Don Wright
Executive Director, Enterprise, Western Sydney University
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Don Wright believes the various startup ecosystems within Australia should work cooperativelyAbout Western Sydney University
Western Sydney University is an Australian university with campuses across Greater Western Sydney, including Parramatta. It offers undergraduate, postgraduate and research degrees across a range of disciplines. It began operating on 1 January 1989 as the University of Western Sydney, a federated network that grew to three members (UWS Hawkesbury, UWS Macarthur and UWS Nepean), operated as a single university from 2001 and adopted its current name in August 2015.
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- Higher education
- Founded
- 1989
- Headquarters
- Sydney
Sources: en.wikipedia.org, westernsydney.edu.au
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