ANU University House Reopening in August

Marghanita da Cruz & Tom Worthington
at the ANU Celebration of Giving, in the
Great Hall of University House. 24 November 2014

Professor Peter Kanowski, Master of University House, at the Australian National University (ANU), has announced it will reopen in August. The complex, which includes accommodation, meetings rooms, a Great Hall, restaurants, bar and gardens, has been closed since 2020. A hailstorm smashed the roof, along with those of several building on campus. Being a historic older building, restoration has taken a long time. 

I hadn't released how central University House was to the functioning of the institution, until it was closed. In my submission on the AU's draft straggly, I suggesting reopening the building be a top priority. The lack of a venue for senior executives to discuss the running of the university informally may have contributed to recent governance issues. It will also be good to have more of those magical times in the great hall.