Pharmacy assistants are used to seeing it all. Ingrown toenails, fungal infections, burns, open wounds … you name it. Although no two days in pharmacy are the same, nothing could have prepared us for the Coronavirus. The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has had a major...
“They’re doing essential work to keep our communities moving as we fight the virus” Food delivery services are considered to be thriving during the Coronavirus period in Australia, facilitating to customers in self isolation. The...
While self-isolation is vital for flattening the COVID-19 curve, the lack of social interactions can have devastating consequences on our wellbeing and mental health. The uncertainty that clouds our lives is causing stress and anxiety for almost everyone,...
While you (arguably) have real-life people and situations, we’ve come to know that reality TV can be far from reality. From your dramatic one-liners, to your season villains and favourites that make the best memes – there is a natural scepticism for what is real and...
With the Covid-19 quarantine situation that we are currently facing, there is an increase in demand for working online. For students, this means our entire studying has been transferred online, which means more time spent in front of a computer and more time using...
In light of International Women’s Day, Western Sydney Community forum hosts their ‘Voices of the West’ event to showcase inspiring and #BOSS women various industries, walks of life, ethnicities and experiences. Through their ‘living library’ sessions, guests...
Later this year aspiring engineering students from USYD, UNSW, UTS, WSU and MQU attended the Engineers without Borders Humanitarian Engineering Conference at Camp Fletcher, Blue mountains for 3 days and 2 nights full of learning and new experiences. The HEC is an...
Do you remember learning the recorder in primary school? Or perhaps the guitar in high school? Many of us have fun memories of music, but these musical experiences might not have transformed our lives or made us want to play music outside the classroom. According to...
They seem to be the one. The way they flick their hair, how they make you feel all warm and fuzzy on the inside. But something is not right. In LGBTIQA+ relationships, the statistics of abusive relationships aren’t clear because of the lack of research being done into...
With Australia’s transition from permanent to temporary migration in the past few years, more than 1 million temporary migrants are now living in Australia at any time. The main three temporary visa categories include international students, working holidaymakers and...
If you're a Western Sydney Uni student, the Sydney Film Festival want you to watch more movies! Use the code WUSC25SFF to redeem free tickets to selected sessions at this year's film festival, including daytime, weekday tickets to some of the most popular screenings...
(A group photo with the Mardi Gras float, captured before the march. Photo by Liana Keo, 2025.) As someone born, raised, and now studying in Western Sydney, I never expected us to be the longest-running tertiary institution to be marching in Mardi Gras. The...
HOPELESS My problems are too many to count, Solutions nowhere to be found How and where do I even look If there's nothing to be found? Pain fills my lungs as I drown As waves of despair crash into my shore I try to swim and gasp for air But an anchor...
I once stumbled upon a photograph called Lower Paradise Valley taken in 1925 by American landscape photographer Ansel Adams when reading one of my favorite books called ‘On Photography’ by Susan Sontag. The innocence of the landscape, the purity of the light...
(Dean Shahin reporting on the student protest against cuts on staff on the 22nd of May, Image taken from Video filmed by Lamisah Raihan) On the 22nd of May 2025, student activists gathered in protest outside building EA on Western Sydney University's Parramatta South...