Editing University of Sydney (section)

== Controversies ==
A quarter of the university's female students residing in university colleges have been found to face sexual harassment.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Davies |first1=Anne |date=29 November 2017 |title=One in four women at University of Sydney colleges is sexually harassed, study finds |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/nov/29/one-in-four-women-at-university-of-sydney-colleges-are-sexually-harassed-study-finds |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181204151428/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/nov/29/one-in-four-women-at-university-of-sydney-colleges-are-sexually-harassed-study-finds |archive-date=4 December 2018 |access-date=4 December 2018 |work=[[The Guardian]] |language=en-GB}}</ref> Between 2011 and 2016, there were 52 officially reported cases of sexual abuse and harassment on campus released by the university, resulting in one expulsion, one suspension and four reprimands.<ref name="foi_sexual_assault">{{cite news |last=Funnell |first=Nina |date=10 October 2016 |title=Full list of universities exposed by sexual assault investigation |url=http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/true-stories/full-list-of-universities-exposed-by-sexual-assault-investigation/news-story/f7c39dcacce8a9c839bc8b881172173b |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170802075917/http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/true-stories/full-list-of-universities-exposed-by-sexual-assault-investigation/news-story/f7c39dcacce8a9c839bc8b881172173b |archive-date=2 August 2017 |access-date=29 July 2017 |work=News Limited}}</ref> This is less than the 2017 [[Australian Human Rights Commission]] report on sexual assault and harassment which found reported figures substantially higher than this.<ref>{{cite news |date=1 August 2017 |title=Unis urged to act as 'shocking' survey reveals half of all students face sexual harassment |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-08-01/uni-sexual-assault-hrc-report-released/8762638#searchable1x3x5 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808120011/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-08-01/uni-sexual-assault-hrc-report-released/8762638#searchable1x3x5 |archive-date=8 August 2017 |access-date=7 August 2017 |work=ABC News |language=en-AU}}</ref> 71% of students surveyed in 2017 reported not knowing how to make a report relating to sexual assault or harassment. Imogen Grant from the [[University of Sydney Students' Representative Council|SRC]] said students who had experienced sexual assault had come forward believing that "navigating the university bureaucracy exacerbates trauma and often seems futile".<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Landis-Hanley |first=Justine |date=1 August 2017 |title=USyd releases results on survey into sexual assault and harassment {{!}} Honi Soit |url=http://honisoit.com/2017/08/usyd-releases-national-survey-results/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810054335/http://honisoit.com/2017/08/usyd-releases-national-survey-results/ |archive-date=10 August 2017 |access-date=9 August 2017 |work=Honi Soit |language=en-AU}}</ref> Previously a 2015 survey of 2,000 students found that 57 per cent of respondents did not know where to seek help or how to report sexual misconduct at USYD, and only 1.4% of all serious sexual incidents are reported.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Munro |first=Kelsey |date=18 May 2016 |title=Under-reporting of sexual assault a serious problem at Sydney University |url=http://www.smh.com.au/national/education/underreporting-of-sexual-assault-a-serious-problem-at-sydney-university-20160517-gox0jj.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170811173107/http://www.smh.com.au/national/education/underreporting-of-sexual-assault-a-serious-problem-at-sydney-university-20160517-gox0jj.html |archive-date=11 August 2017 |access-date=10 August 2017 |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref> After the release of the 2017 report the vice-chancellor said the university was committed to implementing "all of the recommendations contained in the report".<ref name=":0" /> Graphic videos emerged in 2018 of male students bragging of their sexual feats over the female students, particularly first-years.<ref>{{cite news |last=Funnell |first=Nina |title=Women targeted in vile sex games by male students |url=https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/news-life/women-targeted-in-vile-sex-games-by-male-students/news-story/5c4bfdbdb62ea73992465f8f38b90bf5 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181204102144/https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/news-life/women-targeted-in-vile-sex-games-by-male-students/news-story/5c4bfdbdb62ea73992465f8f38b90bf5 |archive-date=4 December 2018 |access-date=4 December 2018 |website=News.com.au}}</ref>

In 2015, staff passed a motion of no confidence in Spence because of concerns he was pushing staff to improve the budget while he received a performance bonus of $155,000 that took his total pay to $1&nbsp;million, in the top 0.1 per cent of income earners in Australia.<ref>{{cite web |author=Adam Adelpour |date=16 May 2012 |title=Michael Spence is the 1 per cent': the role of university management |url=http://www.solidarity.net.au/mag/back/2012/45/%E2%80%98michael-spence-is-the-1-per-cent%E2%80%99-the-role-of-university-management/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905174204/http://www.solidarity.net.au/mag/back/2012/45/%E2%80%98michael-spence-is-the-1-per-cent%E2%80%99-the-role-of-university-management/ |archive-date=5 September 2015 |access-date=2 June 2015 |website=Solidarity Online}}.</ref> ''[[Fairfax Media|Fairfax]]'' reported Spence and other Uni bosses have salary packages worth ten times more than staff salaries and double that of the Prime Minister.<ref>{{cite news |author=Amy McNeilage |date=23 August 2013 |title=Uni bosses earn 10 times more than staff |url=http://www.smh.com.au/national/tertiary-education/uni-bosses-earn-10-times-more-than-staff-20130824-2sihh.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924192606/http://www.smh.com.au/national/tertiary-education/uni-bosses-earn-10-times-more-than-staff-20130824-2sihh.html |archive-date=24 September 2015 |access-date=2 June 2015 |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en-AU}}.</ref>

In 2020, the University of Sydney revealed it had been underpaying staff and was reviewing six years worth of payroll shortfalls.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Baker |first=Jordan |date=2020-08-13 |title=Sydney Uni reveals tens of millions in staff underpayments |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/sydney-uni-reveals-tens-of-millions-in-staff-underpayments-20200813-p55lj8.html |access-date=2024-04-04 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref> In 2021, it announced that it had underpaid staff a total of $12.75&nbsp;million to 12,894 staff members.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-09-13 |title=USyd admits wage theft of $12.75 million – Honi Soit |url=https://honisoit.com/2021/09/usyd-admits-wage-theft-of-12-75-million/ |access-date=2024-04-04 |language=en-AU}}</ref> In October 2021, 80 casual staff members made a $2&nbsp;million wage theft claim for paying for each assignment marked instead of by the hour, underpayment for teaching preparation, lecture attendance, student consultation and other teaching duties, as well as misclassifying marking work at a level that attracts a lower pay.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-10-15 |title=Sydney University slugged with another $2m wage theft claim |url=https://www.afr.com/work-and-careers/education/sydney-university-slugged-with-another-2m-wage-theft-claim-20211015-p590b3 |access-date=2024-04-04 |website=Australian Financial Review |language=en}}</ref>

In April 2022, the [[Land and Environment Court of New South Wales]] fined the University of Sydney $61,000 for disposing a broken [[positron emission tomography]] scanner with a radioactive source inside at a scrap metal yard.<ref>{{Cite web |last=EPA |first=NSW |date=2022-04-29 |title=Court fines University of Sydney $61,000 for radiation breaches |url=https://www.epa.nsw.gov.au/news/media-releases/2022/epamedia220429-court-fines-university-of-sydney-$61000-for-radiation-breaches |access-date=2024-04-04 |website=NSW Environment Protection Authority |language=en}}</ref>