Finance news
Toastmasters Cohort 3 - EOIs open!
Keen to develop your public speaking, communication, and leadership skills in a structured, supportive environment?
Be courageous and send in your expression of interest for Toastmasters 3!
Relive the July Finance Town Hall...
We can confirm that Finance does have talent! What a wonderful venue to celebrate our talented staff being creative - piano soloist, piano duet, chinese violin (erhu), classic guitar, electric guitar, singing and dance.
Announcements and notices
PRAISE a colleague in Finance
Hey everyone, it's so easy to thank a Finance colleague in using the PRAISE function in Microsoft Teams. Log into Microsoft Teams and look for the LEADing Finance - Send your Praise tile. Click on the praise icon located in the tool bar at the bottom of the screen, choose your badge, the person you wish to praise and get writing!
Events and dates
Finance Town Hall Mon 22 Sept 2025
Our next Finance Town Hall focuses on wellbeing, including financial wellbeing. See you there!
EOY Finance Town Hall - Tues 25 Nov 2025
Celebrating the end of 2025 - keep a lookout for more information closer to the date.
Events
Yabun Festival 2026
Yabun Festival takes place annually on January 26 and is the largest community led one-day festival of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.
This is For Everyone: Tim Berners-Lee, hosted by Mark Scott
Join Sir Tim Berners-Lee and Vice-Chancellor Mark Scott to explore the past and future of the internet. Discounted tickets are available for University of Sydney staff, use discount code USYDSTAFF for 20% off.
Staff Welcome Breakfast 2026
We invite you to gather with colleagues along University Place and on the Front Lawns of the Quadrangle for a light, healthy breakfast with beverages and exercise classes in the Great Hall. The University's health and wellbeing services will be on site for a chat, and our crowd-favourite fitness classes will once again be held in the Great Hall.
Updates and services
Heatwave warning
The Bureau of Meteorology has issued heatwave warnings for New South Wales from 6-9 January 2026. Take precautions to manage heat safely and stay informed about current heat and fire warnings.
Viva Engage returning 19 January 2026
As we wrap up for the year, we want to inform you that Viva Engage will be taking a break during the University close down - as per last year - returning on Monday, 19 January 2026.
The platform will be unavailable during this time to allow all colleagues a chance to disconnect, recharge, and enjoy the festive period. Recent news and updates will continue to be published on the Staff Intranet.
Important information regarding a cyber incident
We were alerted to suspicious activity in our online IT code library. We took immediate action to protect our systems and community by blocking the unauthorised access and securing the environment. We have published information about support for our community and answers to frequently asked questions on our website.
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 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.
Read our Guidelines for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communication