National Sorry Day and Reconciliation Week

National Sorry Day National Sorry Day takes place annually on 26 May to commemorate the Stolen Generations – Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children forcibly removed from their families and communities. The theme for 2025 Sorry Day is ‘We cannot wait another...

New tenancy laws take effect!

Late last year, the NSW government passed massive reforms to tenancy laws in NSW. These reforms, which came into effect on Monday 19 May 2025, will have huge benefits for tenants, including: no more no-grounds evictions (for both fixed-term and periodic leases) easier...

SUPRA AGM report back

Thank you to everyone who attended our Annual General Meeting last week!   Carers’ Officer role made permanent We voted to amend the SUPRA Constitution to make the Carers’ Officer role permanent – an important and positive step forward for our postgrad...

Congratulations to the new SUPRA office-bearers

On Monday 19 May 2025, SUPRA’s council-elect met to elect council office-bearers for the 2025–26 council term. Congratulations to the office holders below! They will start their new positions on Tuesday 1 July 2025. Find out more about the roles.  ...

International Day Against LGBTQIA+ Discrimination 2025

Saturday 17 May is the International Day Against LGBTQIA+ Discrimination (IDAHOBIT). This date marks the 1990 decision by the World Health Organization to declassify homosexuality as a mental disorder. Since then, IDAHOBIT has become a global moment to raise awareness...

SUPRA statement on HDR class action proceedings

SUPRA acknowledges the current class action proceedings brought by Dr Tristan Burt against the University of Sydney and the Commonwealth of Australia regarding the employment status of Australian Postgraduate Award (APA) and Research Training Program (RTP) scholarship...

2025 equity officer election results

Congratulations to the following postgrads, who were elected as SUPRA equity officers for the 2025–26 term: Disabilities Officer: Sarah M Huffman International Students’ Officer: Dihao (Amper) Zhu Queer Officer: Terry Yu Satellite Campus Officer: Da Eun (Irene)...

Update on campus lighting improvements and safety resources

SUPRA Women’s Network would like to provide the following update on recent campus lighting improvements, in response to concerns raised by students in 2024. Following reports of inadequate campus lighting, particularly in areas affecting nighttime safety, SUPRA...

Statement on US entry barriers

SUPRA is deeply concerned about increasing barriers to US entry facing our research community. Many academics, including Australian PhD candidates and early career researchers, are now declining US conference invitations and ending research partnerships due to fears...

Statement in support of NSW healthcare workers’ strike action

The Sydney University Postgraduate Representative Association (SUPRA) stands in solidarity with NSW nurses, midwives, doctors, and psychiatrists taking industrial action over critical issues including unsafe staffing levels, unsustainable workloads, and inadequate...