WORLD SCHOLARS SCHOLARSHIP PROPOSAL TO SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, SOUTH KOREA THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY 2010 Table of Contents
1. Introduction ...... 2 2. Organisation ...... 2 2.1 About the University of Sydney ...... 2 3. Academic Programmes ...... 3 3.1 University of Sydney World Scholars ...... 3 3.1.1 General Scholarship Guidelines ...... 4 3.1.2 Eligibility Criteria ...... 4 3.1.3 Selection Process ...... 5 3.2 Faculties of the University of Sydney ...... 5 About the Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources ...... 5 About the Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning ...... 7 About the Faculty of Arts ...... 8 About the Faculty of Dentistry ...... 11 About the Faculty of Economics and Business ...... 14 About the Faculty of Education and Social Work ...... 16 About the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology ...... 17 About the Faculty of Health Sciences...... 19 About the Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery ...... 20 About the Faculty of Pharmacy ...... 21 About the Faculty of Science ...... 23 About the Faculty of Veterinary Science ...... 25 About the Faculty of Visual Arts (Sydney College of the Arts) ...... 27 About the Sydney Conservatorium of Music ...... 28 About the Sydney Law School ...... 30 About Sydney Medical School ...... 33 3.3 Research Programmes – Research Supervisor Connect ...... 43 3.4 Research Strengths at the University of Sydney ...... 43 3.5 Research Centres and Institutes at the University of Sydney ...... 44 4. Admission Requirements ...... 47 4.1 English Language Entrance Requirements ...... 47 4.2 Academic Entrance Requirements ...... 47 4.2.1 Doctor of Philosophy ...... 47 4.3 How to Apply ...... 47 5. Academic Environment and Student Support ...... 49 5.1 Location ...... 49 5.2 Living in Sydney ...... 52 5.3 Support Services for International Students ...... 52 5.4 Health and Wellbeing ...... 53 6. Contact Information ...... 54 Agents currently engaged by the University of Sydney in South Korea: ...... 54 Appendix A – Application Guidelines: University of Sydney World Scholars ...... 56
1. Introduction
The University of Sydney is pleased to submit the following proposal to establish postgraduate research scholarships jointly funded by the University of Sydney and the Seoul National University, Republic of South Korea.
This proposal outlines the key strengths of the University of Sydney, and of the sixteen (16) faculties and 118 schools and departments that can provide programmes which meet South Korea’s priority areas of study:
The Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources; The Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning; The Faculty of Arts; The Faculty of Dentistry; The Faculty of Economics and Business; The Faculty of Education and Social Work; The Faculty of Engineering and Information Technologies; The Faculty of Health Sciences; The Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery; The Faculty of Pharmacy; The Faculty of Science; The Faculty of Veterinary Science; The Faculty of Visual Arts (Sydney College of the Arts); Sydney Conservatorium of Music; Sydney Law School; and Sydney Medical School.
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The proposal provides an overview of the various programmes available to South Korean students, as well as the University’s longstanding association and partnership with international scholarship programmes administered by the Australian Government, overseas governments, and multilateral donors.
The World Scholars scholarship programme is outlined, along with details of the selection process.
This proposal is a capability statement from the University of Sydney. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) will be signed by both parties once agreement in principle is reached.
2. Organisation
2.1 About the University of Sydney
The University of Sydney, founded in 1850, is Australia's first university. Over the past 150 years, the University has built an international reputation for its outstanding teaching and as a centre of research excellence. It is one of the largest universities in Australia, with over 47,000 students, including 9,000 international students from more than 100 different countries.
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The University of Sydney is one of the top 40 universities in the world. The 2009 Times Higher Education Supplement (THES)1 ranks the University in the top 36 in the world. The THES also ranked the University as the 15th in the world in the area of Life Sciences and Biomedicine, 19th in the world in the area of Arts and Humanities, 27th in the area of Social Sciences, 34th in Natural Sciences and 40th in Engineering and IT.
As one of Australia’s leading universities, the University of Sydney is a key member of:
o the Group of Eight (GO8)2 – a coalition of Australia’s leading universities, intensive in research and comprehensive in general and professional education; o Academic Consortium 21 (AC21)3 – an international partnership of leading educational, research and industrial organisations in Asia, the United States and Europe; o the Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU)4 – the University of Sydney is one of three Australian institutions in this group of prestigious universities drawn from Asia, the United States and South America; o the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN)5 – an international alliance of 14 leading research universities from Europe, North America, South-East Asia and Australia. Professor John Hearn, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (International) at the University of Sydney has recently been appointed as the WUN Chief Executive Designate.
The University of Sydney is ranked as 94 in the world, 9th in the Asia Pacific region and is one of only 3 Australian universities in the top 100, according to the 2009 published rankings from the Academic Ranking of World Universities6.
The University of Sydney has consistently outperformed other Australian universities in the measure of research performance used by the Australian Commonwealth Government to allocate funds under its block grants. The University successfully attracted new and recurrent funding from the Australian Research Council in the period from 2002 to 2008, in the vicinity of $60 million per year7. The University of Sydney has received 10.72% of the funding available from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) in the period 2000-20098, totalling $429,934,829. University of Sydney medical research projects have received $61,922,193 in the National Health and Medical Research (NHMRC) Project Grants for 2010, more than any other Australian university. The University of Sydney was also successful in securing more than half of the total allocated to New South Wales (NSW) projects ($107.3 million).
3. Academic Programmes
3.1 University of Sydney World Scholars
The University of Sydney has established an international scholarship programme called World Scholars, to provide opportunities for academically gifted PhD candidates who have developed innovative research projects to undertake a PhD degree with financial support. This prestigious award will attract high quality
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The University of Sydney would welcome the opportunity to develop human resource capacity within South Korea by contributing to the significant investment in education made by the South Korean Government and to partner specifically with Seoul National University on this scholarship initiative.
The University of Sydney seeks support from the Seoul National University to establish a joint scholarship arrangement for up to three (3) awards per year, under the World Scholars programme, to candidates who are citizens of South Korea.
Scholarships are three (3) years in duration, with the possibility of an additional six (6) months study, on application, in exceptional circumstances. The University will fund the full cost of tuition fees and a travel contribution of $1,250 each way towards a return, international air fare.
The University requests support from the Seoul National University to provide up to three (3) living allowance scholarships to complement World Scholars tuition fee scholarships provided by the University of Sydney. It is proposed that this support be aligned with the living allowance rate for domestic Australian students receiving Australian Government scholarships, as well as AusAID funded international students (currently AUD$ 22,500 per annum).
The University also requests that the living allowance be paid direct from the Seoul National University to the scholarship holders.
3.1.1 General Scholarship Guidelines
Information regarding the World Scholars guidelines is contained within this proposal as Appendix A.
Additionally, the University proposes that: Scholarship holders may be from all sectors, including education, business, government or industry; The University undertakes a merit based selection process to determine shortlisted candidates. Information regarding these candidates, including application documentation, is then forwarded to the Seoul National University for confirmation and final selection.
3.1.2 Eligibility Criteria
Scholarships are available for commencing international PhD students from South Korea who meet the University’s academic and English language admission requirements. In order to be considered for a World Scholars award, applicants must:
Be a citizen of South Korea; Have a firm offer of admission as an international student to a postgraduate research programme at the University of Sydney by the specified date; and Complete and submit a University of Sydney World Scholars application form after a firm offer of admission is received.
Currently enrolled international students or other enrolled students of the University of Sydney are not eligible to apply for a World Scholars award. Please also note the further restrictions in the “Scholarship Conditions” section of these World Scholars Guidelines (Appendix A).
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Selection for World Scholars is highly competitive. Applicants will be chosen on the basis of academic excellence and demonstrated research capability. Candidates will be selected in accordance with the following criteria:
Demonstrated academic excellence through previous studies; and Demonstrated high quality, innovative research capacity.
Applications will be reviewed and final selections decided by a committee comprising of senior University of Sydney academic staff and may include international representatives. Final confirmation of scholarship holders will be made jointly by the Seoul National University and the University of Sydney.
3.2 Faculties of the University of Sydney
About the Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources
http://www.agric.usyd.edu.au/
The Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources has been a leader in education and research in agriculture and natural resources for almost 100 years. The Faculty’s academic focus for research and teaching is the science and economics of the agri-food and fibre sector, and the natural resources involved in that sector. The combination of applied sciences and applied economics gives the Faculty its distinctive character.
The Faculty has an outstanding international reputation for its research, attracting substantial external funding (over 50% of its total budget) and a strong cohort of postgraduate research students. Infrastructure to support research includes facilities for: plant growth in controlled environments; extensive farm and field sites; physical, chemical and biochemical analyses of plants, plant and food products, soil and water; molecular biology and biotechnology; soil assessment and mapping; spatial information systems and GIS; postharvest horticulture; microscopy and imaging.
Areas of national research leadership include: Crop Sciences (plant pathology, cereal rust diseases, plant breeding, plant biotechnology, cereal grain science); Land and water resources (soil science, spatial information systems, precision agriculture, environmental chemistry); and Environmental and resource economics, development economics.
The Faculty excels in regard to its research and postgraduate research training (90% research active staff, 20 PhD graduates per year) and hosts a number of world class research centres including the Plant Breeding Institute (with campuses at Cobbitty and Narrabri); the Australian Centre for Precision Agriculture; the Centre for Carbon, Water and Food; the Centre for Salinity Assessment and Management, the EJ Holtsbaum Agricultural Research Institute and the Sydney University Nitrogen Fixation Centre (SUNFix). The Faculty has a major involvement in the Grains and Research Development Corporation and several Cooperative Research Centres, all of which provide excellent opportunities for scholars to undertake research.
On a national level, the Faculty has links with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), the New South Wales (NSW) Department of Industries and other important stakeholders in agriculture. In addition, the Faculty has developed strong linkages with international
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Subject areas and projects the Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources has been engaged in:
Agricultural and Resource Economics Poverty dynamics Market Structure and poverty alleviation Water (irrigation) management
Agronomy, Plant Breeding and Disease Crop Physiology (water Use efficiency, nutrient uptake, management and input, precision agriculture) Applied Plant Breeding (wheat, barley, rye, triticale, brassicas, chick peas, field peas, beans) Cereal Rust and genetics Crop adaption to climate change Crop adaption to conservation agriculture Crop improvement for biofuels Quantitative genetics Biological control of fungal pathogens Phytophthora disease in perennial tree crops Role of hypersensitive cell death in plant disease resistance
Entomology Integrate Pest Management (cultivated mushrooms) Biological control of insect pests
Agricultural statistics and Environmetrics Experimental design and analysis Landscape-scale experimentation Spatial interactions of carbon and soil water in agroecosystems
Soil Science Soil carbon (sequestration and trading) Soil quality and structure Pedology Soil contamination and soil chemistry Phytoremediation
Food Chemistry Proteomics for quality of food Affects of grain storage on food quality
The Faculty offers scholars the opportunity to study from a selection of coursework degrees including: the Graduate Diploma and Master of Agriculture, and several research degrees which are the Master of Science in Agriculture, the Master of Agricultural Economics and Doctor of Philosophy.
Postgraduate research degrees The Faculty has a long and proud history in research and development in agricultural and related sciences, and the outcomes of that research have benefited local and international enterprises and industries.
University of Sydney – World Scholars proposal (CRICOS Provider Code 00026A) Page 6 Research Groups The research and postgraduate training in the Faculty is managed by three research groups: Agricultural and Resource Economics Crop, Horticulture, Food Production Systems Sustainable Ecosystems
These groups collectively investigate and research areas such as: sustainable cropping systems; precision agriculture; plant improvement and pathology; plant genetics; crop protection through integrated pest management; entomology; post harvest processing and quality; food chemistry; sustaining the environment; forest, catchment and fire management; soil science; and the many dimensions related to agricultural and resource economics and the economics of sustainable development.
These degrees provide learning opportunities to students from varied educational backgrounds who wish to extend their knowledge and upgrade skills in a particular discipline, apply training in one discipline to the development of skills and expertise in another discipline, or prepare for postgraduate research degrees.
With core academic activities at the interface between applied science and applied economics, a strong research culture aligned to areas of strategic national and international importance, extensive engagement with industry and professions, and as part of a comprehensive University in one of the world’s most attractive metropolitan areas, the Faculty offers students many distinctive advantages. Teaching and research are conducted on the Camperdown Campus of the University of Sydney, and also at rural research stations and on farms owned by the University. The teaching programmes recognise the diverse destinations of graduates, who enjoy high employment rates and express a high degree of career satisfaction.
About the Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning
http://www.arch.usyd.edu.au/
The Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning aspires to lead the Asia-Pacific region in the creation of sustainable designed environments, both digital and physical, to enhance the collective human experience. Our teaching and research programmes foster critical and creative thinking across the disciplines of Architectural Science, Architectural and Allied Arts, Design Computing and Urban Design and Planning. Our high-calibre students join a prestigious and influential body of leading practitioners, thought leaders and change agents in a local, national and global context. The Faculty offers the opportunity to pursue research degrees, both MPhil and PhD, in four disciplines:
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Students may elect to study in any of these fields, or to pursue interdisciplinary studies in a combination of fields with the faculty or between the faculty and elsewhere in the university. The University and the Faculty have formal links, including exchange agreements and memoranda of understanding, with institutions throughout Asia, Europe, Scandinavia and North America; these translate into research opportunities for students as well as staff. We support these degrees with a wide range of resources, including extensively equipped laboratories and comprehensive workshop facilities.
The Faculty offers two research degrees: Doctor of Philosophy and Master’s of Philosophy (Architecture). These research programmes involve study of research methodology and in-depth study by research in a specialised area. A research student undertakes a major thesis supervised by a staff member. It is possible to upgrade from the Master of Philosophy (Architecture) to a Doctor of Philosophy, provided satisfactory progress is made in the first year.
Doctor of Philosophy; PhD This research degree is awarded for a thesis considered to be a substantial, original contribution to the discipline concerned. Entry requirements include a research Master’s degree or a Bachelor’s degree with first or second class honours. Alternatively, you may be admitted after having passed a qualifying examination at an equivalent standard. This examination could be completion of a period of relevant advanced study and research towards a Master’s degree at the University of Sydney. The PhD is normally completed within eight semesters full time (4 years) or 16 semesters part time (8 years).The final thesis for the Doctor of Philosophy (Architecture) is expected to be in the range of 50,000 – 80,000 words. Research Expo The Faculty hosts an annual Research Expo, which is an important opportunity for PhD and MPhil students to meet fellow students, academics, selected media and industry contacts interested in discovering their work. The event also allows for the exchange of ideas and information with fellow research students within the Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning and beyond. In addition to the potential employment contact opportunities, prizes are available across all four of the disciplines within Architecture, Design and Planning: Architecture and Allied Arts; Architectural and Design Science; Design Lab; and Urban and Regional Planning and Policy.
The Tin Sheds Gallery
The Tin Sheds Gallery is a visual arts unit attached to the Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning and houses five visual arts studios and a large gallery space. It provides students in architecture and the wider University with the opportunity to work in various media under the direction of professional practising artists.
