In 2017 it was ranked as the world's 26th most reputable university and it awarded Kenneth Turner what honorary degree?
Kenneth Turner Kenneth Irving Turner was one of the main contributors to the study of New South Wales and Australian politics in the postwar period. This contribution was acknowledged when the University of Sydney awarded him an Honorary D Litt in 2008. He was appointed a member of the Order of Australia (AM) in 2012.
External examiner The external examiner plays an important role in all degree level examinations in higher education in the United Kingdom. The external examiner system originated in 1832 with the establishment of the University of Durham, the first in England since Cambridge was founded 600 years earlier. Durham used Oxford examiners to assure the public that its degrees were a similar standard to Oxford's. The establishment of more universities in England from the 1880s was accompanied by a requirement that examinations be conducted by internal and external examiners. It is also found in countries whose higher education systems were developed from United Kingdom practice, or strongly influenced by it, after its introduction, including New Zealand, and India. It is one of the oldest systems of quality control within higher education.