Story By Michael Wright Western Sydney Uni has today announced they will commence development on a new campus in the Bankstown CBD. Vice Chancellor and President, Prof. Barney Glover announced the development to over 100 students and staff at the existing Bankstown...
Following last year’s Federal Election, the Australian Electoral Commission released statistics on voter enrolment that revealed several interesting insights. NSW recorded one of its highest numbers of voter enrolment in over a decade – with a 96 per cent of the...
By Michael Wright: Note: This article deals with transphobia, violence and bullying. It also contains expletives. Update (18/04/17): W’SUP has since learned that the university has decided to step in. CLV will now allow both Harry and Charlie to end their contracts....
Join Michael as he live blogs about the Board of Trustees meeting happenings. Refresh the page to see the latest updates. 12:35 – And I’m out. The board has returned to closed sessions, discussing content which is commercial in confidence and another issue regarding...
Photo: Michael Wright Within the last 10 years, major strides in the queer equality movement have led to the increased decriminalisation of homosexuality and major strides in the ability for transgender individuals to transition legally and socially. These...
Michael Wright UPDATE: MARCH 22 2017 – 9:59 PM Power has been restored at the Parramatta South campus after the earlier outage. Classes will be on tomorrow as per normal UPDATE: MARCH 22 2017 – 5:16 PM An all student email has been sent by Matthew Dakin, the...
Michael Wright looks at what the Student Services and Amenities Fee is and who spends it. Each semester the university asks you to pay SSAF a $147.00 fee ($294.00 annually) that pays for ‘student services and amenities’. Due in part to the fact that it can be easily...
By Michael Wright: The National Union of Students (NUS) has come under criticism in recent years. In NSW, voters remain sceptical of unions, and student politics more broadly remains the domain of die-hards and hacks. While these claims aren’t totally unfounded,...
By Michael Wright: Students studying Media Arts Production and Design courses at Western Sydney University have been told they must move to Parramatta to continue studying in 2017. The School of Humanities and Communications Arts will leave purpose built facilities on...
By Michael Wright, who laughed a lot at the opening night of WSMS’s 2016 revue: Revue: “multi-act popular theatrical entertainment that combines music, dance and sketches.” (Wikipedia, 2016) The Boy Who Fluked, Western Sydney Medical Society’s (WSMS) 2016 revue, is an...
By Michael Wright, SECRETARY, PARRAMATTA STUDENT CAMPUS COUNCIL: On Tuesday October 27, the planned Parramatta Student Campus Council (PSCC) meeting was postponed due to a lack of quorum. Of the 9 members, only 3 attended, with just as many MIA. At both SRC and PSCC...
Tamara Moss majored in Asian Studies at the University of Western Australia before going on to work as a primary school teacher. In 2017, she published her debut book in the Lintang series. The series was shortlisted for the Readings Children’s Book Prize in 2018,...
Before the sun begins to rise, a nurse is already by someone’s side. Not just asking what hurts today; But wondering what words cannot say. They carry no spotlight, applause, nor fame; Just quiet commitment to every name. With tired eyes and steady hands, ...
They talked about coffee for five minutes. “Espresso” and “mocha” rolled off their lips – dry and pale the way the winter grounds are – in harmony, disappearing into the wind – the relentlessly cold wind. After a while, the discussion shifted into something sweeter,...
Previously self-published Bronte-Marie Wesson has just made her traditional debut with the start of a high fantasy series. The Ascension of Souls was released on the 3rd of March 2025 to kick off the Broken Cycle trilogy. The novel is perfect for fans of Game of...
When you think of dementia, you probably picture someone forgetting their keys or getting confused about the date. But what if the early warning signs look completely different depending on whether you are a man or a woman? For decades, medical research has largely...