An internal University of Sydney report has eviscerated the institution over multiple levels of middle management, poor student support services and bureaucratic inefficiencies.

Staff fear the discussion paper released last week marks the first step to make the case for job cuts, a move numerous cash-strapped NSW universities have taken this year.

Sydney University staff have questioned the number of managers. Credit: Steven Siewert

While other universities have suffered an enrolment downturn, Sydney University has admitted an extra 10,000 international students since 2019, who each pay up to $50,000 per year to study. It posted a $545 million surplus last year .

The report said professional staff at the university had grown by 30 per cent to 5961 people between 2019 and 2024,

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