Research excellence outlined in global analysis Twenty-seven University of Sydney academics have been recognised as leaders in their field in this year‘s 2023 Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers list.The Clarivate list recognises the most influential researchers who have published multiple papers frequently cited by their peers that rank in the top one percent of citations for field and year in the Web of Science.Deputy Vice-Chancellor(Research)Professor Emma Johnston congratulated the Sydney researchers recognised as world-leaders in their fields.This year’s list includes recent NSW Australian of the Year winners,Professor Richard Scolyer AO and Professor Georgina Long AO,whose pioneering melanoma research has saved thousands of lives and turned adiagnosis of advanced melanoma from being fatal to acurable disease.They have also developed aseries of world-first treatments based on their melanoma breakthroughs after Richard was diagnosed with incurable grade 4brain cancer in June 2023.Richard is now the world’s first brain cancer patient to have pre-surgery combination immunotherapy. 查看详细>>

The Australian‘s 2024 Research Magazine ranks the University of Sydney and its researchers as number one nationally across arange of research fields.The 2024 Research Magazine,produced by The Australian and its partner League of Scholars,has ranked the University of Sydney and its researchers as number one nationally across arange of research fields including computer vision and pattern recognition,physical education and sports medicine,primary health care,public health,and transportation.Released today,the 2024 Research Magazine celebrates the excellence of Australian research.An impact score,based on paper citations,is used to determine the top researcher and research institution in 250 fields of research.The University of Sydney ranks as the top research institution in 20 research fields and 18 University of Sydney researchers are named as leaders in their respective fields.Of note are fields in which the University secured both top institution and top researcher nationally,such as in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition(Professor Dacheng Tao);Transportation(Professor David Hensher);Physical Education and Sports Medicine(Professor Emmanuel Stamatakis);Primary Health Care(Professor Sarah Dennis);and Public Health(Professor Emeritus Adrian Bauman).Professor Edward Holmes was also named lead researcher across the three fields of Life Sciences&Earth Sciences(general),Cell Biology and Molecular Biology.Refer to the full listing for the University below.Deputy Vice-Chancellor(Research),Professor Emma Johnston congratulated the research leaders.“We are immensely pleased to see the strong foundations the University has built across several research fields,with some of the most high-performing researchers and teams in the country.This will only grow as we continue to invest in our next generation of researchers through initiatives like our Horizons Fellowships and anew training and development program for our early career researchers.”Speaking with The Australian,Provost and Deputy Vice-Chancellor Professor Annamarie Jagose said the University’s reputation meant it succeeded in attracting outstanding,high-performing academics who are passionate about their research.“That halo effect means they build fantastically motivated teams who attract other excellent colleagues…and you start getting akind of aresearch concentration,almost aresearch ecosystem,that grows over time.”She said the University of Sydney was differentiated by its long-term investment in multidisciplinary initiatives including the Charles Perkins Centre,Sydney Nano and the Brain and Mind Centre and had stepped up investment in medical research with the new Sydney Biomedical Accelerator.Elsewhere,the Sydney Environment Institute is tackling some of the biggest challenges of our time and the University is also preparing for akey role in defence research.Quoted in the foreword,Federal Education Minister Jason Clare said:“The next big,cutting-edge innovations are being developed in our universities right now through research and will help to change the world tomorrow.” 查看详细>>

The Australian government announced the decision today,recognising Professor Johnston’s invaluable expertise in the fields of environmental science and conservation that she brings to the agency’s board.“As Itake on this new responsibility as amember of the CSIRO board,I am reminded of the institution‘s legacy of pioneering research that has shaped industries and improved lives,”Professor Johnston said.“It‘s atremendous honour to work alongside visionary minds who are driving Australia‘s scientific progress,and Iam excited to play apart.”Professor Johnston’s current research focuses on critical global challenges including marine debris,biological invasions,extreme events and the future of Antarctica‘s environment.As an advocate for sustainability and diversity,she was the Chief Author of Australia’s State of Environment Report 2021.Announcing the appointment,Minister for Industry and Science Ed Husic said:“Professor Johnston’s impressive marine science credentials will bring much needed environmental expertise to the CSIRO Board,complementing the board’s existing skills and experience.“It’s incredibly important that the CSIRO is at the forefront of applying scientific research to tackle the big challenges facing the Australian community.Having esteemed scientists like Professor Johnston as part of the leadership of our national science agency is invaluable.”Professor Johnston holds significant influence in the Australian higher education and research sector,and her expertise has contributed to the formulation of international and national research strategies,priorities and plans.Professor Johnston is aboard member of Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority(GBRMPA),and agovernor of the Ian Potter Foundation.She has led major research projects for industry,government,the Australian Research Council and the Australian Antarctic Science Program.She has previously held eminent positions such as Dean of Science and Pro Vice-Chancellor of Research at the University of New South Wales and President of Science and Technology Australia(STA).Her career has earned her prestigious titles including being an elected fellow of the Australian Academy of Science(AAS),the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering(ATSE)and the Royal Society of New South Wales(RSNSW).She was honoured as an Officer of the Order of Australia(AO)in the 2018 Queen‘s Birthday Honours for her exceptional service to higher education,marine ecology,ecotoxicology,research and administration. 查看详细>>

