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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 it. Read more

 

Faculty of Science Showcases 2023

Many thanks to all those academics and professional staff who contributed to the Education Showcase and the Professional Showcase. The videos/papers are now published on the respective intranet links.

Events

18 Oct

Neurodiversity In The Workplace

In this session participants will gain an understanding of what neurodiversity is and how neurodiverse individuals may experience the world and workplace differently.

22 Oct

Zero Waste Cooking Demonstration

Cut Your Carbon ‘Foodprint’! Did you know that around one-third of global greenhouse gas emissions are linked to food production? The great news is you can lower your carbon footprint, save money, and reduce food waste by making sustainable food choices in the kitchen.

22 Oct

Sydney Ideas - Trust and error

Fake research papers are on the rise. Explore what's fuelling this, why it's concerning, and how we can address this issue with science integrity consultant Elisabeth Bik, computer scientist Judy Kay, linguist Nick Enfield and host Jennifer Byrne.

29 Oct

All-Staff Town Hall

Register now for the online All-Staff Town Hall with Professor Mark Scott, Vice-Chancellor and President, Professor Annamarie Jagose, Provost and Deputy Vice-Chancellor, and Kirsten Andrews, Vice-President (External Engagement).

Updates and services

Chemical incident on Darlington Campus - situation resolved

Emergency services and hazmat personnel have completed their decontamination work and have handed back the site of Tuesday morning's chemical incident to the University. Normal operations have resumed in the Services Building (G12) and the surrounding area. If you were in the vicinity of the G09 and G12 locations this morning and think you were exposed to any chemicals or are experiencing symptoms of itchiness to skin/eyes or irritation to respiratory tract, please seek immediate medical advice.

Content Manager (TRIM) system Disaster Recovery (DR) exercise

The Content Manager (TRIM) will be subject to a DR exercise on Thursday 17 October between 5pm and Friday 18 October at 12am. During this time the Content Manager (TRIM), Policy Register, Records Online, Declaration of External Interests (DEI) for staff and HDR students, and all web-based reporting forms. For any queries or if you require assistance, please contact the Records Online Helpdesk via [email protected].

Search issues with Academic Profiles

There is an ongoing issue with the indexing of Academic Profile pages on our website, which is preventing academic profiles from showing up in search (including Google Search and in some cases the corporate website search). 

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