University of Melbourne Student Union

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UMSU
University of Melbourne Student Union
Founded1884
Headquarters Building 168, University of Melbourne
Key people
Disha Zutshi, President
Enzhe (Kevin) Li, General Secretary
Sara Pheasant, CEO
Affiliations National Union of Students
Website umsu.unimelb.edu.au

The University of Melbourne Student Union (UMSU) is one of two student organisations at the University of Melbourne, Australia. UMSU, incorporated as University of Melbourne Student Union, Inc. (UMSU) provides representation and services for all current students and the University of Melbourne.

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Following the liquidation of its predecessor, The Melbourne University Student Union (MUSU), UMSU was incorporated on 17 November 2005, following approval by the Council of the University of Melbourne in October of that year. [1] Its first elections were held in October 2005 under the transitional clauses of the constitution.

Culture

There is a long history of student activities at the University of Melbourne. The Union Band Comp has kick-started the careers of several well-known Australian bands, and an annual comedy review once produced the Working Dog crew. Several Members of Parliament were active within the MUSU, including Sir Robert Menzies (former Australian Prime Minister), Lindsay Tanner (Member for Melbourne) and Sophie Mirabella (Former Member for Indi).[ citation needed ]

Theatres

The Union Theatre, [2] also known as the Union House Theatre, [3] was founded around 1953, along with the Union Theatre Repertory Company. A large number of notable Australian performers, writers and other notable people did some of their earliest work there, including Cate Blanchett, Barry Humphries, Steve Vizard, Barrie Kosky, Graeme Blundell, and Germaine Greer. [4] It is on the ground floor of the Student Union. [5]

The Guild Theatre is on Level 1. [5]

Student clubs and Societies

Over 200 student-run clubs and societies are affiliated to UMSU, [6] which supports these organisations though financial grants and administrative assistance. The groups affiliated with UMSU range from the Fotoholics - Photography Club to the Pirates, but the largest and most notable of these societies are the faculty clubs (Arts' Students Society & Science Students' Society [7] ) which have the largest balls and parties on campus.

Theatre clubs

Union House Theatre is the facilitator of student theatre at the Parkville campus, and runs two theatre spaces available for use by student theatre groups. [8] Student theatre groups include the Melbourne University Absurdist Theatre Society (MUATS), the University of Melbourne Music Theatre Association (UMMTA), the Throwback Players and the Union Players, as well as groups for the Colleges. Faculty theatre clubs include the Law and Medical Revues. Theatre clubs from culturally diverse backgrounds include Chinese and Sri Lankan theatre groups. [9]

Faculty clubs

There are seven notable faculty clubs at the University of Melbourne: The Melbourne Arts Students' Society, [10] The Science Students' Society, [11] The Engineering Students' Club, [12] The Commerce Students' Society, The Biomedicine Students' Society, [13] The Environments Students' Society (ENVi), [14] and the Music Students' Society (MSS). [15] All clubs run events throughout the year aimed at integrating new students into university life, running social activities and liaising between the faculties and the current students to enable and encourage their studies and enable opportunities for future employment.

Political clubs

Students Protest Against Education Cuts. University of Melbourme Parkville, September, 2013 Student Protest. University of Melbourne.jpg
Students Protest Against Education Cuts. University of Melbourme Parkville, September, 2013

Political clubs in 2020 include Melbourne International Relations Society (MIRS) Liberals, the ALP Club (Labor Left), Labor (Labor Right), Greens, Socialist Alternative and Solidarity, as well as clubs representing Amnesty International and the Political Interest Society. [6]

A number of activist campaign groups are affiliated to the student union, including the Campus Refugee Rights Club and the Australian Youth Climate Coalition. [16]

Cultural and linguistic clubs

As of 2023, there are 43 cultural and linguistic clubs. [6] Out of those, there are 29 Asian cultural and linguistic clubs, 4 Middle Eastern cultural and linguistic clubs, 5 European cultural and linguistic clubs, 1 African club and 4 broader cultural and linguistic clubs. [6]

Debating society

The Melbourne University Debating Society is one of Victoria's oldest student organisations, founded in 1876. [17] MUDS holds weekly debating competitions, as well as larger annual invitational competitions for other universities in the lead-up to the World Universities Debating Championships, and the Australasian Intervarsity Debating Championships. Historically, the University of Melbourne has been very successful, hosting the 1993 World Universities Debating Championship, and making it to the Grand Final of the 2003 WUDC. Additionally, MUDS were the champions of the 2019 Australasian Intervarsity Debating Championships. The Society also hosts Public Debates, and is one of the largest student groups on campus.

