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News and notices

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.

23 Mar

Ocean Lovers Festival

Ocean Lovers Talks is a feature event of the Volvo Ocean Lovers Festival  focused on solutions from the ocean and ways we can better protect our ocean, with FREE inspirational talks by leaders and luminaries, scientists, innovators and adventurers.
Festival-goers can literally turn-up in their swimmers to hear from the change makers and future proofers sharing hopeful and inspiring views for the future.

Events

21 Mar

Green Impact 2024: Launch

Make a real difference to your planet, people and our community! Join Green Impact, the University wide sustainability challenge for staff and students in 2024. This launch event will introduce the 2024 program, walk you through the new toolkit platform and you'll hear from past participants experiences completing Green Impact.

21 Mar

DAWN spotlight event: Down syndrome

Join Ellen Hester, from Down Syndrome NSW, to learn about some of the inequities faced by people with disability with a particular focus on people with Down syndrome.

Updates and services

Processing and supporting one another after loss and trauma

We're offering a session on Thursday 21 March to help with processing trauma and loss. This session can be useful for staff who are processing things personally, and also staff who are colleagues or managers supporting other people who have been impacted. After the session, the clinician will be available for anyone who wishes to have a follow-up phone call.

Support for Students resources

New Support for Students resources are available to help Unit of Study Coordinators manage one-on-one academic consultations with 1000-level students at risk of not completing a unit of study before census, including video guides, drop-in sessions and an updated Student Appointment Guide.

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