You can access all PASS materials you need each week on Canvas.
PASS involves weekly hour-long sessions where you work in groups of 10 to 16 students to answer specially prepared activities and problem questions, based around a Business School unit of study you’re enrolled in.
PASS doesn’t re-teach or deliver new content. It’s an opportunity to reinforce key points from lecture and tutorial materials while applying your skills to solve problem questions. The atmosphere of the sessions is relaxed, friendly and low-pressure and you’re encouraged to ask questions and raise concerns with content.
You work interactively with your peers, benefiting not only from group learning but also from the recent experience of your facilitator. As a peer group, generally you decide what is covered in each session. That way, PASS directly responds to your needs and feedback.
Sessions are led by trained PASS facilitators, who recently excelled in the same unit of study. The facilitator doesn’t re-teach lecture material, but rather guides group interaction and problem solving.
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PASS will be held for the following Business School units of study in 2027. Business students enrolled in any of these units of study can register for PASS.
Statistics from previous years have shown that students who attend PASS regularly generally achieve higher grades in their PASS units than those who don't attend. They are also less likely to fail the unit.
Attending PASS regularly can also help improve your skills.
It’s also a great way to meet new people and make friends.
You don’t have to be ‘struggling’ to attend. PASS is for all students who want to improve their academic performance.
If a session is full, you can register for the waiting list. We will email you if a place becomes available or if a new session is being held, before it’s offered to all students.
When you are placed on a waiting list, we will email you a number which tells you where you are on the list. If you are close to the front of the waiting list (generally between one and five), you have a good chance of gaining a place in the program in the near future.
You can choose to deregister from the waiting list.
If places are available, you may be able to attend a session as a guest.
If you would like to attend an online session as a guest, you need to contact the PASS coordinator at business.pass@sydney.edu.au so that we can send you a one-off zoom link to attend the PASS session of your choice. Make sure you sign the attendance sheet.
You can also check to see if more sessions have been opened by logging in to PASS registration.
When you've registered, you will receive a confirmation email with details of your session.
You can also view your sessions by logging in to the PASS online registration – you’ll find a list your current PASS registrations and the venue for each.
To change to another PASS session for the same unit of study, you’ll need to first deregister from your current session.
Once you’ve received the deregistration confirmation email, you can enrol in a new PASS session.
Note that you’re not guaranteed a place in the new session and will need to join the waiting list if the session is full.
If you miss two PASS sessions in a row, you will be deregistered and your place will be given to someone on the waiting list. Make sure you fill in the attendance sheet at each session to record your attendance.
You’ll be notified by email if you are being deregistered as a result of missing sessions. If you believe you have received the email in error, email business.pass@sydney.edu.au.
You can choose to deregister yourself from a session or the waiting list by logging in to PASS registration. You’ll receive an email that confirms your deregistration was successful.
The PASS program greatly values your feedback and where possible we make changes according to your suggestions. Ideas that we have responded to include:
To provide feedback, email business.pass@sydney.edu.au.
Student information collected for the program is kept strictly confidential and is not disclosed to anyone outside program management. This includes information regarding the attendance, non-attendance, registration, or non-registration of any participant or non-participant. Attendance records are not disclosed to unit of study coordinators or other university staff, and no identifiable student information is included in reports about the program.
This information is collected solely for the purposes of:
The use of anonymised data for research and evaluation purposes enables the program to assess effectiveness, identify areas for improvement, and enhance student support services.
If you are uncomfortable with the use of your information for any of these purposes, please email the project coordinator at jessica.morr@sydney.edu.au and your information will not be included.
