Newcastle University Students' Association
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The Newcastle University Students' Association (NUSA) represents undergraduate students at the University of Newcastle, NSW, Australia. The organisation is one of four student organisations at the university (the others being UoN Services Ltd, Campus Central (a student guild at the university's Ourimbah campus), and NUSport) and focuses on advocacy, political representation and organising as well as providing welfare services and supporting a student based food co-operative.
Opus is the name of the monthly magazine produced by NUSA.
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[edit] History
NUSA has long been held by the left factions of the National Union of Students of Australia usually by either the National Broad Left or the National Organisation of Labor Students or more often by the two, cooperatively. Both the NBL and NOLS dissolved in the period of late 2005 and early 2006.
[edit] NUSA Council
NUSA is directed by the NUSA Council which is made up of the NUSA executive, the collective convenors, faculty representatives, first-year representatives and a representative from the colleges. The organisation operates on the basis of student collectives which are convened by office bearers to direct and undertake political campaigns. NUSA is affiliated to the National Union of Students of Australia.
[edit] NUSAC office bearers
| Office | 2007 | 2008 | |
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| Executive | |||
| President | Megan Clement (GL) | Beth Maloney (GL) | |
| Vice President | Beth Maloney (GL) | Kristofer Gesling (GL) | |
| Education Officer | Kristofer Gesling (GL) | Ben Mills | |
| Welfare Officer | Dean Schubert (until March) | Jonathan Moylan (GL) | |
| Jonathan Moylan (from September) (GL) | |||
| Media Officers (shared) | Allyson Horn (GL) | Stephen Schubert | |
| Tim Nash | Ivan Dixon | ||
| Activities Officer | Kathleen Nelson | Allyson Horn (GL) | |
| Convenors | |||
| Equity Convenor | Meegan Allen (until September) | Heather Easton | |
| International Students' Officer | Eduardo Carvajal (NLC) | Eduardo Carvajal (NLC) | |
| Women's co-convenors | Heather Easton | Hannah Gissane | |
| Erin Haynes | Rebecca Amery | ||
| Indigenous Students' co-convenors | Breanna Lee Casserly | Breanna Lee Casserly | |
| Toby Whaleboat | Catherine Phoenix | ||
| Queer co-convenors | Lauren Nutt | Talia Barrett | |
| Ben Mills | Jessie Brown | ||
| Environment co-convenors | Alexander Dickson | Nadia Raysamperi | |
| Trent Wrightson | Matilda Hunt | ||
| Faculty representatives | |||
| Health faculty representative | Rebecca Crisp | ||
| Science and IT faculty representatives | Jarra Hicks | Sarah Cultler | |
| Jack Thieme | Roshni Sharma | ||
| Nick Rippon | |||
| Liam Oakwood | |||
| Engineering and Built Environment faculty representatives | Elizabeth Knight | Timothy Cross | |
| Timothy Cross | Joseph Hayes |
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