About the Faculty of Arts
http://www.arts.usyd.edu.au/
The very first Faculty of Arts in Australia was established at the University of Sydney in 1852. Today, the Faculty offers a rich spectrum of courses and degree options for both undergraduate and postgraduate students, with the widest range of humanities and social science subjects in New South Wales (NSW). The Faculty of Arts has been ranked in the top twenty faculties worldwide for arts and humanities for three years
University of Sydney – World Scholars proposal (CRICOS Provider Code 00026A) Page 8 in a row9, and offers the widest choice of subject areas for undergraduate, postgraduate coursework and postgraduate research students in Australia. In 2008, the Faculty was the most successful Faculty of Arts in the country in terms of external research grants, being awarded over $7 million in new research grants by the Australian Research Council (ARC). Graduates from the Faculty of Arts can expect to take up positions in research, development, policy, media, teaching, management and other key areas of modern economic and social life.
The Faculty of Arts includes internationally recognised researchers across a range of disciplines in the humanities, liberal arts, media and communications, social and political sciences and languages. The Faculty is committed to excellence in teaching and learning through innovation and development, as well as ensuring access and equity for all. New technologies and media are used throughout the Faculty to improve learning and the student experience, and ensure that our graduates gain a diverse technical skills set to enhance their employment and career prospects.
The Faculty of Arts offers the most comprehensive and diverse range of studies in the humanities and social sciences in Australia – embracing foundational disciplines such as the classics, philosophy, English, history and politics, as well as new developments in the humanities and social sciences, such as performance studies, gender studies, cultural studies, global and international studies, media and communication and digital cultures. In addition, it has the largest and most vigorous range of language and culture studies in the country, with over 15 language majors on offer.
The Faculty of Arts is a lively and diverse research community within which are the following research centres and groups: Research Centres Centre for Medieval Studies Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies Centre for Time Sydney Centre for the Foundations of Science Australian Centre for Asian Art and Archaeology
Research Groups Early Modern Literature and Culture (EMLAC) Modern and Contemporary Literature and Culture (MACLAC) Archaeology of Sydney Research Group The Sydney University Research Community for Latin America The Nineteenth-Century Study Group
School of Languages and Cultures (SLC)
SLC is a vigorous centre with an outstanding national and international reputation for research and teaching in a wide range of disciplines, such as studies of ancient and modern societies, linguistics (including sociolinguistics, discourse analysis, translation), translation theory, critical theory, sociology and politics of literature and culture, postcolonial studies, gender studies, film and performance studies, comparative literary and cultural studies, migration, nationalism, politics, labour, social change, cultural history, social history and religion.
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University of Sydney – World Scholars proposal (CRICOS Provider Code 00026A) Page 9 The pioneering methods and approaches of our leading scholars have resulted in numerous ARC and other research grants. Members of the School host a number of research clusters, networks and concentration areas, such as migration, nationalism, theatre and drama, sociolinguistics, applied linguistics, comparative study of Asian societies, promoting inter-disciplinary and cross-disciplinary research.
Areas of current research include: Indonesian society, history and culture (Michele Ford, Adrian Vickers); Buddhist textual traditions (Mark Allon); Germany and China (Yixu Lu); French culture and intellectual history (Elizabeth Rechniewski and Margaret Sankey); Jews in Australia (Suzanne Rutland); Theatre in Italian history (Nerida Newbigin). School of Letters, Art and Media (SLAM) SLAM is engaged in cutting-edge research across an exciting range of textual, verbal, and visual media. Researchers' methodologies range from qualitative and contextual approaches to art and literature, as reflected in the work of John Clark, Will Christie, Margaret Harris and Elizabeth Webby, to ethnographic and computational linguistic investigation of restorative justice conferencing (Paul Dwyer, Jim Martin, Michelle Zappavigna) and the digital archiving of Indigenous Australian languages. The School hosts the Pacific and Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC), which is a facility for digital conservation of endangered materials from the Pacific region.
SLAM is an innovator in the application of new media and communication technologies to research in the humanities. Resourceful Reading (led by Robert Dixon) integrates traditional and eResearch strategies in Australian literary studies, while Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages (Margaret Clunies Ross) and Mark Byron's modernist text projects integrate archival and digital research. Other projects currently funded by the ARC bridge scholarly and professional practice: Shakespeare Reloaded (Liam Semler, Penny Gay, Kate Flaherty) in collaboration with Barker College explores the teaching and learning of Shakespeare at secondary and tertiary levels, and New Media, New Narratives: Beyond Broadcasting (Anne Dunn) links with ABC News to investigate the cultural and social implications of the tension between new and traditional media with a special focus on cadet training.
The full scope of SLAM's research activity is extensive, including, for example: the Australian Centre for Asian Art and Archaeology; visual arts from the Renaissance to the present day, including Indigenous Australian art; film studies, cultural studies and religious studies; linguistics, grammar and rhetoric; media studies, Chinese media studies, digital cultures and journalism; literary studies from Old and Middle English to modernity and postmodernism; Shakespeare and his contemporaries, Australian studies and American literature; creative writing, screenwriting, performance studies and museum studies; the rhetorics of Empire and 18th- and 19th-century cultural poetics and true crime, friendship, emotion, gender, sexuality and surveillance. School of Philosophical and Historical Inquiry (SOPHI) SOPHI’s strengths are in some of the core disciplines in the humanities: Archaeology, Classics, History and Philosophy, as well as in innovative cross-disciplinary areas such as Gender and Cultural Studies. The School is also home to a number of exciting research centres and networks which combine strengths in disciplinary areas with innovative cross-disciplinary research: the Centre for Time (led by Federation Fellow and Challis Professor of Philosophy, Huw Price); the Pragmatics Foundations Project (also led by Price); the Sydney Centre for the Foundations of Science (led by Professor Mark Colyvan); the Centre for Classical and Near Eastern Studies in Australia (led by Professor Peter Wilson); and the Nation, Empire, Globe research cluster (led by Professor Alison Bashford and Professor Robert Aldrich).
SOPHI boasts a strong track record in attracting Australian Research Council funding, including a significant number of ARC Research Fellows. In 2008 SOPHI was awarded 18 ARC grants and fellowships, totalling almost five and a half million dollars.
The School’s core research strengths include Classical, Near Eastern and South-East Asian Archaeology; Ancient Greek and Roman History: Ancient Greek and Roman Literature, and especially Greek drama;
University of Sydney – World Scholars proposal (CRICOS Provider Code 00026A) Page 10 contemporary Cultural and Gender Studies; Early and Late Modern European History, American History, Australian History; Ancient Philosophy, Metaphysics, Logic, Ethics, the History of Philosophy, the Philosophy of Science and Political Philosophy. School of Social and Political Sciences (SSPC) SSPS’s research strengths reflect the profile of its constituent departments: Anthropology; Government, Politics and International Relations; Sociology; Political Economy; and Peace and Conflict Studies.
Government and International Relations has strengths in the field of Australian politics, particularly in the study of political parties and elections; in public policy and governance, at national and global level; and comparative politics and democratisation. The IR group specialises in the study of security, globalisation, IPE and social movements. Its work is marked by a breadth of approach that embraces quantitative, historical and critical methods of analysis.
Research strengths in Sociology include socio-legal studies, including issues around indigenous land rights; science studies, which includes genetics, the body and society; globalisation, including the study of migration, violence and displacement; and sociological theory and human rights.
Anthropology is renowned for its work on contemporary Australia, including Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander anthropology, South and South-East Asian Anthropology, the anthropology of Melanesia and comparative cultural anthropologies. There is also an emerging strength in the anthropology of Latin America and the Caribbean. Areas of topical specialisation include phenomenology and psychoanalysis, the anthropology of development and globalisation, rural and regional areas, history and metatheory of anthropological thought, medical anthropology, urban studies, and environmental change.
The Department of Political Economy has research strengths in Development, especially in the Pacific region and Latin America; International Financial Markets; the Political Economy of Neo-Liberalism; the Political Economy of post-1992 Australia; Economic Restructuring; Work and Labour as a Global Movement. The department is also noted for its work on theories of political economy, and the nature of the struggles between competing paradigms, including Marxian and Neo-Marxian thought, post-classical economics and, recently, ecological thought.
The Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies has research interests in the nature and form of peace journalism; reconciliation and peace building in post-conflict societies (particularly in South-East Asia): indigenous rights, cultural difference and social difference: the history of warfare and peacemaking; peace tourism and human rights.
About the Faculty of Dentistry
http://www.dentistry.usyd.edu.au/
The Faculty of Dentistry at the University of Sydney is Australia's first, and has been involved in the training of dental practitioners for over 100 years. The Faculty is one of the largest of the five dental schools in Australia and is housed within the Sydney Dental Hospital (SDH) in Surry Hills, and the Westmead Centre for Oral Health (WCOH) at Westmead Hospital. Members of the Faculty of Dentistry contribute to the development of new knowledge and understanding in the field of dentistry, and there are exciting and innovative research projects actively pursued across the Faculty. The Faculty offers a suite of postgraduate programmes designed to produce specialist practitioners across a wide range of disciplines, and also offers a rigorous research training programme to produce research scholars of international standing. Specialist postgraduate training is available in the disciplines of biomaterials science, community oral health and epidemiology, conscious sedation and pain
University of Sydney – World Scholars proposal (CRICOS Provider Code 00026A) Page 11 control, occlusion, oral biology, oral implants, oral and maxillofacial surgery, oral medicine and oral pathology, orthodontics, paediatric dentistry, periodontics, and prosthodontics. The Faculty has established collaborative links with a number of overseas universities, in China, France, Japan, Lebanon, Thailand and the USA. The Faculty also attracts a sizeable applicant pool from abroad for entry into its undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.
The Institute of Dental Research The Institute of Dental Research (IDR) is the oldest named dental institute in the world, and is located within the Westmead Centre for Oral Health at Westmead Hospital. The IDR forms part of the Infection and Immunity branch of the Westmead Millennium Institute. Its research is focused on the analysis of polymicrobial populations within the oral cavity and their involvement in the major oral infections; anddental caries and periodontal disease, which contribute a major social burden both in morbidity and cost. In keeping with its role as one of the leading dental research facilities in the Southern Hemisphere, researchers at the IDR are applying the latest advances in genomics and protein science to gain new insights into the study and control of these oral diseases and their complex aetiologies.
Current research initiatives include:
Proteomics and structural genomics of oral pathogens The difficulty in preventing dental caries results from the need to devise a strategy to eliminate key cariogenic species without disrupting the overall complexity of the protective biofilm community on teeth. Solving this problem is at the forefront of research at the IDR. The completion of a comprehensive series of comparative proteome studies, involving both planktonic and biofilm grown cells, has highlighted a number of biochemical events that are unique for the survival of the cariogenic pathogen, Streptococcus mutans, which proliferates under acidic conditions in dental plaque. Genes implicated in these adaptive responses, including alteration in acid tolerance and biofilm formation, are being systematically examined using a functional genomics approach. By defining the critical events associated with the survival and proliferation of S. mutans under conditions that lead to enamel dissolution, researchers at the IDR are gaining the necessary knowledge to develop a comprehensive strategy for intervention, thus allowing appropriate susceptible biochemical events to be targeted to control or eliminate disease.
Oral bacteria and infective endocarditis Streptococcus gordonii is a primary coloniser of oral microbial biofilms. This organism is considered to be beneficial in the oral environment, but pathogenic when it colonises heart valves, as this results in the disease, infective endocarditis, which has a high rate of morbidity. There is considerable interest in attempting to engineer this bacterium both to be non-pathogenic and to resist displacement by oral pathogens such as Streptococcus mutans. In vitro gene expression technology has identified the gom locus, comprising a regulon of 15 open reading frames implicated in bacterial growth, beneficial adhesion to the tooth surface, and pathogenic colonisation of heart valves. Analysis of this locus by researchers at the IDR has focussed on a group of novel glycosidases within the gom locus with the 3D-structure of the first of these, GcnA, recently having being solved at high resolution. Current research is directed at the selective inhibition of this glycosidase as well as to determining the structure and function of other products of the gom locus, including two related glycosidases that are also implicated in infective endocarditis.
Polymicrobial aetiology of caries progression In studies at the IDR using molecular phylogenetic techniques, some 80 bacterial species have been detected within the polymicrobial consortia of carious dentine following an extension of the enamel lesion of dental caries. Recent studies have shown that pulpal infection that arises from end-stage dentinal caries is far more selective. By using fluorescence in situ hybridisation (FISH), the complex consortia of bacteria associated with carious dentine has been shown to mass at the periphery of the soft tissue, with only a few species invading. Currently, the structural framework and spatial arrangement of bacterial invasion is being mapped. While clinically important from a dental perspective, this process also provides a rare insight into
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Targeted control of oral pathogens Competition for iron is considered to be a central event in many infections. A number of pathogenic bacteria have acquired complex mechanisms to sequester iron, often from haem. The periodontal pathogen Porphyromonas gingivalis is unusual in that it has lost the capacity to synthesise the porphyrin macrocycle, and therefore must obtain this from tissue sources, usually from haem-proteins that may also supply iron. Research at the IDR has identified the so-called HA2 receptor as a porphyrin receptor important in the acquisition and surface storage of haem. This receptor mechanism has recently been used to selectively target and inhibit this bacterium with custom synthesised modified porphyrin-antibiotic conjugates. More recently, a number of other haem binding proteins that are located on the surface of the organism have been identified, and are being studied in order to expand the range of targets for inhibition by exploiting aspects of porphyrin storage and transport that are unique to P.gingivalis.
Determinants of oral infection in high-risk Aboriginal communities Anaerobic Gram negative bacteria have been determined to be numerically important in relation to the early onset and high incidence of periodontal disease in Aboriginal communities. Research at the IDR has suggested that early mucosal colonisation of infants with pathogenic porphyromonads act as release sites for transmission of these organisms within families. Biotyping of Porphyromonas gingivalis strains based on variations in the lysine-gingipain gene indicated skewing of biotype distribution in the Aboriginal community, compared with that observed in metropolitan cohorts. Further evidence of the presence of characteristic discriminatory flora within the Aboriginal community was obtained by microbial population analysis based on molecular phylogeny. These observations have provided a basis for ongoing dissection of the microbial risk factors for oral infection that prevail in such a high risk group, and underpin proposed strategies to break the cycle of disease by preventing transmission to infants. Additionally, there is no information to determine whether disease susceptibility amongst Aborigines reflects organisms that have been associated with Aboriginal people for millennia, or if there is a pathogenic influence from organisms acquired, most probably, from Anglo-Saxon settlers. As there is little genomic information for these mucosal pathogens, assessment of the origin and heterogeneity of organisms within communities is being assessed by analysis of a matrix of highly conserved house-keeping genes. This will both establish the relative diversity of strains of the organism within the community and also probe the question of separation or overlap with similarly studied organisms from Anglo-Saxon sources, with isolates from other ethnic groups providing outlier controls.
Biomaterials
The principal objectives of this area of research are: to measure the mechanical properties of teeth and bone so that we can better understand how teeth are affected by exposure to acidic beverages and dental caries, and how bone is affected by osteoporosis; to quantify the abilities of various dental materials to attach themselves to each other and to teeth, and thus to improve the ability with which dental restorations remain in the mouth; and to use engineering principles to improve ceramic crown and bridge design.
