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...
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...
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...
“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...
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...
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...
“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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
A recent NSW parliamentary inquiry has found during the 2025 restructure of Western Sydney University over $30 million was spent on consultancy fees. As part of the review, corporate consultancy and advisory firm KPMG was engaged for a fee of $2.6 million,...
Students of the newly commenced Performing Arts subject, ‘Fundamentals of Acting and Theatre’ have launched one of Western Sydney University’s (‘WSU’) newest clubs. The Hybridised Ensemble for Film & Theatre, or otherwise called ‘THEFT’, gives students across WSU...
Sydney just finished its warmest winter to date in its 167 years of record, according to University of Technology Professor and meteorologist expert, Milton Speer. This comes following research from Weather Zone which said that Sydney’s overnight minimums and...
As students face cost-of-living pressures, an increase in parking fee increase at Western Sydney University's Parramatta South campus has become a concern for some students who rely on driving to campus. The cost of a one day ‘pay and display’ parking ticket at...
August 13 saw Western Sydney University (WSU) students joining a nationwide protest against Pauline Hanson and the One Nation collective. The rally was organised by High School Anti-Capitalists and the National Union of Students. For many involved, it was about more...