A wave of surveillance in the wake of coronavirus is forcing students to decide between privacy or their grades with online exams to be monitored with a software called ProctorU. In a time where people want to protect their online privacy and security more than ever –...
Students with parenting and caring responsibilities have always faced a unique set of competing responsibilities. With the relentless demands from study, housework, paid work and extracurriculars, to attending to the time and attention of their children – these are...
We were doing okay for a little bit, until COVID-19 hit and once again I was a single mum doing a university degree, living on benefits. Benefits that could hardly cover the cost of living. When my employer went into self-isolation because of his health, all future...
The story behind the rant re-design of the Western Sydney University shirt on Facebook. Meet Hayley Elford, a passionate individual who has recently completed her Bachelor Arts Pathway to Teaching and is now studying her Masters of Teaching (Primary). Even...
Editor note: Rose has been elected as NUS Representative in the 2020 student election. Disclaimer: Doesn’t work every time Do you consider yourself a change-maker? An #influencer? Or someone pretty good at communicating with others? If yes – or if you want to manifest...
Studying at uni can be full on! Luckily, there are heaps of ways to engage with the WSU community and chances are you’re already making some great contributions that can be used to improve your CV and potentially score your next job. Here are a few ways you can engage...
As an ex-student rep, I spend a lot of time reading the rants page to get a better understanding (and truly honest) commentary on student’s experiences across all the campuses. I found a common motif in many of your complaints, questions and queries you want to know...
Amid this coronavirus pandemic, you may have initially been thrilled about working or undertaking university from home to moderate the spread of infection. Saving on transport time and costs, and working from the comfort of your own home can sound appealing....
“It’s okay, only old people and people with underlying medical conditions will die from the coronavirus.” Sound familiar? While it might make some feel better, those who are disabled, chronically ill and/or elderly can hear you. Spoiler alert: it doesn’t make them...
2020, a new year and the mark of a new decade for students of Western Sydney University, both new and returning. Getting ready for the new semester, picking our class schedules can be overwhelming. With recent hysteria over the newest virus to hit the world’s stage,...
Caption: Netflix. Heartstopper season 3 poster. Poster with the main characters, Nick and Charlie. https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/heartstopper/s03, 2024) Content Warning: This television show and review discusses topics of mental health, self-harm,...
National Novel Writing Month (or NaNoWriMo) is a one-way ticket for writers to enter four weeks of self-inflicted madness (or so many authors have said), and write in any spare moment they can. The need for a rush of words leaves little time to overthink, go back or...
Author: Ayesha Bennett (Edited by Eugenia Kourkoutas) 'WELL, I LISTENED BEFORE THEY WERE COOL!’ Australia’s music landscape has always held a diversity of amazing acts. Yet in recent years, there has come an explosion of upcoming ‘Indie Rock/Pop’ artists that...
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...
The U.S. presidency has been a social media spectacle for nearly a decade. This coming election is like a story out of the sitcom Veep and featuring a villain from Scooby Doo. At the Blue Mountains Writers’ Festival on November 3rd, 2024, Bruce Wolpe, author of the...