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[@mixedgems]

Used to work there for many, many years in the international education space. And yes, Ryan, there are usually hundreds of US study abroad students at USYD each year. It's the first university in Australia and thus the oldest. It is a comprehensive university, teaching almost everything. Tuition actually varies depending on what you study (different disciplines are subsidised differently by the government). Also, we don't have in state / out of state tuition like the US. Tuition also varies if you are in international student as they must pay the "full cost" of a course. At USYD, an international student will pay AU$91,000 per year (which increases annually) for their medical degree whereas an Australian domestic student will pay AU$12,720 per year. Bit of trivia: I quite like the motto and crest. The crest contains the Lion of Cambridge and Book of Oxford with the Latin motto 'Sidere mens eadem mutato'. This means "The stars change, the mind remains the same" or "The constellation is changed, the disposition is the same" or "The same learning under new stars". In a nutshell, building a university like an Oxford or Cambridge (due to the British colonial connection) in the southern hemisphere.

[@artistjoh]

It is amazing how well they succeeded. The founders included very remarkable people like Alexander MaCleay, the naturalist with the largest collection of Australian and Pacific specimens who was in contact with Darwin as Darwin was doing research for The Origin Of The Species. The university started with the highest standards and aspired to be one of the best.

[@kedledoeimange]

Pre sure Melbourne Uni is ranked higher

[@mixedgems]

@@kedledoeimangeYes you are right. However, USYD is the first i.e. oldest university in Australia.

[@blacksorrento4719]

There is also Macquarie University over on the north side of Sydney. Its campus sits on over 300acres, has its own railway station and private teaching hospital. Yes we are very fortunate, in our choice of higher education, which is why we have many international students come to Australia to obtain their degrees.

[@jenniferharrison8915]

I enjoyed going to Macquarie, and I worked at the University of New South Wales - three different unis, with their own unique settings and each with exceptionally high standards! 👍

[@paulstewart1557]

semester has finished - no one in the Library probably. Being an old University by Australian standards, many alumni over the century have died and bequeathed fortunes to the University which have enabled it to grow.

[@ZoeBrain]

It's been 45 years since I went to Sydney for a BSc in Pure Maths and Computer Science. It was free, but many of the "lectures" were in vast halls with 1000+ students watching 20 or so Black and White TVs. I got lots of exercise, Maths in the Wallace theatre, or Carslaw building, CompSci in the Basser dept of computer science in the old Physics building, Philosophy (logic) in the Quadrangle...Speedwalking required between lectures. Seeing DiVinyls at the E.R.Holme Union building .

[@jkassdopnm]

Australia does very well when it comes to higher education. All states have at least 1 university in the top 200 in the world, with some universities being in the top 20.

[@RoseHagan-d6z]

I was 60 last October. My first job when I was 14 in 1977 was as a first-year animal nurse at the University of Sydney in the Blackburn building. We worked in conjunction with the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital next to the university. There were horses and other animals on the grounds at that time. Very excited on my first day. I was in the rat room. Sounds awful, but it was magical. At 24, I went back to school and became a lawyer. I think it was the opportunity that I was I given then as a dropout and someone that came from a dysfunctional family the university gave me a huge opportunity. I wish that life was so simple for this generation.

[@kcrot2566]

I love Australia

[@margaretbamford7176]

The folklore was you need to have started studying for end of year exams by the time the jacaranda trees started flowering.

[@FlyxPat]

haha at ANU it's when the silver poplar fluff falls.

[@AnnQlder]

My English teacher completely ruined jacaranda season for me by telling me that 😂

[@royferntorp]

I studied there for free in the 1980's. The government actually handed out monry to students as a living expense thing. The scheme was called TEAS. Other older students might remember those days.

[@c8Lorraine1]

Yep. Only way I could afford tertiary education. I quit my job when Whitlam became Prime Minister . I enrolled as a mature student at the ripe old age of 21.

[@royferntorp]

@@c8Lorraine1 I think I was around 20. Loved that Library. I had a lot of friends in media at the time. I helped out their Media Studies with some equipment. I studied engineering. Fortunately I had a trade to fall back on.

