Jun
6
2025
Western Sydney is Australia’s epicentre of growth and opportunity with a burgeoning population of 2.7 million people and a booming demand for higher education, says Western Sydney University (WSU) vice-chancellor Professor George Williams. Two-thirds of the Western Sydney University’s students are the first in their families to have taken the plunge into higher education. “We …read more
Jun
6
2025
Until recently, ten or twelve babies born in the ACT and NSW died of a disease known as spinal muscular atrophy before they reached their second birthdays. Children’s Medical Research Institute director Professor Roger Reddel says children born with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) were often healthy for a while and then began to regress. “Even if …read more
Jun
6
2025
Westmead Health Precinct is Australia’s largest health and biomedical research precinct and a thriving hub of scientific collaboration and professional cross-fertilisation in Western Sydney – with relationships criss-crossing between four hospitals, two universities, two medical research institutes, a number of allied health centres, and NSW’s largest pathology service. Home to breakthrough research projects in genetics, …read more