• Class Number 4149
  • Term Code 3630
  • Class Info
  • Unit Value 24 units
  • Mode of Delivery In Person
  • COURSE CONVENER
    • Dr Riemke Aggio-Bruce
  • Class Dates
  • Class Start Date 27/01/2026
  • Class End Date 12/06/2026
  • Census Date 31/03/2026
  • Last Date to Enrol 02/03/2026
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This course is the first year of the four year Doctor of Medicine and Surgery (MCHD) program. The MCHD provides an integrated spiral curriculum to progressively develop the knowledge, skills and attitudes required of medical graduates to practice safely and ethically as junior doctors within internship programs at accredited teaching hospitals. 

During your study you will progress through a series of Curriculum Blocks (Blocks 1, 2 and 3) that form MEDI8301. During Block 1 you will be introduced to the basic concepts, language and skills required to progress your learning in the Themes (Medical Sciences, Clinical Skills, Professionalism and Leadership, Population Health) and Frameworks (Indigenous Health, Social Foundations, Rural Health and Research) that are the bases of the curriculum.

During Blocks 2 and 3 students build upon the knowledge and skills acquired in Block 1 to the study of the cardiovascular, renal, endocrine and reproductive systems. Students continue their learning of the Themes and Frameworks of the ANU medical program in the context of the physiological systems and the associated population and social determinants of health, medical ethics and the law.

Students will undertake research training for health research and will make suitable arrangements for an academic supervisor in order to develop proposals for independent research projects.


Course Structure and Content

Block 1: Foundation Block

Block 2: Cardiovascular, Respiratory and Renal

Block 3: Endocrinology and Reproductive

Research Project


MEDI8301 and MEDI8302 form Phase 1 of the MCHD program.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:

  1. Show communication skills that are patient-centred; show the ability to develop a professional relationship with patients, families and carers, including appropriate communication, and describe strategies to adapt communication in recognition of the impact of language, culture, abilities, age, gender and/or health status; describe culturally safe practice. 
  2. Elicit an accurate and structured medical history; conduct a comprehensive physical examination, including the appropriate procedural skills; conduct and interpret medical investigations; interpret and analyse information obtained from a history, examination and investigations to generate a list of differential diagnoses.
  3. Describe the medical sciences and population health underpinning optimal health and common diseases including the range of factors affecting health and disease; describe the prevention, diagnosis and management of disease. 
  4. Describe the structure and functions of health care systems; explain how psychological, social, economic, environmental and cultural issues affect the health of individuals and populations 
  5. Describe the historic and contemporary factors impacting Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people's health and wellbeing; describe Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples culture and history, and their impact on health and wellbeing.  
  6. Describe the core principles of ethics, law and professionalism that underpin social institutions and professional and clinical decision making; describe the principles of professional leadership, followership and teamwork in healthcare and within interprofessional teams. 
  7. Recognise and differentiate the range of research methods and approaches that contribute to contemporary medical practice and healthcare more broadly.
  8. Critically appraise scientific literature, apply scientific methods to formulate relevant research questions, and identify appropriate study designs.
  9. Describe the key elements of fitness to practice medicine through acquiring a commitment to professional behaviours including respect, teamwork, patient safety, ethics, quality and regulatory obligation; demonstrate an ability to reflect upon feedback on your own performance to generate strategies that optimise individual and team performance; demonstrate effective engagement in learning activities and teamwork with peers. 
  10. Demonstrate the principles of the Doctor of Medicine and Surgery Student Code of Conduct, ANU Student Code of Conduct, ANU Academic Integrity Rule and Policy.

Research-Led Teaching

Courses within the Doctor of Medicine and Surgery (MChD) are categorised as Profession- Led. The Profession-Led features of MEDI8301 include teaching by medical practitioners in the course and expert tuition in clinical skills by medically trained tutors. The MChD curriculum is grounded in the principles of evidence based medicine and reflects current practice standards. Team based learning cases have been devised by medically trained staff, who are discipline experts. Assessment is aligned to learning outcome statements and is developed in consultation with content experts.

 

The Themes (Medical Science, Professionalism and Leadership, Population Health, Clinical Skills) and Frameworks (Social Foundations of Medicine, Indigenous Health, Rural Health, Research) have been developed and are taught by active researchers.

 

The curriculum associated with the Research Framework provides students with an introduction to the principles of medical research and the foundation knowledge for students to develop a research question that will be investigated during the medical program.

Additional Course Costs

Students are responsible for travel costs between the Acton and Canberra Hospital (TCH) campuses and other associated clinical teaching sites.

