Show threadRaymondPierreL34d ago

@FrancescaJ
Found it. Thank you.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Anu/comments/1shzv8o/exclusive_former_anu_vc_accused_of_serious/

#GenevieveBell #ANU #JulieBishop #Governance #TertiarySector #AusPol

Show threadRaymondPierreL34d ago

@Heterokromia
I keep seeing toots spreading the #PayWalled link to this article when no other media outlet is covering this important story and making it freely available. I’m angry about that…

#Bell #ANU #FourthEstateFail #TertiarySector #Education #Governance

Amo a Sam amat5d ago

Last night I read the Saturday Paper story about Prof. Bell, Julie Bishop and the ANU.

What a complete mess. I am sad to see this institution so badly served (not only by Bell, but by *all* the governing structures - and by many of their members).

It is time for the Government to step in and directly manage, the place, with a view to handing it back to self-governance in five years or so.

https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/education/2026/04/11/exclusive-former-anu-vc-accused-serious-misconduct

#ANU #TheSaturdayPaper

Exclusive: Former ANU VC accused of ‘serious misconduct’

Four months after her premature departure as vice-chancellor of the Australian National University, Genevieve Bell was suspended from her ongoing role as a distinguished professor and barred from entering the campus or speaking to staff, students and members of the governing council.

The Saturday Paper
Show threadDavid Coombe5d ago
@samwilson Very well done picking this up Sam! This is an example of an image being used merely to convey an impression. It has no contextual anchor. It tells us nothing about #ANU and its library.
AidanApr 10

Former VC Genevieve Bell is the #anu scandal that keeps on giving.

Jobs for (clearly unqualified) mates is the latest.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Anu/comments/1shzv8o/exclusive_former_anu_vc_accused_of_serious/

Show threadRaymondPierreL3Apr 10

@treleanor
Wow, so it unravels… #ANU

“Four months after her premature departure as vice-chancellor of the Australian National University, Genevieve Bell was suspended from her ongoing role as a distinguished professor and barred from entering the campus or speaking to staff, students and members of the governing council.

On January 13, Bell was presented with a show cause notice alleging “serious misconduct” in the promotion of her close friend and colleague, Andrew Meares. Meares, a former newspaper photographer, was made a full professor in the School of Cybernetics against the advice of the university’s own promotion panel and despite having no university qualifications.

Documents seen by The Saturday Paper show #Bell actively intervened in Meares’s career trajectory on multiple occasions (the rest is paywalled in the Sattuday Paper.)

RanaldCloustonApr 10

https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/education/2026/04/11/exclusive-former-anu-vc-accused-serious-misconduct

"Former ANU vice-chancellor Genevieve Bell has been suspended from the university and accused of serious misconduct after allegedly making a close friend a full professor despite him having no university qualifications...

There are allegations Bell requested minutes of meetings be changed, sought to change employment records, breached conflict of interest provisions, undermined the university’s promotions processes, ignored professional guidance, used her seniority to gain advantage for Meares, and overturned the university’s central promotions committee after it rejected his bid to become a full professor."

!!!

#ANU

Exclusive: Former ANU VC accused of ‘serious misconduct’

Four months after her premature departure as vice-chancellor of the Australian National University, Genevieve Bell was suspended from her ongoing role as a distinguished professor and barred from entering the campus or speaking to staff, students and members of the governing council.

The Saturday Paper
SESH.sxApr 4

Ballroom at Palais: anu @ Ballroom at Palais - 05 Apr feat. anu

#SESH #anu

https://sesh.sx/e/1966557

FrancescaJMar 30

Renew #ANU was never necessary. #Universities and the public good of education have become a way to funnel money to your mates in consultancy firms👀

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-30/anu-cost-cutting-national-audit-office-review-four-corners/106501952

Draft report into ANU's controversial cuts critical of university's council

ANU's council approved a massive $250 million cost-cutting program without clear evidence it was needed or achievable, according to an assessment in a draft audit office report.

Cameron JonesMar 29

Exciting times for our group at #ANU

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-29/australia-support-nasa-artemis-moon-mission/106508360

Australia aids Artemis II as NASA astronauts return to the Moon

Canberra-based communications systems will support NASA's first crewed lunar mission in more than half a century, helping astronauts orbit the Moon and return data.