UWS launches state-of-the-art media studios

The University of Western Sydney will officially launch its $2 million convergent media studios, on Wednesday, June 18. The School of Communication Arts, at the Penrith campus, constructed the facility. The school’s head, Professor Lynette Sheridan, Burns, said the new high-tech facilities would provide students with a learning environment that was very similar to the multimedia workplaces being used in the industry today. "UWS consulted experts from the BBC in London, SBS Television, the Seven Network, the ABC, Global Television, Sony and Ninemsn, to create a studio complex that will provide graduates with cutting-edge knowledge as well as practical industry experience," she said. Students also have access to an outside broadcast (OB) van.