Western Sydney University#Parramatta City

The university consists of an amalgamation of campuses, each with their own unique and individual history. In 1891, the Hawkesbury campus was established as an agricultural college by the NSW Agricultural Society. At Parramatta, Western Sydney University owns and has renovated the Female Orphan School building, the foundation stone of which was laid by Governor Lachlan Macquarie in 1813.{{Cite web |url=http://www.whitlam.org/whitlam/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=23&Itemid=52 |title=Home | Whitlam Institute |publisher=Whitlam.org |access-date=2015-04-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080720053135/http://www.whitlam.org/whitlam/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=23&Itemid=52 |archive-date=20 July 2008}}

In 1987, the New South Wales Labor government planned to name the university Chifley University, after the former Labor prime minister, Ben Chifley. However, in 1989, a new Liberal government reversed this decision and controversially named it the University of Western Sydney.{{Cite web |url=http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/Prod/Parlment/HansArt.nsf/0/ca256d11000bd3aa4a25656e000f21b6?OpenDocument |title=University of Western Sydney Bill – 19/11/1997 – 2R – NSW Parliament |publisher=Parliament.nsw.gov.au |date=19 November 1997 |access-date=2015-04-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110513234015/http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/Prod/Parlment/HansArt.nsf/0/ca256d11000bd3aa4a25656e000f21b6?OpenDocument |archive-date=13 May 2011}}

In 1989, teachers' colleges and Colleges of Advanced Education in Sydney's western suburbs were given university status under the University of Western Sydney Act 1988. The 1990s saw the federation of three education providers: UWS Nepean, UWS Hawkesbury, and UWS Macarthur. The university has a legislative basis in NSW state legislation with the passing of the University of Western Sydney Act 1997, which also empowers the university to make by-laws affecting the operation of the university.{{citation needed|date=April 2023}}

A performing arts school had been established at UWS's predecessor, the Nepean College of Advanced Education, in 1980.{{cite news | url=https://www.westernsydney.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/646506/AI-37053_Newscutting_-_Opening_of_Nepean_CAE_Kingswood_Campus.pdf | title=Nepean College of Advanced Education: Kingswood Campus Opens | work=Penrith Star | date=22 June 1977 | access-date=2 April 2023}}{{cite web | url=https://www.westernsydney.edu.au/uws25/25_year_history/places/kingswood | title=25 Year History: Kingswood | publisher=Western Sydney University | access-date=2 April 2023}} There was a School of Visual and Performing Arts in the 1990s at UWS Nepean at Kingswood.{{cite book | title=APAIS 1994: Australian Public Affairs Information Service | publisher=National Library of Australia. | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mhD3_1H7B90C&pg=PA885 | access-date=2 April 2023 | page=885}} The early incarnation of the school comprised three specialisations, acting, dance, and theatremaking. The drama school at UWS became known as Theatre Nepean. In 1997, a student-led organisation, CentreStage, was created by second-year performance students as a fund-raising body to cover the costs of staging and promoting Theatre Nepean's graduation productions not only at the Playhouse at the Kingswood campus and the Centre for Contemporary Performance at the Werrington South campus. Ruth Cracknell was its founding patron (and patron of Theatre Nepean until her death in 2002{{cite web | title=The fall and fall of Theatre Nepean | website=News Muse | date=10 May 2007 | url=https://newsmuse.wordpress.com/2007/05/10/the-fall-and-fall-of-theatre-nepean/ | access-date=2 April 2023}}), with John Bell patron, and 1987 graduate of Theatre Nepean, David Wenham, its ambassador in 2002.{{cite web| url=http://www.oocities.org/theatrenepean_centrestage/centrestagemain.html| title=Centrestage| date=2002|website=Theatre Nepean}} At some point, due to lack of funding, the school amalgamated its three-discipline program into a single course.

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Federal government funding of Australia's universities as a percentage of Australia's GDP was in decline during the years of the Howard government.{{Cite web |url=http://www.britishcouncil.org/eumd-information-background-australia.htm |title=Services for international education marketing |publisher=British Council |date=13 April 2015 |access-date=2015-04-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119110023/http://www.britishcouncil.org/eumd-information-background-australia.htm |archive-date=19 January 2012}} Federal funding policy was very influential at UWS.[http://www.backingaustraliasfuture.gov.au/publications/crossroads/default.htm Higher Education Review Process: Higher Education at the Crossroads: An Overview Paper] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080719205031/http://www.backingaustraliasfuture.gov.au/publications/crossroads/default.htm|date=19 July 2008}} In 2000, after internal restructuring and cost-cutting, UWS Hawkesbury, UWS Macarthur, and UWS Nepean ceased to exist as autonomous components of the now defunct University of Western Sydney federation and became the new multi-campus University of Western Sydney.{{Cite web |url=http://www.greenleft.org.au/2000/417/22990 |title=Students oppose UWS restructure|website= Green Left Weekly |access-date=2016-02-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120804120743/http://www.greenleft.org.au/2000/417/22990 |archive-date=4 August 2012}}

In the 2000s, UWS consolidated its schools of fine art, social science, humanities, and psychology. In this decade the university introduced its first nanotechnology and biotechnology undergraduate degrees.{{citation needed|date=April 2023}}

In 2003, UWS sponsored a Samuel Beckett symposium as part of the Sydney Festival.{{Cite web |url=http://pubsites.uws.edu.au/conferences/ |title=Historical Conferences sponsored by UWS; University of Western Sydney (UWS) |publisher=UWS |access-date=2015-04-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150227090339/http://pubsites.uws.edu.au/conferences/ |archive-date=27 February 2015}} In 2004, UWS joined with Metro Screen and SLICE TV to successfully bid for Sydney's first permanent community television licence. Television Sydney, broadcasting as TVS, launched in February 2006 from a broadcast operations centre located on the Werrington South Campus. In 2006, the UWS news site reported: "Demand to study at the University of Western Sydney is on the rise, with UWS receiving the third-biggest jump in first preferences among NSW and ACT universities for 2007".[http://pubapps.uws.edu.au/news/index.phtml?act=view&story_id=1811 "UWS a university of first choice for students"] (12/12/2006) {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140323172553/http://pubapps.uws.edu.au/news/index.phtml?act=view&story_id=1811|date=23 March 2014}}

In 2007, Theatre Nepean was suspended indefinitely, and the Australian Academy of Dramatic Art (AADA; now Australian Institute of Music - Dramatic Arts, or AIMDA) began a similar training program the following year, aiming at producing graduates who are all-round theatre-makers. Also in 2007, UWS had its first intake for Bachelor of Medicine / Bachelor of Surgery degree courses.{{Cite web|url=http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/news/2007/20070216_01.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120214231711/http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/news/2007/20070216_01.html|url-status=dead| title=The file (URL) you have entered was not found....|archive-date=14 February 2012|website=www.health.nsw.gov.au}} In the same year, UWS was part of a consortium with Griffith University and the University of Melbourne to win funding for a National Centre of Excellence for Islamic Studies.{{cite web| url=http://uninews.unimelb.edu.au/articleid_3974.html |title=Three-state university consortium wins bid for $8m National Centre of Excellence for Islamic Studies| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080730104657/http://uninews.unimelb.edu.au/articleid_3974.html|archive-date=30 July 2008| date=22 January 2007}}