Jaw Function and Orofacial Pain
This Research Unit is located at the Westmead Hospital Centre for Oral Health and is involved in studies of temporomandibular disorders (TMDs) that are a painful, life-changing disorder severely affecting 5% of the population. Onset for TMD is generally in early adult life; the formation years for lifestyle stability. Symptoms vary in intensity from pain and clicking noises with jaw movement, to an inability to chew or speak without intense, continuing pain.
University of Sydney – World Scholars proposal (CRICOS Provider Code 00026A) Page 13 The research unit is modelling normal jaw function through refined recordings of muscle activity and jaw movement in three dimensions as well as computer tomography and magnetic resonance imaging for studying the detailed structure of the jaw muscles. The same methodologies are being now applied to the study of jaw function in TMD patients to identify differences between TMD patients. This unique methodology will allow an assessment of the effectiveness of various commonly used treatments that have a variable success rate in the management of these debilitating disorders. The information should lead to a reduction of the burden that TMD causes on the health-care system.
Oral Medicine/Oral Pathology
This department is primarily located at the Westmead Hospital Centre for Oral Health. Research work in cancer, wound healing and cell biology is directed towards improving both the understanding of basic pathological processes and the management of disease. The departmental laboratories are very well equipped, allowing employment of a wide range of experimental methodologies to these varying projects, including tissue culture; light, con-focal, and electron microscopy; small and large animal experimentation; protein chemistry; molecular biology; and cell biology. A wide collaborative network provides access to further resources and expertise, including mass spectrometry and micro-array technology.
Discipline of Orthodontics
Research in the Discipline in recent years has been multi-facetted. Efficient mechanics of tooth movement are being examined to improve our understanding of the processes of tooth movement. The effects of orthodontic therapy on biological tissues are being analysed to gain a greater understanding of the physiological and pathological processes that occur in orthodontic treatment. High-precision indentation methods have been developed to analyse the spatial variation of the mechanical properties of teeth. This work has now been extended to relate the change of physical and chemical as well as structural properties of cementum in different areas of the root surface when different amounts of orthodontic forces are applied. Target genes and receptors involved in the control of tooth movement and resorption are being studied. The discipline is also active in studies that have shown that magnetic and electromagnetic fields can accelerate bone repair as well as soft tissue healing. The discipline is also improving appliance design, and is analysing the effectiveness and efficacy of appliances. Clinical studies on newly designed mandibular growth modification appliances are being trialled. A series of studies is also being undertaken on the effects of the mandibular advancement splints on the management of obstructive sleep apnoea.
Other areas in which the Faculty conducts research are: Population Oral Health Oral Biology Dental Education Oral Diagnosis and Radiology Occlusion Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Prosthodontics.
About the Faculty of Economics and Business
http://www.econ.usyd.edu.au/
University of Sydney – World Scholars proposal (CRICOS Provider Code 00026A) Page 14 Established as the Faculty of Economics in 1920, the Faculty offers the most diverse range of study areas offered within any business or commerce faculty in Australia.
The Faculty of Economics and Business is the only such faculty at any Australian university with double accreditation by the United States-based international accreditation body AACSB (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business) for both business and accounting. The Faculty has also been accredited for five years by the quality assurance arm of European Foundation for Management Development’s EQUIS (European Quality Improvement System) and is the only Australian business school to be admitted to CEMS – The Global Alliance in Management Education, a highly prestigious alliance of leaders in business and higher education.
Much of the Faculty’s research involves collaboration with business and industry, and extensive consultancy projects are funded by and involve collaboration with business and government organisations. The Faculty hosts two prestigious Australian Research Council (ARC) Key Centres for Research and Teaching: the Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies (ITLS) and the Workplace Research Centre.
In addition, the Faculty has established the Centre for International Security Studies (CISS) and incorporated the Graduate School of Government (GSG) as formal centres of expertise within the Faculty. These centres are positioned with the funding, profile, partnerships and capabilities to influence policy and practice in Australia, and to establish an international presence in their fields.
Higher degree research degree programmes in the Faculty of Economics and Business
Please refer to the Faculty website for further information (such as staff contact details, scholarships, recently completed PhD theses and research facilities):
http://www.econ.usyd.edu.au/futurestudents/postgraduate_research_studies
The Faculty of Economics and Business offers two higher degree by research programmes, the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) and the Master of Philosophy (MPhil).
All PhD candidates must complete six units of coursework, which includes the core unit, Research Design. The other five units will be decided on the basis of the student’s previous academic record and the area of research they intend to pursue. All students must complete at least one qualitative methods and one quantitative methods unit of study.
Communication Skills
Embedded in the PhD programme is the development of high level communication skills and the confidence and capability to engage in debate with the international community of scholars at the highest levels. All of this takes place within the collegial framework of the Faculty and the formal and informal interactions in which our PhD students participate: where ideas, methodological frameworks and perspectives are discovered, challenged and presented as an ongoing part of the academic discourse of a lively faculty.
Supervision, Induction and Community
Only senior academic staff with proven success may be appointed as principal PhD supervisors. In addition, every PhD student has at least two supervisors in order to ensure supervision and support of the highest quality. All new PhD candidates within the Faculty undertake a formal induction programme which establishes a sense of belonging in the Faculty and a sense of cohesion as a group of research students. This induction includes an introduction to the role and expectations of supervisors; strategies to underpin
University of Sydney – World Scholars proposal (CRICOS Provider Code 00026A) Page 15 progress and completion of the research thesis; and training in the efficient use of documents, databases and library facilities.
The Faculty of Economics and Business also has an internal Visiting Scholar Programme scheme - academics would need to approach individual disciplines to see if they are interested in sponsoring a short- term research visit.
The Faculty of Economics and Business currently offers research programmes within the following areas/subjects of specialisation: Accounting Business Information Systems Business Law Operations Management and Econometrics Economics Finance Transport and Logistics Studies International Security International Business Marketing and Work and Organisational Studies.
The Research Student Programme Manager is the first point of contact for all prospective and current research students,and can be contacted at:
Faculty Research Unit [email protected]
Room N412 H03 - Institute Building University of Sydney NSW 2006 Phone: +61 2 9036 5372 Fax: +61 2 9351 5283
About the Faculty of Education and Social Work
http://www.edsw.usyd.edu.au/
The Faculty of Education and Social Work specialises in teaching and research in the fields of Education and Social Work. In addition to conducting research in these two areas, the faculty offers a wide range of undergraduate, postgraduate and professional programmes.
The Faculty is located in three buildings with modern facilities for the training of educators and social workers. Specialist facilities include a bio-mechanics laboratory, computer laboratories, a dance studio, two drama studios, visual arts workshops, specialist laboratories for science and technology education, a television studio and well equipped lecture and tutorial rooms.
Much of the faculty's research is conducted under the auspices of the following multidisciplinary research centres and networks:
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China Education Centre Arts, English and Literacy Education Research Network
Centre for Research on Computer Network for Childhood and Youth Research Supported Learning and Cognition
(CoCo) Research Centre
Policy and Professional Practice Research Network
Social Policy Research Network
TESOL Research Network
Youth Sport and Health Research Network
The Faculty manages successful funded partnerships with local schools and communities, state and Federal Government departments, through to international scholarly collaborations on global standards of education and social policy. In 2009, the Faculty was in receipt of funding from the Australian Research Council (ARC) for eighteen (18) prestigious competitive grants, plus other awards including a Australian Learning and Teaching Council (Carrick) Professorial Fellowship. With competitive research grant income averaging around $1.5 million dollars per annum, the Faculty commands a significant portion of national research effort in Education and Social Work.
Recent research partners include: Powerhouse Museum, Department of Education and Training, Optus SingTel, AusAID, Catholic Education Office, Northern Territory Dept of Education, Australian Electoral Commission, Fairfield/Liverpool Mental Health Service, Education Centre Against Violence, Joan Harrison Support Services for Women Inc, and the Transcultural Mental Health Centre.
A comprehensive listing of recently successful research grants obtained by the Faculty of Education and Social Work can be found here: http://www.edsw.usyd.edu.au/research/grants/index.shtml
Students are involved in the Faculty’s research community through participation and presentation in seminars, research fora and conferences, and are actively encouraged to publish their work in progress. Higher Degree Research Students (HDRS) are enrolled in one of the following degrees in the Faculty of Education and Social Work: Doctor of Philosophy; Doctor of Education; Doctor of Social Work; Master of Philosophy; and Master of Education by Research.
About the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
http://www.eng.usyd.edu.au/
The Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology at the University of Sydney is one of the leading engineering research faculties in Australia, with the greatest grant income per academic staff of any university in Australia. Having commenced in 1883, the Faculty has a long history, and has produced many
University of Sydney – World Scholars proposal (CRICOS Provider Code 00026A) Page 17 distinguished graduates who have contributed immensely to the infrastructure of Sydney and Australia and who have played a major role in the Australian economy through the engineering activities of the industries in which they have been employed.
The Faculty has strong links with Australian and international industry, which takes place through Foundations and Centres associated with the Faculty, as well as Alumni. The Faculty seeks advice on its programmes from industry and utilises adjunct staff to teach in areas of great practical value to students.
In July 2007, Rio Tinto announced major funding for one of the world’s largest civilian robotics research centres, which is based at the University of Sydney. The centre is based within the Faculty of Engineering at the University’s Australian Centre for Field Robotics, which is one of the largest and most successful robotics research groups in the world. The Faculty also hosts the National ICT Australia (NICTA) Centre of Excellence based at the Australian Technology Park, Redfern, with a branch in Canberra. The University of Sydney plays an important role in the $129.5 million centre and is among six partners contributing $96 million in cash and in-kind assistance to the centre in its first five years.
Research at National ICT Australia falls within five broad themes: 1) Human machine interaction; 2) Intelligent systems; 3) Infrastructure technologies; 4) Software engineering; and 5) Foundation sciences such as information theory, algorithms and logic.
Other Faculty centres include the Centre for Advanced Materials Technology; the Centre for Advanced Structural Engineering (CASE); the Centre for Geotechnical Research (CGR); the Centre of Excellence in Power Engineering Research; the Centre for Sustainable Energy Development; and the Finite Element Analysis Centre.
The Graduate School of Engineering and IT The Graduate School of Engineering and IT provides a link between postgraduate students in the different Engineering disciplines, and offers a welcoming and supportive environment in which to undertake challenging coursework programmes and research. The Faculty's postgraduate coursework and research are focused on industrial applications supported by strong fundamental research programmes run by internationally recognised academics. The Faculty of Engineering and Information Technologies is united by a common desire to make Australia and the global community a better place. With this in mind, it is our mission to attract and educate leaders of the future, to encourage continuous development of analytical, leadership, management and design skills along with research innovation.
A distinguished collection of people join us in that mission. The Faculty has a long and proud history and has produced many outstanding graduates since its inception in 1883, who have contributed to the infrastructure of Sydney and Australia.
Engineering and IT offers a wide range of specialisations across Project Management, Information Technology and 7 Engineering disciplines. We also offer three opportunities to graduates who are looking to change their career path. These are in the areas of: Project Management –graduates from any discipline are eligible to apply; Computing - graduates from any discipline are eligible to apply provided sufficient units in maths have been completed; and Professional Engineering - contact us for full eligibility criteria.
University of Sydney – World Scholars proposal (CRICOS Provider Code 00026A) Page 18 IT degree programmes are accredited by the Australian Computer Society (ACS), the Master of Project Management is currently under review for accreditation by the Global Accreditation Center for Project Management (GAC) and the Master of Professional Engineering is under review for accreditation by Engineers Australia.
Postgraduate research degrees
The Faculty of Engineering and Information Technologies at the University of Sydney is one of the leading engineering research faculties in Australia with the greatest grant income per academic staff of any university in Australia. The Faculty offers both PhD and MPhil postgraduate research degrees.
About the Faculty of Health Sciences
http://www.fhs.usyd.edu.au/
The Faculty of Health Sciences seeks the highest possible level of health for people, in both its immediate community and the wider population, by providing the highest standard of education and research and applying that knowledge to the improvement of people’s health. The Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Sydney is the largest health sciences faculty in Australia, consisting of ten disciplines, six research groups and two research centres. The Faculty provides professional preparation programmes for a comprehensive range of health science professionals, as well as generic degrees in health science. Through a multidisciplinary approach, the Faculty excels in research in the areas of: rehabilitation; disability; healthy ageing; preventative health care; exercise, health and performance and managing and communicating health information.
Research at the Faculty of Health Sciences is carried out under the leadership and direction of professors and senior academics who are recognised for their ground-breaking contributions to both research and public health. The pioneering work conducted by the Faculty’s research teams has an enormous impact on the health and quality of life of the community; from increasing mobility and functional independence for spinal cord and stroke patients, to developing the world’s first evidence-based stuttering treatment for pre- school children, a therapy now used throughout the world. Academics and researchers from the Faculty of Health Sciences are leaders in evidence-based practice and demonstrate a commitment to excellence and innovation in research. They include some of the world’s leading health care professionals and researchers.
The Faculty’s researchers have: contributed significantly to the world’s understanding of the long-term side effects of common breast cancer treatments; opened eyes to the potential of Information Communication Technology (ICT) in health care; improved the quality of life for sufferers of debilitating lower back pain; raised awareness of the needs and issues of people with a disability and their families and led to improvements in professional practice and government policy in this area.
Research Centres
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Research Units and Programmes Australian ICF Disability and Rehabilitation Research Programme (AIDARRP) Ageing, Work and Health Unit Clinical Exercise and Rehabilitation Unit Health Informatics Research and Evaluation Unit.
Research at the Faculty is mostly funded through competitive funding grants from the Australian Research Council (ARC), National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) and various other Commonwealth, international, and Industry schemes such as: Speech Pathology Australia, Physiotherapy Research Foundation and other professional organisations; NSW Motor Accidents Authority, Medical Benefits Fund; State and Federal government departments such as the NSW Department of Ageing, Disability and Health Care or Commonwealth Department of Veterans Affairs; Disease-specific organisations such as the Arthritis Foundation, Stroke Foundation or Heart Foundation; and Sporting bodies such as the NSW Institute of Sport, Cricket Australia.
About the Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery
http://www.nursing.usyd.edu.au/
The Faculty of Nursing at the University of Sydney has a strong commitment to teaching and research in many aspects of nursing, midwifery and their practice. The Faculty’s research degrees are highly regarded in the nursing profession, both nationally and internationally. They prepare nurses for leadership in research, teaching and administration.
The Faculty provides first class student resources including an on-site nursing library, computer facilities and access to all the resources of the University. The Faculty is uniquely situated within the College of Health Sciences. The Faculty is committed to excellence in postgraduate research education through the following higher degrees by research: Doctor of Philosophy Master of Philosophy Master of Nursing (Honours) Doctor of Health Services Management (coursework and research)
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Students wishing to undertake a research degree at the Faculty have the opportunity to work with staff in many research areas, including ageing, Indigenous health and nursing, midwifery and patient processes of care and the illness experience.
