Former Telstra chief executive and CSIRO chairman David ­Thodey will take over as chancellor of Australia’s wealthiest ­higher education institution, the University of Sydney, when Belinda Hutchinson steps down in July after her more than a decade in the role. As ...

The University of Sydney Association of Professors (USAP) has strongly backed its president, Manuel Graeber, who was sacked from the university after a three-person committee reviewed allegations against him and ruled he had committed “serious misconduct”. In a statement on ...

A University of Sydney (USYD) law professor has successfully sued the state of NSW for assault, battery, and false imprisonment after being violently arrested by police during a peaceful protest on campus. Professor Simon Rice, chair of law and social ...

Australia’s top universities have slid down the most recent world university rankings; however, experts say the popular rankings shouldn’t be the sole barometer of overall success. Times Higher Education (THE) published its 20th edition World University Rankings this year in ...

Staff at the University of Sydney have voted to agree to a provisional enterprise agreement after nearly two years of bargaining, ending the longest-running strike campaign seen in any Australian university. On Tuesday, nearly 700 union members voted in favour ...

Staff at the University of Sydney have voted to continue rolling industrial action marking the longest-running strike campaign seen in any Australian university. On Friday, staff from the university formed picket lines in front of the university's Camperdown campus marking ...

Staff from Sydney University have gone on strike over casualisation, work conditions and wages for the seventh time since the union began bargaining in August 2021. On Thursday, hundreds of full-time and casual staff formed picket lines after negotiations stalled ...

Student wellbeing is crucial to academic success, with students more likely to abandon their studies following distressing incidents. Here’s how the University of Sydney is creating a system for reporting trauma that is founded on human-centred design, and supports both ...

Sydney neuroscientist Glenda Halliday has always been “fascinated” by how the brain works. The University of Sydney professor, who is a world-leading expert in neurodegeneration, began her studies in the 80's and became captivated in how different chemicals in the ...

The University of New South Wales and Sydney University have been named as Australia's most sustainable universities, tying for fifth place in the latest global higher education rankings. Australia had 36 per cent of its universities appear in the top ...