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 who work 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. There also has been many student occupations of various parts of the university in response to the disputes with UTS Administration regarding the impact of their decisions upon students. Historically, this has resulted in numerous successful campaigns which have won rights for students in the University.
In addition, the Association facilitates grassroots student collectives that organise around both student issues and wider social issues, such as education, queer rights, womyn's rights and the environment.
[edit] 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 - Louise Boon Kuo (Left Alliance)
- 1996 - Cass Bennet (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 (Grassroots Left)
- 2006 - Micahel Nguyen (Left Affinity/National Labor Students)
- 2007 - Darren Loasby (National Labor Students)
Students from various political backgrounds and ideologies have battled for control of the organisation. It has predominantly remained with left political groupings in recent history. Conservative groups have rarely contested the elections, though in the 2006 elections they managed to gain a substantial proportion of the student vote despite running a much smaller campaign than it's rivals. The low voter turn out (2.9%) and questionable campaigning tactics has lead some to question the popular legitimacy of the NLS
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