The Faculty also supports: The Research Development and Support Unit, which is designed to strengthen and grow research within the Faculty by supporting and assisting the existing researchers and fostering a supportive environment for early career researchers and research students; The Sydney Nursing Research Centre, promoting research into clinical nursing; The Research Centre for Adaptation in Health and Illness, providing research training and research to inform policies and practice in relation to the health, community care and quality of life of people with disabilities and chronic illness; The Nursing History Research Unit, promoting research into nursing history and connected to national and international nursing history centres.
The University of Sydney continues to develop its reputation as an institution for research and research training on both a national and international level. The Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery contribute towards this goal in a number of research areas, including: Cancer and palliative care Workforce and health services management Emergency and intensive care Midwifery and women’s health Aged care Mental health The Faculty has collaborative links in a number of these areas. These collaborations assist not only researchers but also research students allowing the Faculty to offer students access to research expertise and staff with specialist clinical experience. Collaborators and partnerships currently exist with Uniting Care; Sacred Heart; the Collaborative AROUSE Study (endorsed by ANZICS Clinical Trials Group); the Collaborative Qualitative Nursing Research Project; Royal Prince Alfred (RPA) Women and Babies Centre for Midwifery and Nursing Research; and the Centre for Women’s Health, Royal Hospital for Women.
A listing of current research projects is available at the website: http://www.nursing.usyd.edu.au/research/research_areas.shtml
About the Faculty of Pharmacy
http://www.pharm.usyd.edu.au/
The Faculty of Pharmacy at the University of Sydney was the first school in Australia to award a degree, and has established a tradition of research and scholarship in the pharmaceutical sciences. It is recognised as one of the leading centres for Pharmacy education in Australia, and enjoys an outstanding national and international reputation for research and innovation. Innovative teaching, clinical and experiential placements and business skills programmes provide our students with a well rounded and professionally relevant pharmacy degree, putting them in high demand with employers.
University of Sydney – World Scholars proposal (CRICOS Provider Code 00026A) Page 21 Research in Pharmacy covers a broad spectrum of pharmaceutical and clinical sciences ranging from the design, synthesis, testing and mechanism of action of drugs, through to studies on advanced drug delivery and on the fate of drugs in humans, to research on the clinical and sociological aspects of pharmacy and health services research.
Within the Pharmacy profession, the Faculty of Pharmacy is established as a leader in research and innovation. We are experiencing a sustained period of significant growth as we continue to attract outstanding researchers to our research strengths through the provision of facilities that promote world class research. Research income has increased from approximately $0.5M in 1999 to over $4.1M in 2008. Research in the Faculty is supported through competitive grant funding from professional bodies such as the Pharmacy Guild of Australia, National Health and Medical Research Council, Australian Research Council, Asthma Foundation of NSW, Ramaciotti Foundation and Rebecca L. Cooper Foundation, amongst other funding bodies. Research projects are also conducted as collaborative ventures and contracts with the pharmaceutical industry or with State or Commonwealth Departments of Health.
The research activities at the Faculty of Pharmacy can be divided in three broad streams incorporating our research strengths: Pharmaceutics
Pharmacogenomics and Drug Development
The Pharmacogenomics and Drug Development Group has interests in how human gene variation influences drug action and safety. The principal focus is on human drug metabolising enzymes (cytochromes P450 in particular) and transporters that determine the concentrations of drugs in tissues and their durations of action. Projects cover clinical aspects of human drug safety in addition to laboratory-based projects of human gene regulation in cells. At present, the emphasis is on anti-cancer agents and on atypical antipsychotic drugs.
Advanced Drug Delivery
The Advanced Drug Delivery Group is focused on understanding physical properties of materials used in pharmaceutical sciences and relating those to in-vitro and subsequent in- vivo performance. More specifically, the group's main focus is in respiratory drug delivery science. In addition to the basic aerosol characterisation techniques, the group utilises a series of advanced techniques to allow direct insight into how surface morphology and chemistry influence in-vitro performance parameters in respiratory physical science.
Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Drug Discovery
Research in Drug Discovery focuses on the conceptualisation, design and testing of drugs (including drug quality). Utilising molecular modelling and computational chemistry, the structural group has been active in its work aimed at targets for inflammation and schizophrenia, allowing it to develop compounds with promising therapeutic profiles. The neuroscience team is involved in the design and synthesis of analogues of γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA), the major inhibitory neurotransmitter in the mammalian central nervous system. GABA receptors are key targets for drugs which have important therapeutic actions including epilepsy, depression, anxiety and memory-related deficits implicated in Alzheimer’s disease and schizophrenia.
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Research on biological mechanisms of drug actions explores how and why drugs work and the identification of potential future drug targets. Our current research programmes in this area include investigation of novel therapeutic targets for future pharmacological intervention in inflammatory diseases such as asthma and cancer, and structure-activity studies of receptors implicated in neurological conditions using mutagenesis methods to help us identify key amino acid residues that are important in the binding and function of receptors in neuroscience.
Herbal Medicines
In 2007, the Faculty of Pharmacy celebrated the 10th Anniversary of the founding of the Herbal Medicines Research and Education Centre, the first of its kind in Australia, which was established within the pharmaceutical chemistry programme. The centre focuses on scholarship and research into the quality, safety and efficacy of herbal and complementary medicines and their interactions with conventional drugs. Linkages and cooperation between the pharmaceutical, herbal and complementary medicine industries and user groups are actively promoted. The use of plants and other naturally occurring materials as sources of safe and effective therapeutic agents is a major objective of research carried out in the Herbal Medicines Research and Education Centre. For example, the Cancer Immunology Group, was established within the Centre in 2005, is an evidence-based Herbal Medicines anti-cancer programme.
Pharmacy Practice
Health Services Research
A particular strength of the pharmacy practice group is health services research focusing on the role of pharmacy in the health care setting. Implementing change to pharmacy practice in recent decades has required a solid base of research and evidence to support the clinical and economic value of extended roles for pharmacists. Active research projects in this group include professional delivery of S2/S3 products, CMI and medicines information via other sources, such as the internet, clinical interventions reporting, Home Medicines Review (HMR) for the elderly, adherence support in specific diseases, disease state management services in asthma, anticoagulation, diabetes, hypercholesterolemia, heart failure, chronic pain and mental health. This encompasses both screening for undiagnosed disease and services for people with an established diagnosis. In addition to new services, novel forms of service delivery are also being investigated, including pharmacists in private hospitals, ambulatory clinics, in-GP surgeries, liaison pharmacists providing outreach services from the hospital, and the use of teleconferencing to facilitate the provision of pharmacist cognitive services in rural and remote areas. Pharmacy–based are other types of pharmacy services undergoing development and evaluation. Research in pharmacy management and the ethics of the profession are also the subject of active research in the Faculty.
About the Faculty of Science
http://www.science.usyd.edu.au/ The Faculty's diversity of specialisations, the strength of its research, and extensive liaison with other institutions and industry have positioned it as a leading provider of education across the spectrum of the
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Major facilities that support the Faculty's research include astronomical field stations, the Electron Microscope Unit, the Sydney University Macromolecular Analysis Centre, One Tree Island Field Station on the Great Barrier Reef, various state-of-the-art spectrometry facilities, extensive specialist workstations and database networks, and computer graphics systems. In addition to the range of specialisations offered by the Faculty's numerous Department and Schools, innovative interdisciplinary programmes are offered, and these include studies in the areas of Optical Fibre Technology, History and Philosophy of Science, Marine Studies, Environmental Science and Computational Science.
The Faculty has established active collaborative programmes and international links with teaching and research organisations. Formal staff and student exchange agreements operate with institutions in the USA and Asia. The Faculty of Science attracts world-class researchers and Australia’s best students, who share and enjoy a rich inter-disciplinary research and learning environment. Its research is aimed at advancing knowledge and helping our society and our country solve our most pressing problems. Science at Sydney is renowned for high quality staff (including eleven (11) Australian Research Council (ARC) Federation Fellows and seven (7) ARC Future Fellows), excellent students and an outstanding teaching base and research record. Schools and Units School of Biological Sciences School of Chemistry School of Geosciences Unit for History & Philosophy of Science School of Mathematics & Statistics School of Molecular & Microbial Biosciences School of Physics School of Psychology
Disciplines Agricultural Chemistry Anatomy and Histology Information Technologies Pathology Pharmacology Physiology Environmental Science Human Nutrition Infectious Diseases and Immunology Molecular Biotechnology Soil Science
Affiliated Centres & Institutes Sydney Bioinformatics Australian National Genomic Information Service (ANGIS) Mathematics Learning Centre Centre for Mathematical Biology Sydney VisLab
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Research degrees offered by the Faculty of Science include:
• Doctor of Science (DSc) • Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) • Doctor of Clinical Psychology/ Master of Science (DCP/MSc) • Doctor of Clinical Neuropsychology/ Master of Science (DCN/MSc)
About the Faculty of Veterinary Science
http://www.vetsci.usyd.edu.au/
The Faculty of Veterinary Science opened its doors on 22nd March 1910. Since then, it has developed outstanding research and clinical facilities, and strong reciprocal links with academic peers around the world. The Faculty is recognised internationally as a leading provider of education and a key contributor to the world's best practice in the care and welfare of animals, with strong global connections ensuring that about 20 per cent of the student intake each year are international students. The Faculty is committed to research in a variety of preclinical, para-clinical and clinical disciplines, with research facilities and clinical pathology laboratories based at the Camperdown Campus (the University Veterinary Teaching Hospital) and the Camden Campus (diagnostic laboratories designed to service a wide range of companion and production animals and Camden farms for research in animal science and disease in production animals).
The two major focuses of the Faculty, teaching and research, are inextricably linked; as the research programmes of our academics inform their teaching, and hence both postgraduate and undergraduate students are the direct beneficiaries of our cutting edge research activities. Areas of traditional strength have been anatomy and physiology, animal health and welfare, surgery, diagnostic imaging, and the animal husbandry areas of reproduction, nutrition and quantitative genetics in both production and companion animals. Dairy science and poultry science have been supported by two foundations since the late 1950s, making Sydney the regional focus for research, training and extension. Luminaries who have gained international reputations through the ages include former deans RMC Gunn, Rex Butterfield, John Egerton and Marsh Edwards, and departmental heads Terry Robinson and Cliff Emmens.
Facilities for research are first class, across both the Camperdown (Gunn and McMaster buildings, and the newly commissioned dog and cat clinical centres) and Camden campuses (JL Shute Veterinary Biosciences Building, MC Franklin Laboratory and the Veterinary Teaching Hospital). In addition there are various farms and animal units, including the large commercial sheep and cattle farm “Arthursleigh”, a fully automated dairy, and a first class poultry facility. The Wildlife Health and Conservation Centre at Camden is a modern, well-equipped clinic and laboratory. The veterinary clinics have also recently been furnished with state-of-the-art diagnostic imaging facilities which service research as well as clinical needs. With growth
University of Sydney – World Scholars proposal (CRICOS Provider Code 00026A) Page 25 has come the need for expansion, and plans are afoot to develop a major new Biosciences Centre on the Camden Campus.
The Faculty offers a number of research degrees including: Doctor of Philosophy Master of Science in Veterinary Science Master of Veterinary Clinical Studies Master of Veterinary Science Bachelor of Science (Veterinary).
Research strengths in the Faculty are concentrated in the areas of production animal research (especially pigs, poultry, cattle and sheep), immunopathology, reproduction and genetics, companion animal medicine and behaviour, wildlife conservation biology and performance research in horses.
With both city and rural campuses, the Faculty is well placed to provide the infrastructure required to pursue research in a range of species from basic cell and molecular biology to individual animal research models, and to the broader issues of herd and flock health management, animal behaviour and the constraints on animal health and production imposed by commercial management systems.
For further information please contact: The Faculty of Veterinary Science The University of Sydney NSW 2006. Australia Email: [email protected] www.vetsci.usyd.edu.au/research
Research Groups
Animal Production Ruminant and Dairy Science Poultry Research Promotion of Bone Health in Chinese Children
Applied Animal Reproduction, Genetics and Genomics Reprogen Australasian Wildlife Genomics Group
Companion Animal Health, Behaviour and Welfare UVCS Small Animal Animal Behaviour and Welfare Veterinary Microbiology
Educational Research and Practice Management
Equine Equine Research Animal Behaviour and Welfare Veterinary Microbiology
Farm Animal and Veterinary Public Health/Welfare
Immunology, Photobiology, Pharmacology
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Veterinary Microbiology and Parasitology
Wildlife Biology, Health and Welfare Wildlife conservation and animal welfare Reptile research Australasian Wildlife Genomics Group
About the Faculty of Visual Arts (Sydney College of the Arts)
http://www.usyd.edu.au/sca/
Sydney College of the Arts (SCA) is the visual arts faculty of the University of Sydney. SCA is a premier provider of contemporary art education and research around the world and is at the forefront of contemporary visual art. Sydney College of the Arts offers two research programmes:
1. The Research Residency Programme provides professional artists, scholars and curators access to facilities in the presentation or development of research and artistic works in exchange for their contribution to the academic programme and SCA research community.
2. The Visiting Research Fellowship provides professional artists, scholars and curators with access to facilities for the development and/or presentation of research and artistic works. The fellowship includes financial assistance for travel and exhibition preparation expenses.
Sydney College of the Arts Graduate School
Sydney College of the Arts Graduate School was established in 2007 to provide a coherent identity for the postgraduate community, provide clearer administrative and pedagogical structures, and to strengthen the profile of SCA’s postgraduate coursework and research programmes. The SCA Graduate School aims to position SCA at the forefront of contemporary art graduate programmes in Australia and internationally by providing high quality studios, a range of graduate level seminars and a visiting artists and scholars programme to enrich the experience of the research student cohort.
The SCA Graduate School has a range of postgraduate degrees for students who have a degree in visual arts or equivalent qualifications.
Master of Documentary Photography Master of Film and Digital Image Master of Interactive and Digital Media Master of Studio Art Master of Fine Arts Doctor of Philosophy.
Doctor of Philosophy at the SCA
The Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) is designed to engage visual artists in independent research that constitutes an original contribution to the understanding of contemporary visual arts.
The PhD programme provides candidates with a critical and intellectual focus to explore a single proposed research topic full-time over three to four years. Candidate’s research may reflect a critical exploration of
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Candidates elect to complete the PhD either by:
(1) a thesis comprising a substantial body of creative work for exhibition plus a written text examining the histories and theoretical underpinnings of the creative work, both of which demonstrate an original contribution to knowledge; or
(2) a substantial written thesis that, through a sustained investigation, demonstrates an original contribution to knowledge in the field of the history and theory of contemporary art.
Candidates develop their creative work in one or more of the SCA studio areas.
Each research candidate has a supervisor, a member of the SCA academic staff, appointed to take primary responsibility for the conduct and progress of the candidature; and an associate supervisor, a member of academic staff at the Faculty or within the University of Sydney, appointed to provide additional support to the candidate and to cover times when the primary supervisor is not available.
First year PhD candidates attend the Seminar Programme. The seminars aim to develop the proposed research project and extend research and critical skills. Candidates make a presentation on their project and engage in peer group discussion on written and visual aspects of their work.
Second year onwards candidates attend and present a paper on the current state of their research at the Graduate Forum. This programme provides an opportunity for candidates to present aspects of their research to the Faculty and postgraduate colleagues. All PhD candidates are required to attend each presentation.
