18C: Chilling Effect or Rights Protection?
If we’re really looking to protect freedom of speech in Australia, the erosion of 18C protection is not the answer. Mara Papavassiliou reports.
UWA Responds to Government’s Higher Education reform
In a statement to Pelican UWA responded to the proposed changes to higher education funding that were presented by the Minister for Education on 1 May 2017. The university’s full…
SURPRISE: reforms to higher education announced – higher fees and $2.8billion cuts to funding
The government is sticking to its message that universities are overfunded. Previously unpopular policies of fee deregulation and 20% cuts in funding have been abandoned in favour of a focus…
EMAS Miami Vibes: Fresh(er) Impressions
It was mindless and escapist, giving reliable transport from a week tarnished by study, personal frustrations, and that over-priced pasta dish at Reid café. Ryan Suckling reviews.
Whose culture is it anyway?
A spectre haunts the UWA cyberspace - have you seen it? While many of you liked it hoping for new and fresh university life memes, you’ll find nothing but hard…
The Fridays: The Good, The Bad, and The Guild Tenancy Committee
In January this year, the Science Union were told by Guild Tenancy that their application to continue using a clubroom in Cameron hall had been rejected, No reasons were initially…
UWA declines to provide FOI data on University sexual assault; Guild Women’s Department says “Not good enough”
"It is incredibly disappointing that UWA was one of only two universities that refused the request for statistics,” writes the UWA Student Guild Women's Department in an open letter to…