
Craft with CECC by making your own paper robot, building lego and trying our creative challenge!
Scholarships for women students
The College has a range of academic and access scholarships on offer, to help women with the cost of studies.