Paul Kleynjan

We are taught to see difference

We are taught to see difference

By Paul Kleynjan: Diversity, the experience of difference, or the way we experience race, culture, sexuality, gender, class and ability is a big part of campus life at UWS.  There are, apparently, parts of us that we consider the same or different from those around...

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Mongers gonna mong

Mongers gonna mong

It’s an historical travesty!  Monging is in peril!  Monging one’s wares is well and truly over.  Having a fishmonger mong your fish or having your armour monged by an ironmonger is sadly no more.  It was the height of professionalism but alas, the years have turned...

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Expanding my cultural horizons in Japan

(Credit: Simran Prasad) Earlier this July, I participated in the Venture Makers Global Exchange held in Kansai, Japan’s innovation capital. The program saw students from universities across Japan, Canada, the UK, India, and Australia collaborate on tackling real-life...

Go Global: My South Korean Odyssey

Written by Richard Xu | Edited by Luci Kugathasan Introduction  On March 1st, 2024, I attended Go Global’s South Korea study tour at Kyung Hee University in Seoul, an institution that prides itself in advancing scholarship and peace. The trip provided me with insight...

Street Library Launch

Written by Lidya Rivai | Edited by Luci Kugathasan   Whether you live in suburbia, near a CBD, or you’re just out for a stroll, you’re bound to spot one of these little street libraries, housed in a cosy nook of your neighbourhood.   (Two members of Book...

Blak, Loud and Proud at Parramatta South Campus

The theme for NAIDOC Week 2024 was Blak, Loud and Proud: Keep the Fire Burning. At Western Sydney University’s (WSU) Parramatta South Campus the Yarramundi Lectures explored the importance of the Indigenous community at Western Sydney University (WSU). The Yarramundi...