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Brittney Rigby – 2017 Tharunka Managing Editor

  • White House to reopen in near future 

    White House to reopen in near future 

    Over the Christmas/New Year break, Campus Living Villages (CLV) signed a Heads of Agreement with UNSW that transferred operations on the White House to UNSW Estate Management, as confirmed to Tharunka by CLV’s marketing team. This comes after renovations and refurbishments were made on the site around August of last year.   UNSW Estate Management has […]

  • Meet your 2023 PGC President

    Meet your 2023 PGC President

    Tharunka sat down with incoming PGC President Anthony Sunjaya to discuss his plans for the postgraduate community 2023.   Q: What is the role of the Postgraduate Council (PGC) at UNSW?  Sunjaya: The PGC represents the approximately 30,000 postgraduate students at UNSW. The PGC is the voice of the postgraduate community to university management and the […]

  • Remembering Cassius Turvey

    Remembering Cassius Turvey

    By Anoushka Saunders The vigil held at Sydney’s Town Hall on November 2 for Cassius Turvey was filled with people. I arrived to find a crowd including people of all different ages and backgrounds, many of whom wore clothing or pins showcasing the Indigenous Australian flag as a show of support. People continually filtered in […]

  • Is AIESEC a cult? | What about the money? – Part 2

    Is AIESEC a cult? | What about the money? – Part 2

    By Emma Partis While AIESEC markets itself as an NGO that develops leadership in young people, ex-members have expressed concern that their AIESEC experience was less about leadership, and more about selling its own products.   This apparent money-focus is also a reason why some have labelled AIESEC as a ‘cult’ or ‘pyramid scheme’.  AIESEC executives […]

  • Indian student stabbed in Northern Sydney survives after surgery

    Indian student stabbed in Northern Sydney survives after surgery

    By Kabir Chisty At around 10:30 p.m. on Thursday, October 6, local news revealed that an Indian student was stabbed eleven times by 27-year-old man in the Lane Cove area. The man, Daniel Norwood, has been charged with attempted murder.  UNSW’S Indian Students Society (IndSoc) and the UNSW SRC said in a joint statement, “we […]

  • UNSW contracted Plenary to invest $600 million into the Health Translation Hub

    UNSW contracted Plenary to invest $600 million into the Health Translation Hub

    By Amiabelle Kong After more than 60 years of teaching hospital aspirations, this project finally delivers a long-term partnership with the Randwick Health Campus, providing an innovative place for health professionals to research and educate future students.   The project building will link to the Sydney Children’s Hospital Stage 1 and Minderoo Children’s Comprehensive Cancer […]