The University of Sydney’s student newspaper has received mixed reviews over its provocative front page coverage of the Queen’s death. The front page of Honi Soit bore the headline “Queen dead, Charles next”, with a photoshopped image of the Queen lying in ...
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The University of Sydney has been ranked among the world’s most sustainable higher education institutions in the 2022 Sustainable Campus Index. Produced anually by the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System (STARS), the Sustainable Campus Index uses a using a rating ...
More »Sydney University hit with human rights lawsuit
The University of Sydney has been hit with a federal lawsuit by a former staff member who claims he was discriminated against because of his race. Award-winning Iranian-Australian philosopher and translator Professor Omid Tofighan filed a federal lawsuit against the ...
More »ANU study finds retail industry completely transformed by technology, Covid-19
Australian retail workers are being left behind as rapid shifts in technology reshape the industry, a new study has found. Retail workers, who make up about 11 per cent of the Australian workforce, are being subjected to increased surveillance, a ...
More »Shanghai Rankings 2022: Australia leads in nursing, hospitality and mining
Australian universities have shone in the latest Shanghai Rankings, with UNSW maintaining its run of having the highest number of academic disciplines ranked worldwide. This year's Global Rankings of Academic Subjects ranked more than 5,000 universities across 96 countries and ...
More »QS World Rankings 2023: ANU, USYD and UniMelb among top 50
Australian universities have slipped in the latest round of international higher education rankings, with only five local institutions placing in the world's top 50. The Australian National University ranked as the nation's best institution, but also dropped three places to ...
More »USyd staff take strike action in support of First Nations colleagues
Sydney University staff fronted the picket lines once again yesterday in an historic strike to advance Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff rights. This marks the third staff strike in the last two weeks. According to National Tertiary Education Union ...
More »USYD fined over radioactive waste dump
The University of Sydney has been fined $61,000 for disposing of a medical scanner containing radioactive material in a scrap metal yard in Chipping Norton in southwest Sydney. The university was charged over disposing of radioactive waste without the consent of the NSW Environmental ...
More »WSU world’s best for social impact: 2022 Times Higher Education rankings
Western Sydney University has ranked first on the planet for its commitment to global equality and sustainability. Topping the list of more than 1,406 institutions across 106 countries, WSU secured its place as a world leader in the latest edition ...
More »‘Dark day for democracy’: NSW protest bill sparks backlash
New state laws cracking down on protests on major roads and railways have been labelled "disproportionate" and "lacking a rational basis" by a university law professor. Late Friday, NSW Parliament passed legislation which could see a penalty of two years ...
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