About the Sydney Conservatorium of Music
http://www.music.usyd.edu.au/
The Sydney Conservatorium of Music is a place for artists, scholars and the public - a magical and inspired place for the uniquely talented professional musicians, musicologists, and music educators of tomorrow whose virtuosity and imagination will define the future of music. The Sydney Conservatorium of Music places a high emphasis on its research activity. We have a vibrant and diverse community of staff and students, many of whom enjoy exceptional careers worldwide as both performers and scholars in the finest musical company. The Conservatorium is a gathering place for experiencing music performance, scholarship and culture by individuals who push the boundaries of innovation, creativity, cognition and expression.
The faculty offers the opportunity to pursue research degrees at Master’s, PhD or Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) levels in the following areas: Composition, Music Education, Musicology, Ethnomusicology and Performance. Staff supervising postgraduate students are the leaders in their chosen field. Research interests range from mediaeval studies, Beethoven sketches, early twentieth century French and German music and post-war European avant-garde music, modernist and postmodernist aesthetics, cultural critique and gender studies, Australian and Asian musics, Indigenous studies, and operatic adaptation. Research in Music Education combines the methodologies of education with those informed by ethnomusicological, sociological, historical, and cultural studies influences. Composition and Music Technology includes creative work as well as more traditional research, representing a broad cross-section of contemporary instrumental, vocal and electronic compositional styles and musical genres.
University of Sydney – World Scholars proposal (CRICOS Provider Code 00026A) Page 28 Research at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music includes creative work in performance and composition and music-related scholarship in the fields of western musicology, ethnomusicology, music education and experimental research in music performance and production.
The Sydney Conservatorium of Music is also co-host to the research centre PARADISEC. Performance At the Sydney Conservatorium of Music performance as research emphasises the values of creativity, originality and intellectual integrity. Musical performance work is undertaken on a systematic basis in order to increase the stock of knowledge in the context of the arts. Members of the SCM Performance faculty maintain highly active and international profiles in all areas of performance, including solo, chamber music, orchestral, and all vocal arts. Our research focus covers a wide range of performance, recording, performance practice and analysis from Early Music through to Jazz and all genres of contemporary music from Australia and abroad, pedagogical methods and teaching repertoire, historical development and repertoire, style and technique, as well as technological understanding and development of instruments and performers’ physical and intellectual involvement.
The Sydney Conservatorium offers excellent support for performance students including state-of-the-art performance venues with cutting edge technology and research laboratories. Performance students undertaking research at the doctoral, Master’s or undergraduate level are encouraged to explore traditional as well as innovative avenues of study that inspire them, confident in the knowledge that the large performance faculty includes Australia’s best known performing musicians in every area, who are well able to provide expert guidance for research topics. Musicology At the postgraduate level, students can undertake a PhD in musicology or a Master of Music (Musicology). Current and recent students work in a wide range of areas from early music and performance practice topics to 19th- and 20th-century topics of art music, as well as Australian music history, ethnomusicology (particularly of Asian musical traditions) and contemporary popular music studies. Musicology staff conduct research in areas ranging from mediaeval chant, through the works of Stockhausen and other contemporary composers, to the analysis of current popular music genres, demonstrating diverse interests including ethnomusicology, compositional process, musical analysis, sketch studies, manuscript studies, and performance practice. Their research is published in books and journals, and they are participants in musicological conferences and seminars both nationally and internationally. Staff and senior students also contribute to the broader musicological arena, including reviews in newspapers and online publications, pre-concert talks and public lectures, programme notes and CD liner notes, and radio broadcasts. Music Education The Music Education unit offers postgraduate training relating to many types of music teaching and learning. The unit concentrates on creativity as the area through which music is taught and learnt and places cultural diversity at the centre of its pedagogy, informed by specialist knowledge of the music of South-East Asia, Melanesia, and indigenous Australians. Research in the Music Education unit is interdisciplinary in nature, combining the methodologies of education with those informed by ethnomusicological, sociological, psychological, historical, and cultural studies. Topics undertaken by research students reflect the broad view of Music Education, presenting Music Education as the study of music teaching and learning from a range of perspectives in all the contexts where it occurs – from early childhood, through various levels of school and university systems, to studio teaching, community music activity, popular music, the use of music in therapy, and music in notated and non-notated traditions.
Members of the unit also bring expertise in wider educational fields, such as gifted education, educational psychology, social foundations of education, e-learning and behaviour management for adolescents. The work of music education staff is widely published in books and major international journals in music education, ethnomusicology, music psychology, popular music and cultural studies.
University of Sydney – World Scholars proposal (CRICOS Provider Code 00026A) Page 29 Composition The Composition and Music Technology Unit makes an important contribution to the Sydney Conservatorium’s research profile. Its research is largely based in creative work such as the composition of chamber music, orchestral music, opera and music theatre as well as electronic and electro-acoustic music. This research is often supported by the production of more traditional research publications associated with the development of the creative work.
The postgraduate programme allows the student to specialise in the compositional areas of most interest to them and all students find ample opportunities for the performance of their new works. Our staff represents a substantial cross-section of the most talented and internationally recognised Australian composers.
Research Courses Master of Music (Applied Research in Music Performance) Master of Music (Composition) Master of Music (Music Education) Master of Music (Musicology) Master of Music (Performance) Doctor of Musical Arts Doctor of Philosophy Candidates may undertake supervised research in composition, music education, musicology, performance or interdisciplinary applied research.
About the Sydney Law School
http://www.law.usyd.edu.au/
The first Law School to be established in Australia, the Sydney Law School's strong history is matched by its innovative approach to education and professional practice. Its many features are underpinned by its commitment to excellence in legal education.
This innovation is reflected in the reputation of its undergraduate programmes and the extensive range of postgraduate programmes. The Law School places special emphasis on international and comparative law, maintains a strong profile in taxation, corporate and criminal law, and delivers programmes in specialist areas such as environmental and health law.
The Sydney Law School moved into its new state-of-the-art building in February 2009. The new Law School is a flagship building, creating a new gateway to the University from the city via Victoria Park and representing a new era for law teaching at The University of Sydney. It provides prestigious and well- equipped accommodation as befits one of Australia’s leading law schools, and offers the highest quality teaching and learning and research facilities for students and staff.
The Sydney Law School’s research encompasses all aspects of legal enquiry, including law and non- communicable diseases, climate change and deforestation, Aboriginal law and violence against Aboriginal women, UNIDROIT principles of international commercial contracts, defamation law and celebrity,
University of Sydney – World Scholars proposal (CRICOS Provider Code 00026A) Page 30 international boundaries, responses to terrorism, Islamic family law, international tax law and international commercial arbitration.
The Sydney Law School houses several Centres and Institutes which all serve to underpin the Faculty's strong research base and its close links with the profession. An important role in facilitating our research is also played by the centres and institutes of the Law School, which provide a focus for research in specialist areas including corporate and business law, health law and ethics, environmental law and the laws of the Asia–Pacific region. The Centres and Institutes are: 1. Australian Centre for Climate and Environmental Law (ACCEL) The Australian Centre for Climate and Environmental Law (ACCEL) (Sydney) is located in the Faculty of Law, University of Sydney. The objectives of the Centre are to encourage, promote and support innovative and important scholarship including teaching, research, consultancy and public interest advocacy in all areas of environmental law and policy. These objectives are pursued within the University of Sydney, with other related Centres in Australia and overseas, with the legal profession, and with the wider community both in Australia and internationally. http://www.law.usyd.edu.au/accel/index.shtml
2. Centre for Asian and Pacific Law (CAPLUS) The Centre for Asian and Pacific Law of the University of Sydney (CAPLUS) is a leading centre for the teaching and research of law and legal systems in Asia and the Pacific. The Centre’s members have legal expertise in a wide variety of Asian jurisdictions, including China, Japan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Korea and South Korea. The Centre offers courses covering a wide variety of legal issues in these countries, holds numerous seminars, workshops and conferences, and hosts visiting scholars from all over Asia. http://www.law.usyd.edu.au/caplus/
3. Centre for Health Governance, Law and Ethics The Centre for Health Governance, Law and Ethics aims to promote and support innovative scholarship and teaching in all areas of health regulation including bioethics and health policy. http://www.law.usyd.edu.au/health/
4. Institute of Criminology, University of Sydney The Institute of Criminology is an internationally recognised centre of criminological expertise. The Institute publishes the journal Current Issues in Criminal Justice and a series of books in the areas of crime and criminal justice. Objectives of the Institute include public education and engagement, the presentation of public and professional seminars, the provision of media commentary and the creation and maintenance of research networks. Researchers within the Institute are involved in a broad range of activities from the evaluation of criminal justice and crime prevention interventions to ground breaking original research. The Institute is within the Faculty of Law, but draws on the academic areas of law, sociology, psychology and cultural studies, as well as on the contributions of members of the legal profession and various government bodies. http://www.criminology.law.usyd.edu.au/
5. Julius Stone Institute of Jurisprudence The Julius Stone Institute of Jurisprudence was established with the assistance of funds raised from and by the alumni and friends of the Law School, in particular, from those who were students of Professor Stone, or who had worked with, or been influenced by him. The Institute serves as a focus for theoretical scholarship
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6. Ross Parsons Centre of Commercial, Corporate and Taxation Law The objectives of the Ross Parsons Centre are to undertake promote and support innovative and important scholarship, including teaching, research, consultancy and advocacy in all areas of commercial, corporate and taxation law. http://www.law.usyd.edu.au/parsons/
7. Sydney Centre for International Law (SCIL) Created with regional international law as its primary focus, it will specialise in the teaching and research of this area. http://www.law.usyd.edu.au/scil/
8. Australian Network for Japanese Law (ANJeL) The Australia Network for Japanese Law (ANJeL) is aimed at promoting research, teaching and community engagement with Japanese law. ANJeL is a collaborative venture by the law faculties at the University of Sydney, UNSW and ANU. http://www.law.usyd.edu.au/anjel/
Research Clusters at Sydney Law School
Thirteen clusters are presently associated with the Law School, indicative of the breadth and diversity its research strength:
Sydney Law School Research Clusters
CAPLUS
Constitutional / Public Law
Contract, Commercial, Obligation Law
Corporate Law
Criminal Law and Criminology
Employment Law
Environmental Law
Equity / Property / Family Law
Health Law
International Law
Jurisprudence
Litigation / Dispute Resolution
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Successful research grants are listed at the following website: http://www.law.usyd.edu.au/research/grants.shtml
The most recent Faculty of Law Research Report is available here: http://www.law.usyd.edu.au/research/reports/2008/index.shtml
About Sydney Medical School
http://www.medfac.usyd.edu.au/
Sydney Medical School at the University of Sydney is Australia’s oldest and largest medical faculty, undertaking teaching and research in health and medicine of international standing. Respected not only as a provider of quality teaching, but also as a leading research faculty, the Faculty attracts over $200 million in competitive research funding from state, national and international bodies. With over 150 years of tradition and achievement, it is part of the most comprehensive cluster of health faculties in Australia, encompassing Dentistry, Health Sciences, Nursing and Midwifery, and Pharmacy.
The Health and Medical programmes at the University are widely acclaimed. With research covering 19 disciplines and with over 40 specialist research units, Sydney Medical School is conducting cutting-edge education and research in the full spectrum of health and medical knowledge, from the medical sciences through to clinical medicine, public health, health service delivery and medical education. Sydney Medical School is able to draw on this vast experience that ranges across these disciplines to create a truly integrated and comprehensive approach to international health research and education. It has an extensive range of partners with a long history of collaborative health efforts and focus on engaging with local organisations in Australia and overseas to develop sustainable programmes with lasting and measurable impacts.
The University of Sydney is also an outstanding service provider and makes a major contribution to the health of the Australian population through the delivery of clinical care in more than 40 teaching hospitals associated with the Faculty. The Medical School has over 40 research institutes and centres and 20 campuses, over 1,700 academic staff and 800 higher degree research students, ranking highly in terms of research output and translating to major advances in health care.
Research networks Sydney Medical School is involved in a number of research networks which engage in activities across the various faculties of the University of Sydney. These networks allow an exchange of ideas among researchers from different disciplines and the development of collaborative research programmes. Cancer Research Network Sydney Forensic Medicine and Science Network Sydney University Tissue Engineering Network Sydney Public Health Collaboration
Research Units The impressive array of centres and institutes associated with Sydney Medical School put our people at the cutting edge of medical research. These organisations are pushing the boundaries of medical knowledge,
University of Sydney – World Scholars proposal (CRICOS Provider Code 00026A) Page 33 providing the community with the latest developments in a huge range of disciplines and providing our students with first hand access to top researchers and current ideas.
University of Sydney Research Groups
Bosch Institute Brain and Mind Research Institute Centre for Medical Psychology and Evidence-based Decision-making Centre for Values, Ethics and the Law in Medicine Boden Institute of Obesity, Nutrition and Exercise NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre Sydney Bioinformatics Collaborative Centre with ANU Menzies Centre for Health Policy
The breadth of our research ranges from fundamental biology to public health and leadership in large international clinical trials
http://www.medfac.usyd.edu.au/research/index.php
Postgraduate degrees
A number of different research programmes are available, where students conduct a research project under the supervision of an expert, culminating in the production of a thesis. - Doctor of Philosophy - Doctor of Philosophy (Biomedical Sciences) - Master of Philosophy - Master of Philosophy (Biomedical Sciences) - Master of Surgery (Research)
These degrees have two purposes. The first is to prepare a substantial piece of work which represents a significant contribution in a particular field of study; the second is to train candidates in general research methodology and equip them with transferable research skills.
The Sydney Medical School offers research degrees in the following broad research areas:
Anaesthesia Clinical research in anaesthesia is available at all of the teaching hospitals by consultation with senior clinical academic staff. Research laboratories, located at the Royal Prince Alfred and Royal North Shore hospitals, include large and small animal research facilities, human studies laboratories, analytical chemistry laboratories, a neurophysiological laboratory and a cardiorespiratory exercise laboratory.
Broad research areas include: - Anaesthesia and surgery - Cardiorespiratory measurement - Cardiorespiratory and neurophysiological pharmacology - Drug stereochemistry in anaesthesia and pain management - Pain control and monitoring - Pain mechanisms and rehabilitation - Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of opioid and antiprostanoid analgesic agents - Spinal mechanisms of analgesia and clinical studies of new spinal analgesics
University of Sydney – World Scholars proposal (CRICOS Provider Code 00026A) Page 34 - Studies of release and blockade of pain producing chemicals - Neurophysiological monitoring • Effects of anaesthetic agents on cerebral blood flow using transcranial Doppler studies • Effects of acid base disturbances on blood coagulation • Effects of resuscitation therapy on immune markers in a pig transplant model
Anatomy and Histology Anatomy and Histology is one of the larger disciplines in the School of Medical Sciences and provides teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Many of the discipline’s academics are actively researching in areas including neurobiology, vision, cell and developmental biology, marine biology and cardiology.
