By Paul Kleynjan: Diversity, the experience of difference, or the way we experience race, culture, sexuality, gender, class and ability is a big part of campus life at UWS. There are, apparently, parts of us that we consider the same or different from those around...
By Chris Lamerton: I am positive that throughout this special publication of this volume, aimed at celebrating diversity, there will be a number of calls for ‘tolerance’, to allow the other to exist peacefully. This call for tolerance does two things. First, it...
Q&A with Skuws skater Quai by Naomi Hastings: When did you start skating? I started skating when I was in year 5, about 11 – 12 years old. What’s your favourite thing about skating? My favourite thing about skateboarding is the feeling you get when you accomplish...
By WSU student If you meet me you’ll probably think I’m British, with my pale skin and very weird, unplaceable accent. But I’m here to inform you I’m not. Yes, I am white and yes, I am European with a long list of countries and uncertainties including, Croatia or...
By William Nguyen: The diversity we know of in Australia is extremely superficial. It is superficial to the point of merely acknowledging there are people of different cultural backgrounds and not being racist towards them or avoiding them, but merely trying to know a...
By William Nguyen: During my 3 years at UWS, this is the conclusion I have come to. UWS was a university established to cater to the poor, struggling and geographically disadvantaged. It was to give those who generally came from a working class a chance at social...
By Jacob Moriarty: Irish Catholic born and raised, but forget that. I met my mate at a Dr Who event, where he wouldn’t shut up and I wondered if he was gay, and he really spoke so much, but that didn’t matter, because he seemed cool and liked the same thing as me, so...
By Margaret Amos: I felt that I had to write an article for the special Diversity Fest edition of the crUWSible now that I have experienced three semesters at UWS (plus Summer School). What makes us all the same? Firstly, we are all at UWS trying to complete a...
By Jisna Saji: I cannot even begin to understand a person who refuses or shows hatred towards someone, just because of their identity. It is unbelievable just how many people are rejected because they are different, and how easily it occurs right under our nose. It is...
By Curtis Mayfield M-H: I was sitting in a sushi restaurant with my friend Jackie when I got the call telling me that I was going to India to work as intern for a newspaper. As I swallowed the rest of the delicious raw fish wrapped in rice and seaweed my thoughts...
This year has been big for Western, not all for the right reasons. From cyberattacks and job cuts, to conversations about international students, the University community is growing increasingly concerned. Personal Information in jeopardy: On the 23rd of October...
On 7 August 2025, Western Sydney University students and staff were encouraged to exchange free items to meet their material needs at the University’s Parramatta South Campus. ‘We’re trying to build a community on campus that reduces waste, creates social...
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...