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New feasibility study to prevent suicide in New South Wales prisons

A team of researchers including from Western has received funding through the NSW Government’s Small Business Innovation and Research program to explore the feasibility of a new suicide and self-harm prevention tool in correctional facilities.


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Opinion: Why is toddler milk so popular? Follow the money

Toddler milk is popular and becoming more so. Just over a third of Australian toddlers drink it. Parents spend hundreds of millions of dollars on it globally.


Second cohort of new ongoing staff welcomed in sector-leading academic decasualisation program

Western Sydney University is pleased to announce the second cohort of ongoing academic staff appointed as part of the University’s sector-leading academic decasualisation program, developed in collaboration with the NTEU.


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Opinion: ‘I’m home’: how co-operative housing could take pressure off Australia’s housing crisis

At a time when everything from abolishing negative gearing to capping rents are being suggested as ways to reduce Australia’s housing crisis, little attention has been given to housing co-operatives.


First national study reveals housing co-operatives could be part of the solution to Australia’s rental crisis

New research by the University has revealed that housing co-operatives may form part of Australia’s answer to affordable and stable housing choices amidst a growing housing and rental crisis.


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Opinion: From malaria, to smallpox, to polio – here’s how we know life in ancient Egypt was ravaged by disease

The mention of ancient Egypt usually conjures images of colossal pyramids and precious, golden tombs.



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