You’re starting a fresh year in Western Sydney University and the roundabout you have chosen will give you more than what you asked for. WSU will not be all about academics. You are likely to be overwhelmed (or underwhelmed) by some of the things you will get at...
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Dirty paper at Western
Have you ever thought about how much paper you use taking notes and studying at uni? Despite living in the digital age, many students still use sheets of paper or paper notebooks instead of taking notes on laptops, while others print a copy of each lecture slide. It...
Bankstown, we have a problem! Power blackout shuts down campus
Students and staff were asked to leave Bankstown campus yesterday as a power cut shut down the entire campus. Computer systems, landline phones, lighting and pretty much everything else stopped functioning. A fault in the external supply at Bankstown campus caused a...
EXCLUSIVE: WSU to develop Bankstown CBD Campus
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...
Five Ways to Stress Less
1. Organisation is your friend. There is nothing worse than attending class on a Thursday, only to discover that the weekend you had planned with Netflix and Doritos would now be interrupted with two assignments and a quiz all due by Monday. Don’t rely on your memory...
Managing Stress, Studies, and ADHD
University can be stressful for so many students, especially with the never-ending assignments. University can also be a curveball for First Years who are most likely fresh out of high school. While some students can manage their university, work, and social lives...
Exam Packing List
Blue and black pens: Because apparently sparkly pink ink isn’t good enough for academics. 2B pencil and eraser: You never know when they are going to sneak in a shifty shade the circle multiple choice section. A clear water bottle: No coloured plastic or writing on...
Student Assistance: Limited
Are student services at risk at Western Sydney University? The answer to that question rather depends on whom you ask. If you were to ask Western Sydney University directly, the answer would be a strong negative. Consulting the University’s most recent Strategic...
The Whitlam What?
Nicole Gismondo Photography supplied by the Whitlam Institute. If you’ve never ventured as far as the river on Parramatta South Campus, chances are you’ve never heard of the Whitlam Institute. Situated in the historic Female Orphan School, the institute houses the...
New Student Incentives: iPad’s vs Free Digital Textbooks
Harley Bowd What are we getting and do we want it? Western Sydney University has recently made several claims regarding their free digital textbook program for new students. This program is a replacement for the popular electronic device program, which original saw...
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A Word on WestWords: Opportunities, and how it supports Emerging Writers
Ally Burnham is the Creative Producer at Westwords, Western Sydney’s centre for creative writing. She completed a Master’s in Writing for Performance at the National Institute of Dramatic Art and won an AWGIE in 2020 for her short film screenplay ‘Metropius’. She is a...
A Word On WestWords: Advice To Writers
Ally Burnham is the Creative Producer at Westwords, Western Sydney’s centre for Creative Writing. She completed a Master’s in Writing for Performance at the National Institute of Dramatic Art and won an AWGIE in 2020 for her short film screenplay ‘Metropius’. She is a...
Creative Cloud Crisis: Is Western Really the Adobe Creative Campus?
Vice President and Adobe Managing Director Katrina Troughton, described Western Sydney University as “the first Adobe Creative Campus University in New South Wales”. However, students can only access Adobe programs at certain times of the year. Western students have...
CreatURe: A Space for Sci-Fi Fanatics & The Launch of ‘RELIC’
(RELIC’s front-page cover, designed by Matt Wildig, CreatURe member, 2024) Author: Nicole Lenoir-Jourdan A little over a year ago, CreatURe was a gleam in the eye of a few speculative fiction fanatics, a half-mad scheme to provide students with a place to be...
A degree apart: The realities of studying psychology
Author: Jordan Canciani Editor: Abbie Simmons The Australian Psychological Society (APS) reported there are simply too many undergraduate students, vastly exceeding the number of available postgraduate psychology programs. In my experience as a 3rd year Bachelor...