Student Associations
All students are automatically members of a Student
Association, funded through the standard compulsory
services charge that all students pay at enrolment.
Undergraduate Students
The Wollongong University Student Association (WUSA) is a 28 member council elected by the student body each September to take office on the 1st of January the following year. Every undergraduate student who is a financial member of WUSA is able to run for a position on WUSA.
WUSA is made up of 14 general representatives and 14 office bearers. Office bearers include the President, Honorary Secretary, Honorary Treasurer, Event Coordinator, Education Campaigns Coordinator, Media Officer (also editor of the student newspaper: Tertangala), Welfare Coordinator, Womens' Representative, Environment Representative, Queer Representative, Indigenous Representative, Disabilities Representative, External Students Representative, and International Students Representative.
The WUSA offices are located on the ground floor of the Unicentre building (11). Meetings of the WUSA are held twice a month in the Unicentre building. Meeting times and locations are advertised in the WUSA offices. All students are welcome to attend these meetings.
The services provided by the WUSA include:
- Organises social events - bands, performance nights, free weekly BBQs- usually held Tuesdays on the duckpond lawn etc.
- Organises forums on the lawn.
- Produces a student newspaper, Tertangala, to which any student can contribute articles, poems, reviews, etc (contributors are paid 5 cents per word). The WUSA also produces a student's handbook and a number of other handbooks.
- A second hand Bookbank where students can buy and sell old textbooks.
- Co-funds the clubs and societies office, and provides subsidies for Kids Uni.
- Provides funding to assist in student endeavours, eg. Art exhibitions.
- Provides cheap photocopying, faxing and binding.
- An interest-free emergency student loan service (limited to $25).
- Free tea/coffee in the WUSA office.
- Free safe sex products
- Runs various campaigns in conjunction with the National Union of Students around issues of concern to students as well as keeping students up to date on changes to the Federal Government's higher education policies and budgets.
- Provides free advocacy and support for students who are experiencing difficulties with their lecturers, tutors or administration.
For further information, contact the WUSA on:
+61 2 4221 4201 or visit their website at http://WUSA.uow.edu.au/
Postgraduate Students
The Wollongong
University Postgraduate Association (WUPA) aims
to promote and defend the interests of all postgraduate
students. WUPA is situated in two houses (Buildings
115 & 116) in Northfields Avenue. Building 115 contains
the meeting room, president's office, publications &
outreach office, and lounge & kitchen. Building
116 contains computing facilities, photocopying facilities,
advocacy office, manager's office, lounge and TV room.
WUPA has a 13 member council elected by the postgraduate
student body each year in March or April. It is made
up of 5 general representatives and 8 office bearers.
The office bearers are the President, Vice-President,
Secretary-Treasurer, Activities Officer, Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander Student's Officer, International
Officer, Media Officer, and Women's Officer. The term
of office is April to April each year. WUPA council
meets once a month in its meeting room in building 115
Northfields Avenue.
WUPA also employees five staff members: General Manager,
Advocacy & Policy Researcher, Outreach Officer,
Publications/Promotions Officer and Accounts officer.
The services provided at WUPA's Resource Centre include:
- Multilingual computers (iMacs & PCs)
- Cheap photocopying (5 cents/page)
- Free laser printing (if you bring your own paper)
or 2.5 cents/page
- Free confidential advice and support from our Advocacy
Officer for students who have complaints or grievances
against university policy or procedures (e.g. appeals,
university administration, lecturers/supervisors etc)
- TV, video, overhead projector & satellite
- Kitchen, microwave & fridge
- Free tea/coffee
Other Services provided by WUPA include:
- 5 free BBQ's per year & 2 functions/parties
- Producing a student magazine, the Postgraduate Reporter,
4 times per year that all postgraduate students can
contribute to. Contributors are paid 5 cents per word.
- Group funding for postgraduates for social functions,
departmental newsletters etc
- Co-funding of scholarships
- Co-funding of the Kids Uni
- Emergency student loans
- Submissions in response to government & university
policies that affect postgraduates (in 2002 this included
the Crossroads Review of Higher Education)
- Affiliation to the Council of Australian Postgraduate
Associations (CAPA), which is the national body that
represents some 155,000 students. Part of each student's
WUPA fees goes towards this membership. WUPA also
hosts some regional and national meetings of postgraduate
students
For further information contact WUPA on + 61 2 4221
3326 or visit their website at: http://www.uow.edu.au/wupa/
Conscientious Objection
While the University Council endorses the principle
of universal membership of student organisations, the
University has established a procedure for students
seeking exemption from membership on the basis of genuine
conscientious objection. It is important to note that
conscientious objectors will still be required to pay
the relevant fee, which will be directed towards the
Dean of Students' Equity Awards, established to help
students to keep studying who are in genuine financial
difficulty. Please contact the Dean of Students' office
for further information on +61 2 4221 4355.
University Disclaimer
The WUSA & WUPA websites which are linked from this
page are developed and maintained by those bodies. The
University accepts no responsibility for any of the
content of those sites. The views expressed on those
sites are not necessarily those of the University of
Wollongong.
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