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Rise in Sexual Misconduct Reports to the University

Sexual misconduct allegations have risen from eight in 2017 to 23 in 2018, according to documents released by the University of Melbourne.The documents, which include both responses to requests made within and outside the Freedom of Information Act (FOI), shed light on how the University has disciplined students accused of sexual assault and harassment.

“Be My Stacks”: GSA Vice-President and Shorten Electorate Staffer Offers Students Free Beer to Ram Through SGM Vote

Jacob Rodrigo, the vice-president of the Graduate Student Association (GSA) and an electorate officer in Bill Shorten’s office, has offered graduate students free beer in exchange for helping push though controversial changes to the GSA’s constitution.

The Co-op Stand-off

Inside the Co-op Bookshop’s AGM

Students and board members stand off at Co-op AGM

Footage obtained by Farrago shows students demanding answers from National Secretary Talal Yassine.

Anne Aly fails to declare directorship of Co-op Bookshop

Her former directorship of the bookshop could put her in hot water. Students are set to ambush the Annual General Meeting of the bookshop today.

Locking out Lockheed Martin

Protesters camp outside Carlton Connect to make a bold statement against the University’s partnership with arms manufacturer, Lockheed Martin.

Beer Not Books (or, the Unco-operative Bookshop)

A Farrago report reveals the lie behind the name.

“Growth in the bottom line” for whom?

Jeremy Nadel weighs in on the 2016 Federal Budget’s finance and economics.

The Haps With The Fap

Farrago breaks down the proposed flexible academic programming model.

PIPE DREAMS

30 years of the cave clan.

Funding the Party Line

The 2016 UMSU Students’ Council has met for the first time, discussing issues including the allocation of student funds and cuts to student department budgets.

Union Money and Detention Centres

Believing and disbelieving

Jeremy Nadel analyses in detail the University of Melbourne’s funding decisions and whether or not they are effective.

UNI Council: Conflict of Interest Free?

Fossil Free Melbourne University (FFMU), a campus activist collective, have run over a year’s worth of protests, petitions, face-to-face confrontations and other forms of lobbying. They want the Council to declare in the new Charter that the University will divest the $588 million in its Endowment Fund from the top 200 fossil fuel companies. The Council has a key decision to make, but are all members of the Council interest free?