By Jess Turner: Many people choose to move overseas to enhance their careers once they have finished university. The two-year working holiday gap visa exists for a reason right? This is a little bit of my story and why, even when things are tough, it is always a good...
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ISIS preys on the disconnected, vulnerable and sad
By Akansha Singh: ISIS has garnered a reputation in the West as one of the most bloodthirsty organisations to ever threaten Australian soil. Yet again and again, youths are voluntarily leaving home to fight its cause. So what is luring Australian children away from...
Pardon me! 400 years of Etiquette
By Sarah Casha: I would like to begin by thanking you kindly for reading my article. If you would be so kind as to read on, I will endeavour to enlighten you on the intricacies of why manners are so important to us all, and indeed to our way of life. As many an...
Hills Community Forum Supports Domestic Violence Refuge
By Courtney Nowland: The Lisa Harnum Foundation recently held a forum to establish a new domestic violence refuge in the Hills area. Over 120 people attended the forum at the Castle Grand Community Centre, Castle Hill, on May 6. The proposal to set up a new women’s...
The Unspoken Truth: Healthcare professionals need more support
By Jenyfer Joy: You may have heard or seen the episodes aired by Four Corners which exposed some of the issues occurring within the healthcare industry. The first program was about how some nursing students were given jobs as registered nurses despite not being fully...
Real life + degree = job
By Nelofar Nawabi: UNIVERSITIES and business leaders plan to implement a strategy to make graduates more ‘job ready’. Universities Australia says that a national strategy is being implemented to build the productive capacity of Australia’s workforce, improve graduate...
Causes of domestic violence require attention amid funding shortfall
By Joseph Small: Women’s refuges around NSW are at breaking point, being forced to turn away domestic violence victims and their children more than ever before, while domestic violence figures continue to rise. While the State Government has introduced new programs to...
Mongers gonna mong
It’s an historical travesty! Monging is in peril! Monging one’s wares is well and truly over. Having a fishmonger mong your fish or having your armour monged by an ironmonger is sadly no more. It was the height of professionalism but alas, the years have turned...
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Clubs Crossword Solution
View Crossword in W'SUP News' October print edition 2025. View Crossword solutions here. Q4 Crossword Giveaway Terms and Conditions 1. Entry is open to any currently enrolled student studying at Western Sydney University. Only the first 10 entrants who...
Scam Email Outbreak Panics Western Sydney University Community
Expulsion Claims Mass amounts of Western Sydney University students, alumni and staff have received emails informing them of expulsion, program revocation and a request to return any prizes or scholarship money. The University has claimed these are fraudulent...
Bianca’s breakthrough: How WSU helped her find her voice in the newsroom
When Bianca Tropiano started studying a Bachelor of Communication at Western Sydney University, she hadn’t picked a major. She undertook the ‘Introduction to Journalism’ subject. Whilst she didn’t really like it, she's now set to graduate with a major in journalism, a...
Western’s Annual Lifeblood Challenge, Now Open to More Donors!
The Lifeblood Challenge is a yearly competition organised by the Australian Red Cross Lifeblood where each team attempts to collect as many blood donations as possible in a set amount of time. From August 1st to October 31st, Western Sydney University (WSU) is working...
Queer Social Club Celebrates 2 Years
Josh Bouman (he/him) is the Queer Social Club (QSC) co-founder. The QSC runs events such as, picnics, hiking, queer trivia, beach days, game afternoons, brunches, trips to a café, craft-days, karaoke and craft-days. ‘[The Queer community] is very important...