[@artistjoh]

I love University of Sydney. It is walking distance from my apartment. My wife graduated with a Masters in Environmental Law, and one of my son's did Software Engineering there. It is regularly voted one of the most beautiful universities in the world but it is also one of the best global university's for employability of graduates. Both my son and wife can confirm that, with both receiving multiple unsolicited job offers within a short time of graduating. My son went from graduation to running the digital security for one of the country's largest telco's with a team of 50 engineers working for him. My wife's law degree was amazing. Her lecturers included High Court judges, and the authors of the law text books they were using. After graduating a month ago she got job offers to teach Environmental Law at two universities that sought her out. She accepted one of them and was immediately employed designing the curriculum and her first classes started this week. USyd is a fabulous university. Hard to get into, but well worth it if you get accepted.

[@nathanoates5006]

Quoted tuition fees is just yearly fee for the classes (actual fee depends on the course). If you choose to live in one of the colleges, that will be much more. Some people do but it probably isn’t as common as in the US, I’d say most people will be living in surrounding suburbs or these days maybe living at home and commuting.

[@Michelle.A79]

I am a graduate from the Sydney of university. I loved going there 3 times a week for 2 year. It was the best 2 years of my life I will never forget.

[@gregoryparnell2775]

Now you know why so many great inventions come from our really quite small population compared to most other developed countries.

[@jayebuss5562]

We really have made huge innovations to the world. Quite the list.

[@OcarinaSapphr-]

@@jayebuss5562 As diverse as the Cochlear- & the Hills Hoist!

[@missrocks]

A few weeks back, my favourite 12-year old got to play at the Conservatorium of Music with her school band, along with a number of other school bands from around Sydney.

[@sharliwilson5590]

My son graduated from the con a couple of years ago. He got his masters and is now a professional Opera singer❤

[@markleon411]

The University of Sydney is the oldest university in Australia and was modelled on Oxford University. I worked for the university when I was in my 20s as a lab assistant which was cool because, as an employee, I got free entrance to all exhibitions and conferences. Besides the main campus in Camperdown, there are campuses scattered all over the state. The main campus backs onto Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and is the teaching facility for undergraduate medicine as well as their huge number of research facilities.

[@The_Calm_Chaos]

OK. I'm impressed. I had no idea Sydney Uni was like this.

[@HuyLy94]

Tuition starts at $9500 for domestic students (Australian/NZ citizens or Australian PRs), this is because it's heavily subsidised by the government and also by international student tuition. For international student's it's about 4x that. Also entry out of high school for domestic students is very competitive. Law for example has an ATAR cutoff of 99.5 so only 0.5% of highschool graduates will even be eligible. Kind of hard to quickly find out what the exact equivalent SAT is but it's around/above 1550.

[@koala1959rap]

I did my first degree at Sydney many years ago at the time a great place to study with much tradition and some beautiful old buildings

[@thickquinkly1560]

Went to Sydney Uni in the mid 70s. Lived in share houses in the adjacent suburbs and often had to return library books after hours (I think 11:00pm back then) following late night studying or last minute essay completion. Many times on these occasions I would wander over to the main quad and just stand in that little square in the middle and enjoy a minute or two of quiet contemplation before the half hour walk home. So peaceful at 1:00 am compared to 1:00 pm; never once saw another soul there. Haven’t been back in 40 odd years. So great to see the Jacaranda tree still there.

[@smithpatricemary]

My brother studied Medicine there, was probably some of the happiest times of his life. I use to visit the Uni occassionally and was always in Awe of its grandeur.

[@kcc-karenschroniccorner9432]

I'm doing a PhD in Public Health at the Uni of Sydney and it really is a beautiful campus, especially the old sandstone buildings.

[@quarkcypher]

I went to the University of HK (Hard Knocks). All jokes aside, I grew up in the suburbs surrounding Sydney University. As a child I would wander around the university and marvel at the old and architecturally beautiful buildings. Love the quadrangle. I am only a warehouse worker but I do tell people I went to Sydney University😀

[@roseheath9703]

I’m a USyd graduate, and I actually live 10 minutes away. It’s a lovely campus, managing to integrate newer modern buildings with the old sandstone ones. I often go to musical recitals in the great hall.

[@LiaGoldie]

I loved my time at USYD! Best time of my life!

[@vicki6496]

I've got two library books from the local council library right now. The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell and a collection of stories Maar Bidi. Also available for free are audio books, cds, dvds, WiFi and a bunch of other stuff.

[@matthewlindenberg4213]

Across the road is an awesome live music venue- the Landsdown hotel as well. Around the corner is a great suburb Newtown.

[@illawarriorhill70]

Note tuition fees are strictly tuition only. Residential accommodation adds a LOT more. Most students live OFF campus.

[@megbond]

And just think, that's second behind The University of Melbourne, that has a global ranking of 14, with Sydney University ranked at 19.

