Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences news
Australia's oldest occupied Ice Age cave found at high elevation in Blue Mountains
Archaeologists from the Australian Museum, the University of Sydney and the Australian National University in collaboration with First Nations community members have unearthed 693 stone artefacts dating from the last Ice Age to the recent past. Read more.
Cogniti – an 'AI stunt double' for teachers – wins major award
A University of Sydney invention, which allows teachers to create "AI stunt doubles" to assist with their work, has been named a winner in the Australian Financial Review 2025 AI Awards. Read more.
Announcements and notices
FASS News - Issue 254 - 3 July 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
NAIDOC Week Cultural Tours with Uncle Jimmy Smith
Gain insight into the remarkable Aboriginal cultural heritage at the University of Sydney on a walking tour with Uncle Jimmy Smith.
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.
Mental health benefits of flow with Emma Gaston, Health and Wellbeing
In this session, Emma will explore the psychological state of flow and its impact on mental health. Drawing on the latest research, including findings from her own studies on flow proneness and wellbeing, Emma will discuss the benefits of flow, as well as practical strategies to cultivate flow state and enhance overall health and wellbeing.
Updates and services
QR code phishing campaign
We’ve identified a sophisticated phishing campaign using QR codes that is targeting staff within our organisation. The attacker is using deceptive tactics to bypass traditional detection methods including QR codes.
Share your feedback on pre-qualified suppliers for event management services
Share your feedback on pre-qualified suppliers for event management services (including catering, AV etc). Your feedback is essential to monitor performance and maintain high standards and help strengthen the quality of our supplier base.
Camperdown Campus boardwalk closure
The Camperdown Campus boardwalk will be closed for three weeks from Monday 30 June to undertake risk reduction works and make a safer campus for our staff and students.
System logins
- Academic Planning & Development (AP&D)
- Automation & Innovation Hub
- CMS - AEM
- Campus Assist Online
- Canvas
- Citrix
- Concur
- 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
- Marq (formerly Lucidpress)
- Macquarie Dictionary
- 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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