The university says an external review will look at how its handles complaints after vice chancellor Mark Scott admitted he had failed to project Jewish students.
The University of Sydney’s complaints system will be the focus of an external review after a senate inquiry looking at the treatment of Jewish students unearthed a trove of complaints and vice chancellor Mark Scott was forced to admit he “failed”.nd it was singled out as among the worst places to be a Jewish student at a senate inquiry into antisemitism at Australian universities on Friday.
“Many of the testimonials in the submissions shared to the inquiry were deeply moving and were not issues that had come through our system, highlighting the need to make sure our students and staff feel secure when seeking support and lodging a complaint,” she said. “If you say you’re going to remove the swastikas, can you actually go do that? Not just say you’re going to do that. His position is no longer tenable,” he said.
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