In 2008, UWS announced new water and energy saving strategies,{{cite web | title=UWS Latest News:The University of Western Sydney is going green | website=UWS| date=7 May 2008 | url=http://pubapps.uws.edu.au/news/index.php?act=view&story_id=2183 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140323171342/http://pubapps.uws.edu.au/news/index.php?act=view&story_id=2183 | archive-date=23 March 2014 | url-status=dead | access-date=2 April 2023}} its Indigenous Advisory Board (announced on in August 2008{{cite web | title=UWS Latest News |website= University of Western Sydney (UWS) | date= 5 August 2008 | url=http://pubapps.uws.edu.au/news/index.php?act=view&story_id=2253 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140323194346/http://pubapps.uws.edu.au/news/index.php?act=view&story_id=2253 | archive-date=23 March 2014 | url-status=dead | access-date=2 April 2023}}) and endorsed prime minister Kevin Rudd's Apology to Australia's Indigenous peoples.{{citation needed|date=April 2023}}

In 2011 and 2012, Professors Roy Tasker{{Cite web |url=http://www.olt.gov.au/media-releases?keys=&date_period=2011-11 |title=Media Releases & Web News; Office for Learning and Teaching |publisher=Olt.gov.au |access-date=2018-05-19 }}{{dead link|date=February 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} and James Arvanitakis respectively, were announced as the Prime Minister's Australian University Teacher of the Year.{{Cite web |url=http://www.olt.gov.au/november2012-dr-james-arvanitakis-named-2012-prime-minister%E2%80%99s-australian-university-teacher-year |title=Dr James Arvanitakis named 2012 Prime Minister's Australian University Teacher of the Year; Office for Learning and Teaching |access-date=19 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130429195253/http://www.olt.gov.au/november2012-dr-james-arvanitakis-named-2012-prime-minister%E2%80%99s-australian-university-teacher-year |archive-date=29 April 2013 |url-status=dead}}

On 30 August 2015, the University of Western Sydney underwent a rebranding which resulted in a change in name to Western Sydney University.{{Cite web|title=Western Sydney University open day to officially launch its name change from UWS|url=http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/western-sydney-university-open-day-to-officially-launch-its-name-change-from-uws/story-fnii5s3z-1227502929993|publisher=perthnow.com.au|access-date=30 August 2015}}{{dead link|date=August 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Many students criticised the re-branding, calling it a waste of money that stripped the university community of its established identity.{{Cite news |last1=Kembrey |first1=Melanie |title=University of Western Sydney to get new name and logo |url=https://www.smh.com.au/education/university-of-western-sydney-to-get-new-name-and-logo-20150806-gisv3l.html |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=7 August 2015}}

Western Sydney University is a multi-campus institution.{{Cite web |date=2024-06-05 |title=Our Campuses |url=https://www.westernsydney.edu.au/future/our-campuses |access-date=2024-07-22 |website=Western Sydney University |language=en}} Each campus hosts an array of courses and different units can be completed across multiple campuses.

{{Main|Western Sydney University Parramatta Campus}}

The Parramatta Campus was first established on the site of the Female Orphan School, which was founded in 1813.{{Cite news |author=Wright, Jessica |date=1 June 2012 |title=PM announces $7 million grant for Whitlam tribute |url=http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/political-news/pm-announces-7-million-grant-for-whitlam-tribute-20120601-1zlpx.html |access-date=2 June 2012 |work=The Sydney Morning Herald}}{{Cite news |date=1 June 2012 |title=Gillard gives $7m for Whitlam project |url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/gillard-gives-7m-for-whitlam-project/story-e6frf7jx-1226379291784 |access-date=2 June 2012 |work=Herald Sun |agency=AAP}} The site was formerly home to Rydalmere Psychiatric hospital and is located at the eastern end of Parramatta, near the border with the suburb of Rydalmere.{{citation needed|date=February 2022}} It now houses the Whitlam Institute.{{Cite web |last=NSW |first=Galleries |date=4 June 2021 |title=Whitlam Institute and Female Orphan School |url=https://mgnsw.org.au/organisations/whitlam-institute-and-female-orphan-school/ |access-date=12 February 2022 |website=MGNSW}}

The Rydalmere campus was established as a campus of UWS in 1998. It is the nearest campus to the Sydney CBD.{{citation needed|date=February 2022}}

Parramatta campus courses include occupation fields like Science, Business, and Law. It also hosts their Science courses in modern buildings near to the Rydalmere campus at a site formerly used by quarantine authorities, CSIRO, Amdel Sugar, and the Biological and Chemical Research Institute laboratories.{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Biological and Chemical Research Institute (1970–1992) |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Australian Science |url=http://www.eoas.info/biogs/A002169b.htm |access-date=2 June 2012 |date=4 May 2006}}

The university announced the establishment of a new campus in the Parramatta CBD as an extension of its existing Parramatta Campus in 2014.{{Cite news |last=Gismondo |first=Nicole |title=1PSQ: A First Glance |url=http://wsup.news/1psq-a-first-glance/}}

File:1 Parramatta Square - 20230523 104157.jpg|Parramatta City campus

File:Western Sydney University Science Building, Parramatta.jpg|Science Building, Parramatta South campus

File:Engineering Innovation Hub (WSU).jpg|Engineering Innovation Hub, Parramatta City campus

File:Uwsparra1.JPG|The former Female Orphan School, now located on the present day site of the Parramatta South Campus

File:Western Sydney University Milperra Campus 2020 07.jpgThe Bankstown Campus which opened in 1989, was located at Milperra, about {{convert|5|km}} from the Bankstown CBD. Specialising in the social sciences, most of the students on campus are psychology, sociology, arts, linguistics, and education students. The campus also hosts the Bachelor of Policing degree and much of The MARCS Institute. The campus also included a modern cafeteria/eatery area as well as Oliver Brown.

Students on campus specialise in the social sciences. Most are psychology, sociology, nursing, arts and linguistic students. The campus is also home to the Bachelor of Policing program. The campus includes a modern cafeteria area, a new library, a full-size football oval, and the MARCS Institute.

UWS's most well-known interpreting and translation course is taught at Bankstown campus. UWS trains and produces many NAATI accredited interpreters and translators.

It was the original campus of the Macarthur Institute of Higher Education, which merged into the then-new university in 1989; however, as a result of widespread rebuilding by WSU, the oldest building on campus was opened in 1989. The building contains a plaque indicating that it was opened by the then treasurer and later Prime Minister Paul Keating.

