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From the Dean

It was fantastic to attend the third FASS Teaching Symposium this week. It provided a wonderful opportunity for us to reflect on all we’ve achieved together this year -- and to look ahead to 2025 when we’ll be launching four new named degrees.

Key among the achievements we celebrated was the great progress on our pilots in block mode teaching, the expansion of our tutor development program, and enhanced professional development opportunities -- all key faculty strategic initiatives in Education. Through programs of work such as these, it is evident just how much FASS is contributing to our university’s aspiration of delivering student-focused transformational learning experiences. Added to that, we are also tracking well in USS in 2024, particularly at mid-year review, where FASS recorded the highest mean USS score across the University. This is a great testament to the efforts and commitment of our staff and really worth celebrating.

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Gadigal Centre Gala -Celebrating First Nations students’ excellence

On Thursday 31 October the Gadigal Centre hosted a Gala ceremony to celebrate First Nations students’ academic excellence, leadership, sport achievements and community engagement. FASS students were an integral part of this celebration, acting as MCs for the evening were Dante Brex, performing the didgeridoo, and Kalan Nau.

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University news

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40 years of Ralph's Cafe with Daniel Panebianco

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Nine projects backed by Research Proof-of-Concept funding

Announcements and notices

Open Day 2024 t-shirts for FASS staff

The Faculty has engaged a local Indigenous artist Jessie Waratah to design t-shirts for all professional and academic staff to wear on Open Day. Learn more about this meaningful artwork and find out where you can collect your t-shirt for Open Day. Read more

Content requests and updates

Who to contact for website and intranet sites maintenance requests and AEM access.

This is a list of University site administrators/webmasters and the websites they administer.

New Partnership Hub

The Central External Engagement Portfolio has recently launched a new Partnership Hub to help university staff access support for promoting themselves and the University as a partner of choice.

News and events

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Events

26 Nov

Sydney Ideas - Is storytelling essential to innovation?

Major innovations make for great stories when they succeed but could breakthroughs happen in the first place without stories and creative leaps to shape ideas and guide collaborations? In this Sydney Ideas event, hear insights from the Vice-Chancellor Fellow professor Sophie Gee; celebrated writer Charlotte Wood; Charles Perkins Centre Academic Director Stephen Simpson; and Sydney Policy Lab Director Kate Harrison Brennan.

27 Nov

LCNAU Eighth Biennial Colloquium

The School of Languages and Cultures will host the Eighth conference of the Languages and Cultures Network for Australian Universities (LNCAU) with a focus on "Trans/Formation: research and education in languages and cultures" from 27-29 November 2024.

30 Nov

Alumni Festival

Join us for a festival for University of Sydney alumni, family, friends and the community.

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Updates and services

Campus Access Policy review

The University adopted the new Campus Access Policy in July this year to provide clearer information about expectations and requirements of conduct on campus.
As part of its implementation, we are running an additional review of the policy before the end of the year to assess its effectiveness and encourage you to share your views. If you want to make a submission, you will need to do so before 30 November.  

Casual Employment Information Statements

We're introducing changes in accordance with the Fair Work Act 2009 to ensure that casual staff members are well-informed about their conditions of employment. All casual staff will receive a Casual Employment Information Statement on a regular basis.

Search issues with Academic Profiles – fix implemented

A fix has been implemented to resolve ongoing search issues for academic profile online (APO). The issue is currently preventing profiles from showing up in search (including Google search, and in some cases the corporate website search). Profiles will progressively reappear in searches from Monday 18 November.

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We acknowledge the tradition of custodianship and law of the Country on which the University of Sydney campuses stand. We pay our respects to those who have cared and continue to care for Country.

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