[@Animecutie-xo3ib]

Definitely recommend to watch a campus tour of Adelaide uni

[@penelopeloadsman3033]

you should look at newcastle university now as grand but still impressive

[@penelopeloadsman3033]

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[@charmainelee8815]

Worked ther years ago.

[@pythonprojectsforwindows6795]

You are not permitted to walk on the grass in the Main Quadrangle, so no tennis. You can walk on the grass outside the front of the Main Quadrangle.

[@user-gu6zo6ob7n]

Graduate of USyd and post Grad UTS both have amazing facilities and faculty. fees quoted are Government subsidised for Aus citizens and my children both recent grads paid more than $9k pa if you don’t pay upfront you also end up paying much more through a government loan scheme. Full fee for international or local students are average $45k pa

[@doubledee9675]

AFL may be played at Sydney Uni these days, but it wasn't in my time there over 60 years ago.

[@shezza66]

The uni is next to one of the biggest teaching hospital

[@level5rat302]

My mum went there

[@admanistansheridan1826]

Yeah, did one degree and a masters. My partner is a Senior Lecturer there. I also did a degree and masters at Wollongong Uni. Sydney was great but loved the Gong.

[@tonihoger590]

That's us down here 🇦🇺

[@elli4210]

The department of veterinary sciences has a student clinic, and they sell car bumper stickers which read, "My cat/dog does to university" 😆😊

[@spndrtwentythree5239]

You should check out UTS - universities of technology its 5mins down the street from here

[@terencejeffries5359]

... and all other 75 applicants had either school cert. or h.s.c.. probably why able to acquire component packs for pocket calculators, assemble, and distribute when 14 earning $40.00 an hour in 1972. taztez the lumberjack.

[@DavidSemeniuk]

that's where I'm going after I finish highschool

[@Kryojenix]

How many videos does Ryan keep asking "what's a hectare?" in? 😂

[@sera.84]

University of Queensland is also beautful also we have something called hecs or whatever it’s called now which basically means you don’t pay off your loan until you’ve started making enough money to start garnishing your wages to pay for it

[@waza987]

Sydney is a big city, and the University of Sydney is one of the bigger Unis in Australia. Remember on Price though this is government Uni so in terms of fees is more comparable to a State college for in state students (but ours are federally funded so you don’t need to stay i state) rather than one of the expensive tοp private universities in America.

[@birdsong62]

I think you’ll find it $9000 each semester so x 2 for a year. Courses vary from 2-5 years.

[@erinjanssen8336]

AFL?! Noooo, this is in NSW - This is Rugby League country!! Although Rugby Union is probably more the speed of that university. University of Sydney (or USYD) is probably one of the more expensive universities in the country because it has such a good reputation. It has spectacular campuses and people have been known to do wedding photos in the courtyard there. There is an Australian movie called "Looking for Alibrandi" that has a brief moment showcasing this courtyard. Although, to be fair, many Australian movies showcase it, even "Young Einstein". There are other unis, like Western Sydney University, which are more... budget friendly, as they are younger and don't have that established reputation, but they are very innovative and have very striking campuses as well. If you are interested in this sort of content, there is a man... I can't remember his name or his channel (so this is really unhelpful), but he wears a hat... who gives reviews of Australian universities and provides some really good information about them. He even shows all of the cafes and food places that you can find there!

[@peterhollingbery5159]

The conserv of music was a stable.

[@pspicerwensley]

A hectare is 100 x100m and is about 2.5 acres.

[@FreyaofCerberus]

When i was in high school we used to say that USYD was for the posh and the rich kids, UNSW (University of New South Wales) was for the hipsters and UTS (University of Technology, Sydney) was for the nerds. Macquarie University, where i went was for the rest. And as long as you avoided UWS (University of Western Sydney, now called Western Sydney University) you were ok, cause that's where all the bogans went.

[@Jeni10]

In Australia, school is for children and ends at Year 12. Universities and colleges are not school. They are Tertiary education and a lot less wild than colleges in America. We study for Degrees, Graduate and Post-Graduate studies.

[@oodles_of_noodles.]

