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Leading national complementary medicine agency to receive significant funding
In Brief: The National Institute of Complementary Medicine (NICM) has announced at an event held in Sydney today that it has received $2.9 million in funding from philanthropic and industry supporters. (Posted: 16/12/2011)

How to play the lead in Australia's creative future
In Brief: It's tough to make a career out of creativity. Getting your break in creative industries takes talent. Staying there takes business skills and an entrepreneurial spirit, which was largely left to chance until UWSCollege introduced an innovative program to give creative minds the business savvy to reach their full career potential. (Posted: 15/12/2011)

UWS GIANTS set to kick a goal for Greater Western Sydney
In Brief: The Greater Western Sydney GIANTS and the University of Western Sydney have announced details of an exciting and unique partnership. (Posted: 14/12/2011)

UWS Course Decision Day: The last opportunity for advice on your future
In Brief: The University of Western Sydney invites prospective students to attend Course Decision Day at the UWS Parramatta Campus, from 4pm-8pm on Tuesday 3 January 2012. (Posted: 14/12/2011)

Universities join forces to widen higher education participation
In Brief: Five Sydney-based universities are set to work together to increase the numbers of students from low socio-economic backgrounds in higher education, with the announcement of $21.2 million in Federal Government funding over four years for the Bridges to Higher Education project. (Posted: 14/12/2011)

Media Alert: National Institute of Complementary Medicine to announce new funding
In Brief: The National Institute of Complementary Medicine (NICM) will be announcing major new funding support and an overview of national priorities on Friday December 16 at 10.30am. (Posted: 14/12/2011)

UWS and GWS GIANTS to announce partnership
In Brief: Greater Western Sydney Giants Head Coach Kevin Sheedy will join the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Western Sydney, Professor Janice Reid, to make an announcement about a unique partnership between UWS and the Giants - the AFL's newest club. (Posted: 14/12/2011)

Gough Whitlam's vision and the establishment of the University of Western Sydney
In Brief: When Gough Whitlam first entered parliament in 1952 as the MP for the south-western Sydney seat of Werriwa, there was not a single high school in his electorate. Despite the summer heat there were few public swimming pools, and significantly, much of Western Sydney (west of Woodville Road) was not connected to the sewer. The concept of a University in the West was repeatedly shelved in order to cater for booming populations closer to the east. University participation rates in the western suburbs were the lowest in the country, limiting generations of people from many of the benefits most Australians took for granted. (Posted: 12/12/2011)

UWS students honoured in annual journalism awards
In Brief: Two University of Western Sydney students have been recognised for journalistic excellence at the 2011 Ossie Awards for Student Journalism. (Posted: 09/12/2011)

More students to succeed at university, thanks to $30 million Government grant
In Brief: The University of Western Sydney has welcomed a multi-million boost from the Federal Government to significantly expand its flagship UWSCollege model of higher education and to establish a new tertiary education facility in Lithgow - the first in the region. (Posted: 09/12/2011)

UWS goes out on the town to study nightlife revellers
In Brief: Researchers from the University of Western Sydney will venture into Sydney's most popular nightspots to measure levels of drinking and observe the behaviours of the patrons of night-time entertainments districts. (Posted: 09/12/2011)

Media Alert: Malcolm Fraser to deliver 2012 Whitlam Institute Gough Whitlam Oration
In Brief: The Whitlam Institute within the University of Western Sydney is delighted to announce that The Rt Hon Malcolm Fraser AC CH will deliver the 2012 Gough Whitlam Oration on the evening of June 6 at the UWS Parramatta campus. (Posted: 07/12/2011)

Researching the future, today
In Brief: A unique robotics installation featuring a singing, dancing computer avatar controlled by hand gestures is just one of a series of demonstrations and lectures in a diverse University of Western Sydney conference starting this week. (Posted: 06/12/2011)

UWS graduate wins Walkley Award for exemplary journalism
In Brief: Joseph Catanzaro has a message for all students - to value their education. (Posted: 06/12/2011)

UWS celebrates first non-western Nobel Laureate
In Brief: The University of Western Sydney will this week celebrate the 150 year anniversary of the first non- western writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, Rabindranath Tagore, with a special lecture discussing his continued relevance in the post colonial world. (Posted: 06/12/2011)

Singer Songwriter Series premieres on Television Sydney
In Brief: A new television show showcasing unsigned and emerging artists performing their own music in front of a live studio audience will premiere on Television Sydney digital channel 44 this Saturday at 7.30pm. (Posted: 02/12/2011)

Baby talk: Turtle eggs communicate in the nest
In Brief: Researchers at the University of Western Sydney have eavesdropped on clutches of Australian freshwater turtle eggs to find they 'communicate' with each other to synchronise their development. (Posted: 01/12/2011)

Future scientists: high school mad scientists at UWS
In Brief: Liquid nitrogen ice-cream, permanganate fire and slime sound like creations straight out of a mad scientist's laboratory but 180 students across South and Western Sydney will get to indulge their passion for science and bring these creations and much more to life on the 6 to 8 December, 2011. (Posted: 30/11/2011)

View the total eclipse of the moon at the UWS Observatory
In Brief: Members of the public are invited to attend the University of Western Sydney Observatory at 10:30pm on Saturday 10th December, for a special presentation and viewing of the total lunar eclipse. (Posted: 30/11/2011)

Time is running out to nominate extraordinary women
In Brief: The University of Western Sydney is once again calling on members of the community to nominate their worthy family, friends, colleagues and neighbours for the annual Women of the West Awards. (Posted: 29/11/2011)

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