Examination Material or equipment

Examinations are conducted according to the Assessment Rule 2016. The information on the Examination Conduct page describes what to expect during an examination. Note the written examinations are completed online in person with reading time incorporated into the examination time. No additional reading time is allocated.

Further information on the conduct of examinations for the Doctor of Medicine and Surgery will be available on the LMS.

Required Resources

Students are required to purchase safety glasses and have suitable footwear for the laboratory. (Laboratory coats are provided to students, although you may elect to have your own).

 

Students are required to have a stethoscope.

Students are recommended to purchase a suitable laptop computer as all examinations are held in person online.

There is no prescribed textbook for this course, however a recommended reading list of suitable textbooks is provided on the LMS. These resources are accessible via the library.  

Resources are detailed on the LMS for the respective curriculum blocks.

There are a variety of online platforms you will use to participate in your study program. These could include videos for lectures and other instruction, two-way video conferencing for interactive learning, email and other messaging tools for communication, interactive web apps for formative and collaborative activities, print and/or photo/scan for handwritten work and drawings, and home-based assessment.

ANU outlines recommended student system requirements to ensure you are able to participate fully in your learning. Other information is also available about the various Learning Platforms you may use.

Staff Feedback

Ongoing feedback will be provided to students with learning and assessment activities.

Student Feedback

ANU is committed to the demonstration of educational excellence and regularly seeks feedback from students. Students are encouraged to offer feedback directly to their Course Convener or through their College and Course representatives (if applicable). Feedback can also be provided to Course Conveners and teachers via the Student Experience of Learning & Teaching (SELT) feedback program. SELT surveys are confidential and also provide the Colleges and ANU Executive with opportunities to recognise excellent teaching, and opportunities for improvement.

Other Information

MChD students are also directed to the Assessment Rule 2016 and the Academic Progress Rule 2019 for information related to progression requirements.

Students are required to meet the passing standard in each of the three hurdles independently of each other. When students achieve the passing standard for each hurdle the result is CRS (Course Requirement Satisfied). Achievement of a HLP (Higher-Level Pass) in the course is determined by detailed analysis of the overall results across all assessments and hurdles and defined by standard setting methods endorsed in the Board of Examiners Meeting. Due to the non-compensatory nature of each of the hurdles you will not receive a final course total score.

After the mid-year examinations your progress across all three hurdles will be reviewed and if you are considered to be not on track to meet the passing standard or hurdle requirements you may be required to meet with staff to review and discuss your progress with possible referral for ongoing pastoral and/or academic follow-up. 

Note you will not be eligible for supplementary assessment if your score in either the Foundations for Medical Practice Hurdle or Clinical Practice Hurdle is below 45%. Note raw marks will be scaled to a standardised pass mark of 50.

The Professionalism and Engagement hurdle is evaluated by consideration of your overall achievement across all tasks. If you are identified as needing improvement in this hurdle mid-year you must be able to demonstrate a trajectory of improvement across the academic year to be considered to have met the requirements for the Professionalism and Engagement Hurdle. Supplementary assessment is not available for this hurdle due to the longitudinal nature of the expectations related to this hurdle.

Failure to achieve the passing standard in more than a single hurdle will lead to a failure (grade of NCN) in the course (no supplementary assessment will be offered).

If you receive a grade of N or NCN (fail) for MEDI8301 you will be required to meet with the School Director to seek permission to repeat year 1 the following year or to take program leave and reattempt year 1 after 12 months absence.

Below is an excerpt from clause 21 Academic progress required for medical programs of the Academic Progress Rule 2019:

(1) If a medical student fails 1 or more courses in the student’s medical program in any year of enrolment in the program, the student is considered to have failed to maintain a satisfactory standard of academic progress in the student’s medical program, and is regarded as on probation for the remainder of the program. 

(4) If a medical student to whom subsection (1) applies fails, for a second or subsequent time, any course in the student’s medical program in any year of enrolment in the program, the Delegated Authority may exclude the student from medical programs for a specified period of no longer than 5 years. 

(7) If a medical student fails any course in the final year of the student’s medical program, the student is considered to have failed to maintain a satisfactory standard of academic progress in the student’s medical program and the Delegated Authority may exclude the student from medical programs for a specified period of no longer than 5 years. 