Western Sydney University has built a new vertical campus in the Bankstown CBD which opened in March 2023.{{cite web |title=Western Sydney University's Bankstown campus targets a greener future |date=7 September 2023 |url=https://thefifthestate.com.au/innovation/building-construction/western-sydney-universitys-bankstown-campus-targets-a-greener-future/}} The campus caters to 10,000 students and 700 staff with courses in education, psychology, business and IT.{{Cite web |title=Plans for third vertical campus for Western Sydney University revealed|url=https://architectureau.com/articles/plans-for-third-vertical-campus-for-western-sydney-university-revealed/ |website=Architecture Media |access-date=9 May 2020}} In December 2019, Western Sydney University announced a partnership with the University of Technology Sydney which will see the two universities collaborate on postgraduate teaching and research. The two universities will also co-locate their business incubator programs at the new Bankstown City Campus.{{Cite web |title=New partnership a major boost for Western Sydney region's entrepreneurial potential|url=https://www.westernsydney.edu.au/newscentre/news_centre/more_news_stories/new_partnership_a_major_boost_for_western_sydney_regions_entrepreneurial_potential |website=Western Sydney University |access-date=9 May 2020}} The new Bankstown City campus was officially opened in December 2022, and commenced teaching in early 2023.{{Cite web |title=New Bankstown City campus spearheads economic growth, higher education opportunities and knowledge jobs for south-west Sydney|url=https://www.westernsydney.edu.au/newscentre/news_centre/more_news_stories/new_bankstown_city_campus_spearheads_economic_growth_higher_education_opportunities_and_knowledge_jobs_for_south-west_sydney |website=Western Sydney University |access-date=9 April 2023}}

In 2009, Western Sydney University opened The College at the old Blacktown campus of the university after protest about the divesting of property and resources from the site.{{citation needed|date=August 2017}}

The university's Nirimba campus is built on the site of HMAS Nirimba, a former naval aviation base, and is also known as the Nirimba Education Precinct, located in Nirimba Fields,{{Cite web |url=http://www.nirimba.nsw.edu.au |title=Nirimba Education Precinct |publisher=Governors of the Nirimba Education Precinct |access-date=13 August 2017 }} about a 10-minute drive from Blacktown. The nearest railway station is Quakers Hill station in the neighbouring suburb of Quakers Hill. The campus has many historical buildings and two crossed air runways that ceased operation 1994. The Nirimba campus has student accommodation, air-conditioned lecture theatres and rooms built in the 1990s. The campus has views of the now closed Schofields Aerodrome. Campus numbers have dwindled since the university reduced the range of courses available.{{citation needed|date=August 2017}} The campus is primarily a single-discipline campus, offering business courses which are also taught at other Western Sydney University campuses. Nirimba campus is not far{{clarify|date=August 2017}} from Norwest Business Park.

Located in the Nirimba Education Precinct in Nirimba Fields, the campus is the home of the Western Sydney University-owned UWSCollege. Western Sydney University shares the precinct with TAFE NSW-Western Sydney Institute, Nirimba College, St John Paul II Catholic College and Wyndham College.

In recent times{{when|date=August 2017}} there has been much controversy over the status of this campus, at one point Western Sydney University was depicted in the media as abandoning the campus and the local area it served.{{Cite web|last=McDougall |first=Bruce |url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw-act/uws-shuts-blacktown-campus/story-e6freuzi-1111113782075 |title=UWS shuts Blacktown campus |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=20 June 2007 |access-date=29 March 2010 }} There was even a council run protest at the closure called Save UWS Nirimba, where politicians and the university were petitioned to save the campus from closure, later it was decided rather than divesting they would set up The College. Western Sydney University has recently{{when|date=August 2017}} announced for its Blacktown campus a brand new Medical facility called the Blacktown-Mount Druitt Clinical school{{Cite web |url=http://pubapps.uws.edu.au/news/index.php?act=view&story_id=2041 |title=UWS Latest News |publisher=University of Western Sydney (UWS) |access-date=29 March 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110302095504/http://pubapps.uws.edu.au/news/index.php?act=view&story_id=2041 |archive-date=2 March 2011}} which would be based at Blacktown Hospital, making it the second clinical school associated with the School of Medicine; the first school being the Macarthur Clinical School at Campbelltown Hospital which opened in March 2007. In 2017 the university announced plans to sell off land held on the Nirimba site, previously set aside for student accommodation.{{Cite news |url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/blacktown-advocate/western-sydney-university-to-switch-land-use-in-quakers-hill/news-story/335a5017ce3638f4084fd637bbf7efd0 |title=Western Sydney University to switch land use in Quakers Hill |work=Blacktown Advocate |date=13 February 2017 |access-date=13 August 2017 }}

The library located in C21 was originally a dual purpose library, though run and staffed by Western Sydney University it was also used as the TAFE library. In 2023, TAFE NSW established its own separate library service in a nearby building, serving TAFE students, TAFE alumni and community borrowers.

The University library also caters to the students of The College.

File:UWS Campbelltown at night - 2006.jpgThe Campbelltown Campus is located in the semi-rural Macarthur region in South Western Sydney. Together with the Bankstown campus, the Campbelltown campus was originally part of the Macarthur Institute of Higher Education, founded in 1984. The campus offers degrees (among many others) in medicine, health, sciences, nursing, law and business. Research centres are also located in the campus.

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In 2007, the School of Medicine was established and began offering the Bachelor of Medicine/Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) degree for the first time in the university's history. It is hoped that many of the School's graduates will practice in the Western Sydney region, in order to redress the shortage of healthcare professionals in the area.

The on-campus student accommodation (called 'Gunydji') was upgraded in 2010 with a maximum occupancy of 205. It is a complex of self-contained units that accommodate one to five tenants each.[http://residences.uws.edu.au/campbelltown_accommodation.html] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110216072752/http://residences.uws.edu.au/campbelltown_accommodation.html|date=16 February 2011}}

{{Cite web |last=Infusedio |title=Shared Apartments - Western Sydney University Village Campbelltown {{!}} Campus Living Villages |url=https://campuslivingvillages.com/australia/sydney/western-sydney-university-village-campbelltown/shared/ |access-date=2023-01-13 |website=campuslivingvillages.com |language=en-US}}

The campus is home to the UWS Rotary Observatory, designed by Dr. Ragbir Bhathal, consisting of two observing domes of 4.5m and 2.9m diameter respectively,{{Cite web|url=http://www.publish.csiro.au/?act=view_file&file_id=AS00176.pdf |title=Campbelltown Rotary Observatory |author=R. Bhathal |publisher=Publish.csiro.au |access-date=2015-04-17}} opened on 15 July 2000. The observatory is principally utilised for Optical S.E.T.I. research but also hosts community astronomy nights, in collaboration with Macarthur Astronomical Society. In 2013 the observatory was relocated to make way for a new residential housing estate to the south of the campus. It was reopened in a new location on 2 October 2014.{{Cite web|url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/macarthur/the-gates-of-light-officially-switched-on-at-macarthur-heights-on-thursday/story-fngr8h70-1227081465397 |title=The Gates of Light officially switched on at Macarthur Heights on Thursday |publisher=Dailytelegrpah.com.au\access-date=2015-04-17}} The campus also provides the venue for the Macarthur Astronomy Forum.

