The Master of Management(MMgt)program was also ranked in the world’s top 5for“career progress”made by its graduates.The overall number one place for the Business School’s popular MMgt program by the Financial Times,specifically designed for recent business and non-business graduates,comes in the wake of asimilar results in rankings published by the internationally respected QS World University Rankings and The Economist.The Dean of the Business School,Professor Greg Whitwell,described the FT ranking as“a wonderful result reflecting the quality of the program”.“I am also very pleased with our fifth place internationally,in the career progress ranking,”Professor Whitwell said.“To retain aposition in the top 5for the third year says agreat deal about our ability to prepare students for successful careers in adynamic and uncertain world.”"This is atestament to the quality of our academic staff and to the graduates themselves who have achieved so much in the three years following their completion of the MMgt program,”Professor Whitwell said.The University of Sydney Business School is the only Australian tertiary institution to be included amongst the 100 schools and programs ranked by the Financial Times this year.In the worldwide MMgt rankings,the Sydney program came in at 29.The top 30 also included the University of St Gallen in Switzerland;HEC Paris;the London Business School;the Rotterdam School of Management;Esade in Spain and Shanghai JiaoTong in China.“Our ranking is clear recognition of our ability to provide one of the strongest,most relevant and most business-oriented programs in Australia and internationally,”said the program director,Associate Professor Betina Szkudlarek. 查看详细>>

Although research unequivocally argues that creativity and quality arts experiences should be at the centre of education,this potential has yet to be realised in schools and other places of learning.This is the mission of the new Creativity in Research,Engaging the Arts,Transforming Education(CREATE)Centre.To be launched by award-winning playwright and artistic director of the Sydney Festival,Wesley Enoch,later today,the Centre–which builds on more than adecade of in-house research and outreach–will be ahub of research,advocacy and action.Led by Professor of Teacher Education and the Arts Robyn Ewing and Professor Michael Anderson,both of the Sydney School of Education and Social Work,it will emphasise the centrality of creativity and the arts–literary,performing,visual and media–to learning.Institutions that will work in partnership with the CREATE Centre include Sydney Theatre Company;Diversity Arts;Bell Shakespeare;WestWords,Sydney Opera House;the NSW Art Gallery,Museum of Contemporary Art;Milk Crate Theatre;Sydney Writer’s Festival;and ahost of national and international schools and universities.Such practitioners,as well as policymakers,will collaborate with Centre academics from arange of fields–education;performance studies;medicine and health;literature;art;business;music;and Indigenous language learning among them. 查看详细>>

Domestically the University was ranked number one in Australia for architecture and the built environment,veterinary sciences and education.The University of Sydney’s Vice-Chancellor and Principal Dr Michael Spence said,“We are aworld leading university producing research that matters and providing outstanding teaching.It is pleasing to see this is reflected in the latest QS subject rankings where we have performed well across abroad range of disciplines.“We aim to be the best education and research institution in Australia and among the best in the world as we continue to work on solutions to the major research challenges of our time.” 查看详细>>

The program will see cybersecurity taught to high school students。In an Australian first,the University of Sydney‘s Australian Computing Academy has launched the Schools Cyber Security Challenges,a$1.35 million national program which will see cybersecurity taught to years 7-10 students.Officially launched by the Hon Karen Andrews MP,Minister for Industry,Science and Technology,the Cyber Challenges program will be taught in conjunction with the compulsory Digital Technologies Curriculum,which aims to close the growing gap in cybersecurity awareness and skills amongst Australian students.The Schools Cyber Security Challenges is aresult of acollaborative effort between the Australian Computing Academy,AustCyber(the Australian Cyber Security Growth Network),ANZ,Commonwealth Bank(CBA),National Australia Bank(NAB),Westpac and BT(British Telecom),who have brought real-life cybersecurity experience and expertise to the program.What is the Cyber Challenges program?The program will be delivered by the ACA and consists of four interactive challenges,developed and designed with the input of the initiative‘s partners.The first challenge introduces students to cybersecurity fundamentals,accessible by teachers and schools across the country.Students from St Andrews Cathedral School and other local schools attending the official launch had the chance to experience the program first-hand,demonstrating how the challenges enable students to think from the perspective of an attacker.The first challenge involves students hacking and collecting personal information from the social media profiles of fictitious characters,including simulated banking,email,online shopping accounts and even parent posts.Academic Director of the Australian Computing Academy,Professor James Curran believes more can be done to address cybersecurity concerns and equip students with the information and skills to protect themselves online.“There is asignificant lack of awareness and skills around cybersecurity in society in general,and amongst students,"he explained."The Schools Cyber Security Challenges addresses this gap by fostering security-conscious students who are well equipped to deal with cybersecurity challenges both in their personal lives and later,in the workforce."“Teachers and parents concerned about cybersecurity can now be confident that their students and children will be vigilant in all aspects of their digital lives by participating in the Schools Cyber Security Challenges.Students will also be presented with anew perspective on pursuing apotential career in cybersecurity,”Professor Curran concluded.AustCyber CEO,Michelle Price believes acommitment to cybersecurity education will increase Australia‘s economic potential and will further drive innovation.“It is critical for Australia’s economic prosperity that we build ahighly skilled and educated cyber security workforce,as well as ensure all students,parents and teachers across the country have access to cyber security resources aligned to the Digital Technologies curriculum,"she said."By focusing on Australian students,Cyber Challenges provides an important foundational step towards resolving skills shortages and supporting asustained skills pipeline for generations to come,"she concluded.The three remaining cybersecurity challenges are scheduled to launch over 2019 and will focus on data transmission and encryption,wired and wireless network security,and web application security. 查看详细>>

Master of Design degree offered in 2019 to be launched at Centenary Symposium Share Australia‘s leading architecture school,The University of Sydney‘s School of Architecture,Design and Planning,introduces anew postgraduate course in 2019 focusing on the fields of design innovation and strategic design.For the past 100 years,the School of Architecture,Design and Planning has been at the forefront in its approach to architecture and acknowledged for meeting the demands of the education and industry landscape.To be launched during the Cathedral Thinking Centenary Symposium,the Master of Design will specialise in Design Innovation(focusing on creating design-led solutions)and Strategic Design(offering aframework for developing design-led visions).This answers the demand from students as well as the industry for apostgraduate degree that takes an interdisciplinary perspective on design.Building on the foundations the School has laid in history,technology,science and social science,the Master of Design offers specialist postgraduate training that can be applied across awide range of disciplines.This degree introduces the principles and methods for using design to achieve innovation and strategic outcomes,and how to apply them in real-world design projects.“We did an analysis of global trends in the education and industry sectors,which informed the choice of specialisations and the curriculum of the program,”said Associate Professor Martin Tomitsch,Chair of Design and Director of the Design Lab,School of Architecture,Design and Planning.“Students will be immersed in both analytical and creative thinking and learn how to draw on design to understand complex situations and to drive change across economies and companies—whether that’s to innovate the products they are offering,the way they run their organisation,or how they communicate with their customers.”Students undertaking the Master of Design,will not only work on real-world projects,but also have the opportunity to complete an internship and to pursue their capstone project in collaboration with an industry partner.“All successful businesses need to continually create new value for their customers.Design is the discipline of creating new value,so Ibelieve an understanding of design will become at least as important as accounting,law and marketing-the Master in Design will become the new MBA for innovation and strategy,”said School of Architecture,Design and Planning alumnus,Crighton Nichols,Design PhD Cross-cultural design and innovation. 查看详细>>