Broad research areas include: - Alzheimer’s disease - Biology and physiology of the uterus in fertility, disease and the evolution of live birth - Development of the ocular lens - Cataract research - Developmental neurobiology of glia and vasculature - Stem cells in regenerative medicine - Molecular basis of human heart failure - Regulation of cell movement - Sensing environmental toxicants - Development and evolution - Neurochemistry - Muscle development - Osteology - Parkinson’s disease - Visual pathways and their development
Biomedical Science The discipline of Biomedical Science is based at Cumberland Campus, in western Sydney, and has well equipped laboratories with good access to patients and experimental subjects.
Broad research areas include: - Criteria for student assessment - Student perceptions of learning biochemistry - Reflexes and biomechanics in neurology - Signal processing in visual cortex - Shoulder function and dysfunction - Pathology of Alzheimer’s disease - Antimicrobial resistance and gastric microbiology - Mechanisms of vascular disease - Anti-cancer drug design - Genetic and reproductive toxicology - Mechanisms of teratogenicity
Clinical Ophthalmology and Eye Health The discipline has a strong clinical base, treating approximately 65,000 patients every year at Sydney Eye Hospital and 15,000 patients a year at Westmead Hospital. Research students may have access to related diagnostic and therapeutic equipment, including sophisticated lasers.
Broad research areas include: - Age-related macular degeneration
University of Sydney – World Scholars proposal (CRICOS Provider Code 00026A) Page 35 - Clinical visual science - Diabetic retinopathy - Electrophysiology - Epidemiology - External eye disease and immunology of the cornea - Glaucoma - Cataract - Medical retina - Metabolism of the lens - Ocular tumours – retinoblastoma and uveal melanoma - Paediatric ophthalmology - Visual science
General Practice This discipline is at the forefront of general practice research in Australia, addressing a wide range of topics using both quantitative and qualitative methods. There is considerable expertise available in survey research methodology, questionnaire development and the handling of complex databases, and qualitative methodologies. There is no clinical base, but the discipline has a strong relationship with a wide network of general practitioners.
Broad research areas include: - Adolescent sexual health - Asthma in the community - Clinical research in general practice - Cardiovascular risk reduction - Doctor-patient interaction - Doctors’ health - Educational research - Errors and quality of care in general practice - Health of young people - Health services research - HIV and hepatitis C management in general practice - Information technology in health care - Information technology as a support to medical curriculum and general practice - Men’s health - Primary health care - Qualitative research in health care - Stress and performance in new medical graduates - Women’s health issues
Infectious Diseases and Immunology The discipline has facilities for the study of infectious agents, including containment areas for handling pathogens and performance of molecular analyses, cell culture laboratories, PCR, PAGE, LEGS, ELISA, FPLC systems. The discipline’s expertise lies in studying microorganisms and immunological responses to infection. It aims to contribute directly to improving the health of the Australian and international community through research which targets current problems, trials of new drugs and vaccines. Many of the research programmes involve formal and informal collaboration with colleagues in other university disciplines, teaching hospitals and federal and state health departments.
Broad research areas include: - Blood-borne viruses - Cell biology of HPV carcinogenesis - Papilloma viruses
University of Sydney – World Scholars proposal (CRICOS Provider Code 00026A) Page 36 - HPV and skin cancer - Epidemiology of multiply resistant - pseudomonas aeruginosa in cystic fibrosis - Molecular mechanisms of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infectivity and virulence - Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms in cystic fibrosis - Microbial molecular epidemiology and antibiotic resistance - Staphylococcus aureus - Inflammatory cytokines - Immunobiology of Varicella zoster virus infection - Neuropathogenesis of Varicella zoster virus infection - Molecular evolution of arboviruses - Immune response to chronic lung pathogens - Virulence determinant of pathogenic mycobacteria - Immunology of mycobacterial infections - Vaccine development for tuberculosis - Role of TNF in control of intracellular Infections - Genetic control of immune response to mycobacterial infection - Interaction of influenza and bacterial infections in the lung - Response of respiratory epithelial cells to infection - Mechanism of Schwann cell damage in leprosy - T cell responses to allergens and asthma - Molecular analyses of human enteroviruses - Human adenovirus infections and disease - Molecular evolution of arboviruses
Medical Education The Office of Postgraduate Medical Education has a strong national and international track record of significant contributions to medical education research, educational development and health policy in three major areas: professionalism and patient safety; inter-professional learning; and the study of teaching, learning and assessment.
Broad research areas include: - Patient safety - Professionalism - Clinical reasoning - Inter-professional learning - Constructivism and small group learning - Workplace learning and assessment - Consumer involvement in education
Medicine Research conducted within the Discipline of Medicine encompasses laboratory-based techniques (particularly molecular and cell biology), large organ physiology, epidemiological and psychosocial approaches. Clinical research, clinical trials, biomedical engineering towards therapeutic devices and health economics are also part of the research portfolio. A particular strength of the Discipline of Medicine is the bridge between laboratory and clinic.
Broad research areas include: - Addiction medicine - Behavioural sciences in medicine - Cardiology
University of Sydney – World Scholars proposal (CRICOS Provider Code 00026A) Page 37 - Dermatology – now a separate discipline - Developmental disabilities - Emergency medicine – now a separate discipline - Endocrinology - Gastroenterology and hepatology - Geriatric medicine - Haematology - Infection and immunity - Intensive care – now a separate discipline - Medical genetics – now a separate discipline - Molecular medicine - Neurology - Nuclear medicine - Oncology - Rehabilitation medicine - Renal medicine - Respiratory medicine - Rheumatology - Sleep disorders medicine
Obstetrics and Gynaecology Opportunities exist for research studies in basic laboratory research or clinical studies, including HPLC, electrophoretic technology, histochemistry, flow cytometry, peptide sequencing, assay of reproductive hormones, tissue culture, DNA analysis, micromanipulation techniques involving embryos and cytogenetics.
Broad research areas include: - Reproductive immunology - Reproductive endocrinology - Placentation and its related disorders - Medical complications of pregnancy - Foetal assessment - Clinical trials - Menopause - Fertility and its related management - Gynaecological oncology - Perinatal population health
Paediatrics and Child Health The Children’s Hospital at Westmead is fully equipped for a range of genetic and cell biology studies, including morphologic, biochemical and molecular genetic investigation, as well as studies of the pathophysiology of diseases in childhood and adolescence. Opportunities also exist for epidemiological studies in collaboration with the clinical paediatric medicine and surgery departments in the Children’s Hospital at Westmead.
Broad research areas include: - Adolescent medicine - Clinical neurology in paediatrics - Developmental paediatrics - General paediatrics - Human genetics - Neonatology - Paediatric cardiology
University of Sydney – World Scholars proposal (CRICOS Provider Code 00026A) Page 38 - Paediatric gastroenterology, nutrition, - endocrinology and diabetes - Paediatric infectious diseases - Paediatric nephrology - Paediatric oncology - Paediatric respiratory medicine - Paediatric surgery - Population health
Pathology The discipline is responsible for teaching Pathology to students of Medicine, Dentistry, Science and Medical Science. Research is well served by special units covering neuropathology, immunopathology, immunobiology, muscle physiology, cardiovascular disease and inflammation. The discipline has two tissue banks and a number of specialised research laboratories for tissue culture, biochemical analysis, molecular biology, flow cytometry, muscle and nerve studies, morphometry and molecular analysis.
Broad research areas include: - Dementia - Motor neuron disease - Gastrointestinal tract pathology - Disorders of striated and cardiac muscle protein - Malaria - Atherosclerosis - Cancer - Viral immunopathology - Iron metabolism
Pharmacology The discipline is well equipped for research and teaching, with good facilities for isolated tissue work, tissue culture, behavioural investigations, biochemical, cardiovascular, electrophysiological, molecular biological, radioligand binding, neurochemical and synthetic chemical studies, together with mechanical and electrical workshops. Major items of equipment include atomic absorption, fluorescence, infrared, nuclear magnetic and ultraviolet spectrometers, gas chromatograph-mass spectrometer, high performance liquid chromatographs and beta radiation counters. There are computers for anatomical, autoradiographical, behavioural, cardiovascular and electrophysiological measurements, a colour graphics system for computer-assisted drug design and facilities for data processing and slide-making.
Broad research areas include: - Chemotherapy - Clinical pharmacology - Drugs and the elderly - GABA receptors and transporters - Medicinal chemistry - Molecular pharmacology of neurotransmitter transporters - Neuropharmacology of Parkinson’s disease - Pharmacoinformatics - Respiratory pharmacology
Physiology Students have access to laboratories (depending on their area of research) at the Bosch Institute, the Royal North Shore Hospital and the Anderson Stuart Building, including a molecular biology facility, advanced microscopy facility, anechoic chamber and flow cytometry laboratory.
University of Sydney – World Scholars proposal (CRICOS Provider Code 00026A) Page 39 Broad research areas include: - Auditory neuroscience - Basic and clinical genomics - Bone and skin cells - Cardiovascular neuroscience - Developmental physiology - Epithelial transport - Human reproduction - Hypertension and stroke research - Molecular neurobiology - Muscle cell function and research - Neurobiology - Visual function - Andrology - Cortical development - Systems neuroscience - Visual cognition
Psychological Medicine
Research projects in psychological medicine are available in all of the Faculty’s clinical schools. Brain imaging facilities are available at Royal North Shore Hospital and Westmead Hospital, including MRI and fMRI machines; other equipment includes recording of EEG and sensory processing (P-300).
Broad research areas include: - Affective disorders - Eating disorders - Human brain imaging - Perinatal research - Child and adolescent psychiatry - Psychiatry of old age - Schizophrenia - Psychopharmacology or drug and alcohol - Psychotherapy - Community and rural health - Stress and psychosomatic.
Public Health Research into public health and health services has been recognised as a particular strength of the University of Sydney. The library has a specialist public health branch, the Burkitt-Ford Library, which holds an extensive collection of public health books and journals. Students enrolled in the School of Public Health have access to over 20 networked computers with a wide range of word processing, spreadsheet and statistical software. In addition to core academic staff based at the main University campus and at the Western Clinical School, the school also includes associated research centres at Broken Hill, Moree and Lismore.
Broad research areas include: - Biostatistics - Epidemiology - Health economics - Health policy - Health promotion - Social and preventive research
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Rural Health The Broken Hill University Department of Rural Health is ideally placed for researchers interested in health issues facing rural and remote communities. The Centre for Remote Health Research aims to build and sustain capacity in greater western NSW for epidemiological research and surveillance, and other types of research relevant to population health and the delivery of health services in rural and remote settings.
Broad research areas include: - Rural health workforce medical education - Development and evaluation of health service - delivery system in rural and remote NSW - Health effects of lead and the Broken Hill Environmental Lead Programme - Recruitment and retention of rural and remote health workers - Chronic disease in rural and remote areas - Rural mental health - Health issues in rural communities
Surgery Research facilities are available in each of the clinical schools. The main areas are as follows:
Central Clinical School: transplantation surgery; vascular surgery; surgical oncology; melanoma surgery; ear, nose and throat surgery.
Northern Clinical School: oesophageal and upper gastrointestinal surgery; endocrine surgery; orthopaedic surgery and surgery of rheumatology; neurological surgery.
Concord Clinical School: vascular surgery; colorectal surgery; surgery of trauma.
Western Clinical School: upper gastrointestinal surgery, including liver and pancreatic studies and pancreatic transplantation; surgery of trauma; vascular surgery.
The Children’s Hospital at Westmead Clinical School: cardiothoracic surgery.
Nepean Clinical School: upper gastrointestinal surgery, hepato-pancreatico biliary surgery; colorectal surgery; orthopaedic surgery.
Broad research areas include: - Breast and endocrine surgery - Cerebrovascular surgery - Colorectal surgery - Hand surgery - Head and neck surgery - Inflammatory bowel disease - Melanoma - Neurosurgery - Otorhinolaryngology - Paediatric surgery - Pelvic floor disorders - Rheumatology and orthopaedic surgery - Surgery education - Surgical oncology
University of Sydney – World Scholars proposal (CRICOS Provider Code 00026A) Page 41 - Transplantation surgery - Upper gastrointestinal surgery - Urology - Values, ethics and the law in medicine - Vascular surgery
For more information on applying for a postgraduate research degree, contact: Postgraduate Student Administration Unit Room 230 Edward Ford Building (A27) Fisher Road The University of Sydney NSW 2006 AUSTRALIA
Phone: + 61 2 9351 3132 Fax: + 61 2 9351 3196 Email: [email protected] Website: www.medfac.usyd.edu.au/futurestudent/postgrad/
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Before applying for any research programme, candidates should make contact with a potential academic supervisor at the University of Sydney, to discuss their research proposal. When first contacting academic staff, the candidate should provide some initial details, such as their educational background, relevant work experience, and proposed area of research. The Faculty of Economics and Business has a slightly different admission process: please contact the Faculty directly for advice.
To help applicants to find an appropriate supervisor for their project, the University has developed an online search facility: Research Supervisor Connect. Candidates can enter a research topic or keyword, and view a list of possible matches. Research Supervisor Connect can be accessed at http://www.usyd.edu.au/research/opportunities.
Alternatively, PhD applicants can contact the appropriate Faculty admissions office directly with their enquiries. The number of scholars accepted and list of subjects available is dependent on the capacity, expertise and interests of the academic staff within each Faculty. There are no minimum or maximum numbers of scholars that are accepted in our programmes at the University of Sydney; applicants are assessed on their academic merit.
The next step is for the candidate to prepare an initial research proposal and submit it to his or her potential supervisor. In general, the proposal should be no more than 500 words (although some Faculties may prefer a more detailed written proposal), and should include the following information:
Title: a working title for the project. Objectives: what are the aims of the project? Synopsis: briefly describe the key aspects of what the research will investigate. Background: describe what research has already been done in relation to the topic. Significance: why is the topic important? Methodology: what approach or methodology will be used in the research? Resources: provide details of the resources that will be required to carry out the research project. Work plan: an initial plan for completion, with a timeline.
The candidate should work with his or her academic contact to refine the research proposal, so that it is ready for submission with the formal PhD application.
After reaching agreement with a supervisor, applicants submit a Higher Degree by Research application to the University’s International Office.
Full details of the application process can be found online: http://www.usyd.edu.au/fstudent/international/postgrad/research/admissions/apply.shtml
3.4 Research Strengths at the University of Sydney
The University of Sydney offers the largest and broadest range of higher degree research programmes in Australia. The number of research students is amongst the highest in Australia, and it has the highest completion rate for research degrees in the country.
