By Melissa Swann: The Western Sydney University Nerdfighters are holding a 24-hour Gaming Marathon at The Cottage on Werrington South during stuvac! Who are the WSU Nerdfighters? We are a club for self-professed Nerds, based at Kingswood and Werrington campus but also...
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Recycling at Kingswood
By Meredith Maihi: As the population is growing, more wood pulp is needed to meet the demand for paper. As wood pulp comes from trees, this can result in the loss of valued ecosystems and habitats. If recycling paper becomes a behaviour at WSU Kingswood we are...
Free Writing Workshop for all Western Sydney U students
Find your creative voice. Develop your writing technique. Join Michael Mohammed Ahmad, award-winning author of The Tribe, in this free two-hour writing workshop. Bring a pen Bring a friend Yummy food provided TUESDAY APRIL 5, at 6pm Parramatta campus EA.G.32 rsvp to...
Pride Unlimited at Mardi Gras
By Christine Cardona: Western Sydney University staff and students had once again taken part in the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade in 2016! The Western Sydney University’s Ally Network and Queer Collective marched together in this year’s float themed ‘Pride...
Bankstown Student Campus Council Update
By Daniel Griffin and Grant Murray: What is Student Campus Council ? The normal explanation goes that the council “represents” and “advocates for” the students. Additionally, each campus council gets a budget of $15,000 to spend on events for students, or campaigns....
Step Up, Western Sydney U: Parking and Transport is Ridiculous
By Beth: Parking at Parramatta Campus has been awful for the first two weeks of the semester. So awful, that people have resorted to parking in the side streets where it is highly likely that you will get a parking ticket you cannot afford to pay, on top of fees and...
Bankstown Student Council on Transparency and Student Experience
By Grant Peter Murray, Chair (Acting) Bankstown Student Campus Council and SRC Member: The students of Western Sydney University have been appointed a Chief Student Experience Officer under their noses. What, might you ask, does this newly appointed role entitle? In...
Skateboarders Western Sydney U: Summer Skate Series
By Naomi Hastings: In November 2015, the skateboarders’ club at Western Sydney U kicked off its Summer Skate Series with the Parramatta Skateboarding Competition – a free, open for anyone to enter competition, spanning two weekends, attracting a massive amount of...
WSU should attract students with diverse, job-focused units
By Katerina Christofides: Western Sydney University has recently undertaken a whirlwind of change with the rebranding and massive advertising campaigns to drive students to the university, amidst controversy. As a current student, one may be inclined to question...
Stress Less
By Aneira M W Prakash: The human mind and human behaviour are tricky and complex operations to understand, especially if you’re not a doctor or in the medical profession (as I am not). But I realised I may have a distinct advantage in this field, not because I study...
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The Magic of The Eras Tour: How Taylor Swift’s Billion Dollar Tour United Fans Around the World
Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour isn’t just a concert - it’s a cultural phenomenon. From outfits that shimmered like fireworks, to emotional singalongs and dancing, fans travelled around the world to experience The Eras Tour magic. Each show brought feelings of...
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...







