Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences news
From the Dean
Dear Colleagues,
You may have already heard of our really pleasing success rates in the ARC DP EOI process. Of 53 Expressions of Interest submitted, 24 were successful and move forward to the next stage. This success rate of 45.3 percent was the highest across all faculties and University schools and is also well above the overall national success rate for the EOIs of 27.9 percent (117/419). Read more
FASS International Opportunities Showcase
Student registrations now open!
The inaugural FASS International Opportunities Showcase will take place online via Zoom on Thursday, 9 May 2024 from 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm. All FASS students are encouraged to register. Read more
Announcements and notices
FASS Newsletter - Issue 228 - 29 April 2024
Latest News from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.
ARC College of Experts: Call for nominations open
The ARC is seeking nominations from suitably qualified and experienced individuals to join the ARC College of Experts, such as senior academics with extensive peer review and research leadership experience. Nominations close 3 June 2024. Read more
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 Library website
We’ve heard your feedback from 2023 and increased the usability of the Library website, with the aim to provide greater visibility of Library support and services to the University community.
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
S&C series: Re-imagining ageing and caring in a mobile world
Dr Catriona Stevens (Edith Cowan University) will invite reimagining of possible futures for ageing and care in the context of global mobility and superdiversity.
Research*Connected – uncover the power of partnerships and research translation
Expand your network over a morning tea for University of Sydney researchers to meet research enablers and dive into insightful discussions led by experts in partnerships and research translation.
Development of Walanga OSMP – Drop-in session
The Indigenous Strategy and Services team is inviting staff and students from across the University to participate in shaping the next Indigenous strategy. These informal drop-in sessions are a safe place for everyone to share their ideas and comments on key elements of the new strategy.
Updates and services
Flu vaccinations available on campus
On-site vaccinations will be available throughout May. Where staff wish to claim reimbursements for vaccines from your local pharmacy/medical centre (up to the value of $25), or order vouchers for vaccination at a participating clinic, this should be done prior to the end of July. Book your vaccination or voucher online.
Payroll error reminder: form for staff to complete
Staff affected by the payroll error that occurred in the 14 December pay run last year are asked to nominate their preference in making additional tax withholding payments prior to the end of the financial year. There are now only four pay cycles remaining to make these additional tax withholding payments. If you have already completed the form, please disregard this message.
Update your Viva Engage (Yammer) email notifications
Want to edit your notifications settings to reduce the amount of emails you receive about activity on Viva Engage? Or want to receive email notifications when a new comment is posted to a conversation or group that you're interested in? Click on the Settings cog in the top-right corner of your browser, then click "Edit settings" and select the "Notifications" tab.
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
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