The University of Sydney Politics Society

When: Tuesday August 9th, 5PM Where: Quadrangle Room S249, The University of Sydney Cost: Free for ACCESS / $2 Non-ACCESS   As new electoral and policy challenges arise in the 21st century, the major parties, both Labor and Liberal, are forced to adapt. Senator John Faulkner addresses the question: how has the oldest surviving force [...]

Call for Applications: Intern for East Asia Program The East Asia Program at the Lowy Institute for International Affairs seeks applications for internships. The successful candidate(s) must be able to read Mandarin with ease.  One of the main tasks of the intern(s) will be to search for, read, and summarize (into English) Chinese-language sources from [...]

Presentation given by Johnson Louie   PART ONE – WRITING   Three focus areas:   Preparation Organisation Tips on Writing   The fundamentals:   - Unity is the most important feature of good writing – Use an Outline to develop the shape of the paper   Parts of a paper:   INTRODUCTION – Clearly define your [...]

As China becomes a global power and many Middle Eastern countries look for a counterweight to the United States, Chinese approaches to energy, security, export markets and military ties have an important impact on global diplomacy. At the same time, the Chinese experience of economic growth without sig- nificant political liberalisation remains an interesting, if [...]

The Politics Society has kicked off a busy semester with four exciting and politically-relevant events over the the course of as many weeks.   The ‘Minority Parties: Tipping the Political Balance’ lecture, held in the lead up to the NSW state election in week 2, saw discussion of the developing role and responsibilities of minority [...]

Neils Marquardt, US Consul General, will be discussing his career as a diplomat for the US State Department and the current issues facing Africa. Niels Marquardt is currently the US Consul General for Sydney. He served previously as U.S. Ambassador to Cameroon from 2004 to 2007, and to Equatorial Guinea from 2004 to 2006. From [...]

The transition from high school to university can be an exciting yet daunting one. You’ll meet new people, maybe are living away from home for the first time, are adjusting to walking kilometres each day to get around uni or are learning to accept that people just walk in and out of lectures at their [...]

Price: FREE Access / $5 Non-Access Where: Quadrangle Room S249 When: Tuesday 22nd, 5PM Featuring: – Peter McEvoy, Creator/Executive Producer of ABC’s Q&A – Catriona Menzies Pike, Managing Editor of New Matilda/Managing Director of ElectionWire – Sam McLean, Communications and Campaign Director of GetUp! – Thomas Tudehope, Director of Strategy and Engagement, SR7 Historically the [...]

It was all aboard for Politics Society at O-Week 2011! Day 1 of O-Week saw the Politics Society Executive with all hands on deck surrounded by an array of cool Politics Society merchandise for our members including t-shirts and showbags. Aptly nestled between some very vocal political clubs on the quadrangle, the Politics Society tent [...]

‘Intimidated’. ‘Confused’. ‘Completely anonymous’. As a first year student, it is not unusual to feel all of the above. Indeed, these sentiments were divulged by senior students who, for all their current confidence, were themselves flabbergasted freshmen too, once upon a time. Of course, with a campus so humungous it sprawls across three suburbs & [...]