(8) If a medical student fails a second or later year ANU Medical School [since 2023 School of Medicine and Psychology] professional practice course, the student is considered to have failed to maintain a satisfactory standard of academic progress in the student’s medical program and the Delegated Authority may exclude the student from medical programs for a specified period of no longer than 5 year


Student feedback (additional information)

In addition to SELT, the School of Medicine and Psychology conducts in house formative surveys of the student experience of teaching and learning in its courses for the MChD.

Class Schedule

Week/Session Summary of Activities Assessment
1 TEACHING/PLACEMENTThis course is arranged in Blocks as follows:Orientation Week: Tuesday 27 January - Wednesday 28 JanuaryBlock 1: Foundations (17 weeks): Thursday 29 January - Friday 5 June 2026Block 2: Cardiorespiratory and Renal (12 weeks): Monday 15 June - Friday 25 September 2026Block 3: Endocrine and Reproductive Health (7 weeks): Monday 28 September - Friday 6 November 2026See Timetable for details See ASSESSMENT belowSee the Learning Management System (LMS) for details.
2 RURAL IMMERSIONWeek commencing 16 March - 20 March 2026
3 TEACHING BREAKSThis course is not a standard ANU semester-based course, therefore the breaks are slightly different. For 2026 these include:
  • Friday 3 April - Friday 10 April 2026
  • Monday 6 July - Friday 17 July 2026
  • Monday 14 September - Friday 18 September 2026
  • Monday 9 November - Friday 13 November 2026

Note: students based in the ACT observe ACT Public Holidays; students based in NSW observe NSW Public Holidays; students based in NT observe NT Public Holidays.
4 ASSESSMENTThis course is not a standard ANU semester-based course, therefore the assessment periods are slightly different. For 2026 these include:
  • Monday 30 March 2026 (Practice Examination)
  • Thursday 4 June 2026
  • Tuesday 9 June - Friday 12 June 2026
  • Thursday 24 September 2026
  • Monday 16 November - Friday 20 November 2026

Exact details will be advised via the LMS
5 It is recommended that students remain in Canberra until final course results are released during the week Monday 30 November - Friday 4 December 2026 in order to be available for further examination or completion of additional assessment tasks that are required. The following dates are for the MEDI8301 supplementary assessments. Students should ensure that they are available to attend these dates should they be required to sit any supplementary assessments or complete additional assessment tasks. Monday 7 December - Friday 11 December 2026

Assessment Summary

Assessment task Value Learning Outcomes
Foundations for Medical Practice Hurdle 0 % 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,10
Clinical Practice Hurdle 0 % 1,2,3,5,9,10
Professionalism and Engagement Hurdle 0 % 1,2,6,7,8,9,10
No adverse finding(s) from the SMP Professional Behaviour Committee that have resulted in a referral to the Doctor of Medicine and Surgery program convenor (Hurdle) 0 % 9,10

* If the Due Date and Return of Assessment date are blank, see the Assessment Tab for specific Assessment Task details

Policies

ANU has educational policies, procedures and guidelines , which are designed to ensure that staff and students are aware of the University’s academic standards, and implement them. Students are expected to have read the Academic Integrity Rule before the commencement of their course. Other key policies and guidelines include:

Assessment Requirements

The ANU is using Turnitin to enhance student citation and referencing techniques, and to assess assignment submissions as a component of the University's approach to managing Academic Integrity. For additional information regarding Turnitin please visit the Academic Skills website. In rare cases where online submission using Turnitin software is not technically possible; or where not using Turnitin software has been justified by the Course Convener and approved by the Associate Dean (Education) on the basis of the teaching model being employed; students shall submit assessment online via ‘Canvas’ outside of Turnitin, or failing that in hard copy, or through a combination of submission methods as approved by the Associate Dean (Education). The submission method is detailed below.

Moderation of Assessment

Marks that are allocated during Semester are to be considered provisional until formalised by the College examiners meeting at the end of each Semester. If appropriate, some moderation of marks might be applied prior to final results being released.

Participation

Additional information in relation to attendance

There is an expectation that students will attend all scheduled teaching and clinical activities as a requirement of meeting the expected standards of professional behaviour of a learner. Students are expected to adhere to the MCHD Leave Guidelines. In-person attendance is compulsory for all of the following activities:

  • Orientation/Introduction week
  • Rural immersion
  • Team Based Learning (TBL) sessions
  • Medical Science practical sessions
  • Professionalism and Leadership (PAL) class and group work sessions
  • Population Health group work sessions
  • Clinical Skills days
  • Cultural Immersion sessions


Attendance will be monitored by a variety of methods including sign-in, clinical tutor appraisals and random monitoring.


