Uni and school holidays don’t match – parents angry

April 13th, 2010 | By President

Jacob Carswell-Doherty – President

Lots of parents are angry that the mid-semester break does not coincide with normal school holidays. Currently, many parents are forced to bring their children onto campus (don’t mentiont he childcare problems) for two weeks, only to then have an entire week off to spend time with their children a week later, once the kids are back at school.

Surely it would be logical to have the mid semester break a week earlier so it links up with the last week of school holidays?

We also need free childcare for parents during school holidays!

UWS cuts STUVAC days and abolishes 10min reading time in exams

April 13th, 2010 | By President

Jacob Carswell-Doherty – President

UWS has abolished the traditional 9 day (5 business days + two weekends) stuvac period and replaced it with a 3 business days plus 1 weekend study period, reducing the overall study days students have between the end of class and the start of the exams by 4 days.

At the end of this semester classes will finish on Friday the 4th of June and exams will begin on Wed the 10th of June.

If the old system still existed, classes would finish on the 4th of June and exams would commence on the 14th of June.

UWS has also abolished 10 minute reading times in exams; meaning once the clock starts, it’s pens to paper.

This would appear to be nothing more than revenue raising as UWS attempts to cut staffing costs. At UNSW they have reduced the teaching semester to 12 weeks, I wonder if UWS will follow suit?

Many staff have raised concerns about a lack of consultation about these changes, students could say the same thing…

UWS calls for casting in Anti-Bullying DVD

March 22nd, 2010 | By webmaster

UWS has called for students or staff who would be interested in being cast in a anti-bullying DVD which they are developing. Anyone who is interested should read the linked document Casting Call Info and contact Tatiana Lozano, Equity and Diversity, on 9678 7370 or t.lozano@uws.edu.au by Friday the 26th March 2010.

Change UWS!

October 25th, 2009 | By David Holmes (GenSec)

Angry about parking problems? Not happy with UWSConnect services?

Change UWS is an advocacy paper on the major issues affecting UWS students and recommends solutions to these issues that the University should implement.

Go to http://www.thehive-studentunion.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Change-UWS.pdf and have a read.

If you would like to make a contribution to the paper, why not drop me a line?

Best Regards,

Loui Pham J.P.

General Secretary

The Hive Student Union, University of Western Sydney

phloui@gmail.com

0402 370 386