Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences news
From the Deputy Dean
Dear colleagues,
I joined FASS as the new Deputy Dean back in April. Since then, I have been busy learning about the faculty and getting to know staff across all six of our schools. I’ve been struck by the sheer breadth and depth of disciplines we have within FASS and the quality and quantity of the research that our staff produce. Read more.
Documentary screening: More Than a Fish Kill
Join the Sydney Environment Institute on Thursday 4 July for a special screening of More than a Fish Kill. This documentary explores how artists, fishery managers, and First Nations custodians processed the 2019 and 2023 fish death events along the Darling River. Read more.
Announcements and notices
Writing for The Conversation
Friday 28 June, 12-1pm
Hosted by The Conversation editor Sunny Creagh, academics and PhD students are invited to attend a one-hour Zoom session on how to write for The Conversation.
Content requests and updates
Who to contact for Web and Intranet sites maintenance requests and AEM access
This is a list of University site administrators / webmasters and the websites they administer.
New Partnership Hub
The Central External Engagement Portfolio has recently launched a new Partnership Hub to help university staff access support for promoting themselves and the University as a partner of choice.
News and events
Building wellbeing in 2024
Explore the What’s on Wellbeing 2024 calendar and discover a wealth of events and learning and development opportunities for you to participate in across the year.
Popular FASS Systems
- Arts Explorer (needs VPN off campus)
- Sydney Curriculum
- FASS Postgraduate Curriculum Project
- How to guides for Sydney Curriculum Outlines
- Search for previous FASS outlines (2016-2019) - (log in required)
- Results Processing System (needs VPN off campus) (RPS)
- SharePoint 365
- Swift Digital
- WordPress
- FASS Exam QA
Events
Western Sahara and the struggle for human rights today
Join us to hear Mohamed Mayara, journalist, human rights defender, unionist, and advocate for the decolonisation of Western Sahara after a screening of his short film '3 Stolen Cameras', and in discussion with guest panellists including Chair of Aboriginal Education and Indigenous Studies, Associate Professor Lynette Riley, Wiradjuri, Gamilaroi.
Exhibiting Oceanic art
Professor Nick Thomas reflects on changes in the opportunities that Oceanic peoples have had to assert their knowledges and practices in the exhibition and discussions of their heritage.
2024 School of Physics Showcase
Next year will mark 100 years of the Physics Building at the University of Sydney. Join the school for a talk on plasma, guided tours of the building and labs, drinks and refreshments, and insights into recent achievements, future endeavours, and memorable moments from the iconic, heritage-listed building.
Updates and services
Temporary closure of Shepherd St car park; temporary reopening of Western Ave car park
From Monday 17 June until Saturday 20 July (inclusive), there will be no access to J10 or J12 Shepherd Street car park as it undergoes extensive remediation work. To reduce the impact of the Shepherd Street car park closure, the Western Avenue car park will be available for University staff only from Monday 17 June until Monday 25 November.
Feeling ill? Recover at home!
With winter colds and cases of the flu and COVID-19 on the rise, it's important to keep yourself and your colleagues safe. If you feel unwell or are displaying any symptoms related to a cold or flu, respiratory type illnesses or other illnesses, take personal leave and recover at home. Don't forget that casuals are able to access five days special leave to cover sickness or caring responsibilities as part of the 2023–26 Enterprise Agreement.
Upgrade to SEAMS
The new Sydney eLearning Account Management System (SEAMS 2) will replace SEAMS 1 on 5 June to help prepare for the start of Semester 2 and improve administrative efficiency.
System logins
- Academic Planning & Development (AP&D)
- AI Hub Support
- CMS - AEM
- Campus Assist Online
- Canvas
- Citrix
- Concur
- Disability Academic Plan Portal
- Dimensions
- Email Office 365
- EmmaHQ
- eNotebooks
- Event calendar
- Exams portal
- External Engagement CRM
- File Sender (large file transfer)
- Finance EPM
- Finance Salary Planning EPM
- Insights Hub
- IRMA
- Lecture recording
- LinkedIn Learning
- Marq (formerly Lucidpress)
- Macquarie Dictionary
- 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
- Research Supervisor Connect
- Riskware
- Room bookings (resource booker)
- SEAMS
- SensusAccess document conversion
- Services Portal
- ServiceNow Client
- SPIRE
- Special consideration and arrangements
- Student Survey System
- Sydney Curriculum
- Sydney Student
- 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.
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