Special Interest

As of 2021, there are 35 special interest clubs [6] including Unimelb Love Letters and the Bullet Journal and Stationery Club.

Funding

Union House in the Parkville Campus University Of Melbourne Student Union House.JPG
Union House in the Parkville Campus

The student union had been funded by compulsory Amenities and Services Fees since 1911. The introduction of VSU saw a significant loss of funding for the union, as the ASF was no longer charged from 1 July 2006. On 11 October 2011 the SSAF [18] was introduced which led to a large increase in funding to the Union, though not as high as in the pre-VSU era. In 2014 the Union was allocated just under $4.5 Million by the University, or 34% of the total SSAF revenue collected. [19]

The union funds a range of services including: the Rowden White library; the Student Union Advocacy and Legal Service; the campus information centre; the Union House Theater, Clubs and Societies, Farrago , Student Representation and common areas in Union House. This allocation also covers staff salaries, and office bearer honorariums. UMSU additionally collects a small amount of revenue from event ticket sales, AV and BBQ hire, sponsorship and other sources.

History

Union House and lake in 1885. The gothic revival National Museum building designed by Joseph Reed in 1863 became the first home of the Student Union. Though it was mostly demolished in 1968 to make way for the current building, parts of the interior and exterior original building remain embedded within its boxy brick namesake. National Museum and lake University of Melbourne 1885.jpg
Union House and lake in 1885. The gothic revival National Museum building designed by Joseph Reed in 1863 became the first home of the Student Union. Though it was mostly demolished in 1968 to make way for the current building, parts of the interior and exterior original building remain embedded within its boxy brick namesake.
Union House in the Parkville Campus was completed in 1970 and is an example of Brutalist architecture. University Of Melbourne Student Union House.JPG
Union House in the Parkville Campus was completed in 1970 and is an example of Brutalist architecture.

The University of Melbourne Union was founded in 1884 to promote the common interests of students and assist in social interactions between its members. [20] The Melbourne University Students’ Representative Council was formed as an independent, unincorporated association at a special general meeting called by the Sports Union Council on 19 September 1907.

The Associations Incorporation Act (1981) allowed incorporation of student bodies, among others. The Students’ Association was incorporated in 1987 as the Melbourne College of Advanced Education Students’ Association-Carlton Incorporated, and the Students’ Representative Council was incorporated in 1988 as Melbourne University Students’ Representative Council Incorporated. [20] In October 1988, the two merged to form Melbourne University Student Union Incorporated (MUSUi). [20]

Relocation to New Student Precinct

After over 100 years in Union House, UMSU was relocated to the New Student Precinct in 2022. UMSU is now housed across neighbouring buildings in the precinct, with most of the organisation residing in Building 168 (formerly Doug McDonell Building). Union House Theatre and George Paton Gallery are now located in the Arts & Cultural Building, while the Rowden White Library can be found in the Student Pavillion.

Voluntary liquidation

From 2002, some of the union's unprofitable commercial services were terminated, including U-Bar, and a property deal was entered into with Optima Property Development Group. A draft report from auditor PricewaterhouseCoopers warned in June 2003 that this could potentially create obligations beyond MUSUi's capacity to pay. [21] [22] The deal was for MUSUi to sublease student apartments to international students from the Optima Group. It did not proceed.

On 30 September 2003, Vice-Chancellor Alan Gilbert informed MUSUi that the University was terminating the 2003 Funding Agreement, effectively stripping it of any future money, citing "evidence of breaches by MUSUI of its obligations under the Agreement" (the agreement being "providing facilities, services, or activities of direct benefit to students at the institution"). He also cited a "serious breakdown in governance, financial management, and accountability structures within MUSU."

On 6 February 2004, the union was placed into liquidation by the Supreme Court of Victoria after a vote by the Student Union Executive. MUSU's liquidator, Dean Royston McVeigh, said in his provisional liquidator's report that the union owed debts of $4.3 million (mainly to the University of Melbourne) but only had assets of $3.5 million. McVeigh acknowledged that these "debts" were the result of creative accounting by the university, with the university ultimately relinquishing any claim to such "debts." As a result, it was no longer student-controlled (a prerequisite for affiliation to NUS) and was in any case unable to pay affiliation fees. A new constitution was approved.