Well technically the word "college" is quite broad across Australia. Many high schools are called colleges, some TAFEs or individual faculty areas of them are referred to as colleges, we have Community Colleges where we can do weekend courses for hobbies, 2 day first aid certificates, RSA courses etc, all the way up to 2 to 4 year certificate or diploma courses for traineeships and apprenticeships. Then we have private colleges that offer the same and other specialty courses. So 12 year olds can be attending a "college" if that's in the name of their school but it's obviously not a tertiary education like TAFE or UNI. TAFE is Technical and Further Education resulting in a trade certificate, diploma or advanced diploma in a more practical vocation but is still in the classification of "higher education" like University, but University is for obtaining under-graduate degrees and post graduate certificates, diplomas and degrees for more specialised vocations ( info for non-Australians, I know you know this ). I think the reason why we are a lot more subdued than American college students is the drinking age. They aren't legally allowed to drink alcohol until they are 21 so I think they get off on the thrill of the forbidden whereas we did that from about 15 years old when we started attending parties. I think we have it out of our systems by the time we are legal and are at Uni to study because we want to be there whereas there seems to be an expectation on Americans that they WILL go to college whether they want to or not! . It must look odd to American 18 year olds to see videos of us at the same age being able to have a casual drink out in the open on any given sunny day with our Professors walking by un-fased. We typically don't have the American dorm style accomodation either. "on campus accomodation" is often not on campus at all and can be 2 students in a single unit or villa two kilometres away from the campus and another 2 people half a kilometre away from them ( in the case where Unis have agreements with private rental properties ). We'd probably be tempted to party more if we were in large living quarters with our new friends too lol. I was half an hour away from my first Uni and an hour and a half from my second so I didn't experience student accomodation. My cohort only ever really celebrated after final yearly and half yearly exams but even so we typically only ever had one drink on campus and then went to a nearby pub for a good feed and serious drinkies.

[@Mia_Louiise]

Amazing Uni 🦘🪃🇦🇺

[@darcypenn6702]

I went to Usyd between 2007-2009 B Commerce, and several Asian international students said that they felt like they were at Hogwarts 😂😂

[@heartyfisher]

LOL !! 'muricans .... 2.47 football fields in 1 hectare.

[@jascr2010]

our higher education facilities are among the best in the world it's our primary and secondary schools that suck.

[@danielkelly8870]

🤣🤣🤣🤣 Hogwarts is literally what we actually call it!

[@donnapalaussie19]

Global reputation | Highest ranked universities, 2023 Rank University Reputation score 2 The University of Queensland 89 2 University of New South Wales 89 2 The University of Sydney 89 5 The Australian National University 87

[@peterlinsley4287]

They wouldn't play AFL there. University are big in Rugby Union. Although the Sydney Swans are an AFL team New South Wales (NSW) IN A Rugby League (NRL) state. Sydney in particular has 9 of the 17 Rugby League teams in the National Rugby League (NRL) competition. Believe it or not one of the suburbs in Sydney is Manly. So you can catch the Manly Ferry.

[@PMAFL]

And you can get a loan to pay back later in life when you earn much more

[@leecc1574]

Anyone else remember when the baboons got loose in 2021?

[@karagrant3245]

Don't worry uni students pay millions of dollars on rent in Sydney

[@allangoodger969]

Under prime minister Gough Whitlam all higher education was free.

[@geoffreyfox60]

It's $9000 you should Blue ribbon meals. Inrhe 50 60 70 uni was free not $9000 not $900 not 90 but 0 nothing zip Nada have you got it you didn't pay ❤😂🎉😢😮😅

[@terencejeffries5359]

how do all? if having a uni degree prooves acumen how come it isn't free of fees? the professors should have had more than enough time to capitalize on their wealth of knowledge. it prooves my thesis when the staff sergeant for n.z. army said i beat all 75 applicants tested for officers electrical engineers course. only 2 questions wrong without revision as 2 months at home with plaster up to crutch and not taught matrices info' so three 30 min tests a waste of time with no year 10 or h.s.c. passes, [ though class dux 8 terms for commercial practice at college ]. take it at face ryan, having a uni degree means nothing when intellect is required. taztez.

[@peterhatch206]

My daughter goes to Uni Syd great architecture but pure lefty propaganda for the kids .

[@rustygear447]

As a UNSW student, I'm obligated to say USYD is trash.

[@valsyaranamual6853]

Australia - retains historic building. USA - rips them down and builds car parks!

[@mindi2050]

They do have their famous Ivy Leage universities. Harvard University was founded in 1636. Yale and Princeston universities in the early 1700's.

[@joanneburford6364]

You grew up in the wrong country Ryan 🤷‍♀️

[@Dr_KAP]

Haha our Universities are ok, but have you seen the universities in the US? They’re infinitely better than ours - I’ve been to about 20 including Princeton, Harvard, MIT, Stanford, UCLA.. beautiful historic campuses and top notch facilities.

