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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
What Country could be: Indigenous knowledge to take Australia forward
A conversation between Professor Reuben Bolt, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous Strategy and Services), and Associate Professor Michael Mossman seeks to show why Indigenous knowledge and western systems can work together.
Higher Degree by Research (HDR) strategy webinar
This webinar is your chance to contribute to the development of an innovative HDR strategy for our University that will attract the best students and deliver a transformational educational experience.
Staff tennis social
Whether you’re an experienced player or just want to have some fun, join your colleagues at the Sydney Uni Sport & Aquatic Centre outdoor tennis courts for free friendly doubles matches.
Updates and services
Applications open for SPARK Sydney 2026
This is to support up to six high-potential teams with promising technologies, to advance therapeutic, vaccine and drug-discovery innovations.
Share your feedback before Sydney Listens closes
The 2026 Sydney Listens staff engagement survey closes at 11:59 pm Monday 25 May. Your voice has impact – help shape local and University-wide priorities and influence positive change to make Sydney a better place to work and a place that works better.
Canteen launch and Laneway closure
To prepare for the launch of our new student canteen in Semester 2, the Laneway Cafe in the Wentworth Building will have its final day of service on Friday 29 May and will not re-open in Semester 2.
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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