Absences

Examination(s)

Examinations are conducted according to the Assessment Rule 2016. The information on the Examination Conduct page describes what to expect during an examination. Note the written examinations are completed online in person with reading time incorporated into the examination time. No additional reading time is allocated.

Further information on the conduct of examinations for the Doctor of Medicine and Surgery will be available on the LMS.

MEDI8301 includes a practice mid-semester written test, which provides you with an introduction to assessment structure and expected standards within marking criteria. You will also have the opportunity for a practice Clinical Skills Assessment and receive feedback on your performance prior to the end of block 1 Progressive Clinical Skill Assessment.

It is recommended that students remain in Canberra until final course results are released during the week Monday 30 November - Friday 4 December 2026 in order to be available for further examination that may be required. The following dates are for the MEDI8301 supplementary assessments. Students should ensure that they are available to attend these dates should they be required to sit any supplementary assessments or complete any additional assessment tasks. 

Monday 7 December - Friday 11 December 2026

Assessment Task 1

Value: 0 %
Learning Outcomes: 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,10

Foundations for Medical Practice Hurdle

This hurdle focuses on assessing the knowledge and application aspects of all the underpinning MChD Themes and Frameworks. Examples include knowledge related to medical sciences, clinical skills, ethics and the law, social and behavioural sciences, population health, Indigenous health and research.


There will be examinations as follows:

1.     Mid year written examination, contributing 50% of the marks for this hurdle, will assess content that is aligned to the learning outcome statements and teaching and learning activities with a focus on content from block 1.

2.     End of year written examination, contributing 50% of the marks for this hurdle, will assess content that is predominantly aligned to the learning outcome statements and teaching and learning activities with the main focus on content from blocks 2 and 3. There will be some questions sampling content from block 1.

 

The written examination items contributing to this hurdle will assess content that is aligned to the learning outcome statements for MEDI8301 and teaching and learning activities. It should be noted that a proportion of these examinations will assess related topics where there is a reasonable expectation that a student will have acquired the knowledge and skill through self-directed learning and discussions in team-based learning sessions across all themes and frameworks. The written examinations will involve multiple papers completed across multiple days, are invigilated in person, and are completed electronically at the Acton campus. Further details are provided in the LMS. There will be an opportunity to sit a practice examination prior to the mid-year written examination.

 

Passing standard and hurdle requirements

To meet the overall hurdle passing standard students:

  1. Must attempt all written examination papers AND
  2. Achieve the passing standard in the end of year written examination (item 2 above) AND
  3. Achieve the passing standard for the TOTAL score (item 1 and 2 above)

Standard setting procedures are used to determine the passing standard. Refer to the Navigating Assessment - ANU Medical Program document available in the LMS. The eligibility for a supplementary assessment in this hurdle is determined by transforming the final score to a standardised score whereby transformed scores between 45 and 49 may be eligible for a supplementary assessment.


Timing

The written examinations will be held at the Acton campus (exact details will be provided in the LMS).

Assessment Task 2

Value: 0 %
Learning Outcomes: 1,2,3,5,9,10

Clinical Practice Hurdle

This hurdle focuses on assessments to demonstrate the development of the basic practical skills required by medical practitioners such as history taking, physical examination, medical investigations and clinical procedures with the associated communication skills. The assessments will consist of a sequence of practice based clinical tasks completed in a simulated setting and will be observed by examiners. 


Progressive Clinical Skills Assessments contribute to this hurdle and enable students to demonstrate competence in specific clinical skills learnt during each block. In this assessment students will be required to undertake a series of short performance-based assessments to demonstrate their competency in clinical skills appropriate to their level of study. An assessor observes your performance involving clinical assessment of a volunteer or simulated patient focusing on history taking, clinical examination and/or reasoning skills developed in the Clinical Skills Theme. As noted in the passing standard and hurdle requirements performance across each of the Clinical Skills Assessments is cumulative. 


Passing standard and hurdle requirements

To meet the overall hurdle passing standard students:

  1. Must attempt all Progressive Clinical Skills Assessments AND
  2. Achieve a minimum of 8 points (out of a possible maximum of 10 points) across the whole year AND
  3. Achieve the overall total passing standard across all Progressive Clinical Skills Assessments.

 

Note the passing standard for each Progressive Clinical Assessment instance is determined using standard setting methods and is determined by evaluating your performance across 5 domains of practice aligned to the key step guides and a global assessment by the assessor. Meeting the passing standard in each Progressive Clinical Skills Assessment instance will contribute to one point (or in the case of history 2 points) towards your cumulative total. The total passing standard across all Progressive Clinical Skills Assessments will be determined by standard setting as outlined in the Navigating Assessment - ANU Medical Program document available in the LMS.

