Professor Mark Scott, Vice-Chancellor and President, wrote to all staff in Staff News about the Sydney Biomedical Accelerator groundbreaking.

We speak to Karl Hoffman, Senior Manager, Strategy in the Indigenous Strategy and Services (ISS) portfolio, about the work his team does and what this year's National Reconciliation Week means to him and our community.

Support is available for colleagues affected by the recent heavy rainfall in NSW, including counselling and coaching services and special leave provisions.

Professor Reuben Bolt has been appointed Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous Strategy and Services). Reuben joins the University on 28 July from Charles Darwin University, where he is currently Deputy Vice-Chancellor First Nations Leadership. 

We caught up with Dr Henry Lydecker, Program Manager (Generative AI) in the Office of General Counsel, to talk about how we can embrace the opportunities of Generative AI and switch off to recharge ourselves. 

The University’s Modern Slavery Unit has created a tool to help you know your projects and partners better, ensuring our research has the biggest possible positive impact while helping meet Australian and international laws and obligations for responsible conduct.

From the University to the United Nations, Professor Dimitria Groutsis is using her expertise and research to create opportunities for all.

Professor Mark Scott, Vice-Chancellor and President, wrote to all staff to inform them of the extended deadline for Sydney Listens. 

Professor Mark Scott, Vice-Chancellor and President, wrote to all staff about current challenges facing the higher education sector and the importance of building trust in universities. 

We are full steam ahead on projects to enhance the campus experience. Let’s go behind the scenes on the decisions driving these changes and what we’ve achieved so far.

In a major milestone for the University’s Academic Excellence Program, the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences has launched a new academic advisor community to foster a more supportive, collaborative and development-focused academic environment.

We chatted to Narelle Leong, Vice-President (Strategy), about keeping our strategy on track and the multi-generational impact the University has had on her and her family.

The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Naming Policy 2025 reinforces our shared commitment to cultural integrity, respect and truth-telling in the way we name, represent and recognise Country across our University.

We caught up with Dr Miriam-Rose Ash, Director of the Researcher Development Unit in the Research Portfolio, about supporting researchers at the University, connecting with campus, and pyrography.

The manual Authority To Submit requirement has been replaced with a single online journey to make research approvals faster and simpler for academics.

Mark Scott, Vice-Chancellor and President, wrote to all staff about participating in the 2025 Sydney Listens Survey.

Representatives from a broad range of our partnerships gathered with university colleagues in the Great Hall on 9 April to celebrate partnering for good.

In response to feedback from casual academics, we have introduced timesheet pre-fill functionality to myHRonline and the Online Teaching Allocation (OTA) tool, allowing staff to pre-fill scheduled work at the click of a button.

Are you currently conducting, or planning to conduct, research with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples or communities? If so, have you completed the Core modules?

A message from Professor Louise Sharpe, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Researcher Training) to higher degree by research (HDR) students, from the April 2025 edition of HDR News.