Wollongong Undergraduate Students' Association

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University of Wollongong Undergraduate Students' Association
AbbreviationWUSA
Formation1960s
Type Student union
Location
President
Hanzel-Jude Pador (Labor Left)
General Secretary
Caitlin Veigel (Labor Left)
Main organ
WUSA Council
Subsidiaries Tertangala
Affiliations National Union of Students (Australia)
Website www.uow.edu.au/student/representatives/wusa/
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The University of Wollongong Undergraduate Students' Association (known as WUSA, and its governing body the WUSA Council) is the principal student union at the University of Wollongong (UOW), New South Wales. Besides representing the campus students' interests, WUSA provides them with specific welfare services. [2] [ better source needed ]

WUSA was affiliated to the National Union of Students (Australia) and has participated in national campaigns including the fight against upfront course fees, Voluntary Student Unionism, and the struggle to reinstate free Higher Education in Australia. WUSA has also called upon the national body and other student organisations to support its local causes in the past.[ citation needed ]

The sister student organisation for WUSA is the Newcastle University Students' Association.[ citation needed ]

In 2016, WUSA held a referendum to end affiliation with the National Union of Students. [3] The campaign to disaffiliate, led by a group called WEXIT 2016, saw the motion passed. However, only 27 votes were cast in total causing significant controversy. [4] WUSA reaffiliated with the NUS in 2019.

In the years since WUSA has actively participated in a number of campaigns, including leading the opposition to the controversial degree in Western Civilization, creating a campaign to fight for free menstrual products on the Wollongong campus, and participating in a number of anti-war protests, including Palestine. [5] [6] [7]

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References

  1. "ANNUAL ELECTION 2023 – DECLARATION OF BALLOT" (PDF). University of Wollongong. Wollongong Undergraduate Student Association (WUSA). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 November 2023. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
  2. "About Us". wusa.uow.edu.au. WUSA. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
  3. "Will WUSA Part Ways With The NUS".
  4. "Provisional Results Indicate WUSA Splitting From The NUS".
  5. "The fight against the racist Ramsay Centre continues". 31 May 2019.
  6. "Protests on campus as UOW Ramsay Centre fire still burning". March 2019.
  7. "Student rep locked out as UOW Council decides on Ramsay deal". 12 April 2019.