In 2022, Western Sydney University trialed the provision of free period products in Parramatta City campus bathrooms. In 2023, it was announced that two high traffic bathrooms on each campus, including an accessible gender-neutral bathroom, would dispense free...
Clubs Crossword Solution
View Crossword in W'SUP News' October print edition 2025. View Crossword solutions here. Q4 Crossword Giveaway Terms and Conditions 1. Entry is open to any currently enrolled student studying at Western Sydney University. Only the first 10 entrants who...
Finding Nemo (Another) Therapist
What could possibly be worse than a father eating his son because he’s deformed? Well, you’re about to find out. This is part two of finding Nemo a therapist (yes, Disney’s Finding Nemo). Why? Because clownfish are slightly traumatising. Click here for part one if you...
Generation Science
“Re-Gen Z Science” is headed by Western Sydney University’s Dr. Mark Jones and School of Science Engagement Officer Loise Graham. With a focus on making science relevant to younger generations in the Hawkesbury, the program covers how science can address some of the...
Finding Nemo a Therapist
Disney’s Finding Nemo. A 2003 childhood classic, full of laughs, tears and family bonding. Haven’t seen it? Here’s the whole plot. And here’s an out of context, no spoiler version: A serial killer brutally murders a mother (Coral) and almost all of her children...
Highlight of The Hawkesbury
For Western Sydney University students, the 9th-11th May 2025 was filled with cows, science, and more cows at the Hawkesbury Agricultural Show. Known as the place where the country meets the city, it’s the second biggest agricultural show after the Sydney Royal Easter...
Nothing Much
“How are you?” I hate this question. Because, well, what do I say? I’m running off the sugar in my coffee, and the fear of not paying the rent this week? I was okay an hour ago, but something shifted and now I’m not? I want to lay in bed with my cat...
Bachelor of Sacrifice: Navigating Work Life Balance
There are 168 hours in a week. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australians spend an average of 10 hours and 35 minutes a day on necessary things like sleeping, eating, personal care, health, and hygiene. That’s 74 hours a week. An average of 3...
Day in the life of a science student who knows nothing about science, two years into the degree.
I was feeling okay about chemistry till I got to this sentence in the practical brief. ‘Volumetric analysis determines the number of moles present in an aliquot of an analyte by a stoichiometric reaction’. Cue blinking in disbelief and several Google searches to...
P’s Get Degrees
Yes, we all want distinctions and make the Dean’s Merit List. We all want to be top of the class. But sometimes, cruising in the middle is the best you can do. And just because you’re not top of the class, it doesn't mean you’ve failed. Besides, I know significantly...
Imagining Extinction
Imagine. You and your family are, for some reason, one of a kind. Maybe you can fly, maybe you have 8 arms, maybe you’re made of a precious material. You’re special. Unique. Your purpose is to exist, to continue your species. There’s 3 members of your entire...
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Alphabet Lane review – Even couples get lonely
If cinema is a two-way conversation, what happens when you add imaginary friends to the chat? Married couple Anna and Jack are feeling lonely and isolated out in the country, where they struggle to communicate with each other. Words are hard to come by when you’re...
Student Elections 2026: Rodmina Edalat
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Student Elections 2026: Ahmad Chatah
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Student Elections 2026: Alexandra Woods
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Student Elections 2026: Francesca Mcloughlin
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