Editing University of Sydney (section)

===1950–2000===
[[File:Imran Khan at Sydney University Luncheon, 1984.png|thumb|right|Test cricketer [[Imran Khan]] as a guest at a luncheon hosted by Vice-Chancellor [[John Manning Ward]] before playing for the university club.<br><br>Seated: Imran Khan, Chancellor Sir [[Hermann Black]] and Coach [[John Dyson (cricketer, born 1954)|John Dyson]].<br><br>Standing: Dr Damon Ridley, Vice Chancellor Ward, Stephen Harrison, Hugh McCredie, Keith Jennings, Fred Bennett, Giles Cheadle, Deputy Vice Chancellor John Dunston, and Alan Crompton, 1984.]]
The PhD research degree was first discussed in 1944 and began in 1947. The university awarded the first PhD in 1951 to [[Bill Wittrick|William H. Wittrick]] from the Faculty of Engineering on 28 April 1951 and the next two were awarded to Eleanora C. Gyarfas and George F. Humphrey from the Faculty of Science on 2 May 1951.<ref>{{Cite web |last=University Archives and Records Management Services |date=2008 |title=The University of Sydney Record 2007-08 |url=https://www.sydney.edu.au/content/dam/corporate/documents/university-archives/record/record-2007-08.pdf |url-status=live |access-date=3 June 2021 |publisher=University of Sydney |archive-date=16 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220616053237/https://www.sydney.edu.au/content/dam/corporate/documents/university-archives/record/record-2007-08.pdf}}</ref>

The [[New England (New South Wales)|New England]] University College was founded as part of the University of Sydney in 1938 and in 1954 was separated to become the [[University of New England (Australia)|University of New England]].<ref name=about>{{cite web |url=http://www.une.edu.au/about-une |title=About UNE |work=University of New England |access-date=4 August 2017 |archive-date=2021-11-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211123161117/https://www.une.edu.au/about-une |url-status=live}}</ref>

During the late 1960s, the University of Sydney was at the centre of rows to introduce courses on [[Marxism]] and [[feminism]] at the major Australian universities. At one stage, newspaper reporters descended on the university to cover brawls, demonstrations, secret memos and a walk-out by [[David Malet Armstrong|David Armstrong]], a philosopher who held the Challis Chair of Philosophy from 1959 to 1991, after students at one of his lectures openly demanded a course on feminism.<ref>{{cite news |last=West |first=William |title=Argumentative days over |work=[[The Australian]] |date=1 January 1992 |page=15, Higher Education Supplement}}</ref> The philosophy department split over the issue into the Traditional and Modern Philosophy Department, headed by Armstrong and following a more [[analytic philosophy|traditional approach to philosophy]], and the General Philosophy Department, which follows the French [[continental philosophy|continental approach]].<ref>{{cite journal |last=Franklin |first=James |authorlink=James Franklin (philosopher) |date=1999 |title=The Sydney Philosophy Disturbances |url=https://web.maths.unsw.edu.au/~jim/sydq.html |journal=Quadrant |volume=43 |issue=4 |pages=16–21 |access-date=5 Jan 2024 |archive-date=7 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240107063232/https://web.maths.unsw.edu.au/~jim/sydq.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[Builders Labourers Federation]] placed a ban on the university after two women tutors were not allowed to teach a course but the issue was quickly resolved internally.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://libcom.org/history/list-green-bans-1971-1974 |title=List of green bans, 1971-1974 |website=libcom.org |access-date=2019-10-16 |archive-date=30 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190930095853/http://libcom.org/history/list-green-bans-1971-1974 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Under the terms of the ''Higher Education (Amalgamation) Act 1989'' (NSW),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/hea1989248/ |title=HIGHER EDUCATION (AMALGAMATION) ACT 1989 |website=Austlii |date=20 June 2006 |access-date=22 February 2010 |archive-date=4 February 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090204031328/http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/hea1989248/ |url-status=live}}</ref> the following bodies were incorporated into the university in 1990:

* Sydney branch of the [[Sydney Conservatorium of Music]]
* [[Cumberland College of Health Sciences]]
* [[Sydney College of the Arts]] of the Institute of the Arts
* [[Sydney Institute of Education]] of the [[Sydney College of Advanced Education]] (prior to 1981, named the [[Sydney Teachers College]]).
* Institute of Nursing Studies of the Sydney College of Advanced Education
* Guild Centre of the Sydney College of Advanced Education.

The Orange Agricultural College (OAC) was originally transferred to the [[University of New England, Australia|University of New England]] under the act, but then transferred to the University of Sydney in 1994, as part of the reforms to the University of New England undertaken by the ''University of New England Act 1993''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/uonea1993281/ |title=UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND ACT 1993 |website=Austlii |date=22 September 2008 |access-date=22 February 2010 |archive-date=4 February 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090204031607/http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/uonea1993281/ |url-status=live}}</ref> and the ''Southern Cross University Act 1993''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/scua1993354/ |title=SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY ACT 1993 |website=Austlii |date=22 September 2008 |access-date=22 February 2010 |archive-date=1 February 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090201193731/http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/scua1993354/ |url-status=live}}</ref> In January 2005, the University of Sydney transferred the OAC to [[Charles Sturt University]].