ACU launches EthicsFinder
News 18 NovemberA message from Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Ethics) Professor Hayden Ramsay: Explore our new ‘one-stop shop’ expertly curated search engine database: EthicsFinder.
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A message from Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Ethics) Professor Hayden Ramsay: Explore our new ‘one-stop shop’ expertly curated search engine database: EthicsFinder.
The ACU Sustainability Report 2020 has been published and is available for you to read on the ACU website.
The expression ‘ethical dilemma’ has become overused and often applied without much if any thought about what it actually means
Professor Hayden Ramsay, DVC and Professor of Catholic Philosophy, presents a 12 part series of videos and articles in his Masterclass on Any Catholic University
The PM Glynn Institute has produced a report on palliative care within Australia
Lord Rowan Williams recently published book Tribalism's Troubles: Responding to Rowan Williams, launches in a virtual event held this week by the PM Glynn Institute
New ACU research is showing how busting a move via silent disco technology can boost the wellbeing of residential aged care residents with dementia.
The 30th anniversary of Ex Corde Ecclesiae (From the Heart of the Church) is an opportunity for us, as Australia’s largest Catholic University, to reflect on our character and role.
It is a great treasure of the long papacy of John Paul the Great and an entry point to understanding ACU for staff of all faiths and traditions.
Australian Catholic University (ACU) has appointed Professor Zlatko Skrbis as the University’s next Vice-Chancellor and President.
Thirty scholarship students will be the first to undertake the new Bachelor of Arts (Western Civilisation) at Australian Catholic University’s (ACU) North Sydney Campus next year under a generous fund...
Australia's workforce, economy and society needs the capabilities of a humanities education: critical thinking, analytical and research skills, and the ability to grapple with and communicate complex ...
Some people don’t support Glasgow Rangers, mindfulness or Country and Western music. Everyone supports ethics; which doesn’t mean everyone fully understands ethics or always acts ethically, but it doe...
Are faith and reason in conflict, or do they illuminate one another? We tackle an age-old question with Professor Hayden Ramsay, a Catholic philosopher and ACU’s Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Coordination.
ACU’s exploration of advance care planning, which enables patient wishes to inform decisions made by families and medical professionals and to respect patient autonomy and dignity, has led to the deve...
ACU last week launched Thinking Philosophy, a podcast exploring the research of our philosophers.
ACU expects to offer a new BA degree in Western Civilisation from 2021, after signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Ramsay Centre for Western Civilisation in Sydney today.
Leading British philosopher Professor John Haldane will join the Australian Catholic University this year to establish a new project to develop Catholic school education, situating this within a broad...
People who pursue beauty, fame and money above other goals are less happy than those who want to improve the world, new research has found.
Professor Stephen Finlay has been appointed as the Director of a new institute dedicated to philosophical research at Australian Catholic University (ACU).
The PM Glynn Institute is pleased to announce the establishment of its International Board of Advisers. This board is made up of eleven distinguished members from North America, Asia, Europe and the M...
Researchers worried about the ethics of paying children to take part in research shouldn’t be, a new ACU study reveals.
The PM Glynn Institute has established a new policy program with Uphold & Recognise to develop policy options on how the recommendations of the Uluru Statement from the Heart might be implemented.
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