 

Timing and Due Date

The Progressive Clinical Skills Assessments are scheduled as detailed on the LMS. Note a practice Clinical Skills Assessment will be provided during block 1 to provide you with feedback on your progress and does not contribute to the cumulative points score.

Assessment Task 3

Value: 0 %
Learning Outcomes: 1,2,6,7,8,9,10

Professionalism and Engagement Hurdle

This hurdle focuses on the student demonstrating engagement in learning activities and development of personal attributes consistent with the university’s student code of conduct and the values and attitudes required for medical practice. This includes assessment tasks that contribute to the development of professional identity, self-regulatory behaviours, working with others and the growth mindset required for clinical practice. The assessments contributing to this hurdle are designed to allow you to demonstrate consistent engagement in learning activities across the year enabling you to demonstrate your development of clinical competence and experiential learning. These assessments should be used to help guide learning throughout the preclinical phase of the medical degree.

You are required to engage with and complete by the required deadlines, without reminders, the:

  1. Doctor of Medicine and Surgery Student Code of Conduct, Clinical Skills learning agreement and confidentiality agreements for exams.
  2. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Reflection Task to the required standard.
  3. Team-based learning tasks including constructively participating in, a. Peer evaluation activities and b. Reflection tasks to the expected requirements.
  4. Lt/kuraCloud and other online modules (including the required Population Health modules).
  5. Professionalism and Leadership (PAL) assessment tasks to the required standard.
  6. Clinical Skills Tutor Appraisals form submission to the clinical tutors and achieve satisfactory ratings. This assessment is based on the clinical tutors observation of your engagement and professional behaviour during the clinical skills sessions and they will provide feedback on your development and approaches to learning in the clinical skills setting.
  7. Research Project Tasks including: a. Topic and supervisor nomination form, b. Peer review activity for the draft research proposal and c. A 1,000 word research proposal to the required standard (and where relevant an ethics application), which includes evidence of supervisor receipt and ethics application submission.

Attend all required learning activities and engage consistently. See further information included under the participation section of the class summary.


Passing standard and hurdle requirements

To meet the requirements of this hurdle and pass this course you must

  1. Complete all of the listed tasks by the required deadline. Note it is your responsibility to monitor your full completion of all tasks through the LMS, risr/advance or other platforms. Note failure to demonstrate consistent engagement in these tasks across the year may impact your ability to meet the required standard in the professionalism and engagement hurdle AND
  2. Complete and achieve the passing standard for items 2, 3b, 5 and 7c. Further information and the rubrics (if relevant) will be available in the LMS AND
  3. Achieve a satisfactory rating in item 6. Where a rating below an acceptable standard is received you will be required to meet with a staff member to discuss strategies to improve your performance AND
  4. Meet the participation requirements.

There is no opportunity for a supplementary assessment for this hurdle.

Timing and Due Date

See the LMS for individual item due dates. Progress in relation to achievement of the Professionalism and Engagement Hurdle will be reviewed at the end of semester 1. It is the student’s responsibility to ensure they progress consistently through all the listed items. If a student is falling below the passing standard in this hurdle their progress will be closely monitored in semester 2 and will need to demonstrate improvement in achievement of the requirements for this hurdle to be considered ready to progress to year 2. Any dishonesty or plagiarism will be taken very seriously and will be dealt with under the Professional Behaviour Guideline and the Academic Integrity Rule 2021.

Assessment Task 4

Value: 0 %
Learning Outcomes: 9,10

No adverse finding(s) from the SMP Professional Behaviour Committee that have resulted in a referral to the Doctor of Medicine and Surgery program convenor (Hurdle)

Please refer to the PBC Guidelines

Academic Integrity

Academic integrity is a core part of the ANU culture as a community of scholars. The University’s students are an integral part of that community. The academic integrity principle commits all students to engage in academic work in ways that are consistent with, and actively support, academic integrity, and to uphold this commitment by behaving honestly, responsibly and ethically, and with respect and fairness, in scholarly practice.


The University expects all staff and students to be familiar with the academic integrity principle, the Academic Integrity Rule 2021, the Policy: Student Academic Integrity and Procedure: Student Academic Integrity, and to uphold high standards of academic integrity to ensure the quality and value of our qualifications.