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3.5 Research Centres and Institutes at the University of Sydney
The University of Sydney has four of Australia’s premier Centres of Excellence, funded by the Australian Research Council and the National Health and Medical Research Council, and also hosts two major National Research Facilities. The University is an active participant in numerous Cooperative Research Centres including:
ARC Centre of Excellence for Autonomous Systems ARC Centre of Excellence for Quantum Computing ARC Centre of Excellence for Ultrahigh-bandwidth Devices for Optical Systems (CUDOS) ARC Special Research Centre for Research on Ecological Impacts of Coastal Cities National Information and Communication Technology Australia (NICTA) ARC Centre of Excellence in Design and Light Materials ARC Centre of Excellence for Free Radical Chemistry and Biotechnology ARC Centre in Excellence in Vision Science ARC Centre in Excellence in Plant Energy Biology ARC Centre in Excellence in Structural and Functional Microbial Genomics Australian Research Council Key Centres of Teaching and Research Key Centre for Polymer Colloids Key Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis Australian Key Centre for Field Robotics Major National Research Facilities Australia Proteome Analysis facility Gemini and Square Kilometre Array Nanostructural Analysis Network Organisation (NANO) National Health and Medical Research Council Centres of Clinical Research Excellence o Centre for Clinical Research Excellence to Improve Outcomes in Chronic Liver Disease o Centre for Clinical Research Excellence in Renal Medicine o Clinical Centre of Research Excellence in Interdisciplinary Clinical and Health Ethic Research and Training o Centre for Clinical Research Excellence in Respiratory and Sleep Medicine Australian Centre for Precision Agriculture Sydney University Centre for Nitrogen Fixation The Centre for Salinity Assessment and Management The Plant Breeding Institute
Cooperative Research Centres
Australian Biosecurity Cooperative Research Centre for Emerging Infectious Disease (http://www.abcrc.org.au/) Australian Invasive Animal Cooperative Research Centre (http://www.invasiveanimals.com/) Australian Poultry Cooperative Research Centre (http://www.poultrycrc.com.au/) Australian Sheep Industry Cooperative Research Centre (http://www.sheepcrc.org.au/) Capital Markets Cooperative Research Centre (http://www.cmcrc.com/) Cooperative Research Centre for Advanced Composite Structures (http://www.crc-acs.com.au/) Cooperative Research Centre for Asthma and Airways (http://www.asthma.crc.org.au/) Cooperative Research Centre for Cochlear Implant Speech and Hearing Research (http://www.hearingcrc.org/) Cooperative Research Centre for Construction Innovation (http://www.construction-innovation.info/)
University of Sydney – World Scholars proposal (CRICOS Provider Code 00026A) Page 44 Cooperative Research Centre for Innovative Dairy Products (http://www.ausbiotech.org/directory/details.asp?companyid=%7B295B6313-9CFA-4912-9CEC- 82642C6BABC7%7D&returntourl=%2Fdirectory%2Fsearch.asp%3Fpg%3D14) Cooperative Research Centre for Mining (http://www.crcmining.com.au/) Cooperative Research Centre for Sustainable Rice Production (http://www.ricecrc.org/) Cooperative Research Centre for Polymers (https://www.crcp.com.au/index.php?) Cooperative Research Centre for Smart Internet Technology (http://www.smartinternet.com.au/) Cooperative Research Centre for Sustainable Resource Processing (http://www.csrp.com.au/) Cooperative Research Centre for Value Added Wheat (http://www.wheat-research.com.au/) Cotton Catchment Communities Cooperative Research Centre (http://www.cottoncrc.org.au/content/Industry/CRC_home.aspx) The Pork Cooperative Research Centre (http://www.porkcrc.com.au/)
There is a comprehensive support network provided for researchers at the University of Sydney, through the Research Office and the Strategic Research Development Unit.
National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS) facilities:
Australian Microscopy and Microanalysis Research Facility Australian National Fabrication Facility Biotechnology Products Manufacture of Recombinant Proteins Manufacture of Biofuels Integrated Marine Observing System National Imaging Facility Optical and Radio Astronomy - Square Kilometre Array
Associated Research Units include:
ANZAC Research Institute Asbestos Diseases Research Centre Australian Red Cross Blood Bank (NSW branch) AW Morrow Gastroenterology and Liver Centre Brain Dynamics Centre Centenary Institute of Cancer Medicine and Cell Biology Centre for Developmental Disability Studies Children's Medical Research Institute CSAHS Drug and Alcohol Unit Department of Anatomical Pathology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Department of Endocrinology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Department of Forensic Medicine, Central Sydney Area The George Institute for International Health Heart Research Institute Institute for Immunology and Allergy Research Institute of Bone and Joint Research Institute of Clinical Neurosciences Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research Institute of Neuromuscular Research, Children's Hospital Institute of Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes
University of Sydney – World Scholars proposal (CRICOS Provider Code 00026A) Page 45 Gastroenterology and James Fairfax Institute of Paediatric Clinical Nutrition Kanematsu Laboratories Kolling Institute of Medical Research Menzies School of Health Research National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance of Vaccine Preventable Disease NSW Breast Cancer Institute The Pam McLean Cancer Communications Centre Pacific and Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC) Research Institute for Asia and the Pacific Sutton Arthritis Research Laboratories Sydney Melanoma Unit United States Studies Centre Westmead Millennium Institute for Medical Research Woolcock Institute of Medical Research
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4.1 English Language Entrance Requirements
For admission to an undergraduate or postgraduate degree at the University of Sydney, students must provide evidence demonstrating that they have met the required level of English language ability. In most cases this will be IELTS 6.5 with a minimum of 6.0 in each band (or TOEFL 577 (paper-based version) plus 4.5 on the TWE). English language entrance requirements may be higher for some degrees such as law, architecture, veterinary science, economics and business and other selected programmes.
Where students are able to provide evidence of satisfactory achievement in tertiary studies in which the exclusive language of the institution and the exclusive language of instruction, examination and assessment was English, further evidence of English proficiency is not required. These studies must have been undertaken no more than 5 years prior to the commencement of the course programme applied for.
Students who do not meet the English language requirements prior to admission may undertake an English language bridging course at the University’s Centre for English Teaching.
4.2 Academic Entrance Requirements
4.2.1 Doctor of Philosophy
In order to gain admission to a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree, applicants generally need to have completed a master’s degree, or a bachelor’s degree with first or second class honours. This requirement varies between Faculties.
Before making an application for entry, prospective students must have their proposed course of study and research approved by the relevant department or discipline as being:
suitable in scope and standard for the research degree; a programme in which the applicant/student has the competence to satisfactorily complete the proposed course of study and research; one in which adequate supervision and facilities for carrying out the work can be provided.
Applicants to most research programmes will also be required to submit a short research proposal along with their application.
4.3 How to Apply
Application procedures are different for Master’s and Doctor of Philosophy programmes, however, all students must meet the University’s minimum eligibility criteria:
An acceptable academic qualification (Bachelor’s degree or equivalent for admission to a Master’s by coursework; Bachelor’s degree with honours or a Master’s degree or equivalent for admission to a PhD); and Meeting the University’s English language requirements (varies from course to course). Students who do not meet the English language requirements may attend an English language bridging course at the University’s Centre for English Teaching prior to commencing their degree.
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Applying for a Master’s by Research or a Doctor of Philosophy
Applicants for a higher degree by research in any discipline should first make contact with a potential academic supervisor at the University of Sydney to discuss their research proposal. The University has recently developed a new online search facility, Research Supervisor Connect, to help applicants find an appropriate supervisor for their project. Candidates can enter a keyword or research topic, and view a list of possible matches. Students interested in finding a supervisor within the Faculty of Economics and Business must contact the Research Office. Research Supervisor Connect can be accessed at http://www.usyd.edu.au/research/opportunities . Alternatively, PhD applicants can contact the appropriate Faculty admissions office directly with enquiries. After reaching agreement with a supervisor, applicants submit a Higher Degree by Research Application to the University’s International Office.
Full details of the application process can be found online: http://www.usyd.edu.au/fstudent/international/postgrad/research/admissions/apply.shtml
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5.1 Location
Sydney is the capital of New South Wales and is the largest and oldest city in Australia, with a population of approximately 4 million people. It is a world class city, with over one quarter of its population born overseas and approximately 200 languages spoken in the Sydney metropolitan area. Sydney is renowned for being a safe, tolerant, vibrant and multicultural city, offering a wide array of cultural and culinary experiences.
(Reference: http://www.lonelyplanet.com/maps/pacific/australia/)
Famous for its sandstone buildings, lawns, courtyards and parklands setting, the University of Sydney’s Camperdown Campus is spread across 72 hectares and features sports ovals, three sports centres, indoor and outdoor swimming pools, two major complexes devoted to student recreation and services, the famous Quadrangle and many other beautiful modern and historic buildings.
Located only ten minutes by bus from the heart of the Sydney business district, the main campus provides easy access to national and international companies based in the city and its surrounding suburbs.
The University also comprises additional campus locations in the metropolitan area and outside Sydney, including:
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Campus Faculties
Camperdown and Darlington campuses The Faculty of Arts
The Camperdown and Darlington campuses are home to the faculties of The Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, Architecture, Arts, Economics and Architecture Business, Education and Social Work, Engineering, Medicine (Sydney Medical The Faculty of School), Pharmacy, Science, and Veterinary Science. Agriculture, Food
and Natural Also located on this campus is the University's Centre for English Teaching. Resources
This 72-hectare site, located near the junction of Parramatta and City roads, The Faculty of features landscaped grounds, sports ovals and centres, museums, galleries, two Economics and major complexes devoted to student recreation and services, the famous Business Quadrangle and many other beautiful modern and historic buildings. The Faculty of Education and Social Work The Faculty of Engineering and Information Technologies Sydney Medical School The Faculty of Pharmacy The Faculty of Science The Faculty of Veterinary Science The Sydney Summer School Sydney Law School
Cumberland Campus The Faculty of
Health Sciences Cumberland Campus is home to the Faculty of Health Sciences. The campus is located in Lidcombe, 16 kilometres west of the main campus, on spacious landscaped grounds and ultra modern facilities.
St James Campus The Faculty of Law
In the heart of Sydney's legal district - just near the Supreme Court in Phillip Street - this campus is the postgraduate home of Australia's first and most prestigious law school. The Sydney Law School is now primarily located on the Camperdown Campus, although postgraduate courses are still run from the St James Campus.
Mallett Street Campus Brain and Mind
University of Sydney – World Scholars proposal (CRICOS Provider Code 00026A) Page 50 Research Institute One block from the main campus, this campus houses the Faculty of Nursing The Faculty of and Midwifery, which has courses that lead to registration with the NSW Nursing and registration Board and to other qualification in a range of nursing specialisations. Midwifery The Faculty has access to 300 clinical centres where trainee nurses can gain practical experience. Also located on this campus is the University's NHMRC The Centre for Clinical Trials Centre. English Teaching The NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre
Sydney Conservatorium of Music The Sydney
Conservatorium of The Sydney Conservatorium of Music ('the Con') is one of the world's finest Music music schools and is set in the Royal Botanic Gardens, near the Opera House.
The Con was reopened in 2001 after extensive modernisation and expansion. Its award-winning new structures blend with the renovated original heritage buildings. The main concert hall holds 600, and the complex has recording studios and performance and practice spaces featuring the very latest in acoustic technology.
Sydney College of the Arts Sydney College of
the Arts Sydney College of the Arts is the visual art college of the University and occupies historic sandstone buildings set in beautiful and spacious grounds on the edge of the harbour at Rozelle. The visual art, media and design students on this campus enjoy individual studio spaces and world-class facilities for creating contemporary art within the studio areas of ceramics, film and digital art, glass, painting, print media, photo media, and sculpture.
Surry Hills Campus The Faculty of
Dentistry This recently refurbished campus houses the main offices of the Faculty of Dentistry, the Dentistry Library, teaching, seminar and recreation facilities and also the extensive clinical facilities of the Sydney Dental Hospital. The University of Sydney’s Faculty of Dentistry is the largest school of dentistry in Australia and the only school of dentistry in NSW. The campus is excellently located - right next to Central Station in the heart of the city. Teaching also takes place at the Westmead Centre for Oral Health, about 45 minutes away near Parramatta.
Camden Campus The Faculty of The extensive farms and research units at this campus are used by agriculture Veterinary Science and veterinary science students. The town of Camden is 65 km south-west of The Faculty of Sydney. Agriculture Food and Natural Resources
Burren Street Campus Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies
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5.2 Living in Sydney
Climate Sydney is pleasantly moderate,10 and enjoys a temperate climate with a mild winter, and has more than 340 sunny days a year. Average minimum temperatures in the winter months of June to August are around 9 degrees Celsius (47-48 degrees Fahrenheit). The summer season is from December to February11.
Accommodation Of fundamental importance to your success and well being as a student at the University of Sydney is finding a suitable place to live. The University's Accommodation Service is able to assist you to find accommodation and offers a wide range of accommodation options. You can access the Accommodation Service at the following website:
http://www.usyd.edu.au/current_students/accommodation/international_students.shtml
Approximate living costs are outlined at the following website:
http://www.usyd.edu.au/start/costs/living.shtml
A range of services to students is available at the following website:
http://www.usyd.edu.au/current_students/index.shtml
Websites such as www.realestate.com.au and www.domain.com.au list accommodation for rent. These websites give students a good idea of the type of accommodation that is available within certain budgets. Most accommodation does not include electrical items, furniture, bedding or kitchen utensils, however often students can secure these items through advertised private sales in newspapers, University of Sydney student noticeboards or second hand retail outlets. Campus accommodation is available at International House for single or twin share accommodation. Parking and catering are also available. (http://www.usyd.edu.au/internationalhouse/documents/USYD%20Int%20House%20Handbook_web.pdf)
Public transport services (such as bus, train, ferry and light rail/monorail) are updated regularly at www.131500.com.au, where trips can be planned using the trip planner or timetables, fare prices accessed and maps can be viewed. While public transport in Australia is comparatively safe, students are still advised to exercise the same caution as they would at home.
5.3 Support Services for International Students
The University provides an extensive range of services to assist international students in achieving their educational goals. These services offer personal, welfare, administration, library, IT and academic support to facilitate students’ success at the University.
The variety of services offered to international students include:
Pre-departure information; Specialised accommodation service for international students; International Student Orientation Programme;
10 http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/AboutSydney/VisitorGuidesInformation/Weather.asp 11 http://www.sydney.com.au/weather.htm
University of Sydney – World Scholars proposal (CRICOS Provider Code 00026A) Page 52 An International Office offering advice relating to academic programmes for international students, as well as advice regarding visas and admissions; Academic support services including the Learning Centre and Maths Learning Centre; Financial Assistance Office; Multifaith Chaplaincy Centre including prayer room facilities on campus. Teaching hospitals within the Sydney area also provide prayer room facilities; Various student associations including a Muslim Students Association; Health insurance provider located on campus for enquiries, advice and claims; On campus facilities such as a medical centre, pharmacy, banks, food outlets (which also serve halal and vegetarian options), pool, gymnasium, indoor rock climbing, sporting ovals, tennis courts, squash courts, childcare centres and computer access labs; and Comprehensive library consisting of 17 subject-specialist libraries operating on a single integrated system.
In addition, the International Student Support Unit (ISSU) aims to help international students develop successful strategies for coping with the challenges of living and studying in an unfamiliar culture, to achieve success in their studies and to make the experience of being an international student rewarding and enjoyable.
International Student Counsellors are qualified professionals with extensive experience in cross-cultural counselling. The ISSU provides an integrated service to international students and their families, which includes free and confidential counselling, welfare advice, information and assistance with accessing other support services, and resources on campus and in the community. The ISSU also arranges a programme of social and cultural activities throughout the year.
5.4 Health and Wellbeing
Australia has a special system of health cover for international students called Overseas Student Health Cover (OSHC). Students will need to buy OSHC before coming to Australia and the Department of Immigration and Citizenship requires cover from arrival to departure.
