Education Events in Canberra

Step into the Canberra Centre during Enlighten and discover UNSW Ignite, an experience that brings wildfires to life in a way you have never seen before.

The ANU Law School is proud to welcome The Hon Justice M B J Lee of the Federal Court of Australia as the keynote speaker at the annual Phillipa Weeks Lecture. Given each year in memory of the late ANU Law Professor, Phillipa Weeks, this annual lecture is delivered by national and international experts highlighting key issues in the area of labour law.

In a land of ethereal beauty, within a culture soaked in myth, a young woman discovers the story that will change her life. In 2003, seventeen-year-old Australian exchange student Hannah Kent arrives at Keflavík Airport in the middle of the Icelandic winter.

Join us for the Rainbow Holstein Book Club to discuss this month's chosen title: Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir!

Get tickets on Humanitix - Meet the author - Andrew Leigh. Kambri Cinema (Lowitja O'Donoghue Cultural Centre), Tangney Rd, Acton ACT 2601, Australia. Thursday 26th February 2026. Find event information.

Join our symposium to explore the life and legacy of Robert Garran, key nation-builder shaping Australia’s law, public service and capital.

Come along to our February Little Griffins and join us for some delightful dragons. Sing fiery songs, listen to scaly stories and make some dazzling dragon creations to take home.

Write the love story readers can’t put down. Join best-selling author Emma Grey for a four hour romance workshop on craft, pace and passion.

ANU School of Sociology seminar on 'Problematising Water: an experiment on the edges of interdisciplinarity', Dr Nicole Vitellone (University of Liverpool)

Join us for an engaging and informative session with Associate Professor Heather Roberts FAAL and the Hon Justice Dina Yehia, Justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales. Hosted by the ANU/National Judicial College of Australia’s Visiting Judges program, Associate Professor Roberts will lead an informal chat with Justice Yehia about her career and experiences. This forum is exclusively open to current law students, and promises to provide valuable insights into the legal profession. Register today as spaces are limited.

The second Trump Administration has had a profound impact on the international legal system including its withdrawal from international institutions, use of military force, the war in Gaza and subsequent peace plan, and territorial threats in Latin America and Greenland. This seminar will assess the first year of Trump 2.0 from multiple international law perspectives.