UTS Students' Association
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The University of Technology, Sydney, Students' Association is the representative body for students at the University of Technology, Sydney
. It is based at the Broadway
campus of UTS. It commissions the student magazine Vertigo
. The Association has departments which have previously worked collaboratively with the University to achieve practical outcomes for students, as well as ensuring that the University is held to account over its handling of student issues. Historically, this has resulted in numerous successful campaigns which have won rights for students in the University.
Students from various political backgrounds and ideologies have contested control of the organisation. It has predominantly remained with left political groupings in recent history.
students on campus.
These include anti homophobia campaigns, student safety campaigns and social and political activities.
University of Technology, Sydney
The University of Technology Sydney is a university in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The university was founded in its current form in 1981, although its origins trace back to the 1870s. UTS is notable for its central location as the only university with its main campuses within the Sydney CBD...
. It is based at the Broadway
Broadway, New South Wales
Broadway is a road in Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The road constitutes the border between the suburbs of Ultimo and Chippendale . Broadway is also an urban locality....
campus of UTS. It commissions the student magazine Vertigo
Vertigo (UTS)
Vertigo is the student magazine of the University of Technology, Sydney. Its name derives from the university's main building, which is a 28-storey brutal modernist tower block and how the Vertigo Offices were originally at its summit...
. The Association has departments which have previously worked collaboratively with the University to achieve practical outcomes for students, as well as ensuring that the University is held to account over its handling of student issues. Historically, this has resulted in numerous successful campaigns which have won rights for students in the University.
Students from various political backgrounds and ideologies have contested control of the organisation. It has predominantly remained with left political groupings in recent history.
Queer
The Queer department runs campaigns for LGBTLGBT
LGBT is an initialism that collectively refers to "lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender" people. In use since the 1990s, the term "LGBT" is an adaptation of the initialism "LGB", which itself started replacing the phrase "gay community" beginning in the mid-to-late 1980s, which many within the...
students on campus.
These include anti homophobia campaigns, student safety campaigns and social and political activities.
Past presidents
- 1966 - N. H. Clarke
- 1967 - N. H. Clarke
- 1968 - Eric Mobbs
- 1969 - Jim Kosturas
- 1970 - J. Osbourne
- 1971 -
- 1972 - John Bornholt
- 1973 - John Bornholt
- 1974 - Joe Battaglia
- 1975 - Chris Lee
- 1976 - Geoff Redelman
- 1977 - Leon Waxman
- 1978 - Ken Street
- 1979 - Neville Zell (Russell Tuckwell)
- 1980 - Joe Keogh
- 1981 - Steve Mack
- 1982 - Steve Mack
- 1983 - Fiona Seaton
- 1984 - Steve Driver
- 1985 - Russel Jacobs/Jocelyn Aldis
- 1986 - Rob Ingui
- 1987 - Ian Handley
- 1988 - Steve Lewis
- 1989 - Fey Akindoyeni
- 1990 - Karen McGee
- 1991 - Ben Oquist (Green UTS)
- 1992 - Lisa Brockwell
- 1993 - Georgina Young
- 1994 - Peter O'Brien
- 1995 - Cass Bennett (Left Alliance)
- 1996 - Louise Boon-Kuo (Left Alliance)
- 1997 - Holly Cutcher (Left Alliance)
- 1998 - Genevieve Derwent (Left Alliance)
- 1999 - Gabriela Zannoni (National Broad Left - Love and Rage)
- 2000 - Ryan Heath (National Organisation of Labor Students)
- 2001 - Jessica Gerrard (National Broad Left - Love and Rage)
- 2002 - Ashleigh May (National Broad Left)
- 2003 - Caroline Vu (National Broad Left)
- 2004 - Rebekah Doran (National Broad Left)
- 2005 - Michelle Sparks (National Broad Left)
- 2006 - Michael Nguyen (National Labor Students)
- 2007 - Darren Loasby (National Labor Students)
- 2008 - Emma Lancaster (National Labor Students)
- 2009 - Petra McNeilly Rutledge (National Labor Students)
- 2010 - Rachael Durrant (National Labor Students)
- 2011 - Neha Madhok (National Labor Students)