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The Hawkesbury campus, also known as the Richmond campus, is located on a {{convert|1,300|hectare|sqmi|adj=on}} site in the Hawkesbury Valley in north-western Sydney, next to the town of Richmond. Courses are offered in environmental health, forensic science, nursing, medical science, natural science (environmental, agricultural, horticultural), secondary school science teaching. Hawkesbury campus facilities include research labs, farmland, aquacultural (not operational) and equine facilities, residential halls and cottages, a conference centre, religious centres, a campus social hub called Stable Square, featuring cafeterias, a bar (not operational), a music room and a large collection of Hawkesbury Agricultural College memorabilia.

The campus was originally the Hawkesbury Agricultural College, established by the New South Wales Department of Agriculture in 1891. It later became a College of Advanced Education until 1989, then UWS Hawkesbury (as a member institution of UWS with campuses and Richmond and Quaker's Hill) until 2000. The School of Agriculture operated a commercial dairy until it closed in 2004.{{Cite web|url=http://en.engormix.com/MA-dairy-cattle/news/australia-uni-closes-dairy-t3240/p0.htm |title=News Australia – Uni closes dairy farm – Dairy Cattle News |publisher=Engormix.com |access-date=2010-03-29}}

The Hawkesbury campus houses the Hawkesbury Forest Experiment. The experiment consists of twelve giant chambers with individual, living trees in controlled environments which will help predict what will happen to the Australian bush over the next century.{{Cite web |url=http://apps.uws.edu.au/media/news/index.phtml?act=view&story_id=1649 |title=UWS Latest News | University of Western Sydney (UWS) |access-date=8 February 2016 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120707061102/http://apps.uws.edu.au/media/news/index.phtml?act=view&story_id=1649 |archive-date=7 July 2012 |url-status=dead}}

This campus is also home to the forensic science degree and holds a crime scene house, various forensic lab equipment. The Centre for Plant and Food Science is also located at this campus.{{Cite web |url=http://www.uws.edu.au/research/researchcentres/pafs |title=Home – Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment – University of Western Sydney |publisher=Uws.edu.au |date=2 September 2014 |access-date=2015-04-17 |archive-date=15 April 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080415032326/http://www.uws.edu.au/research/researchcentres/pafs |url-status=dead }}

Hawkesbury Earthcare Centre, an organic farming organisation with a seedbank is located at Hawkesbury Campus. The centre is affiliated with Henry Doubleday Research and the Alternative Technology Association.[http://www.earthcare.org.au/henry/] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080719012509/http://www.earthcare.org.au/henry/|date=19 July 2008}}

The Hawkesbury campus is next to Richmond TAFE. The nearest railway station is East Richmond

The Penrith Campuses are made up of three areas in two Sydney suburbs; Kingswood, Werrington South and Werrington North.

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Kingswood has most of the campus's student services and facilities, computer rooms, classrooms and lecture theatres. It also has tennis courts, a gym, a bar (the Swamp Bar) and student accommodation. The Allen Library and Ward Library have now merged and are housed in a new building on the Kingswood campus. The new building (John Phillips Library) has been shortlisted for the 2015 World Architecture Festival (WAF) Awards.

Werrington South has fewer classrooms and lecture theatres. Werrington South also contains the faculty of communications, design and media. This is the campus for the Bachelor of Design (Visual Communications) degree. As of the end of 2016, these classes were no longer offered on this campus, can saw both the Design and Media arts subjects be relocated to Parramatta and the remaining classes be transferred to Kingswood. Majority of this site is now used for staff purposes.

Werrington North used to be a teaching campus but is now administration only, and houses the Chancellor and Vice Chancellor's offices. It also has the Nepean Observatory built by Dr Graeme White (no longer with UWS) and members of the UWS Centre for Astronomy.

Focus areas are split between Werrington South and Kingswood, with most engineering, computing, music and humanities subjects having classes in Kingswood and design having classes at Werrington South.

Western Sydney University also hosts the broadcast centre of Sydney's community television station TVS on Werrington South located in Building BD. As of 2015 TVS no longer broadcasts from this location due to the change of community licensing for stations ending in 2015. This change was made by then communications minister Malcolm Turnbull.{{Cite news|title=Community TV: Malcolm Turnbull confirms licensing for stations will end in 2015|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-09-10/community-television-kicked-off-air-by-federal-government/5733690|website=ABC News|date=10 September 2014 }}

Western Sydney University hosts the radio broadcast centre of ABC Local Radio, ABC Radio National, ABC Classic FM, Triple J, ABC NewsRadio, ABC Dig Music, ABC Jazz, & ABC Country from the Ultimo radio studios.

File:Western Sydney University Liverpool Campus 01.jpgWSU opened its vertical campus in Liverpool in 2020.{{Cite web |date=13 May 2020 |title=Liverpool City Campus Fast Facts |url=https://www.westernsydney.edu.au/newscentre/news_centre/story_archive/2018/western_sydney_university_officially_opens_its_liverpool_high-rise_campus/fast_facts |url-status=live |access-date=3 May 2025 |website=Western Sydney University News Centre}} The campus was designed for technologically enhanced learning principally for the disciplines of nursing, social work, anthropology, criminology, and policing.{{Cite web |date=5 December 2018 |title=Liverpool City Campus |url=https://westernsydney.edu.au/campuses_structure/cas/campuses/liverpool |url-status=live |access-date=3 May 2025 |website=Western Sydney University}} The building won education building of the year in 2018.{{Cite web |date=2025 |title=Western Sydney University Educational Project |url=https://binah.com.au/western-sydney-university/ |url-status=live |access-date=3 May 2025 |website=Binah}}{{Expand section|date=September 2024}}

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The opening of WSU Surabaya on 9 November 2023, was attended by Indonesian Minister of Education, Culture, Research and Technology Nadiem Makarim, Australian Minister of Education Jason Clare, East Java Governor Khofifah Indar Parawansa, Western Sydney University Chancellor Jennifer Westacott, and Vice-Chancellor and President Barney Glover.{{Cite web |last=Media |first=Kompas Cyber |date=2023-11-10 |title=Western Sydney University Buka Kampus di Surabaya, Fokus Bidang STEM |url=https://www.kompas.com/edu/read/2023/11/10/171227071/western-sydney-university-buka-kampus-di-surabaya-fokus-bidang-stem |access-date=2024-05-13 |website=KOMPAS.com |language=id}}

The board of trustees is the peak jurisdiction for the university and has members consisting from Ministerial appointments, academic appointments, and an undergraduate and post-graduate student representative.{{Cite web|url=https://www.westernsydney.edu.au/about_uws/leadership|title=University of Western Sydney|last=Unknown|first=University of Western Sydney-|website=www.westernsydney.edu.au|language=en|access-date=2019-10-28}}

