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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
Carillon Tour
Get a behind-the-scenes tour of the historic Quadrangle Carillon! Join Titus Grenyer, our University Carillonist, who will take you behind the scenes to discover the instrument’s remarkable history and give you a glimpse of the 54 bells that occupy the Clocktower.
Sydney Ideas - Conversations for Good: Across platforms
On technology and democracy, and the ways our experiences are mediated, online and offline. Can we agree on a shared reality without it collapsing into political theatre? Hear from digital platforms researcher Joanne Gray, and one of Australia’s foremost social trends researchers, Rebecca Huntley. Hosted by Fenella Kernebone, cultural curator, speaker and presenter.
ANZAC Day Dawn Service 2026
This traditional dawn service, supported by the University of Sydney Regiment, is open to all and offers an opportunity to honour the ANZACs and reflect on the many different meanings of war.
Updates and services
Service disruption – University websites
Some staff and students may be unable to access University websites (including sydney.edu.au) when using the Vodafone network. ICT has confirmed this is an issue with Vodafone. The impact includes Vodafone and related carriers: felix, iiNet, Kogan, Lebara, Lyca and TPG. ICT is currently working with Vodafone support to restore service.
The Student Centre on Level 3 of the Jane Foss Russell (JFR) Building is closed until late June
Students can get in touch with the Student Centre online and via phone. At Level 1, Belinda Hutchinson Building students can collect student ID cards and testamurs, and get dictionary and calculator approvals. Other study-related support is available at Level 3, Fisher Library.
Support for those affected by escalating conflict in the Middle East
We're deeply concerned to see conflict escalate in Iran and the Middle East. We know this is a deeply worrying time for many and are here to support all affected staff and students. Please take care of your own wellbeing, check in on colleagues who may be finding this time particularly challenging, and continue to look out for one another during what is a distressing time for many. Wellbeing support is available for all staff, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, through our staff counselling and coaching provider, Converge.
System logins
- Academic Planning & Development (AP&D)
- Automation & Innovation Hub
- CMS - AEM
- Campus Assist Online
- Canvas
- Citrix
- Concur
- Contractor Safety Management System (CSMS)
- Copilot
- Disability Academic Plan Portal
- Dimensions
- Docusign
- Email Office 365
- EmmaHQ
- eNotebooks
- Event calendar
- Exams portal
- External Engagement CRM
- File Sender (large file transfer)
- Finance EPM
- Finance Salary Planning EPM
- IRMA
- Lecture recording
- LinkedIn Learning
- Macquarie Dictionary
- Maps (Campus Maps)
- myHRonline
- MyLab
- My Library account
- myResearch Ethics
- Office 365 Portal
- Online Teaching Allocations (OTA)
- Password management (Okta)
- Payments to the University
- PeopleSoft financials
- Policy Register
- Power BI
- Publish Partner
- Qualtrics
- Records Online
- REDCap
- Research Data Management Planning
- Research Education Candidature System (RECS)
- Research Professional
- Riskware
- Room bookings (resource booker)
- SEAMS
- SensusAccess document conversion
- Service Portal
- ServiceNow Client
- SPIRE
- Special consideration and arrangements
- Student Survey System
- Sydney Curriculum
- Sydney Insights (formerly Insights Hub)
- Sydney Profile Manager
- Sydney Student
- SydneyFMS (Facility Management System)
- Timesheets
- Timetabling
- UniBuy
- Viva Engage (Yammer)
- Workday
- Workday Learning (formerly CareerPath)
- Workday learning (formerly CareerPath) for academic affiliates
- Zoom
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