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Financial sector fails human rights test

7 October 2021 -
Poor treatment of retail customers, money laundering and other illicit fund uses, investments without due consideration to human rights impacts, and sexual harassment in the workplace are just some of the ... Declaration: Funding for this project was
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2021/05/03/financial-sector-fails-human-rights-test.html
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Linguistics professor dissects language to unlearn truth

15 January 2020 -
This is the process of closing off further consideration of a problem once we have decided what we think, or what we should do. ... English, is, of course, a special case because it is so dominant globally, and it is so well-studied.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2017/09/11/linguistics-professor-dissects-language-to-unlearn-truth.html
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Rethinking justice with Danielle Celermajer and David Schlosberg

15 December 2022 -
This is one of the challenges that motivates a consideration of multispecies justice.” What’s new in MSJ, in contrast to this longstanding rights-based approach? ... to those who most resemble humans or whose affordances include those that humans
www.sydney.edu.au/sydney-environment-institute/news/2020/10/20/rethinking-justice-with-danielle-celermajer-and-david-schlosberg.html
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Community classrooms – students meet local needs while learning

22 August 2016 -
An additional hub is under consideration in western Sydney for early 2017..
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2016/08/17/community-classrooms--students-meet-local-needs-while-learning.html
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Creative minds craft solutions to Southeast Asia challenges

5 July 2023 -
of each country in Southeast Asia, including cultural, political and business considerations.
www.sydney.edu.au/sydney-southeast-asia-centre/news/2023/07/05/creative-minds-craft-solutions-to-southeast-asia-challenges.html
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Message of support for Iran

28 September 2022 -
The University has already reached out directly to students of Iranian citizenship to offer additional support including special consideration, peer support and counselling, including for those based offshore. ... Students whose studies have been
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2022/09/28/message-of-support-for-iran-.html
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What you need to know about end of semester exams

27 September 2023 -
Special consideration and special arrangements have been updated by the University. ... If an exam is scheduled between 10 pm and 6:59 am in your local time zone, you may be eligible for a special arrangement.
www.sydney.edu.au/study/student-life/student-news/2020/06/03/what-you-need-to-know-about-end-of-semester-exams.html
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Pattern learning key to children’s language development

27 April 2016 -
Even when other important factors such as intelligence and memory were taken into consideration, the findings still suggest the skill of pattern learning is strongly associated with language development. ... learnt. “For a long time people thought of
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2016/04/27/pattern-learning-key-to-childrens-language-development.html
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Support for students affected by floods

1 March 2022 -
Academic support. If you have been affected by the floods, you may be eligible for special consideration and arrangements to support your coursework.
www.sydney.edu.au/study/student-life/student-news/2022/03/01/support-for-students-affected-by-floods.html
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Assisted dying: the difficult conversation we need to have

17 February 2016 -
For me, the recent, wide public consideration and debate of end-of-life issues has taken on special significance. ... Within his narrative there was for me a special anecdote. Gawande's father, himself a surgeon, developed a spinal-cord tumour.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2016/02/03/assisted-dying--the-difficult-conversation-we-need-to-have.html