The fourth Chancellor of the university, appointed in January 2023 is Jennifer Westacott, {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AO|sep=,}} a former senior public servant and partner at KPMG.{{Cite web |title=Chancellor |url=https://www.westernsydney.edu.au/about_uws/leadership/chancellor |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Western Sydney University |language=en}} Westacott followed Professor Peter Shergold, {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AC|sep=,}} who served as Chancellor from 2014 - 2022.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=9 December 2021 |title=Professor Peter Shergold AC to retire as Chancellor at end of 2022 |url=https://www.westernsydney.edu.au/newscentre/news_centre/awards_and_appointments/professor_peter_shergold_ac_to_retire_as_chancellor_at_end_of_2022 |access-date=2024-07-22 |website=Western Sydney University |language=en}}

In July 2024, Distinguished Professor George Williams, {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AO|sep=,}} became the fifth Vice-Chancellor and President of the University.{{Cite web |last=Dodd |first=Tim |title=Unis should talk less about themselves and more about who they serve: New WSU leader |url=https://www.campusreview.com.au/2024/07/unis-should-talk-less-about-themselves-and-more-about-who-they-serve-new-wsu-leader/ |access-date=2024-07-22 |website=Campus Review |language=en-AU}} The previous Vice-Chancellor who served from 2014 was Barney Glover, {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AO|sep=,}}.{{Citation |title=Vice-Chancellor and President |date=23 December 2014 |work=USW Executive |publisher=University of Western Sydney}}

Western Sydney University's academic activity is organised into "schools" of various academic faculties.

The university formerly had nine schools:{{citation needed|date=February 2021}}

• School of Business
• School of Computing, Engineering and Mathematics
• School of Education
• School of Humanities and Communication Arts
• School of Law
• School of Medicine
• School of Nursing and Midwifery
• School of Social Sciences and Psychology
• School of Science and Health

In 2019, the Board of Trustees approved the establishment of the following Schools from January 2020:{{Cite web|url=https://www.westernsydney.edu.au/about_uws/leadership/mission_goals_strategic_plan/review_of_the_strategic_plan_and_academic_structure_consultation| title=Review of Strategic Plan and Academic Structure: Discussion and Consultation|last=Admin|first=Western Sydney University-WSU|website=www.westernsydney.edu.au|language=en|access-date=2019-10-28}}

• School of Health
• School of Science
• School of Social Sciences
• School of Psychology
• School of the Built Environment, Architecture and Industrial Design
• School of Computer, Data and Mathematical Sciences
• School of Engineering

And the concurrent disestablishment of the following existing Schools:

• School of Science and Health
• School of Social Sciences and Psychology
• School of Computing, Engineering and Mathematics

In addition to the schools of specific academic disciplines, the University has a central [https://www.westernsydney.edu.au/schools/grs Graduate Research School].

The Badanami Centre for Indigenous Education provides support to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students. It has a centre on each campus, staffed by people who share their knowledge and experience of life for Indigenous students.{{Cite web | title=Welcome to Badanami | website=Western Sydney University| url=https://www.westernsydney.edu.au/badanami/badanami_centre_for_indigenous_education/about_us | access-date=22 February 2021}}

In 2013 Western Sydney University was successful in obtaining over $5.8 million in grants from the prestigious Australian Research Council for 18 Discovery Projects, placing it 11th out of 40 universities in Australia.{{Cite web|title=UWS Shines with best ever ARC results|url=http://www.westernsydney.edu.au/newscentre/news_centre/more_news_stories/uws_excels_in_arc_grants2|publisher=Western Sydney University|access-date=10 January 2013}}{{dead link|date=August 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

The university publishes the Australian Edition of the Global Media Journal (GMJ/AU), an online journal that publishes "essays and research reports that focus on any aspects in the field of Communication, Media and Journalism".{{Cite web | title=GMJAU – Home | website=Global Media Journal | url=https://www.hca.westernsydney.edu.au/gmjau/ | access-date=13 June 2021 | archive-date=13 June 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613111646/https://www.hca.westernsydney.edu.au/gmjau/ | url-status=live }} Its first edition was published in 2007.{{Cite journal |journal=Global Media Journal – Australian Edition |title=Contents page |volume=1 |issue=1 |date=2012 |publisher=Western Sydney University |issn=1835-2340 |url=https://www.hca.westernsydney.edu.au/gmjau/archive/2007_1_toc.html |access-date=13 June 2021 |archive-date=22 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220822062034/https://www.hca.westernsydney.edu.au/gmjau/archive/2007_1_toc.html |url-status=live }}

For international students starting in 2025, tuition fees range from {{AUD|24840}} to {{AUD|40440}} per academic year for award programs lasting at least one year.{{Cite web |title=2025 International Student Tuition Fees |url=https://www.westernsydney.edu.au/content/dam/digital/pdf/international/wsu-international-undergraduate-fees-2025.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250309084601/https://www.westernsydney.edu.au/content/dam/digital/pdf/international/wsu-international-undergraduate-fees-2025.pdf |archive-date=9 March 2025 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=9 March 2025 |website=Western Sydney University |language=en-AU |publication-place=Sydney, New South Wales}}{{Cite web |title=2025 International Student Tuition Fees |url=https://www.westernsydney.edu.au/content/dam/digital/pdf/international/wsu-international-postgraduate-fees-2025.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250309084607/https://www.westernsydney.edu.au/content/dam/digital/pdf/international/wsu-international-postgraduate-fees-2025.pdf |archive-date=9 March 2025 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=9 March 2025 |website=Western Sydney University |language=en-AU |publication-place=Sydney, New South Wales}}{{Cite web |title=2025 International Higher Degree Research Tuition Fees |url=https://www.westernsydney.edu.au/content/dam/digital/pdf/2025-International-HDR-tuition-fees.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250309084614/https://www.westernsydney.edu.au/content/dam/digital/pdf/2025-International-HDR-tuition-fees.pdf |archive-date=9 March 2025 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=9 March 2025 |website=Western Sydney University |language=en-AU |publication-place=Sydney, New South Wales}} Domestic students{{Efn|name=Domestic students|According to the Higher Education Support Act 2003, domestic students include permanent residents and New Zealand citizens in addition to Australian citizens.{{Cite web |date=16 November 2023 |title=5. Domestic and overseas students |url=https://www.education.gov.au/higher-education-publications/higher-education-administrative-information-providers-october-2021/5-domestic-and-overseas-students |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240921075810/https://www.education.gov.au/higher-education-publications/higher-education-administrative-information-providers-october-2021/5-domestic-and-overseas-students |archive-date=21 September 2024 |access-date=12 November 2024 |website=Department of Education |publisher=Australian Capital Territory |language=en-AU |publication-place=Canberra, Australian Capital Territory}}}} may be offered a federally-subsidised Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP) which substantially decreases the student contribution amount billed to the student.{{Cite web |date=30 July 2024 |title=Commonwealth supported places (CSPs) |url=https://www.studyassist.gov.au/financial-and-study-support/commonwealth-supported-places-csps |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250118030734/https://www.studyassist.gov.au/financial-and-study-support/commonwealth-supported-places-csps |archive-date=18 January 2025 |access-date=7 February 2025 |website=Study Assist |publisher=Department of Education (Australian Government) |language=en-AU |publication-place=Canberra, Australian Capital Territory}} The maximum student contribution amount limits that can be applied to CSP students are dependent on the field of study.{{Cite web |date=7 January 2025 |title=Student contribution amounts |url=https://www.studyassist.gov.au/financial-and-study-support/commonwealth-supported-places/student-contribution-amounts |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250121194609/https://www.studyassist.gov.au/financial-and-study-support/commonwealth-supported-places/student-contribution-amounts |archive-date=21 January 2025 |access-date=7 February 2025 |website=Study Assist |publisher=Department of Education (Australian Government) |language=en-AU |publication-place=Canberra, Australian Capital Territory}}

