The University of Sydney Annual Report 2018 Annual Report 2018 The University of Sydney NSW 2006 April 2019 The Honourable Sarah Mitchell, MLC, Minister for Education 52 Martin Place SYDNEY NSW 2000 Dear Minister, The Senate of the University of Sydney has the honour of presenting to you, in accordance with the Annual Reports (Statutory Bodies) Act 1984 and its subsequent amendments, the report of the proceedings and fi nancial statements of the University of Sydney for the year ended 31 December 2018. Belinda Hutchinson AM Chancellor Dr Michael Spence AC Vice-Chancellor and Principal Year in review .................................................................................................................................................................. 2 Statutory report 3 About us – Our charter, aims and objectives.................................................................4 Management and structure .....................................................................................................................5 Organisational structure ...............................................................................................................................8 Strategy and operations .............................................................................................................................12 Student experience and curriculum (learning and teaching) ..........................................................................................................................12 Student enrolment statistics ........................................................................................................13 Student enrolments by diversity groups .................................................................... 14 Academic aspiration .................................................................................................................................15 Western Sydney ...............................................................................................................................................15 External engagement...............................................................................................................................15 Philanthropy .........................................................................................................................................................15 Promotion ................................................................................................................................................................16 Revenue diversification ........................................................................................................................17 Sydney Operating Model (simplification of the University’s operations) .....................................................17 Research excellence and impact ...........................................................................................17 Performance against other strategic priorities ................................................19 Other 2018 issues ........................................................................................................................................20 Legal change ..................................................................................................................................................................21 Human resources ................................................................................................................................................. 22 Academic and professional staff statistics ............................................................ 23 Staff level and salary ranges ........................................................................................................ 24 Workforce diversity .......................................................................................................................................... 25 Disability Action Plan 2013-18 .....................................................................................................25 Culturally and linguistically diverse inclusion .....................................................25 Gender equity .................................................................................................................................................. 26 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employment .................................... 26 Staff positions by diversity groups .....................................................................................27 Consumer response ......................................................................................................................................... 28 Risk management ................................................................................................................................................. 29 Work health and safety ............................................................................................................................... 30 Strategy ......................................................................................................................................................................30 Workers compensation ........................................................................................................................31 Insurance arrangements ....................................................................................................................31 Privacy and personal information ............................................................................................... 32 Government Information (Public Access) Act ................................................... 32 Financial review of 2018 35 Independent Auditor’s Report .........................................................................................................45 Auditor’s Independence Declaration .....................................................................................48 Responsible Entities’ Declaration ..............................................................................................49 Statement by Appointed Officers ...............................................................................................50 2018 Annual Financial Statements 51 Page 1 Year in review In this annual report, compiled at the mid-point of our 2016-20 Strategic Plan, you will see how far we have come. The progress we have made justifies our confidence that we will be able to sydney.edu.au meet our aspiration to position the University of Sydney as the best university in Australia and a leader globally. In 2018 the University achieved the unique distinction We reached an important milestone in our program of being the only Australian institution to rise in all to simplify the University’s structure in 2018. On 30 four of the most prestigious global university rankings. April the disciplines of dentistry, medicine, medical We retained the honour of being the best Australian science, nursing and midwifery, public health, and university for graduate employability for the fourth pharmacy came together into a single Faculty of year in a row, and remained within the top five in the Medicine and Health. When the Faculty of Health world on that metric. Sciences becomes a school within this new Faculty of Medicine and Health in January 2020, the University These gains are the result of the considerable hard structure will be streamlined to five faculties and three work of everyone in the University community, and University schools. Annual Report 2018 demonstrate how aligned our efforts are behind the three themes that underpin our strategy: excellence, The University remains in a position to achieve even engagement and simplification. more in the second half of the 2016–20 period as we look more broadly at the student experience, In 2018 we took a substantial step forwards in securing including that of our Indigenous students; as we grow the University’s long-term future in Western Sydney our culture of research and teaching excellence and with the commencement of formal and exclusive find new ways to engage with our local, regional and negotiations with the NSW Government to develop international communities. a second multidisciplinary campus at Parramatta/ Westmead. The University Executive and Senate We appreciate the ongoing and absolutely vital oversaw the development of a detailed strategic support of our staff, students and alumni and their investment plan to establish this new campus on the belief in our University as we implement the remainder old Cumberland Hospital site. We also worked closely of our 2016-20 Strategic Plan. with the University community and our partners, both The University of Sydney locally and beyond, to develop an academic vision for a campus focusing on the opportunities and challenges posed by disruptive changes at the intersection of technology and the human experience. Belinda Hutchinson AM Chancellor The response to our new undergraduate curriculum, launched at the beginning of the year, is tremendously exciting. Enrolments for the new Bachelor of Advanced Studies exceeded expectations, the new online Open Learning Environment has proven popular, and almost 700 students have enthusiastically participated in innovative Industry and Community Project Units Dr Michael Spence AC (ICPUs). In 2019 we look forward to seeing 2000 Vice-Chancellor and Principal students taking part in more ICPUs throughout Australia and across