“Staff and students are going to suffer irreparably”: Forum held against 12 week semesters
Panelists discussed how the proposal was a cost-cutting measure which would damage the quality of education. Photo: Jayfel Tulabing Lee
April 23, 2021
Students and staff held a forum at the Royal Hotel yesterday night where a panel of speakers discussed their concerns about the University’s proposed change to 12 week semesters.
The forum was moderated by SRC Education Officers Madeleine Clark and Tom Williams, and discussed the University’s reasons for the proposal, its potential impact on staff in the Student Centre, loss of wages for teaching staff, adverse impacts on international students, STEM students, law students, and students with structural disadvantages.
Welfare Action Group holds speak-out
Students spoke out about issues such as public housing and financial difficulties faced by University students. Photo: Nandini Dhir
The USyd Welfare Action Group hosted a speak-out at midday on Wednesday outside Fisher Library.
Students congregated and stepped to the mic to share their thoughts on issues such as housing, sexual assault on campus, disability exclusion and welfare payments.
SRC Co-Welfare Officer Lia Perkins, who organised the speak-out, opened the space with the focus on “fight[ing] for students, the unemployed and against the injustices of the capitalist colonial state.”
“The welfare rate should be at $80 per day and it’s clearly evident that the Liberal Government can do it… and COVID is far from over,” Co-Welfare Officer Shreyaa Sundararaghavan said.
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Where’s democracy? NatCon 2020 Wrapped
The infamously rowdy National Conference (NatCon) for the National Union of Students (NUS) took place on Zoom this year.
Disclaimer: Vivienne Guo is a former member of Sydney Grassroots.
In a break from tradition, the infamously rowdy National Conference (NatCon) for the National Union of Students (NUS) took place on Zoom this year in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Your friendly neighbourhood
Honi editors attended so that you didn’t have to.
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The NUS is the peak representative body for undergraduate students across Australia, though many students remain unaware of its existence or the (questionable) role that it plays, despite the fact that student money funds the organisation. Indeed, the NUS is funded by universities, through the payment of affiliation fees in order for each university to receive a certain amount of delegates proportionate to their student population. As an affiliated