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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Keep up-to-date with all the faculty news and important updates across Education, Research, SPEE, Health and Safety, Events and Social platforms.
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.
The faculty was proud to present the 2025 Education Showcase, which took place in early April.
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.
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.
Given by historian, Egyptology researcher, and cultural heritage communicator Mela Melad, this talk explores colonial-era digs, museum policies, and how foreign media influenced Egyptian consciousness, from school books to public pride to political rhetoric.
In this webinar, you will understand the tension between abundant information and limited user attention, explore the importance of taste as a leadership tool, and discover why less is more when it comes to self-leadership.
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.
This virtual networking workshop will connect researchers from the University of Sydney and Fudan University. Through networking and discussion, participants will explore new opportunities for collaboration across a range of research areas.
With the PP&D Mid Year Reviews due on 31 August, learn how to make sure your plan and is supporting you to progress your career aspirations.
Staff can nominate an outstanding international student or support a student self-nomination by providing a Letter of Endorsement.
This will be done within 7 business days of each payday to align with new Payday Super legislation, effective 1 July 2026.
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