UWA Student Guild | |
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111th Guild Council | |
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Type | |
History | |
Founded | 1913 |
New session started | 1 December 2023 |
Leadership | |
President | Indi Creed,Spark since 1 December 2023 |
Vice-President | James Hodgman,Spark since 1 December 2023 |
General Secretary | Nikhita Talluri,Spark since 1 December 2023 |
Chair of Guild Council | Jelena Kovacevic,Spark since 1 December 2023 |
Structure | |
Political groups |
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Length of term | 1 year |
Voting Members | 21 |
Elections | |
Next election | Begins 16th September 2024 |
Website | |
UWA Student Guild | |
Constitution | |
Constitution approved on 4 March 2021 | |
Rules | |
Standing Orders approved in 2023 |
The UWA Student Guild is the official student representative body at the University of Western Australia, representing the interests of students to the university, government and the wider community, as well as providing services to students. As of 2021, the Guild is affiliated with the National Union of Students, the peak representative body for Australian tertiary students. [1] In 2021, 96% of the 21,265 UWA students were members of the Guild. [1]
Guild Council is the overall governing body of the Guild and consists of voting and non-voting members democratically elected at the annual Guild elections or at department annual general meetings. [2]
Student representatives are elected to their positions by students in annual elections held in September. Elections are conducted by the Western Australian Electoral Commission. Elected office bearers take office as of 1 December in the year they are elected. [2]
The Guild Executive consists of the Guild President, the Guild Vice-President, the Guild General Secretary, and the Chair of Guild Council. [2] Both the Guild Vice-President and the Chair of Guild Council are elected by and from Guild Council at the first meeting for the Guild Year. [2]
The Guild is administered by a council of student representatives elected for one-year terms, beginning on December 1st and ending on the 30th of November in the following year. [2] There are twenty-one voting members of council, and several more non-voting members. [2] Members may hold a voting and a non-voting role concurrently. [2] Unlike some other student unions, there is no financial compensation for student representatives, with the exception of the President and Postgraduate Representative who work at the Guild full-time and part-time respectively during their term. [2]
Members of Guild Council are:
Standing Invitees are not members of Guild Council but have the same rights and privileges. [2] Standing invitees are:
The Guild runs a number of activities including Orientation Day (O-Day), the Weekly Tav Quiz and welfare events. [1] Guild Departments and Subsidiary Councils run other events, such as Club Carnival run by the Societies Council. [12]
The Guild supports and assists a network of more than 140 affiliated clubs and societies on campus through the Societies Council, catering to a very wide range of interests (religious, theatrical, cultural etc.). [12] The Guild runs the majority of catering outlets on campus, including the Tavern, and a volunteering centre.
The Guild's Student Assist provides one-on-one academic advocacy, financial counselling, a food pantry, and interest-free loans. [27]
The Publications Committee oversees print publications from student departments. [1] This includes publications such as Pelican, Damsel Magazine (Women's Department), and Lighthouse Magazine (International Students' Department). [1]
Pelican was established in 1930, making it one of the oldest student publications in Australia. [28]
PROSH is a Guild initiative that began in 1931 and is the oldest and most successful single-day charity event in the country run entirely by students. [29] [30] The tradition sees UWA students dress up in costumes and sell the satirical newspaper to raise money for charity. [30]
The first meeting of Guild Council was held on Friday the 11th of April in 1913 with Sir John Winthrop Hackett serving as the first Guild President. [31] Due to tuition being free at UWA at the time, there were limited resources for social and sporting activities, this resulted in the Guild taking these activities on and charging a membership fee of a half-crown, two shillings and a sixpence. [31]
In 1955, following the deaths of two final year law students - Ian Cruickshank and George Routley - the Cruickshank-Routley Memorial Prize was established by the Guild. [32] In July of 1983, an inaugural Cruickshank-Routley Memorial Prize Dinner was held which has now become the annual Guild Ball, held in October. [32] The Cruickshank-Routley Memorial Prize is awarded to the student who has made the greatest contribution to student life at UWA. [32] [33] In 2023, the prize was $500. [33]