For more information, please see www.studyinaustralia.gov.au
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Please feel free to contact me directly, or our representatives in-country, for further information:
Ms Danielle Penn International Development Manager (Scholarships and Grants) Office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (International) Room 204C, Building A22, Old Teachers’ College The University of Sydney NSW 2006 AUSTRALIA T: +61 2 9351 8743 F: +61 2 9036 6047 E: [email protected]
Agents currently engaged by the University of Sydney in South Korea:
IDP Education (Korea - Busan) 5 Floor, Yoojin Building #73-35, Daeyeon 3-dong, Nam-ku Busan 608-805 KOREA (ROK) Phone: 82 51 625 5171 Fax: 82 51 625 5170 Email: [email protected] Web: www.idp.com
IDP Education (Korea - Gangnam) 5th FL. Wooshin Building 1304-5 Seocho-dong Seocho-ku, Seoul 135-851 KOREA (ROK) Phone: +82 2 533 7246 Fax: +82 2 533 7266 Email: [email protected] Web: www.idp.com
IDP Education (Korea - Seoul) 11th Floor Gwanghwamun Building 211 Sejongno, Jongno-gu Seoul 110-730 KOREA (ROK) Phone: 82 2 739 7246 Fax: 82 2 773 8063 Email: [email protected] Web: www.idp.com
KOKOS (Korea-Busan) Level 3, #241-5 Bujeon Dong
University of Sydney – World Scholars proposal (CRICOS Provider Code 00026A) Page 54 Busanjin Gu Busan 614-030 KOREA (ROK) Phone: 82 51 6117766 Fax: 82 51 6117797 Email: [email protected] Web: www.ikokos.com
KOKOS (Korea-Seoul) Level 4, Building B Kyobo Tower Building 1303-22, Seocho-Dong Seocho-Gu, Seoul KOREA (ROK) Phone: 82 2 593 1178 Fax: 82 2 593 1711 Email: [email protected] Web: www.ikokos.com
University of Sydney – World Scholars proposal Page 55 Appendix A – Application Guidelines: University of Sydney World Scholars
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University of Sydney World Scholars 2010–2011
Application Guidelines Semester 1, 2011
Introduction The University of Sydney World Scholars awards provide opportunities for academically gifted PhD candidates who have developed innovative research projects to undertake a PhD degree at the University of Sydney with financial support. This prestigious award will attract high quality research candidates from a broad range of countries and disciplines. Candidates will engage in progressive research whilst facilitating the development of stronger bilateral research linkages between Australia and the rest of the world.
General Guidelines World Scholars awards support the full cost of academic tuition fees for up to three (3) years on the terms set out in these Guidelines. The scholarship will also fund a travel contribution towards the cost of a return international airfare (as set out in the ‘Air Travel’ section of ‘Scholarship Conditions’ below).
Applications are invited from international students from South Korea for the 2010 round, for study commencing in Semester One 2011.
Candidates will be required to take up the scholarship in the semester for which it is offered. Deferral of the scholarship will not be permitted.
Selection for World Scholars is highly competitive. Applicants will be chosen on the basis of academic excellence and demonstrated research capability. It is important that applicants clearly address these selection criteria in their PhD application documentation.
The University is actively negotiating with Governments of and Agencies in South Korea to identify possibilities for further support for World Scholars. Details of any agreements reached, together the level of additional support and any conditions associated with this support, can be found at:
http://www.usyd.edu.au/future_students/international_postgraduate_research/costs_scholarships/scholarships/index.shtml#world
Eligibility Criteria Scholarships are available for commencing international PhD students from South Korea who meet the University’s academic and English language admission requirements. In order to be considered for a World Scholars award, applicants must:
be a citizen of South Korea, not be residing in Australia at the time of application for a World Scholars award; have a Firm Offer of Admission as an international student to a postgraduate research program at the University of Sydney by 17 September 2010. Applicants with a conditional offer of admission on this date will not be considered. Offers of admission must be for the Semester 1, 2011 intake; complete and submit a University of Sydney World Scholars Application Form after a firm offer of admission has been received.
Currently enrolled international students or other enrolled students of the University of Sydney are not eligible to apply for a World Scholars award. Please also note the further restrictions in the ‘Scholarship Conditions’ section of these Guidelines.
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How to apply Applying for a World Scholars award is a two-stage process. To be considered, applicants must complete both stages, in order, as follows:
Step A Apply for admission to a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) by completing the University of Sydney Postgraduate Research Application Form. This form can be downloaded from:
http://www.usyd.edu.au/internationaloffice/forms/pgformresearch.pdf
Prior to submitting an application, candidates are required to make contact with a potential academic supervisor to discuss their proposed research project. Applicants will be required to nominate their potential supervisor, with whom they have previously made contact, on their Postgraduate Research Application Form.
Further instructions on how to apply for a PhD are contained in the Postgraduate Research Application Form. Applicants are strongly encouraged to read this information carefully. Applying for, and obtaining admission to, a PhD is a process that requires time and preparation before submission of the application. The average processing time for PhD applications is 6 weeks. In some cases applications may take longer to process, particularly where insufficient documentation is provided.
Those who wish to apply for a World Scholars award must have received a letter of Firm Offer of Admission, for commencement in Semester 1, 2011, no later than 17 September 2010. Candidates are strongly encouraged to lodge their application for admission no later than 31 July 2010. The University cannot guarantee that applications received after this date will receive a Firm Offer of Admission by 10 September 2010, and thus be considered for a World Scholars award.
Step B Once a Firm Offer of Admission to a PhD has been received, applicants must complete and submit a University of Sydney World Scholars Application Form. This form must only be submitted by applicants after a Firm Offer of Admission has been received. Applicants who submit a University of Sydney World Scholars Application Form with a conditional offer will not be considered. A World Scholars Application Form can be found at the end of these Guidelines. A copy of the full document can be downloaded from: http://www.usyd.edu.au/future_students/international_postgraduate_research/costs_scholarships/scholarships/index.shtml#world
IMPORTANT: Applicants should note carefully that the World Scholars award only covers academic tuition fees (for up to 3 years) for the approved PhD study at the University of Sydney, and a contribution towards a return airfare (as set out in the ‘Air Travel’ section of ‘Scholarship Conditions’ below). All other costs, including living costs, Overseas Student Health Cover and other travel and educational expenses, must be met by the student. You should not submit an application for World Scholars unless you are able to meet these additional expenses. You will be asked to confirm, on the application form, that you are able to meet these costs.
Completed application forms must be submitted in hard copy, via post or courier, to the following address:
International Development Officer (Scholarships and Grants) Office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (International) Old Teachers College, Building A22 The University of Sydney NSW 2006 Australia
Applications must be received by 5.00 pm (Australian Eastern Standard Time), 17 September 2010. Applications received after this date will not be considered. Applications must be sent in hard copy, with original signatures, via post or courier. Applications received via email or fax will not be considered.
Selection Process Selection for a World Scholars award is a merit based and highly competitive process. Candidates will be selected in accordance with the following criteria:
Demonstrated academic excellence through previous studies
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Applications will be reviewed and final selections decided by a committee comprising senior University of Sydney academics and may include international representatives. The final selection of World Scholars candidates will be completed by November 2010 and offer letters issued to successful applicants shortly thereafter.
Scholarship Conditions Applicants should be aware of the following World Scholars conditions, which apply to all scholarship holders:
Supplementary funds – The World Scholars awards do not cover living costs, Overseas Student Health Cover, visa application fees, costs of text books and other course materials, or any costs other than the academic tuition fees for the approved PhD study at the University of Sydney for up to 3 years and the travel contribution set out in these guidelines. Scholarship holders must ensure that they have sufficient personal or other funds to meet these costs. Benefits paid under any other scholarships must not be factored in when calculating your available funds, unless you know that your other scholarship application has been successful. You should not submit an application for World Scholars unless you know – at the time of applying – that you can meet all other costs not covered. Visas – Scholarship holders will be responsible for ensuring that they obtain the required student visa for study in Australia. Scholarship holders must allow themselves sufficient time to obtain their visa and arrive in Australia at the start of Semester 1, 2011. Air travel – The World Scholars award will provide a travel contribution towards a return international airfare, of up to A$1,250 each way. The contribution will be paid into an Australian bank account nominated by the student, upon commencement of studies and after successful completion of studies. World Scholars award holders can claim their allowance from the International Office, upon presentation of original receipts and a copy of the airline ticket or e-ticket receipt. The allowance will not be paid prior to travel to Australia, or prior to commencement of studies. Claims should be submitted to the International Office within six (6) months of commencement of studies, and within six (6) months of submitting your thesis. Claims made after this period may not be reimbursed. Commencement – Scholarship holders will be required to commence studies at the start of Semester 1, 2011. The scholarship cannot be deferred under any circumstances. Should candidates not be able to commence studies in Semester 1, 2011, the scholarship offer will lapse. Completion – The World Scholars award will meet the cost of academic tuition fees for the approved PhD study at the University of Sydney for up to 3 years. Funding for an additional 6 months may be given in exceptional circumstances upon application for an extension, if approved by both the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (International) and the Faculty. Tuition fees for any additional semesters will be met by the scholarship holder. Enrolment – Scholarship holders must be enrolled full time in their approved PhD program at the University of Sydney at all times for the duration of the scholarship. Additional scholarships – Students may not hold an International Postgraduate Research Scholarship (IPRS) or University of Sydney International Scholarship (USydIS) concurrently with a World Scholars award. Other scholarships may be permitted to cover stipend payments and other costs not covered by the World Scholars award. Award holders must advise the University of any other scholarships held at any time concurrently with the World Scholars award. Permanent Residency – A World Scholars award will be terminated should scholarship holders obtain permanent residency in Australia at any stage throughout the duration of their scholarship.
Further Information Potential Supervisor To identify a potential supervisor please refer to the relevant Faculty/Department web site, which will provide details of academic staff, their areas of research interest and current work, and contact details. Alternatively, applicants can refer to the Faculty contacts list provided on the Postgraduate Research Application Form, and contact the postgraduate enquiry service for the relevant Faculty to enquire about appropriate members of the academic staff.
University of Sydney Postgraduate Research Applications For further information regarding postgraduate research applications and requirements please contact: International Office Tel: +61 2 9351 4079 Email: [email protected]
University of Sydney – World Scholars proposal Page 58 University of Sydney World Scholars Applications For further information regarding World Scholarship applications and requirements please contact: David Boyd Tel: +61 2 9114 0525 Email: [email protected]
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THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY WORLD SCHOLARS 2010–2011 APPLICATION FORM
Applicants wishing to be considered for a University of Sydney World Scholars award commencing in Semester 1, 2011, must complete this application form in accordance with the World Scholars Guidelines, which precede this Application Form. A copy of the full document is available at www.usyd.edu.au. Applicants are required to read the guidelines prior to submitting an application. Applicants must have received a Firm Offer of Admission from The University of Sydney for Semester 1, 2011, before submitting this application form.
The closing date for World Scholars applications is 5.00pm (Australian Eastern Standard Time) 17 September 2010. Late or incomplete applications will not be considered. Please note that there is an earlier deadline of 31 July 2010 for submitting an application for admission to a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD).
Please visit http://www.usyd.edu.au/internationaloffice/forms/pgformresearch.pdf for further details.
Please do not send academic transcripts, references or any other attachments with this form.
A. Personal Details (as shown on passport) Title Mr Miss Ms Mrs Dr Other: …...... Family Name Given Names Gender Male Female Date of Birth: / / dd/mm/yyy B. Course Details Program of Study Level of Study University of Sydney Student ID Number University of Sydney Firm Offer of Admission issued on (Date) / / dd/mm/yyyy Note: World Scholars applicants must have a Firm Offer of Admission issued on or before 10 September 2010. C. Contact Details (Applicant’s Permanent Address) Address Line 1 Address Line 2 Town/City State/Province Post Code / Zip Country Home Telephone Number Mobile/Handphone Correspondence Address (if different from above) Address Line 1 Address Line 2 Town/City State/Province Country Home Telephone Number Mobile/Handphone D. Citizenship and Residency Country of Citizenship
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E. Scholarships and Awards Please list any previous scholarships, awards or prizes you have received including the year of receipt and duration. Name of Scholarship/Award Year of Receipt Duration
F. Other Scholarship Applications World Scholars awardees from some Participating Countries may be considered for additional support Yes A copy of this from their home country. application may be provided to the government or other No separate application for this support is necessary, but a copy of this application form may be agencies in your country. provided to governments/agencies (see website) in your home country if you tick ‘Yes’ at this question. Do you wish to be considered for additional support from your home country, if available? No Have you applied for any other scholarship to study at the University of Sydney? Yes No If Yes, please specify below (include information for current applications only).
Note: Successful World Scholars applicants may not hold an EIPRS or USydIS scholarship concurrently with a World Scholar award. G. Declaration Please read these declarations carefully. By signing this declaration you declare that you understand and agree to these terms.
I understand that: > the University of Sydney World Scholarships fund the cost of academic tuition fees only; > I am fully responsible for all costs other than tuition as offered by the World Scholars whilst studying at the University including visa, living, and additional education expenses; > neither the University of Sydney nor the Australian Government can help me if I run short of funds; > the University of Sydney may vary or cancel any decision it makes if the information I have given is incorrect or incomplete; > the University of Sydney may obtain official records from any educational institution I have previously attended; > if I have ticked ‘Yes’ at the first question under Item F, the University of Sydney may provide a copy of this application form to governments and/or agencies in my home country, as listed on our website, for the purpose of additional benefit consideration; > all documents submitted become the property of the University of Sydney and will not be returned.
I agree: > to comply with the rules on admission and enrolment of the University of Sydney; > to notify the International Office immediately if there is any change to the information I have given in this application.
I have read and I consent to the University’s Privacy Statement. The information I have given in this application is true and correct.
Signature: Date: (Application must be signed by the prospective student) Privacy Information and Privacy Protection Statement
The University of Sydney is subject to the New South Wales Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 (the Act). The personal information you provide for this application will be protected in accordance with the University Privacy Policy. The information provided in the first instance will only be used by the University for assessing your application for a University of Sydney World Scholarship. If unsuccessful, the information will be retained in the records of the University of Sydney only for the University of Sydney’s use for a period of 12 months and will not be disclosed except with your permission, in accordance with the University Privacy Policy. Under the Freedom of Information Act and the University Privacy Policy you have a right to access and correct any personal information concerning you held by the University in the student and financial databases. Routine corrections, changes and enquiries should, in the
University of Sydney – World Scholars proposal Page 61 first instance, be directed to the International Office. By signing this application it is understood that you have read this statement and agree to the use and disclosure of your personal information as outlined above. Full details: www.usyd.edu.au/arms/privacy/policy.htm Note: The information provided on this application form may be made available to Commonwealth and State agencies and the Fund Manager of the ESOS Assurance Fund, pursuant to obligations under the ESOS Act 2000 and the National Code.
University of Sydney – World Scholars proposal Page 62 Contact: Danielle Penn International Development Manager (Scholarships and Grants) Phone: 61 2 9351 8743 Fax: 61 2 9036 6047 Email: [email protected]
Produced by Office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, International, the University of Sydney, April 2010. The University reserves the right to make alterations to any information contained within this publication without notice. 04/2010
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