[@dianawhiteley9807]

Mate....you got to stop talking so much thru these videos!

[@alexp2864]

lol my uni

[@markdowse3572]

Hi Sir. I did my SCIENCE / LAW DEGREES at Sydney Uni. The LAW SCHOOL was actually in Phillip St in the CBD. I left with a large HECS debt, but I paid it off with no problems. I did the QUAD RUN and I played for Sydney Uni Lions gridiron Team for four years, setting two Club records. Study, study, study and footy. M 🦘🏏😎

[@andemaiar]

Being from South Australia, I had no idea how extensive and state-of-the-art the Sydney Uni is. Beats the shit out of the Tafe I went to!

[@artistjoh]

It is an amazing university.

[@dcmastermindfirst9418]

Lol Tafe is a fukin technical school. It doesn't need to be state of the art. Doofus 😂😂😂😂

[@Hochspitz]

UniSA is also awesome with quite a few campuses.

[@bronwyn6415]

@@Hochspitz Which is now joining up with Adelaide Uni, I believe.

[@Vegemite_Warrior]

Tafe is shit all over the country, I went to one on an excursion and it was horrible.

[@alumycrick2911]

I never enrolled at Sydney University as a student, but on the advice of my modern history teacher I made great use of the Fisher Library's mountain of resources to do research for my HSC essays. I think I became my high school's only ever "expert" on the nineteenth century Russian civil service reform. The Fisher sure helped me get good marks for the essays and in the HSC exam.

[@margueritedilosa2944]

Me too , I studied in the Fisher Library for year 12 , loved being a part of that scene.

[@elli4210]

A friend who lives in a regional town had a meeting on campus, so dropped her 10 year old son and his friend with the Education librarians. She had lots of trouble dragging them out of there when her meeting was done! 😂

[@koala1959rap]

I spend countless hours in the "stack" at the library during my first degree back in the early 80s. Many a time I staggered out with quite a few books for an assignment from there.

[@jenniferharrison8915]

My niece actually works at Sydney Uni in research, she just couldn't leave after her graduation there - the atmosphere and the facilities are truly superb! 😁

[@FlyxPat]

The suburbs around U Sydney are so cool too. Once upon a time students could afford to rent houses in Glebe, Newtown, Forest Lodge and Camperdown.

[@jenniferharrison8915]

Yes, thats true, now they are out of reach for most students! 🤨

[@c8Lorraine1]

Yeah, and when the uni sold them at auction they fetched over a million dollars each for location alone. Walking distance to Sydney Uni, CBD all types of entertainment

[@quarkcypher]

I actually grew up in those areas you mentioned. My mother was born in a house in Darlington. Those suburbs were mainly populated by factory workers or blue-collar workers. My parents rented a terrace house in Chippendale for $4 a week in the 1960's. Things have changed aplenty since then.

[@nolasyeila6261]

I remember when tertiary education was FREE (dating myself here)! This university does look awesome though.

[@FlyxPat]

Drop-out rates were too high when it was free. The government (and taxpayer) got sick of paying for third-empty lecture halls.

[@leecc1574]

That's what millions of dollars does..

[@gamera3000]

I went to Sydney Uni. Exams were done in a building with beautiful timber vaulted ceilings. My daughter worked in an Agriculture research lab at Camden straight out of high school.

[@Danger_Mouse3619]

UWS University of Western Sydney is the largest University in Australia. It has many campuses spread across western Sydney. I studied Visual Communication at the South Werrington side in our design building.

[@FionaEm]

I went to a small uni in north Queensland (James Cook University). It only had 4000 students at the time. I'm glad I went there, because by 3rd year (what you guys would call junior year) classes were small and the lecturers knew your name. The lecturer who supervised my 4th year thesis was an acknowledged specialist in his field. I don't think I could have done better at a bigger uni.

[@Austtube]

Yeah, I went to USyd. I had a mixed experience, it is a beautiful location. Honestly, it really depends on what you want to learn. It's good in some facilities. In other faculties, Sydney is rather ordinary compared to other universities around the country. If thinking of a Uni, you really have to think about what you want to learn, then find the University that has the best reputation in that particular field. Forget the snob value of U Syd. Other Unis can do better in some fields. Also, think of the cost of student accommodation. Sydney is very expensive for students. As a campus, yeah, it's like Hogwarts. And so is Melbourne University. To be honest, the secret is that ANU probably has a higher standard than both Melbourne and Sydney. Just don't tell Melbourne and Sydney, they get most irate if they are true to their school tie

[@jenniferharrison8915]

ANU specialises in commerce and politics, and Canberra is limited and tedious, there's no comparison!