Since 2021, Commonwealth Supported Places have also been limited to 7 years of equivalent full-time study load (EFTSL), calculated in the form of Student Learning Entitlement (SLE).{{Cite web |date=21 November 2024 |title=Student learning entitlement (SLE) |url=https://www.studyassist.gov.au/financial-and-study-support/student-learning-entitlement-sle |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241221002359/https://www.studyassist.gov.au/financial-and-study-support/student-learning-entitlement-sle |archive-date=21 December 2024 |access-date=3 January 2025 |website=Study Assist |publisher=Department of Education (Australian Government) |language=en-AU |publication-place=Canberra, Australian Capital Territory}} Students may accrue additional SLE under some circumstances (e.g. starting a separate one-year honours program) or every 10 years. Domestic students are also able to access the HECS-HELP student loans scheme offered by the federal government.{{Cite web |date=10 January 2025 |title=HECS-HELP |url=https://www.studyassist.gov.au/financial-and-study-support/hecs-help |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250129101829/https://www.studyassist.gov.au/financial-and-study-support/hecs-help |archive-date=29 January 2025 |access-date=7 February 2025 |website=Study Assist |publisher=Department of Education (Australian Government) |language=en-AU |publication-place=Canberra, Australian Capital Territory}} These are indexed to the Consumer or Wage Price Index, whichever is lower, and repayments are voluntary unless the recipient passes an income threshold.

The university also offers several scholarships, which come in the form of bursaries or tuition fee remission.{{Cite web |date=2 September 2024 |title=Scholarships |url=https://www.westernsydney.edu.au/future/why-western/scholarships |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250209211103/https://www.westernsydney.edu.au/future/why-western/scholarships |archive-date=9 February 2025 |access-date=9 March 2025 |website=Western Sydney University |language=en-AU |publication-place=Sydney, New South Wales}}

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In the 2024 Aggregate Ranking of Top Universities, which measures aggregate performance across the QS, THE and ARWU rankings, the university attained a position of #302 (21st nationally).{{Cite web |title=University Results |url=https://research.unsw.edu.au/artu/artu-results |website=Aggregate Ranking of Top Universities |publisher=University of New South Wales |language=en-AU |publication-place=Sydney, New South Wales}}

; National publications

In the Australian Financial Review Best Universities Ranking 2024, the university was ranked #31 amongst Australian universities.{{Cite web |title=Best Universities Ranking |url=https://www.afr.com/lists-and-awards/best-universities-ranking |website=Australian Financial Review |publisher=Nine Entertainment |language=en-AU |publication-place=Sydney, New South Wales}}

; Global publications

In the 2025 Quacquarelli Symonds World University Rankings (published 2024), the university attained a position of #384 (23rd nationally).{{cite web |title=QS World University Rankings 2025: Top Global Universities |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/world-university-rankings |website=QS World University Rankings |publisher=Quacquarelli Symonds |language=en-GB |publication-place=London, United Kingdom}}

In the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2025 (published 2024), the university attained a position of #301–350 (tied 20–24th nationally).{{cite web |title=World University Rankings |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings |work=Times Higher Education |publisher=Inflexion |language=en-GB |publication-place=London, United Kingdom}}

In the 2024 Academic Ranking of World Universities, the university attained a position of #301–400 (tied 16–21th nationally).{{cite web |title=ShanghaiRanking's Academic Ranking of World Universities |url=https://www.shanghairanking.com/rankings |website=Academic Ranking of World Universities |publisher=Shanghai Ranking Consultancy |language=en |publication-place=Shanghai, China}}

In the 2024–2025 U.S. News & World Report Best Global Universities, the university attained a position of #278 (19th nationally).{{Cite web |title=Best Global Universities Rankings |url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/rankings |website=U.S. News & World Report |language=en-US |publication-place=Washington, D.C., United States}}

In the CWTS Leiden Ranking 2024,{{efn|The CWTS Leiden Ranking is based on P (top 10%).|name=a}} the university attained a position of #519 (21st nationally).{{Cite web |title=CWTS Leiden Ranking |url=https://www.leidenranking.com/ranking/2024/list |website=CWTS Leiden Ranking (Centre for Science and Technology Studies) |publisher=Leiden University |language=en |publication-place=Leiden, Netherlands}}

The Australian Government's QILT{{Efn|Abbreviation for Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching.}} conducts national surveys documenting the student life cycle from enrolment through to employment. These surveys place more emphasis on criteria such as student experience, graduate outcomes and employer satisfaction{{Cite web |title=About |url=https://www.qilt.edu.au/About |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250102224528/https://www.qilt.edu.au/About |archive-date=2 January 2025 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=14 January 2025 |website=Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching |publisher=Australian Government |language=en-AU |publication-place=Canberra, Australian Capital Territory}} than perceived reputation, research output and citation counts.{{Cite web |last=Bridgestock |first=Laura |date=19 April 2021 |title=World University Ranking Methodologies Compared |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings-articles/world-university-rankings/world-university-ranking-methodologies-compared |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250102224525/https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings-articles/world-university-rankings/world-university-ranking-methodologies-compared |archive-date=2 January 2025 |access-date=14 January 2025 |website=Quacquarelli Symonds |language=en-GB |publication-place=London, United Kingdom}}

In the 2023 Employer Satisfaction Survey, graduates of the university had an overall employer satisfaction rate of 81%.{{Cite web |date=May 2024 |title=2023 Employer Satisfaction Survey |url=https://www.qilt.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/2023-ess-national-report.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250102224527/https://www.qilt.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/2023-ess-national-report.pdf |archive-date=2 January 2025 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=14 January 2025 |website=Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching |publisher=Australian Government |language=en-AU |publication-place=Canberra, Australian Capital Territory}}

In the 2023 Graduate Outcomes Survey, graduates of the university had a full-time employment rate of 74.7% for undergraduates and 87.4% for postgraduates.{{Cite web |date=May 2024 |title=2023 Graduate Outcomes Survey: National Report |url=https://www.qilt.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/2023-gos-national-report.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241220062418/https://www.qilt.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/2023-gos-national-report.pdf |archive-date=20 December 2024 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=14 January 2025 |website=Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching |publisher=Australian Government |language=en-AU |publication-place=Canberra, Australian Capital Territory}} The initial full-time salary was {{AUD|69,400}} for undergraduates and {{AUD|85,000}} for postgraduates.

