Conservatorium students deserve their fair share.
July 20, 2021
Despite more than a hundred thousand dollars worth of SSAF contributions, the USU does little to help the Con. Last year, the Conservatorium Students’ Association (CSA), received $0 from the University of Sydney Union (USU) and this year, the Association has been allocated the mid-level amount of $2000. Given that the USU receives almost a third of the University’s Students Services and Amenities Fee (SSAF) allocation, Con students effectively pay the USU over $120,000 in allocated SSAF annually the CSA’s $2000 equates to just 1.6% of this sum. This is particularly shocking since the CSA acts as both the USU and the SRC for the students at the Con. The Association not only runs well-being initiatives year-round, they are almost the only organisers of campus events and spend countless hours in committees and meetings, fighting hard for educational quality and student experience at the Con.
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2021 USU Board election results announced
A bad night for Baby Ben. Stretched by Marlow Hurst
May 21, 2021
The University of Sydney Union (USU) has officially announced the results of this year’s Board elections. Isla Mowbray (Switch), Nicholas Comino (Libdependent), Cole Scott-Curwood (Engineers), Telita Goile (Switch), David Zhu (Libdependent), and Du Du (Independent) have been provisionally elected to serve as Directors.
It was an excellent night for the campus left, with their two candidates, Mowbray and Goile, both elected. The campus Liberals also found joy in tonight’s results, with Comino and Zhu getting up as well. Scott-Curwood is the first Engineering student elected to the Board in over a decade. Finally, Du, a candidate closely associated with Board Director Ben Hines, rounded out the elected candidates for the night.
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