By Sam Marsh: The musings of an LLB Student while attending the S4S National Leadership Conference. The University of Wollongong, in association with the Australian Student Leadership Association, hosted the 10th annual Student Leadership Conference; “Discover –...
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Event: Mental Health and Wellbeing Month
October is Mental Health and Wellbeing Month at Western Sydney Uni. Come and hang out at a Chill Station on your campus! A range of events and activities will be held on each campus, including health food cooking demonstrations, chill stations, study break sessions,...
Review: Bankstown Diversity Fest
By Eimear McCaighy: As part of Diversity Fest, the Western Sydney University Bankstown Campus held a small festival on Tuesday 20th September. The festival was a monumental success with the free Halal Snack Pack easily being the hit of the day. The event...
Around the Campus Clubs
By Nicole Gismondo: The clubs scene at our university is still fairly early in its development. We take a look around the campus to find out what the scene is like on your campus. You can find all clubs on OrgSync – the University’s official platform Hawkesbury (13...
Meet founder of Combat Against Dark Arts club, Anthony Tran
By Ian Escandor: What is the history behind the club? Back in 2014, I was part of the Gaming Game club at Bankstown. Within the club, there were a few people interested in not only games, but martial arts. I thought about running a small martial arts club to train at...
Diversity: Thoughts from Parramatta Student Council
By Richa Mistry: Diversity. Sometimes it’s not as visible as seeing multicultural individuals or differently-abled students working or spending time together. Diversity; sometimes it’s in the small things we enjoy. So as you sit down with your friend from another part...
WSU Calls Cut on Media Production at Penrith
By Michael Wright: Students studying Media Arts Production and Design courses at Western Sydney University have been told they must move to Parramatta to continue studying in 2017. The School of Humanities and Communications Arts will leave purpose built facilities on...
Nominate yourself to be a student editor of W’SUP in 2017
Be an editor of W’SUP ! Nominations are now open for a range of elected student leader positions, including six student editor positions for W’SUP in 2017. Join a group of elected student editors and help shape the student newspaper in 2017, write and edit copy,...
Whine and Wine Poetry Slam October 17
Looking to see the diverse talents of your peers on Parramatta campus? With similar taste to the events run on Kingswood Campus earlier this year, the poets of the Western Sydney Women’s Collective and the performers of the Western Sydney Queer Collective have teamed...
Oh Deer I’m Queer!
By Faelan Mourmourakis, Hawkesbury Queer Officer: Say hello to Hawkesbury Queer Collective’s new mascot. A peryton is a mythical hybrid creature combining the features of a stag and a bird. The peryton design was decided upon by the members of the Hawkesbury QC to...
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“Life doesn’t give you a rubric”: Rachel Morley and The LEGO Effect
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,...
Bachelor of Sacrifice: Navigating Work Life Balance
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...
Curious about Curiously West Film Club? So are we!
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...
Ziggy the Therapy Dog: A Lifeline for RMIT University Students
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...
The De-extinction of Dire Wolves
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...