In the 2023 Student Experience Survey, undergraduates at the university rated the quality of their entire educational experience at 73.7% meanwhile postgraduates rated their overall education experience at 75.8%.{{Cite web |date=May 2024 |title=2023 Student Experience Survey |url=https://www.qilt.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/ses-national-report.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250102224530/https://www.qilt.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/ses-national-report.pdf |archive-date=2 January 2025 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=14 January 2025 |website=Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching |publisher=Australian Government |language=en-AU |publication-place=Canberra, Australian Capital Territory}}

The Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment was officially opened in 2012, funded by a $40 million grant from the Australian Government Education Investment Fund. It houses some of the largest and most complex facilities in the world for researching the effects of climate change.{{Cite web|title=Climate right for new research institute at UWS|url=http://www.westernsydney.edu.au/newscentre/news_centre/more_news_stories/climate_right_for_new_research_institute_at_uws|publisher=Western Sydney University|access-date=10 January 2013}}{{dead link|date=August 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

The Religion and Society Research Cluster grew out of the Centre for the Study of Contemporary Muslim Studies. It maintains a particular focus on religion, mutliculturalism and post-secularism. Cristina Rocha has been director of the centre since 2014.

Western Sydney University has 11 Research Institutes and Centres.

Prior to 2009, Western Sydney University had two student organisations, each with its own focus and areas of responsibility. These organisations voluntarily shut down operations in 2009. These organisations were responsible for the bulk of extracurricular activities and services provided by the university.{{citation needed|date=December 2019}}

Each organisation previously sourced their funds from Compulsory Student Unionism fees. With the passage of Voluntary Student Unionism legislation, UWS agreed to fund the organisations, but at a substantially reduced level. UWSSA also asked students to pay a voluntary $60 fee.{{citation needed|date=April 2023}}

File:Connect Fitness Kingswood Campus.jpg

UWSSA and PAUWS were independent of the university, while UWSConnect is wholly owned by UWS.{{citation needed|date=December 2019}}

• UWSSA Inc. — UWS Students' Association. Its motto was "Bringing life to knowledgecoined by then the Communication Coordinator Doa Karan " – a twist on the university's motto. It aimed to improve student life at the university by providing welfare and support services, and ran campaigns on issues affecting the student population.
• PAUWS Inc. — The Postgraduate Association of UWS was a student's association for the postgraduate student population at the university.{{citation needed|date=December 2019}}
• UWSConnect Ltd. — UWSConnect is a not-for-profit{{Cite web |date=2017-09-09|title=Western Sydney University Reviews by Students|url=https://universityreviews.com.au/students/nsw/wsu-western-sydney/|access-date=2022-10-29|website=Uni Reviews|language=en}}[https://web.archive.org/web/20060214120138/http://www.uwsconnect.com.au/ UWS Connect] company owned by the university which aims to improve university life by providing bars, cafés, sporting events, recreational activities, etc. It is responsible for organising commercial ties with the university and its students, such as advertising space within the university, vending machines and student discounts and special offers.{{citation needed|date=February 2021}} Connect Fitness — Connect Fitness is a not-for-profit organisation located on the grounds of Western Sydney University with four gyms now{{when|date=April 2023}} in operation over the Kingswood, Hawkesbury, Bankstown and Campbelltown campuses.{{citation needed|date=December 2019}}
• SPORT. — In 1989 the first football club of the university was formed at the Kingswood campus competing against other universities in intervarsity competitions including in Canberra, Armidale and Melbourne. The captain Richard Bakoss led the team for the first three years.

In 2019 the university restructured student representation, with the Western Sydney University Student Representative Council (SRC) becoming the peak representative body for all enrolled students at Western Sydney University.{{Cite web|last=Unknown|first=University of Western Sydney-|title=Student Elections|url=https://www.westernsydney.edu.au/about_uws/leadership/governance/elections/Student_Voice|access-date=2022-10-29|website=www.westernsydney.edu.au|language=en}} The Council consists of 22 Representatives elected to represent the various campuses of Western Sydney University, Consisting of campus representative, collective officers, and the executive.{{Cite web|title=PROCEDURES AND MINUTES|url=http://westernsrc.org/procedures|access-date=2022-10-29|website=Western SRC|language=en-GB}}

WSUPnews is the student newspaper of the Western Sydney University. W'SUP was previously known as cruWsible which was established in 2013.{{citation needed|date=December 2019}}

Western Sydney University has on-campus accommodation in the form of the UWS Village located adjacent to its Parramatta Campus. The village was opened in February 2009, providing apartments from one to eight bedrooms. At the time of opening, the village was the third Campus Living Villages property to be established in Sydney after the Macquarie University Village and the Sydney University Village.{{citation needed|date=December 2019}}

{{Main list|List of Western Sydney University people

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The winner of the 2007 Miles Franklin Literary Award, Alexis Wright, was a UWS Postdoctoral Research Fellow in 2010.{{Cite web|url=http://www.dfat.gov.au/in2oz/literature/alexis_wright.html|title=literature – in2oz creative australia – Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade|publisher=Dfat.gov.au|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100404075814/http://www.dfat.gov.au/in2oz/literature/alexis_wright.html|archive-date=4 April 2010|url-status=dead|access-date=2010-03-29}}

In 2011, author Anita Heiss was Adjunct Associate Professor at the university, attached to the Badanami Centre for Indigenous Education (see below).{{Cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/profiles/content/s3245553.htm |title=Anita Heiss|date=16 June 2011|website= Australian Broadcasting Corporation |access-date=22 February 2021}}

Award-winning Australian author Gail Jones was a professor in the university's Writing and Society Research Centre {{as of|lc=yes|2019}}.{{Cite web|url=https://www.westernsydney.edu.au/writing_and_society/people/professional_staff/professor_gail_jones|title=Professor Gail Jones|last=Unknown|first=University of Western Sydney-|website=www.westernsydney.edu.au|language=en|access-date=2019-03-10}}

In 2014, Peter K. Jonason, a postgraduate psychology professor at UWS with a PhD in psychology, won the Ig Nobel Prize for Psychology in 2014 for his research into the "dark side" of human nature completed in 2013 under the report titled "Creatures of the Night: Chronotypes and the Dark Triad Traits" (Peter K. Jonason, Amy Jones, and Minna Lyons, Personality and Individual Differences, vol. 55, no. 5, 2013, pp. 538–541).{{Cite web |url=http://www.improbable.com/ig/winners/#ig2014 |format=Website |title=Winners of the Ig® Nobel Prize |date=August 2006 |publisher=Annals of Improbable Research |access-date=2015-06-16 |archive-date=26 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130226100552/http://www.improbable.com/ig/winners/#ig2014 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url = http://peterjonason.com/ |format = Website |title = Peter Karl (PK) Jonason, PhD Biography |publisher = Peter Karl Jonason |access-date = 2015-06-16 |archive-date = 2 May 2021 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210502033333/http://www.peterjonason.com/ |url-status = live }}

