Australia’s oldest university has proved its prestige yet again, being the leading institution in NSW for first-preference applications from students looking to enter undergraduate degrees this year. However, hot on the heels of the University of Sydney was the University of Technology ...
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Why languages become endangered and what can be done to arrest it are the driving questions behind an international conference being held at the University of Sydney between December 14 and 16. The 2019 conference – Saving the world’s endangered languages ...
More »Podcast: Ramsay Centre rejects University of Sydney proposal
Ramsay Centre chief executive Professor Simon Haines has rejected The University of Sydney's latest proposal to modify the Centre's Western Civilisation degree. The modification involved reducing the full major to just two subjects and allowing far more students to access ...
More »Ramsay Centre negotiations with Sydney University not over yet
After more than a year of negotiations with the University of Sydney, vice-chancellor Dr Michael Spence has written to the Ramsay Centre to propose an alternative program that would increase the number of students involved in studying Western civilisation and ...
More »Rocket science tops ATAR list
The University of Sydney's Bachelor of Engineering (Mechatronic) (Space) course had the highest Australia Tertiary Admission Rank cut-off of any degrees offered to students in the main round offers this year. The University Admissions Centre made offers to more than ...
More »Uni staffs join forces to oppose cuts
Staff and students protesting planned budget cuts at the Australian National University have been told they have the support of colleagues at The University of Sydney. National Tertiary Education Union NSW division secretary Michael Thomson told a rally in Canberra that ...
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