One of the universal virtues that many higher educators share is its ability to transform lives. This is evident particularly for those who are the first in their family to attend university. Global university participation rates have grown from under ...

A motion to allow students to bring guns to uni was unanimously voted down by the Student Representative Council (SRC) at Western Sydney University. SRC Vice President Bayan Sohailee told the media that it was an inappropriate motion to be ...

Western Sydney University will hire new permanent staff as part of a sector-first "large-scale academic decasualisation program." The program, designed in consultation with the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU), will see 150 full-time teaching and research positions be made available ...

Calls to secure the independence of the Australian Research Council (ARC) has sparked a fierce debate around academic freedom and government interference in independent research.  In late December, acting minister for education and youth Stuart Robert vetoed six humanities research ...

Neuroscientists and psychologists have developed a video game that provides insights into punishment and why some individuals will try almost anything to avoid it, while others are seemingly unfazed by it. For a long time it has been hypothesised that ...

CampusReview · Sharpening Strategy and Recognising Staff: HEDx Podcast, Episode 12 In this episode of the Higher Education Experience, Western Sydney University VC Barney Glover outlines his assessment of where the sector is up to and how WSU is looking to ...

As Australian workers continue to suffer job instability during the COVID-19 pandemic, universities including Western Sydney University are offering displaced workers new hope through its short course programs. The university was the first to begin its delivery of 12 intensive ...

Western Sydney University will partner with The National Association for Media Literacy Education (NAMLE) in America to assess the state of media literacy education in both Australia and the United States. While the ability to “access, analyse, evaluate and create ...

Western Sydney University and Northcott Disability Care are collaborating to upskill, retrain and employ displaced workers, and address critical workforce shortages brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Australian government, as part of its Higher Education Relief Package, requested higher ...

School leavers affected by the COVID-19 disruption will have less to worry about now that Western Sydney University will base entry requirements partly on Year 11 results. The offer is part of the university’s HSC True Reward early offer program, ...