Between 2011 and 2016, there were 28 officially reported cases of sexual abuse and harassment on campus, resulting in no expulsions, no suspensions, and 7 warnings.{{Cite news|url=http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/true-stories/full-list-of-universities-exposed-by-sexual-assault-investigation/news-story/f7c39dcacce8a9c839bc8b881172173b|title=Full list of universities exposed by sexual assault investigation|last=Funnell|first=Nina|date=10 October 2016|work=News Limited|access-date=29 July 2017}} The 2017 Australian Human Rights Commission report on sexual assault and harassment gave figures substantially higher than this.{{Cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-08-01/uni-sexual-assault-hrc-report-released/8762638#searchable1x3x5|title=Unis urged to act as 'shocking' survey reveals half of all students face sexual harassment|date=2017-08-01|work=ABC News|access-date=2017-08-07|language=en-AU}}

Early in 2016, some controversy surrounding the university's full support of complementary medicine{{Cite web|url=https://www.theage.com.au/healthcare/uws-complementary-research-institute-promotes-good-news-and-ignores-bad-critics-say-20160227-gn58si.html|title=UWS complementary research institute promotes good news and ignores bad, critics say|first=Harriet|last=Alexander|date=27 February 2016|website=The Age|access-date=4 April 2018}} and the university's alleged spying on employees who lodge complaints{{Cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/university-of-western-sydney-accused-of-snooping-through-staff-emails-20160220-gmz2by.html|title=Western Sydney University accused of illegally snooping on staff emails|first=Eamonn|last=Duff|date=20 February 2016|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|access-date=4 April 2018}} in good faith emerged in the press. An employee, as well as eminent scientists, criticised the support of the university for complementary medicines such as homeopathy, acupuncture, TCM, and energy healing etc.{{Cite web|url=http://edzardernst.com/2016/05/acupuncture-for-allergic-rhinitis-a-case-of-scientific-misconduct/|title=Acupuncture for allergic rhinitis: scientific misconduct or just poor science?|date=27 May 2016|website=edzardernst.com|access-date=4 April 2018}}{{Cite web|url=http://edzardernst.com/2016/05/acupuncture-does-it-increase-the-rate-of-adultery/|title=Acupuncture: does it increase the rate of adultery?|date=31 May 2016|website=edzardernst.com|access-date=4 April 2018}} The main controversial aspect was the continued support of these pseudo-scientific fields in exchange for continued funding from the naturopathic Jacka Foundation of Natural Therapies.{{Cite web |url=http://www.jackafoundation.org.au/news-articles/judy-jacka-receives-honorary-fellowship-western-sydney-university |title=Judy Jacka receives Honorary Fellowship Western Sydney University |access-date=22 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160917013522/http://www.jackafoundation.org.au/news-articles/judy-jacka-receives-honorary-fellowship-western-sydney-university |archive-date=17 September 2016 |url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.westernsydney.edu.au/newscentre/news_centre/more_news_stories/western_sydney_university_honours_leading_australians|title=Leading Australians honoured by Western Sydney University|first=Western Sydney University – Mark|last=Smith|website=www.westernsydney.edu.au|access-date=4 April 2018}}

The National Institute of Complementary Medicine (NICM), a part of Western Sydney University, won the Bent Spoon Award in November 2017. This award is bestowed by the Australian Skeptics to 'the perpetrator of the most preposterous piece of paranormal or pseudo-scientific piffle'.{{Cite web|url=https://www.skeptics.com.au/2017/11/19/2017-bent-spoon-to-nicm-skeptic-of-the-year-christine-bayne/|title=2017 Bent Spoon to NICM; Skeptic of the Year Christine Bayne|date=19 November 2017|website=skeptics.com.au|access-date=4 April 2018}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.australiandoctor.com.au/news/cam-academics-win-sciences-least-wanted-prize|title=CAM academics win science's least wanted prize – Australian Doctor|website=www.australiandoctor.com.au|access-date=4 April 2018}} In early 2017, the university unsuccessfully attempted to block their Bent Spoon nomination.{{Cite web|url=http://www.skeptics.com.au/2016/12/16/skeptics-stand-by-bent-spoon-nomination|title=Skeptics stand by Bent Spoon nomination|date=16 December 2016|website=Skeptics.com.au|access-date=19 May 2018}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.doctorportal.com.au/mjainsight/2017/3/industry-partnerships-continue-to-muddy-waters|title=Industry partnerships continue to muddy waters – MJA InSight 3, 30 January 2017 – doctorportal|website=www.doctorportal.com.au|access-date=4 April 2018}} This led to a number of articles appearing in the media taking an in-depth look at the National Institute of Complementary Medicine.{{Cite web|url=http://www.skeptics.com.au/2017/02/10/nicm-offers-alternative-facts-about-alternative-medicine|title=NICM offers alternative facts about alternative medicine|date=10 February 2017|website=Skeptics.com.au|access-date=19 May 2018}}[http://www.skeptics.com.au/wp-content/uploads/magazine/The%20Skeptic%20Volume%2037%20(2017)%20No%201%20(Cover).pdf] {{dead link|date=May 2018}} The university was found to have accepted an untied gift of $10 million{{Cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/healthcare/herbal-giant-blackmores-gives-record-10-million-donation-for-complementary-medicine-research-20170330-gv9zd3.html|title=Blackmores gives $10 million donation for complementary medicine research|first=Harriet|last=Alexander|date=31 March 2017|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|access-date=4 April 2018}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.skeptics.com.au/2017/04/04/blackmores-donates-10m-to-uws-alt-med-researchers|title=Blackmores donates $10M to UWS alt med researchers|date=3 April 2017}}{{Cite web| url=https://www.westernsydney.edu.au/newscentre/news_centre/more_news_stories/$10m_philanthropic_gift_boosts_research_and_innovation_at_western_sydney| title=$10M philanthropic gift boosts research and innovation at Western Sydney|first=Western Sydney University – Danielle|last=Roddick|website=www.westernsydney.edu.au|access-date=4 April 2018}} from the controversial supplement company, Blackmores.{{Cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/transcripts/s4627196.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170302014057/http://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/transcripts/s4627196.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 March 2017|title=Media Watch: A Current Affair's life changing ADHD treatment – that doesn't work (27/02/2017)|website=www.abc.net.au|access-date=4 April 2018}} These funds would partly be used to establish a traditional Chinese medicine 'hospital' in Sydney's health precinct, Westmead.

File:Boilerhouse UWS Parramatta.jpg| Boilerhouse Restaurant on Parramatta Campus

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File:UWS schooloflaw.jpg|The Stairway to the top, Campbelltown

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