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2026–2028 Strategic Plan booklet
The Faculty of Science 2026–2028 Strategic Plan, outlines six strategic goals to advance education, research, partnerships and national leadership across all of its science disciplines.
- Science ignites - Sparking passion and launching bold careers in STEM
- Science inspires - Creating the next generation of problem solvers
- Science discovers - Driving fundamental research in science
- Science amplifies - Unlocking and accelerating our research impact
- Science cultivates - Uniting, growing and empowering our community
- Science elevates - Raising the profile of our work so it lifts up others
Research Missions and Impact booklet
We have designed our Research Missions and Impact booklet to try and capture the depth and breadth of our researchers, their research and highlight the impact we are making now and into the future.
The booklet is divided into four missions, reflecting our commitment to discovery research and real-world impact – locally and globally:
1. Expanding the frontiers of science
2. Improving health and wellbeing
3. Enabling a sustainable and resilient world
4. Innovating for tomorrow’s industries
Our research is constantly evolving and expanding, so we know that we have not captured everything we do in our booklet. Our plan is to continue revising and updating it at regular intervals to incorporate more of our ground-breaking research from across our faculty's schools.
Faculty's Committees intranet page
Please visit the Faculty's Committees intranet page to see bulletins of the most recent and previous Faculty Leadership Group (comprising: Dean's Executive Committee, Faculty Board, Work, Health & Safety Committee, and Indigenous Strategy & Services and Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Committee) meetings.
New staff obligations for reporting data breaches
Changes to privacy legislation will soon be imposing stricter breach reporting obligations on the University, making it important that you know what to do if you suspect a data breach has occurred.
If you suspect that personal or health information held by the University has been incorrectly shared or accessed, you must report it to the Privacy team as soon as you become aware of the issue.
Indigenous Strategy 2026-28 booklet
The inaugural Faculty of Science Indigenous Strategy outlines our aspirations to 2028 for a stronger and more visible presence of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students, educators and staff.
Providing a touchstone for how this change can be encouraged across the University, the strategy sets out a focused approach to achieving First Nations population parity and fostering belonging and leadership within our faculty.
Inside Science Newsletter
Keep up-to-date with all the faculty news and important updates across Education, Research, SPEE, Health and Safety, Events and Social platforms.
Viva Engage
No matter what your role or which campus you call home, the Viva Engage community is great for keeping up to speed with what's happening across the University.
We’ll be using this Viva community to share news stories, updates on projects and other things that are happening, and encourage conversations about life and work in Science at Sydney.
Education Staff Showcase
The faculty was proud to present the Education Showcase, which took place in July.
The themes of the Education Showcase this year focused on coming together to celebrate and highlight innovation in teaching and education delivery. Several leading science educators gave short talks on their varied education delivery platforms, providing interesting insights into timely teaching themes.
A full list of speakers, their presentations and session recordings can be found on the intranet.
Professional Staff Showcase.
The faculty was proud to present the Professional Staff Showcase which took place in late October.
As always, the aim of the Professional Staff Showcase is to provide a forum for professional staff to share their learnings, best practice and ideas across the faculty community.
A full list of speakers, their presentations and session recordings can be found on the intranet.
Events
The Great Hall Book Fair
This is the third year that the University is collaborating with Lifeline Sydney and Sutherland. Funds raised at this year's Book Fair will fund University projects supported by the Chancellor's Committee and provide Australians experiencing emotional distress with access to 24-hour crisis support and suicide prevention services.
What wonderful worlds: A journey through our Solar System
In this talk we will explore the zoology of our Solar System, from giant planets down to tiny asteroids and comets – key to piecing together the story of our planets and their subsequent evolution. Images and recent results obtained from telescope and spacecrafts by Professor de Pater's group will feature as part of the tour.
Sydney Ideas – Unravelling addiction and the mind
Join Brain and Mind Centre, neuroeconomist Agnieszka Tymula, digital interventions and mental health researcher Louise Thornton, and neuroscientist Morgan James, as they reveal insights into how our brains are wired for risk and reward, and the ways this can work against us in environments with easy access to addictive stimuli such as drugs, nicotine, digital media and games, and more.
Updates and services
The University Governance Office, on behalf of the Chancellor, has received a requisition to summon a meeting of Convocation, along with proposed motions
The Chancellor has referred the matter to the University's Senate for consideration at its next meeting on Friday 25 September. If the Senate resolves to summon a meeting of Convocation, then the meeting will be held within 28 days of Senate's decision, that is, by no later than 23 October 2026. Notice of that meeting will be publicly advertised as required by cl. 13 of the University of Sydney (Amendment Act) Rule 1999, at least 14 days in advance.
Protected industrial action on 2 September
Any staff that participated in the 2 September protected industrial action is required to notify their absence through workday no later than 5 pm Thursday 10 September to ensure payroll deductions are correctly applied.
Help shape the University's first Student and Staff Gender Equity Plan
We're developing our first Student and Staff Gender Equity Plan and we want to hear from you. Share your experiences and perspectives through a short survey to help shape the priorities and actions that help advance gender equity across our community. The survey closes at 5 pm on Wednesday 9 September.
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