Blogs

Blogs dot Usyd is a showcase for blogs that support the research and other projects of University staff. Read more about our blog intentions and University policies.

This page is a listing of the University's current blogs.

• Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources
• Arts and humanities
• Business and Law
• Health and medicine
• Information technology and communication
• Learning and teaching
• Library
• Science and technology
• Staff Experience
• Student experience

Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources

• Moving water at Sydney Uni
  Aimed at generating discussion on water research and water management in Australia.
• The Sustainability Blog
  Perspectives from economics on the environment, natural resources, and the analysis of sustainable development.

Arts and humanities

• Adrian Vickers' Indonesia blog
  A series of notes and discussions about current research I am undertaking about Indonesia.
• Max Lane: Southeast Asia and international affairs
  This blog aims at fostering serious discussion on international and Asian affairs.
• Political Theory and Practice
  Thoughts on the canon of poltical theory and life.
• Sydney Publishing
  Discussion about publishing and new books from Sydney University Press and University of Sydney authors.
• Thinking culture
  This is the blog for thinking and talking about culture, Cultural Studies and cultural analysis at the University of Sydney.
• Transient languages and culture
  All about work on endangered languages in the oceania region.
• The Well-Rounded Person
  This blog is part of an ARC funded research project on youth and sport.
• Yiddish at Sydney
  This blog is maintained by members of the Yiddish programme at the University of Sydney, focussing on current research interests.

Business and Law

• Tim Stephens
  Musings on Environmental Law and Policy in Australia and Beyond.
• Japanese Law and the Asia-Pacific
  Dr Luke Nottage reflects on Japanese Law in Asia-Pacific Socio-Economic Context.
• Methodological and Empirical Advances in Financial Analysis
  MEAFA is a cross-disciplinary research group that promotes methodical analytical work with empirical applications in financial analysis.
• Thalia Anthony on Indigenous Legal Rights
  Reflections on legal issues and developments pertaining to Australian Indigenous people - especially stolen wages, sentencing and policy.

Health and medicine

• National health data linkage capability
  Professor Michael Frommer has been commissioned to prepare an Investment Plan for Australian Government funding of a national population health and clinical data linkage capability.
• Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery research students
  A discussion forum and communication tool for research students and faculty at the Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery in the University of Sydney.
• The Medical ePortfolio project
  For people working on the medical eportfolio project wth USyd eLearning.

Information technology and communication

• Templatedata
  Developing the web at the University of Sydney.

Learning and teaching

• E-learning Research
  Discovering how new technologies can support & enhance learning.
• E-Research for Education
  This blog is for thinking and talking about the implications of "e-research fabric" on education and social sciences.
• Make it play nicely
  Learning online and elsewhere.

Library

• Supporting Social Research
  The blog acknowledges the key role the Library has in supporting access to social research resources. It will direct researchers to services and resources that support teaching in a research environment.

Science and technology

• Life of a lab rat
  A down-to-earth description of daily life in a research lab, from the point of view of an experienced post doc. Expect blood, sweat, tears along with a healthy dose of satire and cynicism.

Staff Experience

• "WiSci" Women in Science Project
  Discussion on people's experiences of working and studying in the field of science.

Student experience

• Graduate life
  Everything you want to know about your graduate study options...
• Sydney Life
  Everything you ever wanted to know about uni but were too afraid to ask. Ten students write about life at Sydney.