By Jayd Raffoul – Solicitor, Student Legal Services: Imagine this, it’s week 3 and you arrive for your 10am class. The car parks are packed and after circling for the hundredth time, you see a line of cars parked on the grass. You can see a free spot on the grass so...
By Laura Day: We live in a society where we have been taught to suppress our emotions, only show people our ‘perfect’ lives, live the right way, do the right things and don’t differ from that path because you will be rejected. Women are meant to be this perfect ideal...
By Helen Megalokonomos: The future of journalism has reached a precipice with budgets shrinking and editorial jobs being cut. The only lifeline for journalists lies in being able to produce content across all media platforms and in adapting to the changing landscape,...
By Sunila Dixit: Two decades ago, a sitcom arrived into everyone’s lives. Little did anyone know that it would take a permanent place in everyone’s hearts then and in generations to come. The sitcom was an instant hit, particularly among the youth. The sitcom was...
W’SUP editor Beau Dunne vox popped at Parramatta: Hir, Jigar and Pooja: What do you like about the university ? Jigar : The library, campus facilities. What could be improved ? Jigar: Sports. Students don’t know about sports....
By Daniel Griffin: You and I have the ability to use language without even thinking about it, literally. We can understand, speak, (and once we are taught) read and write. Animals, too, can communicate in some ways as well (anyone who has ever watched a nature...
By Beau Dunne: Like many of my fellow students, I face the difficulty of juggling the multiple demands of working, managing relationships, and attending classes. With so many demands on students it is no wonder that there are more and more media reports of slipping...
By Ian Escandor: On February 3 the High Court ruled that the Coalition government had the right to deport babies and women – who had been sexually assaulted – back to offshore detention in Nauru. This cruel government policy has sparked an important new wave of...
By Nicole Gismondo: There is, from the perspective of the outside observer, a certain appeal to the rebranding of the University of Western Sydney to Western Sydney University. From that outside perspective it is a university that embraces its demographic and provides...
By Naomi Hastings: As I write this, it’s been ten days since I moved into my apartment in central Tokyo, where I will be living for the rest of this year, as part of a two semester exchange program at Meiji University. It’s also been ten days since I unpacked the four...
On September 9th, ‘Festival of Action’ – a coalition of Western Sydney University students, staff and partners focus on climate and social justice, hosted the ‘Climate Justice through Reuse and Repair’, panel with advocacy group, ‘Parents for Climate’. Blue...
On the 27th of September 2025, several Australian mosques and Islamic centres opened their doors for a different kind of gathering, one that could mean the difference between life and death. The Australian Islamic Medical Association (AIMA) hosted it's 5th annual...
i regret to inform i’m running out of time. it’s partly cloudy, with a chance of a storm. i never spoke about the future, because i didn’t plan on having one. i’m no longer eighteen, i’m turning twenty-one. i write letters i don’t send; they pile up in my room next...
In 2022, Western Sydney University trialed the provision of free period products in Parramatta City campus bathrooms. In 2023, it was announced that two high traffic bathrooms on each campus, including an accessible gender-neutral bathroom, would dispense free...
I am a fourth-year Civil Engineering student at Western Sydney University, currently completing a Bachelor of Engineering (Honours). Alongside my studies, I work as a Student Ambassador and as a Project Officer for the First Foot Forward program at the University. I...