The Academic Integrity Rule 2021 is a legal document that the University uses to promote academic integrity, and manage breaches of the academic integrity principle. The Policy and Procedure support the Rule by outlining overarching principles, responsibilities and processes. The Academic Integrity Rule 2021 commences on 1 December 2021 and applies to courses commencing on or after that date, as well as to research conduct occurring on or after that date. Prior to this, the Academic Misconduct Rule 2015 applies.

 

The University commits to assisting all students to understand how to engage in academic work in ways that are consistent with, and actively support academic integrity. All coursework students must complete the online Academic Integrity Module (Epigeum), and Higher Degree Research (HDR) students are required to complete research integrity training. The Academic Integrity website provides information about services available to assist students with their assignments, examinations and other learning activities, as well as understanding and upholding academic integrity.

Online Submission

You will be required to electronically sign a declaration as part of the submission of your assignment. Please keep a copy of the assignment for your records. Unless an exemption has been approved by the Associate Dean (Education) submission must be through Turnitin.

To ensure students have demonstrated achievement of the learning outcomes, information about when students may or may not be allowed to use generative artificial intelligence (AI) is detailed on the LMS for each assessment item. For assessment items where generative AI may be used, students will be required to complete and submit an Acknowledgement Form (available on the LMS) to acknowledge and document their use of generative AI.

Hardcopy Submission

For some forms of assessment (hand written assignments, art works, laboratory notes, etc.) hard copy submission is appropriate when approved by the Associate Dean Education. Hard copy submissions must utilise the Assignment Cover Sheet. Please keep a copy of tasks completed for your records.

Late Submission

Late submission (where relevant). Late submission of assignments without an extension are penalised at the rate of 5% of the possible marks available per working day or part thereof. Late submission of assessment tasks is not accepted after 10 working days after the due date, or on or after the date specified in the course outline for the return of the assessment item.

Referencing Requirements

The Academic Skills website has information to assist you with your writing and assessments. The website includes information about Academic Integrity including referencing requirements for different disciplines. There is also information on Plagiarism and different ways to use source material. Any use of artificial intelligence must be properly referenced. Failure to properly cite use of Generative AI will be considered a breach of academic integrity.

Extensions and Penalties

Extensions and late submission of assessment pieces are covered by the Student Assessment (Coursework) Policy and Procedure. Extensions may be granted for assessment pieces that are not examinations or take-home examinations. If you need an extension, you must request an extension in writing on or before the due date. If you have documented and appropriate medical evidence that demonstrates you were not able to request an extension on or before the due date, you may be able to request it after the due date.

Resubmission of Assignments

Refer to the LMS

Privacy Notice

The ANU has made a number of third party, online, databases available for students to use. Use of each online database is conditional on student end users first agreeing to the database licensor’s terms of service and/or privacy policy. Students should read these carefully. In some cases student end users will be required to register an account with the database licensor and submit personal information, including their: first name; last name; ANU email address; and other information.
In cases where student end users are asked to submit ‘content’ to a database, such as an assignment or short answers, the database licensor may only use the student’s ‘content’ in accordance with the terms of service – including any (copyright) licence the student grants to the database licensor. Any personal information or content a student submits may be stored by the licensor, potentially offshore, and will be used to process the database service in accordance with the licensors terms of service and/or privacy policy.
If any student chooses not to agree to the database licensor’s terms of service or privacy policy, the student will not be able to access and use the database. In these circumstances students should contact their lecturer to enquire about alternative arrangements that are available.

Distribution of grades policy

Academic Quality Assurance Committee monitors the performance of students, including attrition, further study and employment rates and grade distribution, and College reports on quality assurance processes for assessment activities, including alignment with national and international disciplinary and interdisciplinary standards, as well as qualification type learning outcomes.

Since first semester 1994, ANU uses a grading scale for all courses. This grading scale is used by all academic areas of the University.

Support for students

The University offers students support through several different services. You may contact the services listed below directly or seek advice from your Course Convener, Student Administrators, or your College and Course representatives (if applicable).

  • ANU Health, safety & wellbeing for medical services, counselling, mental health and spiritual support
  • ANU Accessibility for students with a disability or ongoing or chronic illness
  • ANU Dean of Students for confidential, impartial advice and help to resolve problems between students and the academic or administrative areas of the University
  • ANU Academic Skills supports you make your own decisions about how you learn and manage your workload.
  • ANU Counselling promotes, supports and enhances mental health and wellbeing within the University student community.
  • ANUSA supports and represents all ANU students
Dr Riemke Aggio-Bruce
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