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>>

Two NASA small satellite missions boosted by University of Sydney research Share Professor Iver Cairns from the University of Sydney has been selected by NASA for two satellite missions to study our Sun and its effects on space weather.Iver Cairns,Professor in Space Physics and Director of the ARC Training Centre CUAVA at the University of Sydney,is the only international co-investigator to be selected for both critical missions.These missions will do fundamental,world-leading science on the causes of space weather,which impacts our daily lives. 查看详细>>

The NSW Government has announced support for the establishment of anew Sydney Quantum Academy with$15.4 million in funding,bringing together four leading universities in NSW.The Sydney Quantum Academy is the initiative of Macquarie University,UNSW Sydney,the University of Sydney and University of Technology Sydney.It will help train the next generation of engineers and scientists in quantum computing,cementing Sydney’s place as the leading global city for quantum technology and ensuring NSW is aworld centre for jobs in the emerging quantum economy.The funding,combined with current university and future industry support,means the total investment in the Sydney Quantum Academy will be up to$35 million.The Sydney Quantum Academy will develop the industry,attract talent and investment in Australia and internationally,and promote an understanding about quantum computing,simulation and software for local and global companies that want to use these emergent technologies. 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 Gallery is ahub for showcasing dynamic,experimental content by artists,including staff and students,pioneering the emerging model of urban galleries proliferating around the globe bringing together creatives from many disciplines and communities.The Footbridge Gallery is the brainchild of Dr Luke Hespanhol and Associate Professor Martin Tomitsch from the University’s School of Architecture,Design and Planning who worked together at the Design Lab,an interdisciplinary research group within the school,exploring interactions between people and digital technologies.“We’ve been working on the University‘s broader placemaking initiatives,following on from astudy conducted by Gehl Architects,which identified key precincts on campus for activation into lively and shared public spaces open not only for the University community but also to the general public,”said Dr Hespanhol. 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>>