Master Ewart Evans, who was presiding over the hearings of the liquidators' examination until his retirement in 2005, was critical of the "somewhat precipitative" timing of civil court proceedings, which McVeigh quickly settled out of court after much adverse publicity about his own fees and expenses believed to total more than $8 million [23] prior to producing a liquidator's report and convening a meeting of creditors. The downfall of MUSU was satirised by the Union Players in the play Friday Night at the Union in 2004.

Recent political history

Students Protest Against Education Cuts. University of Melbourne Parkville, September 2013 Student Protest. University of Melbourne.jpg
Students Protest Against Education Cuts. University of Melbourne Parkville, September 2013

Following the 2004 annual election, a coalition between the Liberal Club and the Labor Right was defeated by a cooperative left made up of National Labor Students (ALP Club), Socialist Alternative, and a group of progressive students who are not involved in other politics called Activate. The positions won by the left groups were for an interim student representative committee established by the university to oversee student representation and advocacy until the incorporation of UMSU.

UMSU saw few changes in its power dynamic from 2005-07. In 2007, National Labor Students held the President, Secretary, and Education (Academic) Offices. The makeup of the 2007 Student Council had no ALSF presence (due to the Liberal Student tickets withdrawing from the annual elections prior to the opening of the ballot). The 2007 UMSU budget, due to funding cuts caused by VSU, was reduced from just over $2 million in 2006 to $1.23 million in 2007. This resulted in reductions in funding for departments, particularly those that traditionally have been considered high, such as the Activities, Clubs, Societies, and Media Departments.

In 2008, the National Labor Students and Grassroots tickets, running as StandUp! and Activate, respectively, won most of the paid positions in the Student Union. Their tenure in 2009 was highlighted by difficulties in passing budgetary support towards the National Union of Students and Students for Palestine organisations.

2009 saw nearly all major elected positions won by a Labour Right-Liberal coalition called Synergy. [24] On Student Council, Synergy were elected to four positions (two Liberals and two Student Unity), and five positions were won by iUnion, a newly established ticket run by international students and former StandUp! office bearers. [25]

2012 saw the union criticised for the decision to not lay a $200 wreath at the ANZAC dawn service, with President Mark Kettle stating that "participating in the ANZAC Day service would be ‘glorifying war’". [26] There was also a publication in a major daily newspaper that student resources had been used to support "a live and extreme sex show performed on campus for "sex education" purposes." [27]

2013 again saw the union criticised when they passed a motion to unreservedly celebrate the death of Margaret Thatcher, [28] resulting in media coverage from the Herald Sun and a large student backlash against the union over Facebook. [29]

Presidents

YearPresident
2024Disha Zutshi [30]
2023Hibatallah Adam [31]
2022Sophie Nguyen [32]
2021Jack Buksh [33]
2020Hannah Buchan [34]
2019Molly Willmott [35]
2018Desiree Cai [36]
2017Yan Zhuang [37]
2016James Baker / Tyson Holloway-Clarke [38]
2015Rachel Withers [39]
2014Declan McGonigle [40]
2013Kara Hadgraft [41]
2012Mark Kettle [42]
2011Rachel Lim [38]
2010Jesse Overton-Skinner [43]
2009Carla Drakeford [44]
2008Elizabeth Buckingham [45]
2007Bree Aherns
2006Jessie Giles
2005Paul Donegan

Affiliation to NUS

UMSU is an affiliate to Australia's peak representative body for students, the National Union of Students (NUS). With the University of Melbourne having over 30,000 students of an Equivalent full-time student load (EFTSL), UMSU is the largest union to affiliate to NUS. Due to this, at the yearly National Conference of NUS in December, UMSU is the most represented student organisation. UMSU holds 7 delegate positions, and a grand total of 182 votes on conference floor. [46] The election of NUS Delegates is undertaken during the general elections in early September of each year. [47]

Initial constitution

The Constitution of UMSU was drafted by a Student Representative Working Group, members of whom were elected in 2004 by electronic ballot; the University Secretary was appointed Returning Officer. The University was closely involved in the drafting process and provided free legal advice to the Working Group. [48]

These student Working Group members consisted of both undergraduate and post-graduate members, and the overall composition of the Working Group was factionally diverse, with the incumbent Student Unity/ALSF coalition being reduced to opposition status. Due to a large number of inquorate meetings, the Working Group instituted a drop-off rule.

The Working Group persisted until mid-2005, when the final draft of the Constitution was presented to the Council of the University. [49] In September 1052 out of 1240 students voted in favour of accepting the new constitution. [50]

The Constitution itself was largely based on the MUSU Constitution, with a number of innovations, including affirmative action provisions, pay-parity and strict accountability mechanisms curbing the powers of the President and Secretary in particular. It also created the Clubs & Societies Department (which in the past had been a part of the Activities Department) and the Indigenous Department.