The University of Sydney and Thales Australia have extended their longstanding partnership to continue research and development of transformational solutions in aerospace,space,defence and digital security fields.Agreed in 2017,a Memorandum of Understanding(MOU)was established to research,develop and master emerging technologies,with afocus on digital technologies including big data,machine learning and artificial intelligence.The partnership extension will continue the close collaboration,which comprises well established activities such as:the Australian Research Council Industry Transformation Research Hub on Intelligent Robotic Systems for Real-Time Asset Management research on vision-based space object detection and tracking with the SmartSat Cooperative Research Centre research and development activities focused on Autonomous Mine Counter Measures with the Trusted Autonomous Systems Defence Cooperative Research Centre(TAS-DCRC),and development of integrated optical components for communication and LIDAR(light detection and ranging)applications.The collaboration with Thales Australia has also yielded significant success through directly funded PhD programs in the areas of Aerospace,Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering,and Electrical and Information Engineering.Thales also sponsors eight engineering industry placements and has directly funded research in Low Altitude Air Traffic Management for drone operations.As the collaboration develops both parties intend to embed staff within each other’s organisation to accelerate the translation of research and development into solutions that bring impact to the community,particularly focusing on national security outcomes.The new partnership extension was signed by Professor Emma Johnston,Deputy Vice-Chancellor(Research)and Thales Australia&New Zealand CEO Jeff Connolly.“Our researchers have the ideas and expertise that can help make Australia and the world abetter place to live and this partnership accelerates the translation of our ideas into real world impact.Some of the new projects we are excited about are collaborations with the University of Sydney Business School focused on drone operations and logistics–this is the type of work that can make adifference to daily life,”said Professor Johnston. 查看详细>>

A major study by InsideOut Institute for Eating Disorders at the University of Sydney reveals awidespread escalation of eating disorder symptoms during COVID-19 lockdown in Australia,with 40 percent going undiagnosed.InsideOut researchers tracked 1,723 people with eating disorder symptoms over the July–October 2020 COVID wave,including Victoria’s major lockdown-making it one of the largest observational studies to capture the impact of the pandemic in Australia.The study has just been published in the Journal of Eating Disorders. 查看详细>>

Researchers and widening participation equity practitioners from the University of Sydney,University of Canberra,University of Wollongong and Country Education Foundation were granted more than half amillion dollars from the NSW Department of Education to establish new forms of supportive digital communications for regional students and parents.The project is not intended to actively dissuade or encourage regional students to take agap year.The non-branded resources are designed to provide information to help regional students and parents think through what they might want from agap year and correct known misconceptions about gap years and university experiences.The topics that the resources will feature include the financial and social costs of going to university and issues associated with indecisions about going to university,what to study and careers.“For many students,a gap year is anecessary,well-reasoned and ultimately helpful event.But it’s not the automatic‘magic bullet’cure for post-school anxieties,indecisions,aspirations and needs that some students might think it to be.So,it is vital students and their parents are provided with accurate and easily accessible information to make their decisions,”said project lead,Dr Samantha McMahon from the Sydney School of Education and Social Work. 查看详细>>

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>>

The University of Sydney today announced the launch of its new School of Biomedical Engineering,investing in the development of advanced biomedical technologies such as lab-grown organs,bionic eyes and implantable medical devices.Becoming the sixth school within the Faculty of Engineering,the School has been established to facilitate collaborative research and teaching within the field of biomedical engineering,which combines arange of disciplines including medicine,engineering and life sciences.Joining as the Head of School,Biomedical Engineering,Professor Gregg Suaning,said the Faculty’s focus will facilitate new collaborations,boost Australia‘s healthcare sector and place the University in aleading position within the surging global biomedical market.“Australia is at the forefront of biomedical engineering and it’s essential that we invest in research and technology that will lead us to anew generation of medical therapies and cures,”said Professor Suaning,whose work has focused on developing abionic eye for those living with blindness.“The new School’s aim is to improve health outcomes by targeting diseases that currently do not have cures.We will achieve this through innovative biotechnologies focused on tissue and neural engineering,nanomaterials and by introducing novel approaches to overcome chronic disease,”he said. 查看详细>>

Scholarships at the University of Sydney give more than just financial support.They instil confidence and adrive to succeed.For these five students,donor-funded scholarships changed everything.When Maddison Eveleigh was 13,she started working at her local bakery to save money to go to university.She longed to study at the University of Sydney,but it felt like adaunting ambition.No-one in her family had ever been to university,and she would need to move to the city from her home in Moruya,on the NSW south coast.“In country towns,university is not always the expected path and it can be very difficult to afford,”she says.She studied hard,hoping to get the results she needed to study science,but even with her savings and some financial help from her family,she knew she wouldn’t have enough to cover rent and living expenses in Sydney.Her only hope was ascholarship.She applied for the University of Sydney Early Offer Year 12 Scholarship,a donor?supported scheme for students from financially disadvantaged backgrounds or low socioeconomic schools.Eveleigh got into her chosen course and won the scholarship.“When Igot it,I immediately felt like the University of Sydney wanted me as astudent,”she says.“They can see the difference between coming from arural or acity school.” 查看详细>>