[@melissamanton9630]

Both my daughters went to USYD. It is a truly amazing place. When you are there the atmosphere smells of history and learning. It really makes you want to enrol in anything just to soak it up! My eldest daughter bought a home in Forest Lodge, literally 5 minutes walk to the uni, so I get to breathe in that "air" whenever I visit.

[@cherylemaybury9967]

I went to University of Newcastle, Ourimba campus and got a double degree Bachelor of Arts Linguistics and and Bachelor of Teaching primary. I was able to defer my fees and only pay after I graduated and was earning enough money. I stayed a casual teacher for many years and always earned slightly less than the amount needed to pay back my student debt. I am retired now so I ended up getting my degrees for free. 😊

[@cyclops92]

I worked at the Tall Timbers at Ourimbah, I put my daughter through university by all the money the students put on the bar

[@jayebuss5562]

​@@cyclops92haha, the tallies is a sweet little pub for a couple after work.

[@user-bf8ud9vt5b]

9:49 Here in Straya, we have culture coming out of our ar*e! 😉

[@crystalroseblue6760]

Many years ago The Professor of Physiology of that University sent a person to test my intelligence and mental fortitude. I Aced it ,came out I was told I have the strongest survival instint ever recorded,and except for a poor education I only sit on the edge of Genius level and would have been there in lights if I had a good education. I was told that unfortunatly I am one of those that fell through the cracks. But that is where I would have gone but for poor circumstances that life threw me. How lucky young people are now to be able to get good education and go to a wonderfull University like this.

[@peterhollingbery5159]

No Ryan its a tad more than 9k, locals about 12k international students about 90k.

[@rolla5731]

Just begging for some AFL...love it 😂

[@jimmylin9859]

great video, I loved the reaction, I'm heading into university of Sydney in 2024 and just made a vlog about it haha

[@barbararowley6077]

Well this has sent me off to find campus tour videos of my old Alma mater, La Trobe Uni (Bundoora campus). We have such great Universities - La Trobe is pretty much mid ranked for Australia, but that still puts it in the top 1% worldwide.

[@anniemac7545]

I grew up in Sydney, right near Toronga Zoo where you can get a Ferry from Circular Quay (Sydney CBD). I was lucky to have a job in Circular Quay, so I would walk 3 mins to the Ferry and commute every day on the water....I was so fortunate, it was the best way to catch public transport into the city.....spoilt brat!

[@the-flatulator]

12,000 Hectares is 29,652 Acres. Hectares are metric, just like the rest of the world :)

[@darrenheapy1265]

We know you will miss ya family and mates. But seriously its time you started to think about coming over and checking us out for real.

[@jk177717]

I studied there decades ago. It was pretty impressive then, but it's gone up a level or two since.

[@pollyparrot9447]

Testament to the rivers of gold brought in by full fee paying international students.

[@Jeni10]

Media has no r at the end. However when speaking English, we often need a bridging sound to get from one word to another, and that bridge will be whatever is easiest for the tongue to manoeuvre to the next word. “Media and” has two “a”s adjacent to each other, which is hard to say, so the tongue changes position and a slight “r” sound becomes the bridging sound between those two “a”s. There are videos about speaking English, that can help you listen for these bridges.

[@Jaydaydesign]

Melbourne Uni is not a bad place to see either

[@veronicalaverick6568]

Fabulous uni but the University of Queensland (UQ) is similar and has just been named Australia's number 1 University. Lifestyle is fabulous ... as the slogan goes beautiful one day, perfect the next.

[@jennymaihall]

Melbourne Uni is just as amazing 😻

[@FionaEm]

Re: her saying "media-r", it's only because she ran it into the next word, which started with a vowel. We pretty much all do that.

[@zeromax695]

2:25 No, she didn't say Australians were first to dissect humans, that was probably ancient Greeks and Australia is only a little over 200 years old. She said it was the room/lab where the first Sydney Uni dissection occurred. BTW, love your channel.

[@davidjohnpaul7558]

1 hectare = 10,000 square metres....My sister went to Sydney University. I was a regular visitor

[@Mathewjcg]

Ahh so glad you reacted to this. I live in Sydney and work at the uni!