Tag: Campus News

  • UNSW staff go on strike

    UNSW staff go on strike

    NTEU members form picket line on Anzac Parade/University Mall   Standfirst: After months of inconclusive negotiations, UNSW staff began picketing as part of an effort to obtain higher wages, improved job security and more balanced workloads.  Union-Affiliated UNSW staff went on strike last Wednesday after a call by the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU). The strike…

  • The debate is not over: UNSW’s political societies debrief the State Election

    The debate is not over: UNSW’s political societies debrief the State Election

    The presidents of UNSW’s political societies, Dan Magee (Labor), Pratham Gupta (Liberal) and Elie Christen (Greens), joined a panel discussion about the 2023 NSW state election on Monday, April 3rd. The night was marked by constant clashes and accusations, as participants sought to defend their respective parties. Organised by the Politics, Philosophy and Economics Society…

  • TEAM ROCKET STRIKES AGAIN: Life-sized Cynthia cutout stolen from deluged PokeSoc stall 

    TEAM ROCKET STRIKES AGAIN: Life-sized Cynthia cutout stolen from deluged PokeSoc stall 

    The cut-out of the popular Pokemon character described by the society as “our wife” was stolen from the Pokémon society in the quad during the downpour that saw out O-Week on Thursday.   UNSW security footage captured part of the incident but is inaccessible by the PokéSoc until they file a police report.  Societies had…

  • 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…

  • 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…