With USyd approving just 117 travel concession applications under Transport NSW’s exemptions for disabled part-time students between 2019 – 2023, concerns are being raised over NSW universities’ opaque guidance on accessing the concessions.
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After years of being ignored by governments, universities and union bureaucrats, the crisis of unpaid placement-induced student poverty and burnout is reaching a peak.
This kind of rhetoric drives much of how the media construes and facilitates discussions surrounding disability; when such rhetoric is employed, one only has to imagine the damage this can inflict upon people who identify as being disabled.
Where do this year’s board candidates stand on the planned Disabilities Action Plan?
Chair.
Sit.
Adjust.
Adjust the other side.
No, adjust the other side.
People talk about feeling a pull from the ocean: its call, their response, and a splendid union. I can’t say I’ve felt the same. My pull comes from within, it is manic and obsessive. Every other thought is suffocated by my desperation for submersion. Returning to the water is a compulsion.
The lowest point of the run comes as the 5km point looms: we are once again crossing Cumberland St and ascending the stairs towards the Harbour Bridge. I curse the Unofficial run club and all its future generations.
“In London, there’s been profound changes to the law as a consequence of Prima Facie. Having been a lawyer, I never thought I’d have that effect from writing a play, but it’s been the other way around.”
Are engaging classes the secret to better interactions between international and domestic students?
Welcome to the sixth instalment of Honi Soit’s student media spotlight — a series where we sit down with student publications around Australia to discuss the triumphs and tribulations of student media.