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Three FASS disciplines in global top 50 in the THE subject rankings
The University of Sydney continues to excel in the latest Times Higher Education subject rankings with six disciplines in the global top 50. Read more.
Announcements and notices
FASS News - Issue 265 -5 December 2025
Latest news from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.
2025 FASS Newsletter submission and publishing deadlines
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
Building wellbeing in 2025
Explore the What’s on Wellbeing 2025 calendar and discover a wealth of events and learning and development opportunities for you to participate in across the year.
Popular FASS Systems
- Arts Explorer (needs VPN off campus)
- Sydney Curriculum
- How to guides for Sydney Curriculum Outlines
- Search for previous FASS outlines (2016-2019) - (log in required)
- Results Processing System (needs VPN off campus) (RPS)
- SharePoint 365
- Swift Digital
-FASS Exam QA
Events
First Nations celebration concert
The Sydney Conservatorium of Music, in partnership with the Gadigal Centre, is featuring a dynamic line-up of emerging First Nations artists, with a concert that will showcase the artistry of the Conservatorium's First Nations students across a range of musical styles.
Exposing the shark attack industrial complex
As part of Social Science Week, Associate Professor Chris Pepin-Neff will examine and challenge the public's relationship with sharks, the beach, and our own identity. The talk will cover the way social, political, and commercial interests combine to portray all sharks in a one-dimensional manner to generate increased income, tourism, hotel rooms, movie tickets, and political cover.
2026 E.L ‘Ted’ Wheelwright memorial lecture: Climates of uncertainty
As part of Social Science Week, Professor Geoff Mann (Simon Fraser University in Vancouver BC) will examine how experts are making sense of an increasingly unpredictable world and explore what these challenges mean for our shared future.
Updates and services
The NTEU has notified the University that they intend to take industrial action on 2 September.
The University advises that staff who can work from home should do so, subject to a conversation with their manager. The University believes the NTEU's action is premature. While the University respects the right of eligible staff to engage in protected industrial action, the University’s position in Enterprise Agreement negotiations will only change through constructive discussion and good faith bargaining and will not change in response to industrial action.
Last chance to submit your nominations for the Vice-Chancellor's Awards for Excellence.
You have until Monday 31 August 2026 at 11:30 pm to submit nominations for the VC Awards. If you have a nomination in progress, make sure you submit it as only completed nominations can be considered.
The Academic Excellence Program will host Academic Planning and Development (AP&D) briefing sessions on 7 and 16 September
This is for academic staff in portfolios and any academics who missed their faculty/University school sessions in August. Register to attend one of the two AP&D briefing sessions.
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- Email Office 365
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- eNotebooks
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- Exams portal
- External Engagement CRM
- File Sender (large file transfer)
- Finance EPM
- Finance Salary Planning EPM
- IRMA
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- myResearch Ethics
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- Research Professional
- Riskware
- Room bookings (resource booker)
- SEAMS
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- SPIRE
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- Sydney Profile Manager
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- SydneyFMS (Facility Management System)
- Timesheets
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- UniBuy
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- Workday
- Workday Learning (formerly CareerPath)
- Workday learning (formerly CareerPath) for academic affiliates
- Zoom
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