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...
(Student protestors holding a banner and Palestinian flag, image by Eleanor Cooper, 2025) On the 26th of March 2025, at approximately 1:00 PM, the WSU 4 Palestine Collective protested Western Sydney University’s ties with Sqye Medical after an...
(Western’s UniClinic building at Campbelltown campus. Photo credit: Jessica Cortis, 2017. UniClinic comes to the rescue of elderly patients. Western Sydney University's UniClinic offers a range of therapeutic health services to the general public at reduced...
(Graphic designer Sofia Tripodi who created W’SUP’s 2025 wall planner. Photo credit: Sofia Tripodi, 2025) Wall planners are essential for students, helping them stay on top of everything from mid-semester breaks and assessments to census dates, STUVAC and...
In August 2024, Western Sydney University students grew increasingly concerned about repeated incidents of vandalism causing disturbances in Hawkesbury and Campbelltown campuses’ Queer Rooms. The Queer Collective maintains a Queer Room on every campus, providing a...
What Is The Academy? The Academy is a co-curricular group at Western Sydney University for high-achieving students. It encourages academic excellence, personal and professional development, community participation and more. To members, The Academy offers...
On the 12th of February 2025, USYD (The University of Sydney) announced via their media that they will not be renewing their exchange program with the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design – an Israeli art school deeply complicit in genocide and apartheid. An email sent...
The wait is over. The Parramatta Light Rail project has debuted, connecting Westmead to Carlingford. Trams just 9 minutes apart can now take you from Parramatta Square straight to Western’s Parramatta South campus. The Yallamundi light rail stop is just a...
Hello and welcome everyone to Western's Sydney Universities Media Day, thank you so much to the WSUP team for inviting me here and letting me be part of this special occasion. First off, I would like to introduce myself, my name is Eugenia Kourkoutas, and I was an...
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...
The Nepean River once again became the heart of Penrith as thousands flocked to Tench Reserve for the annual Real Festival, held from the 12th-14th of September. Over three days, the riverside transformed into a lively celebration of art, food, music and...
Author Lyndall Clipstone wears bows and lace and lives in a hundred-year-old cottage with her family and shy black cat. Her work is described as ‘flower-threaded horror’, merging cottagecore and gothic atmospheres. Clipstone debuted in 2021 with ‘Lakesedge’,...
The Western Sydney University for Palestine (WSU4P) collective held a rally at Western’s Parramatta South University on the 13th of August 2025. Professor Alana Lentin, a long-time scholar of race and racism, and self-proclaimed Jewish anti-Zionist, was among...
Read Part 1: the Writing here. Award-winning writer and WestWords Creative Producer Alexandria Burnham’s debut novel ‘Swallow’ will be released in November 2025, after she announced in May that WestWords Books acquired publishing rights. From Creative to...
Award-winning writer and WestWords Creative Producer Alexandria Burnham’s debut novel ‘Swallow’ will be released in November 2025, after she announced in May that WestWords Books acquired publishing rights. ‘Swallow’: Australia’s Untold Story The novel is set in...