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Lodging Complaints
Alexandra AlvaroAlthough the 2018 QS benchmark places Melbourne as the fifth best city globally for international students to study, it appears that there are some students and advocacy groups who would disagree.
22 September 2017
Stand Up! takes back UMSU
Alexandra AlvaroThe victory comes in contrast to last year’s election, in which More! took control of the Union by a landslide.
8 September 2017
Students Stand in Solidarity with Victims of Sexual Assault
Alexandra AlvaroUniversity of Melbourne students lit candles and wrote chalk messages in support of those affected by sexual assault and harassment, last night on Union Lawn.
2 August 2017
Entitled
Alexandra AlvaroUniversity of Melbourne Student Union (UMSU) President, Yan Zhuang, has challenged the accuracy of The Australian’s reporting of the ‘How Privilege Manifests in Tutorials’ workshops that UMSU ran as part of the University of Melbourne’s Diversity Week. The article, ‘Uni holds workshops on ‘male privilege’’, claimed UMSU had used the workshop to develop a report […]
13 July 2017
Access Denied
Alexandra AlvaroThe University of Melbourne Student Union’s (UMSU)Education (Academic) Department is lobbying the University for a fairer lecture recording policy.
7 June 2017
Safer Sport
Alexandra AlvaroCONTENT WARNING: references to sexual assault. The University of Melbourne Student Union (UMSU) is taking action to work with Melbourne University Sport (MU Sport) to make sure grievance procedures for sexual assault are more visible.
15 May 2017
Testing 1,2,3
Alexandra AlvaroStudent representatives are no closer to implementing planned drug harm reduction policies as they face strong resistance from the University.
NUS-capades: VCESS, Banks and the 2017 UMSU Budget
Alexandra AlvaroA motion to increase the University of Melbourne’s Student Union’s (UMSU’s) funding to the National Union of Students (NUS) has failed during today’s glacially paced, three-hour-long Students’ Council meeting.
7 December 2016Letter to the Editor: Filming at NATCON
Baya Ou YangThis letter is in response to the Farrago Editorial: Transparency and Accountability in Student Organisations As someone who has actually attended the National Union of Students’ National Conference, I know that it’s a lot more than just the “political push and pull” most people outside of the organisation like to dismiss it as. NatCon is a place […]
7 December 2015