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Dear Minister, HECS is a necessity

Dear Minister, HECS is a necessity

Open letter to the Minister for Education, the Hon. Dan Tehan MP Dear Mr Tehan, The recent legislation to axe the student HECS loan for students who fail 50 per cent of their units in their first year of university is an ill-judged decision. Most students in Australia...

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Could you be dyslexic and not know it?

Could you be dyslexic and not know it?

When Shae Wissell first started university she had no idea she was dyslexic. She struggled a lot in her Bachelor’s degree, failing subjects and thinking she was “dumb.” In her final semester, a lecturer suggested that she may be dyslexic: “My lecturer didn't know how...

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THE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED DIVERSITY FEST IS BACK FOR 2024!

  DIVERSITY FEST IS BACK FOR 2024! The highly anticipated Diversity Festival is back once again for 2024! Div Fest will be held on the 24th of September from 2-5pm at Western Sydney University’s Parramatta South Campus.  This long awaited SRC event is free for...

Student Unions are Coming to Western Sydney University

The Student Representative Council (SRC) is working to bring a student union to Western Sydney University (Western). Mid 2024, the SRC engaged the CPR Consulting firm to effectively handle this transition and the talks with the university. SRC President Laine Fox...

Expanding my cultural horizons in Japan

(Credit: Simran Prasad) Earlier this July, I participated in the Venture Makers Global Exchange held in Kansai, Japan’s innovation capital. The program saw students from universities across Japan, Canada, the UK, India, and Australia collaborate on tackling real-life...

Go Global: My South Korean Odyssey

Written by Richard Xu | Edited by Luci Kugathasan Introduction  On March 1st, 2024, I attended Go Global’s South Korea study tour at Kyung Hee University in Seoul, an institution that prides itself in advancing scholarship and peace. The trip provided me with insight...