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...
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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...
Live from SRC meeting #2
Join Emma as she live blogs about the Student Representative Council’s (SRC) happenings; live from their second meeting of the year. Refresh the page to see the latest updates. 7:01 pm Meeting closed YASS LIZ! Michael moves that the SRC re-acredit to NUS with an...
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Traumatised By Maths? Same – You Need MESH!
As a writer, and definitely NOT a Mathematician, I freak out when I just get close to numbers. It takes me back to school days when I used to have a meltdown over equations and shapes. I still don’t know why I needed to prove how something was a triangle, to be...
Free Films for WSU Students at the Sydney Film Festival
If you're a Western Sydney Uni student, the Sydney Film Festival want you to watch more movies! Use the code WUSC25SFF to redeem free tickets to selected sessions at this year's film festival, including daytime, weekday tickets to some of the most popular screenings...
Free to Be: Marching with Pride with Western Sydney University
(A group photo with the Mardi Gras float, captured before the march. Photo by Lia K, 2025.) Student Lia K reflects on Western Sydney University's long-running involvement in the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras. As someone born, raised, and now studying in Western...
Hannah Mei Gavina’s Collection of Poetry From her Book, Scribbled Cadence de Hannah
HOPELESS My problems are too many to count, Solutions nowhere to be found How and where do I even look If there's nothing to be found? Pain fills my lungs as I drown As waves of despair crash into my shore I try to swim and gasp for air But an anchor...
Happiness in a Shot: The Power of a Photo
I once stumbled upon a photograph called Lower Paradise Valley taken in 1925 by American landscape photographer Ansel Adams when reading one of my favorite books called ‘On Photography’ by Susan Sontag. The innocence of the landscape, the purity of the light...




