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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
Student Experience Forum
Join colleagues from across the University for the Student Experience Forum 2026 – Partnering to Deliver, a University-wide event dedicated to showcasing the initiatives, partnerships, research and practices that are transforming the student experience.
Decolonial language pedagogies in Australia higher education
Join the first national one-day symposium exploring contemporary and emerging conversations at the intersection of languages education, decolonial thought, Indigenising curriculum, and socially responsive pedagogies in higher education.
Updates and services
Microsoft Office 365 disruption - updated 5.25 pm, Friday 13 November
There is a global Microsoft 365 service degradation affecting University access to Outlook email and, in some cases, other M365 applications. Detailed information is available on the Microsoft service disruption intranet page. You are advised to use alternative communication channels. If you need support, contact the University Service Desk on 9351 2000, Student Centre on 1800 SYD UNI (1800 793 864) or Protective Services on 1800 SYD HLP (1800 793 457). Students can connect with Student Wellbeing via the Student Wellbeing Portal.
Provide feedback on the new draft Anti-Bribery and Corruption Policy by midnight Friday 20 November
Share your feedback on the draft policy through the consultation survey available on our Policy Register page.
Have your say on the draft Child Safety Policy by midnight Friday 20 November
We're inviting all staff and students to review and provide feedback on the draft Child Safety Policy and Procedures. Your feedback will help shape a policy framework that strengthens how we protect and support children and young people at the University.
System logins
- Academic Planning & Development (AP&D)
- Automation & Innovation Hub
- CMS - AEM
- Campus Assist Online
- Canvas
- ChatGPT
- Citrix
- Concur
- Contractor Safety Management System (CSMS)
- Copilot
- Disability Academic Plan Portal
- Dimensions
- Docusign
- Email Office 365
- emma (formerly 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
- Remote Support
- 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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