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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
50 Years of Deadly NAIDOC Week panel
This special panel event is open to all staff, students, and our wider community. Lunch will be provided at the Gadigal Centre after the panel, and all attendees are invited to stay, enjoy lunch and network among colleagues.
NAIDOC Week community lunch – 50 Years of Deadly
Open to all, this catered community lunch offers an opportunity to reflect on the stories of the Elders who stood firm, and to recognise how far we've come.
NAIDOC Week cultural tours with Uncle Jimmy Smith
Join Aboriginal Knowledge Holder Uncle Jimmy Smith, a proud Wiradjuri man, on a cultural tour around our local community. The tour covers the Aboriginal cultural heritage that exists at the University of Sydney Camperdown campus.
2026 Sydney Teaching Symposium
Available on campus and Zoom, this event highlights student-centred approaches to teaching and assessment from colleagues across the University. Andrea Strachan, our new Pro Vice-Chancellor (Students), will give the keynote on a wellbeing-first approach to student engagement.
Updates and services
Support for our community impacted by the conflict in the Middle East
The conflict in the Middle East is distressing on many fronts. We’d like to remind you that 24/7 counselling and wellbeing support is available to staff through our counselling and coaching partner, Converge International.
Superannuation contributions are now being paid in line with each fortnightly pay cycle
This will be done within 7 business days of each payday to align with new Payday Super legislation, effective 1 July 2026.
Student Centre in the Jane Foss Russell Building reopening Wednesday 1 July
From this date, the temporary Student Centre locations in the Belinda Hutchinson Building and Fisher Library will close, and Staff Cards services will relocate back to the Student Centre in JFR.
Simplified process for fixed term staff applying for conversion to continuing or funding contingent on continuing employment
The form, as well as further information and details regarding eligibility, can be found on the Varying or ending fixed-term employment intranet page.
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
- 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
- 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
We acknowledge the tradition of custodianship and law of the Country on which the University of Sydney campuses stand. We pay our respects to those who have cared and continue to care for Country.
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