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Lecturer questions if academics will have to explain context of every phrase they use, saying those who speak up on Palestine would be affected

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After nearly 20 years as a lecture theatre, the University of Sydney’s Footbridge Theatre is reopening as a live performance venue in the university’s arts precinct.

Universities are supposed to be places where all students can learn, free from discrimination.

Call comes after Scott apologises for university’s handling of antisemitism complaints

JCA’s Sarah Schwartz says targeting Mark Scott’s handling of pro-Palestinian encampment risks conflating criticism of Israel with antisemitism

There are nearly 40 Australian studies centres in China’s universities and institutes. This is a greater number than anywhere else in the world, including in Australia itself.

Archaeologists in Saudi Arabia have now excavated eight ancient stone circles that likely served as homes to people more than 7,000 years ago.

Policy demands three days’ notice for demonstrations and approval for use of megaphones or putting up posters

To date, little has been known about people living in north-western Saudi Arabia during the Neolithic – the period traditionally defined by the shift to humans controlling food production and settling into communities with agriculture and domesticated animals.

The University of Sydney has covertly introduced a policy that will make it hard for protests on campus after the recent removal of encampments on its grounds.