In 2021, the UWA Student Guild held a Guild Alumni event to celebrate fifty years since the opening of the New Guild Building. [1] The event was attended by former Guild President, Kim Beazley as well as former Guild Councillor the Hon. Robert French AC. [1]
The 2013 edition of annual charity newspaper Prosh caused significant controversy when a racist article, "dream-time horoscopes" lead to a public relations disaster for the Guild, with the Indigenous Communities Education & Awareness Foundation (ICEA) withdrawing support from the paper. [34] [35] [36] SBS News reported that the horoscopes read "don't get stuck in a rut, shake up your daily routine and grab yourself a block of V-B instead of export". [34] The Guild President at the time, Cameron Barnes, apologised for the article and committing to conducting an independent review of the newspaper's editorial processes. [34]
In May 2014, the Guild hired audit and tax firm BDO to investigate financial irregularities in the Guild's 2013 accounts which identified between $800,000 and $900,000 in financial irregularities. [37] [38] Following the investigation, a staff member was dismissed as confirmed by the then Guild President, Tom Henderson. [39] In 2018, a former financial officer of the Guild confessed to stealing more than $500,000 from the organisation. [39] [38] [40] The financial officer was ordered to pay back $560,000 to the Guild's insurer as well as sentenced to four years in jail. [40]
Year | Name | Ref. |
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1913 | Sir John Winthrop Hackett | [31] |
1914 | Mr JJ Fitzgerald | [31] |
1915 | Mr JG Robertson | [31] |
1916 | Mr HS Thompson | [31] |
1917 | Mr J Shearer | [31] |
1918 | Mr HT Stables | [31] |
1919 | Mr AF Backhouse | [31] |
1920 | Mr E Grace | [31] |
1921 | Mr EW Gillett | [31] |
1922 | Mr HPD Lyon | [31] |
1923 | Mr F Maw | [31] |
1923+ | Mr TA Hartrey | [31] |
1924 | Mr SG Demasson | [31] |
1925 | Mr W Southern | [31] |
1926 | Mr GL Throssell | [31] |
1927 | Mr KL Cooper | [31] |
1928 | Mr RG Wright | [31] |
1929 | Mr AM Stewart | [31] |
1930 | Mr RV Nevile | [31] |
1931 | Mr HC Coombs | [31] |
1932 | Mr C Sanders | [31] |
1933 | Mr TG Wilsmore | [31] |
1934 | Mr TH Roberts | [31] |
1935 | Mr PWE Curtin | [31] |
1936 | Mr GP Paterson | [31] |
1937 | Mr NG Traylen | [31] |
1938 | Mr H Giese | [31] |
1939 | Mr S Johnson | [31] |
1940 | Mr AJ Williams | [31] |
1941 | Mr GB Hill | [31] |
1942 | Mr FM Bennett | [31] |
1943 | Mr JM Thomson | [31] |
1944 | Mr AL Arcus | [31] |
1945 | Mr FH Hibberd | [31] |
1946 | Mr GE Ross | [31] |
1947 | Mr DD Dunn | [31] |
1948 | Mr PD Durack | [31] |
1949 | Mr SB Rosier | [31] |
1950 | Mr DE Hutchison | [31] |
1951 | Mr JO Stone | [31] |
1952 | Mr RJ Hawke | [31] |
1953 | Mr BH Lochtenberg | [31] |
1953+ | Mr LG Wilson | [31] |
1954 | Mr JH McConnell | [31] |
1955 | Mr JFM Gillett | [31] |
1956 | Mr EN Maslen | [31] |
1957 | Mr JK Walsh | [31] |
1958 | Mr KB Paterson | [31] |
1959 | Mr RD Nicholson | [31] |
1960 | Mr EM Palandri | [31] |
1961 | Mr GG Harvey | [31] |
1962 | Mr RSW Lugg | [31] |
1963 | Mr AH Fels | [31] |
1964 | Mr DR Williams | [31] |
1965 | Mr SG Errington | [31] |
1966 | Mr RB Alexander | [31] |
1967 | Mr PG Edwards | [31] |
1968 | Mr D MacKinlay | [31] |
1969 | Ms SJD Boyd | [31] |
1970 | Mr KC Beazley | [31] |
1971 | Mr RJ Perry | [31] |
1972 | Mr JA McGinty | [31] |
1973 | Mr RB Porter | [31] |
1974 | Mr PM Alexander | [31] |
1975 | Mr DC Parker | [31] |
1976 | Mr NG Roberts | [31] |
1977 | Mr AD Fitzgerald | [31] |
1978 | Mr WR Grace | [31] |
1979 | Mr KW Strahan | [31] |
1980 | Mr DN Anderson | [31] |
1981 | Mr ERJ Dermer | [31] |
1982 | Mr MW Rennie | [31] |
1983 | Mr MJ Huston | [31] |
1984 | Miss DE Willmont | [31] |
1985 | Mr DJ Kelly | [31] |
1986 | Mr MT Schaper | [31] |
1987 | Miss JA Quinlivan | [31] |
1988 | Mr AC Tomlinson | [31] |
1989 | Mr MZ Sumich | [31] |
1990 | Mr TL Smith | [31] |
1991 | Bruce Baskerville | [31] |
1992 | Justin Kennedy | [31] |
1993 | Luke Forsyth | [31] |
1994 | Sarah Haynes | [31] |
1995 | Natalie Curling | [31] |
1996 | Simon Freitag | [31] |
1997 | James Fogarty | [31] |
1998 | Rosie Dawkins | [31] |
1999 | Emmanuel Hondros | [31] |
2000 | Tim Huggins | [31] |
2001 | Kristy Duckham | [31] |
2002 | Ryan Batchelor | [31] |
2003 | Myra Robinson | [31] |
2004 | Susie Byers | [31] |
2005 | Natalie Hepburn | [31] |
2006 | Mathew Chuk | [31] |
2007 | Dave de Hoog | [31] |
2008 | Nik Barron | [31] |
2009 | Dominic Rose | [31] |
2010 | Emma Greeney | [31] |
2011 | Tom Antoniazzi | [31] |
2012 | Matthew Mckenzie | [31] |
2013 | Cameron Barnes | [31] |
2014 | Thomas Henderson | [31] |
2015 | Lizzy O’Shea | [31] |
2016 | Maddie Mulholland | [31] |
2017 | Nevin Jayawardena | [31] |
2018 | Megan Lee | [31] |
2019 | Conrad Hogg | [31] |
2020 | Bre Shanahan | [41] |
2021 | Emma Mezger | [42] |
2022 | Amitabh Jeganathan | [43] |
2023 | Geemal Jayawickrama | [44] |
2024 | Indi Creed | [4] |
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