Gerald Murnane’s most recent novel, A Million Windows, might be read as a meditation on the relation between sound and silence. At the heart of the novel, though only revealed at the end, is a secret that…
Western Sydney University
Western Sydney University prides itself on challenging the traditional notion of what a university should be. We are deeply embedded in the community and the region we serve – Australia’s fastest growing economy.
Ranked in all major global rankings systems, we are delighted to be ranked the world’s best in the 2022 Times Higher Education (THE) University Impact Rankings.
Assessing universities on their commitment to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, Western Sydney University topped the list out of more than 1,400 universities for our work tackling issues like sustainability, climate action, equality, inclusivity and social justice.
Western Sydney University is also a research leader – the result of focused investment in its research strengths and facilities. We see learning and research as connected aspects of the student experience. We work with regional, national and international partners to deliver research that has a positive impact on the economic, social and environmental well-being of our communities.
With a modern outlook, the University has an agile and contemporary take on traditional higher education offerings, affording students, both international and Australian-based, significant advantages and unique opportunities.
Links
Articles
Miriam Balicas is a Brazilian citizen who lives and works in the southern hemisphere’s largest city – São Paulo. As with many other Brazilians in the lead-up to the World Cup, she was very upset with Brazil…
Watching the World Cup from Australia (and briefly in Vanuatu) has been a novel, and revealing, experience. This tournament (and other recent mega events such as the Summer and Winter Olympic Games) has…
On Monday, the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse released its interim report, detailing for the first time the full scope and comprehensiveness of its inquiry into institutional…
Just before a critical World Cup game against Spain in Rio de Janeiro, scores of ticketless Chile fans broke into the expensively rebuilt Maracana Stadium at its least secure point – the media centre…
The launch of the photographic exhibition “The ball’s female owners” was one of the most socially relevant experiences in the months before the World Cup. The exhibition, displayed in an important cultural…
FIFA and the Brazilian government had just one bet. Facing negative international and national press coverage in the months before the World Cup with predictions of unfinished stadiums and airports’ ongoing…
Mané Garrincha (1933–1983) became known as the greatest dribbler of all time and is one the major icons of Brazilian football-art (futebol-arte). He never saw his legs – he was sometimes known as the “Angel…
A new report shines a light on the value of open data to G20 economies. The report, led by Gov 2.0 champion Nicholas Gruen of Lateral Economics and commissioned by the Omidyar Network, is the first serious…
Timed to coincide with the 2014 World Cup, Nike’s Risk Everything campaign has been spearheaded by their new advertisement, The Last Game. With elements of it playing in virtually every commercial break…
Francisco Vargas is a humble taxi driver in Vitória, the capital city of the Espirito Santo state in Brazil. For the past 40 years he has been working at a taxi stand in front of the Estadio da Desportiva…
I have spent the past week watching the build up to the World Cup from the South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu. With a population of roughly 250,000, Vanuatu’s men’s team is ranked 190th in the world…
My earliest and fondest World Cup memories are from the Mexico tournament in 1970. I was only a toddler, but I remember helping my family decorate the house and streets with national symbols and colours…
Supporting a football team is not a rational act. In the face of past experiences and logic there is always the hope that somehow things will be different this time. There is hope that in spite of the…
In 1863, the newly formed English Football Association (FA) drew up and published the first Laws of the Game of football. The aim was to provide a set of universal rules to govern the various forms of…
I was born in Porto Alegre, the capital city of Rio Grande do Sul, the Brazilian southern state that borders Uruguay and Argentina. I lived in Brazil for 40 years before relocating to Australia in 2009…
During last year’s Confederations Cup football tournament in Brazil, hundreds of thousands of demonstrators took to the country’s streets to demand change. Protests that started with a clear opposition…
Keeping cool during summer can be difficult, but new research published in Biology Letters shows that koalas cope with high temperatures in an unusual way – by hugging trees. Researchers used thermal imaging…
Australia has never had a truly national flag. While we currently fly one of our dominion status ensigns, we have never had the same debate when we abandoned God Save the Queen and embraced an anthem of…
Consciousness is one of the most fascinating and elusive phenomena we humans face. Every single one of us experiences it but it remains surprisingly poorly understood. That said, psychology, neuroscience…
Authors
-
Associate Professor in Public Health, School of Medicine, Western Sydney University
-
PhD Candidate, School of Medicine, Western Sydney University
-
Associate professor accounting, Western Sydney University
-
Emeritus Professor of Cultural Research, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University
-
Professor of Midwifery, Associate Dean Research and HDR, Midwifery Discipline Leader, Western Sydney University
-
PhD Candidate, Western Sydney University
-
Senior Lecturer in Physics, Western Sydney University
-
Senior Lecturer, School of Business, Western Sydney University
-
Professor, Western Sydney University
-
Professor of Planning and Director of Urban Transformations Research Centre, Western Sydney University
-
Associate Professor in Nursing and Midwifery, Western Sydney University
-
Adjunct Fellow, Humanitarian and Development Research Initiative, Western Sydney University
-
Senior Lecturer in Microbiology, Western Sydney University
-
Emeritus Professor, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University
-
Senior Research Fellow, Urban Transformations Research Centre, Western Sydney University