UMSU has a number of paid officers, which include: the President; the General Secretary; Media Officers; Education (Academic Affairs) Officer; Education (Public Affairs) Officers; Activities Officers; Creative Arts Officers; Clubs and Societies Officers; Welfare Officer; Environment Officers; Indigenous Officers; Disabilities Officers; Queer Officers; Women's Officers; People of Colour Officers; the Burnley Campus Coordinator; the Southbank Campus Coordinators; the Southbank Activities Officer, and the Southbank Education Officer. [51]

Aside from the positions of President, General Secretary, the campus coordinator of Burnley, the Southbank Activities Officer and the Southbank Education officer, all other offices can be shared between two people. [51] The Media Office must be shared between three or four people. [52]

UMSU has a pay parity provision in its constitution which stipulates that all full-time officers must be paid an equal wage and that all part-time officers be paid at a .6 fraction of the full-time rate of pay. The Burnley Campus Coordinator is paid at .5 fraction of the full-time rate of pay and the Southbank Activities and Southbank Education Officers are paid at .6 fraction of the full-time rate of pay. [51]

Elections and current factions

Elections

Elections for positions within UMSU are determined through direct election during the first week of September each year. This sees the election of 32 paid office bearers of 17 representative departments, as well as 22 students who sit on UMSU's peak decision body, Students Council. The election of representatives onto department committees and seven NUS delegates also occurs at this time, with the election of a student representative onto the University's Council occurring every two years.

As of the 2016 election, the UMSU constitution has applied Affirmative Action to the election of positions held by more than one representative. This mandates that in all Office Bearer positions, at least 50% of elected representatives must identify as a woman, with the Women's Department having to elect at least one officer that identifies as a Woman of Colour. This is extended to Students Council and department committees, which must elect women into 50%+1 of all positions. In the election of roles within autonomous departments, as well as the election of restricted autonomous positions on Students Council, only those who identify with the represented group are eligible to run.

The Students' Council, the peak body for the union, is made up of 22 student representatives. There are 15 General Representatives, plus 7 for special constituencies – Queer, Indigenous, International, Graduate, Students with Disabilities, Students at the Southbank Campus, and Students of Colour.

2024 election results

2024 Student Council Election [53]
PartyFactionVotesPercentageSeatsChange
Community for UMSU Labor Right, SDA aligned1,50436.7%11- 2
Activate Labor Left, Greens, UniMelb for Palestine88521.6%3New
Left Action Socialist Alternative 84120.5%3=
More! Labor Right, TWU aligned3428.4%2New
Rebuild Liberal Party of Australia 2977.3%1=
Independent Media Independent ticket that encompasses around campus newspaper Farrago 1303.2%1=
Independent Southbank Students for Democracy Independent ticket based around Southbank campusN/AN/A1=
Independent952.3%1+ 1
Total4,09422
Quota257

2022 election results

At the 2022 election, no nominations were received for the position of Indigenous Representative. [54]

PartyFactionSeatsChange
 Community for UMSU Labor Right/Independents 13Steady2.svg
  Left Action Socialist Alternative 3Increase2.svg 2
 Independent Media Independent ticket that encompasses around campus newspaper Farrago 1Steady2.svg
 Independents for Student Democracy Independent ticket based around students engaging with elections1Steady2.svg
 Rebuild1Increase2.svg 1
 Stand Up! National Labor Students/Labor Left 1Decrease2.svg 4
 Vacant1
Total21

2021 election results

PartyFactionSeatsChange
 Community for UMSU Labor Right/Independents 13
 Stand Up! National Labor Students/Labor Left 5
 Independent Media Independent ticket that encompasses around campus newspaper Farrago 1
 Independents for Student Democracy Independent ticket based around students engaging with elections1
  Left Action Socialist Alternative 1
 UniMob Indigenous students1
Total22

Notable associations

Several Members of Parliament were active within Melbourne University student life, including Sir Robert Menzies (former Australian Prime Minister), Gareth Evans (former Australian Foreign Minister), Lindsay Tanner (former Member for Melbourne), Michael Danby (former Member for Melbourne Ports), Richard Marles (Deputy Prime Minister of Australia), Alan Tudge (Member for Aston), and Sophie Mirabella (former Member for Indi).

Notable past presidents include:

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