Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences news
QS Rankings: We Need Your Help to Showcase HASS Subjects
Our university participates in the QS subject rankings by submitting specific data. A decisive factor in HASS subject rankings are the academic and employer reputation surveys. We need your help in providing names for these surveys by 24 October. For further details check out the current issue of FASS News.
FASS partnership gives students direct access to talent experts from Nine Publishing
Last Tuesday Strategic Partnerships & Engagement hosted Careers at Nine: Elevate Your Career with industry partner Nine Publishing, giving students direct access to talent experts from the media company. Nine Publishing’s Talent & Acquisitions team shared practical advice on resumes, interviews, and standing out in a competitive job market. For more information check out Viva Engage.
Announcements and notices
FASS News - Issue 260- 25 September 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
Workshop: Managing Your Research Strategy
This workshop with Dr Rui Hoo will help you clarify your research strategy and develop a personalised roadmap to achieve your short- and long-term goals. Explore ways to leverage your strengths, overcome roadblocks, and grow your research leadership.
Discover Rare Books and Special Collections: Extraordinary Women
Join us at Fisher Library for a bespoke and intimate encounter with highlights from our collection. This discovery session is themed around 'Extraordinary Women', with items that spotlight the work and influence of significant women authors, creators and characters throughout history.
Supporting Student Wellbeing - with Batyr Youth Mental Health
This session with youth mental health specialists, Batyr, is designed to help student-facing staff support their own mental health and that of their students. In this session, staff will reflect on their boundaries and roles, explore what is within their control, and learn practical wellbeing strategies for themselves and their students.
Updates and services
Academic promotions for 2026
Academic staff considering applying for promotion in 2026 must discuss this with their AP&D Advisor/Supervisor, and consult with their Head of School by 31 October, before lodging a notice of intent to apply by 30 November. Learn more about the process on the Academic Promotions intranet pageand, if you're interested in applying for promotion in the next three to five years, register for the career development session on 17 November.
Fast Track Contracts has expanded
Fast Track Contracts has expanded to include research service agreements and consulting agreements. The automated contract system, designed to improve efficiency, offers a simpler approach to low-risk research projects.
Critical risk management program – falls from height and acts of violence
As part of the Critical risk management program, materials to help you manage the critical risks of falls from height and acts of violence in your area are now available.
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)
- Marq (formerly Lucidpress)
- 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
- Research Profiles Management (RPM)
- Research Supervisor Connect
- 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 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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