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....
UPDATE: W’SUP has been contacted by representatives of Nerdfighters, who have indicated that some of the comments recorded in this liveblog. were incorrect. Specifically, they note that they did not receive provost funding in 2016, and have not had funding approved...
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...
Maxwelle-Jane Dwyer (Images) and Michael Wright (Words) UPDATE: MARCH 22 2017 – 12:45 PM Students return to 1PSQ following an evacuation. Photo: Maxwelle-Jane Dwyer Students appear to be being let back into the building. We’ll keep following leads, and update you if...
If you were at Parramatta today you might have noticed that a magical rainbow crosswalk appeared outside of the bookshop. But what is this sorcery and why is it there? The rainbow appeared on Parramatta Campus today but is scheduled to be removed this afternoon...
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...
Join our representative as she blogs about the Student Representative Council’s (SRC) happenings; live from their first meeting of 2017. Refresh the page to see the latest updates. 7:40 meeting ends! 7:30 Michael moves that the meeting go in camera. I got...
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...
Imagine this – it is your first day back at uni. The endless summer holidays have sadly come to an end and reality is about to hit. You have great aspirations (as you do every year) to attend all your classes, stay on top of your readings and start assignments before...
By Nicole Gismondo and Lisa Lewis: During the week of International Women’s Day, Western Sydney University hosted Dr Kakenya Ntaiya on Kingswood campus. Dr Ntiaya is a champion of girl’s education in Kenya, starting a female boarding school to help change the harsh...
For more than fifteen years teaching full-time at Western Sydney University, Dr Rachel Morley is more than just an award-winning academic in communications and creative industries - she’s been a catalyst for curiosity, courage, and creativity. In her classroom,...
There are 168 hours in a week. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australians spend an average of 10 hours and 35 minutes a day on necessary things like sleeping, eating, personal care, health, and hygiene. That’s 74 hours a week. An average of 3...
Check out Curiously West Film Club, a creative lab for film lovers, cofounded by Western Sydney University staff and alumnus Addy Fong and Diego Murillo. All you need is curiosity! What’s special about filmmaking workshops at CWFC? Unlike other film screening clubs...
Are you an international student adjusting to life away from home? Feeling overwhelmed by university pressures or missing the comfort of familiar faces? You’re not alone, and at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University in Melbourne, a very special...
A breakthrough that looked more fiction than science stunned the world on October 1st 2024, when Colossal Biosciences created and birthed three Dire Wolf pups named Romulus, Remus and Kahleesi. In a world first, scientists used gene editing to alter the genome of a...