2022

31 August 2022

Trades need reform to immigration, training, industrial relations

Current industrial relations, training and immigration policy arrangements need reform to meet workforce needs in vocational trades, according to new research from the University of Sydney Business School.

31 August 2022

What will future cities and regions look like?

Cities and regions are at a precipice. Leading researchers, practitioners, community advocates and industry heads come together in this year's Festival of 'Future' Urbanism to debate the threats and opportunities facing our cities and regional areas through live and online events, podcasts and films.

31 August 2022

Funding injection for urban rewilding, hydrogen tech

Two University of Sydney research teams have been awarded more than $1 million to work with industry on urban rewilding and hydrogen embrittlement projects.

30 August 2022

New 10-year strategy sets University's vision for 2032

The University of Sydney today released an ambitious 10-year strategy, with immediate commitments to more than double scholarship support for under-represented domestic students and invest nearly half a billion dollars in a world-leading biomedical precinct.

29 August 2022

Good jobs, flexibility, and care key to Western Sydney women

Improved wages, increased opportunities for flexible work and access to affordable care are the main things working women in Western Sydney want, a new University of Sydney report finds.

29 August 2022

Historic $478m investment to change Australian healthcare forever

The University of Sydney today announced its largest ever capital investment, a landmark $478 million to build a nation-leading biomedical precinct to fast track research and patient care in New South Wales.

26 August 2022

Is productivity really a magical fix?

With productivity set to be the dominant theme of Labor's upcoming Jobs and Skills Summit, Honorary Professor of Political Economy, Jim Stanford, questions whether our "uncritical obsession" with productivity distracts us from the deeper problems Australia must solve in order to make economic and social progress.

25 August 2022

Legal use of medicinal cannabis on the rise

New research from the University of Sydney's Lambert Initiative finds most Australians are still medicating with illicit cannabis, although numbers accessing prescription products have risen dramatically.

24 August 2022

Cutting down vitamin D tests could help lower carbon cost of healthcare

Unnecessary vitamin D testing in Australia is costing our health care system up to $87 million and creating a significant carbon footprint which otherwise could be avoidable, says researchers.

23 August 2022

Controlling COVID-19 proves good for corporate bottom line

Cost-effective measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 not only save lives but also have an economic benefit, new research from the University of Sydney Business School confirms.