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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’ …

By Pia Lenarduzzi International students have emerged as the new victims of Sydney’s worsening rental crisis, with UNSW’s Arc legal and advocacy team receiving increasing numbers of complaints about young tenants being exploited by unscrupulous landlords. According to an Arc Legal and Advocacy representative, who asked that their name not …

By Amiabelle Kong I had an undercover conversation with an agent working for a cheating company to understand what it’s like inside the cheating industry.   The following is a conversation I had in a UNSW student group on WeChat about students coming to UNSW in 2022.   Me: “There …

By Nayonika Bhattacharya The UNSW Student Representative Council (‘UNSW SRC’) is the peak body representing allinternational, domestic, onshore, and offshore students across all levels of study at the University ofNew South Wales. The UNSW SRC is responsible for advocating, furthering, investigating studentissues, and pushing for student change across UNSW Kensington, …

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By Emma Partis A Reddit post earlier this year attracted some damning comments from individuals claiming to be former members, urging other UNSW students to avoid the organisation. Numerous Reddit posts from other university pages around the world echo this sentiment, and a Quora post featuring one user damningly comparing …