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Simple Extensions to Arrive, Fit to Sit rule to be abolished from t1 2024
Minutes from a prior meeting of the board detail a ‘powerful statement’ from undergraduate representative Zac Morris where he labelled the Special Considerations process as ‘broken’ and ‘hostile to students’. Under Fit to Sit, UNSW considered the act of beginning an exam as a statement that the student is physically capable of completing it. This…
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From the Satanic Panic to Democracy as we know it
Trigger warning: This article mentions sensitive topics including suicide and child abuse. It may be hard to believe today, but in the 1980s to 1990s, the Satanic Panic was at its peak in Australia as well as the United States. It’s exactly what it sounds like: a bunch of people pulling their hair out in…
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What is the Student Leadership Team and why do we need another acronym?
Back in march, the first meeting of the newly christened ‘Student Leadership Team’ meeting for 2023 was held. This group collects elected UNSW student representatives from Academic Board and Committees, Faculty Boards, University Research Council, SRC, PGC and Arc Board. The goal of the group is to form consensus on important issues related to the…
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How has ChatGPT Changed UNSW?
As we hit the halfway point of the year, it seems appropriate to do some reflecting, and with ChatGPT here to stay it seems particularly appropriate for us to reflect & gather feedback on how (if at all) you’ve used or seen it integrated into your studies. Today, I’m reaching out to you, the students,…
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Gerwig’s Barbie, girls, and a Barbie world
A Barbie movie on face value, in the age of Hollywood intellectual property mining, would be easy to deride as a glorified toy commercial. She ticks off the boxes after all: cross-generational appeal, an iconic figure and hot-pink image, a cultural reference point that’s evolved to mean very different things to all ends of the…
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The Lore of the Domain Expressway
Sydney sprawls quickly, with new environments blossoming in each nook and cranny. As a result, disused sections are forgotten just as quickly; they fall into states of disrepair and decay to the chagrin of onlookers old enough to remember their glory days. But whilst once-flourishing environments rust and slow, sources containing their lore vanish. Without…
