University of Sydney

The Sydney Biomedical Accelerator (SBA) will create a first-in-Australia, 36,000m2 health, education, and research precinct co-located at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and the University’s Camperdown campuses, within the Tech Central …

The new report What women want from work post pandemic: Experiences and expectations of Western Sydney working women (PDF, 9.3MB), undertaken by the University of Sydney’s Gender Equality in Working Life Research Initiative, explores how…

The University of Sydney today released an ambitious 10-year strategy, with immediate commitments to more than double scholarship support for under-represented domestic students and invest nearly half a billion dollars in a world-leading…

Unnecessary vitamin D testing in Australia is costing our healthcare system up to $87 million and is contributing to the sector’s significant but avoidable carbon footprint, say researchers. A study examining the climate impact of…

New research from the University of Sydney's Lambert Initiative finds most Australians are still medicating with illicit cannabis, although numbers accessing prescription products have risen dramatically.The third Cannabis as Medicine…

The study of 655 companies across 27 countries found higher rates of COVID-19 were linked to increasing financial risk for companies in that country.The research, published in the Journal of Banking & Finance, encompassed a broad…

New University of Sydney research published in Nature Food today has modelled the wide-ranging impacts of climate change and extreme weather events on Australia’s food systems and supply chains, identifying potential cascading…

Jane Sloane’s career has taken her all around the world – from helping women in Bangladesh prevent child marriage, to spending time with Syrian women who have fled ISIS, as well as supporting women climate leaders to help families to…

Research suggests three in five children with intellectually disabled parents are removed from their care. Academics from the University of Sydney explain why more needs to be done to support these parents to ensure the best outcomes for…

The same apps that kept us moving during the pandemic sometimes had a negative emotional impact, according to new research led by the University of Sydney.People who used a mobile app or fitness tracker during the pandemic were almost two…