Bryson Constable (Liberal), Ben Hines (Libdependent), Julia Lim (Independent), and Grace Wallman (Switchroots) were elected as the new executive.
Author: Angus McGregor
Pending regulatory approval, the University of Sydney will offer a Bachelor of Politics Philosophy and Economics in 2025, following nine other Australian universities who now offer the degree founded by Oxford University in 1921.
In a submission to the Undergraduate Studies Committee, the University has proposed 12 2000-level and 13 3000-level units in the Philosophy department be cut or merged.
The May 13th meeting, held online and in person, dissolved the existing Higher Degree Research (HDR) network, and replaced the current Equity Officer role with a new council executive position which will now oversee HDR representation.
According to the University of Sydney’s Annual Financial Report, the educational institution recorded a surplus of $351.8 million in 2023. In 2022, the recorded surplus was $298.5 million. Both numbers pale compared to the COVID-19 2021 surplus of $1.3 billion. USyd reports that this is the sixth year in a row reaping a profit.
The University of Western Australia has admitted to underpaying $6.6 million of employee superannuation after an internal review discovered that the 17% superannuation entitlement had been calculated incorrectly.
Federal Opposition Leader Peter Dutton argued in his budget reply speech that migration should be capped at 140,000—much lower than the government’s current target of 260,000 by 2026.
While the government claims this is the “first stage of a multi-year reform agenda” based on the Accord, much more will need to be done to achieve the equity Chalmers promises in his speech. The proportion of low socio-economic students at university has dropped post-COVID. It remains to be see if this budget will reverse that trend.
The Budget has unveiled new measures to regulate the growth of international student migration including awaited increases to student visa fees and financial capacity requirements as well as a new formula which will cap international student enrolment at each university.
On May 9, Sydney Law School announced that there would be no Winter intensives taking place in July 2024. This announcement was made via the Professional Law Program Newsletter and by the Sydney University Law Society’s (SULS) Education subcommittee on social media.