The following article was originally submitted as an application for an equity scholarship. And I got it! I hope others find this article useful in their education journey.
The persistent breakdown of vital lifts at the Kelvin Grove campus has left disabled students stranded and disappointed with our university. During the month of April, both lifts that exit out to the main level of campus, near the library and Gather Cafe, have been out of service on at least three occasions.
I sit, I watch, and I want to cry, but no one will notice. Everyone is too busy laughing, catching up on who slept with who, and what assignments haven’t been started with five hours to go until the due date. The college life is the epitome of feeling isolated in a room full of people.
Hundreds of people marched through the streets of Brisbane City on April 18, showing their support for Palestine and rallying against the Australian government.
We’re starting the year off petty, as our lord and saviour Regina George would. As such, the theme for the QUT Literary Salon’s first salon of the year was Salty.
Starting on Monday 29, students at UQ will begin an indefinite solidarity encampment for Palestine. We cannot stay silent and passive while our universities and governments are aiding and abetting an ongoing genocide.