By Beau Dunne: It has been reported by The Age that the Labor party caucus has agreed to 1.1 billion dollars worth of cuts to student funding. Last week the Federal Government introduced the changes to Parliament in a bill which essentially rehashed changes proposed...
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UWS, WSU or Whitlam ?
By Aldric Chuah: So the established board of directors has decided to rebrand the logo/image/name of the University. First off, hats off to Barney Glover our new VC. When Education Minister Christopher Pyne was trying to push education reform legislation through the...
Hot doggies: Pets and heatstroke
By Samantha Bulloch: Every year there are numerous reports of dogs suffering from heat stress, although the solution is simple. As the warmer weather approaches it is important to be mindful of ways to prevent any harm coming to your beloved pets. Julie Bowles from...
A little light in Sydney’s dark: Candlelight vigil for refugees
By Christina Alkhamisi and Jake McCallum: IT was the photograph that shocked the world and Sydney’s despair has sparked a revolution in the heart of our city. Aylan Kurdia, three years old, laid face down on the shores of Turkey, the distressing face of a crisis many...
R.A. The Rugged Man
By Curtis Mayfield M-H: Manning Bar, June 6… Inside the University of Sydney’s Hogwarts-esque grounds is an unassuming venue that hosts everything from uni student piss-ups to New York City rappers. On this chilly Saturday night the latter occurred when total weirdo...
Bring It On ! Youth fest Fairfield
By Anokina Benjamin: Do You ’ th Have Talent?! The Bring It On! Festival is one of the largest of many Youth Week events held in New South Wales. With open-air music, dance performances and sporting events, the drug and alcohol free festival showcases local and young...
Support the Aboriginal Tent Embassy Redfern
By Mia Sanders: There’s a community of impoverished people who are in danger of being dispossessed – right in the middle of Sydney. It’s the Aboriginal Tent Embassy at the Block, in Redfern. For more than a year, activists have been occupying land which was once given...
Market lovers will love this
By Lourice Chidiac: Beneath the steps of Parramatta Town Hall lies a new hub of creativity for Sydney’s West in the form of Lovers Markets. The $5 million refurbishment of the area has brought the Centennial Memorial Drinking Fountain and clock back to...
Protest over plans to close Aboriginal communities
By Joseph Small: A 2000-strong crowd flooded Belmore Park in Sydney recently to voice anger over the closure of Aboriginal communities in Western Australia and the planned commercial development of Redfern’s ‘Tent Embassy’. It was one of many held around Australia on...
Visit Nepal and help rebuild community
By Sakesh Karanjit: Visit Nepal for community trekking, tours and adventures with an added reason now. Visit Nepal to help, visit Nepal to bring back the smiles for people of earthquake-affected areas. In short, visit Nepal to help rebuild it. I was really scared by...
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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...
A degree apart: The realities of studying psychology
Author: Jordan Canciani Editor: Abbie Simmons The Australian Psychological Society (APS) reported there are simply too many undergraduate students, vastly exceeding the number of available postgraduate psychology programs. In my experience as a 3rd year Bachelor...