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The University of Sydney’s vice chancellor, professor Mark Scott, has reiterated “we did not get everything right” in management’s response to events on campus following 7 October attacks on Israel, while fronting a parliamentary hearing into antisemitism at Australian universities.
Scott said complaints from students had “dramatically reduced” since a pro-Palestine encampment was disestablished in semester two last year and a string of new policies were introduced to crack down on protests. He pointed to the university’s controversial Campus Access Policy which introduced strict guidelines around protests, an ongoing review of complaints processes, an independent Hodgkinson review and increased security as key measures taken to create a safer campus.
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