How often have you had a unit that just wasn’t run right? A lecturer who spent way too long waffling on about their personal life, instead of teaching the content? Or conversely, a tutor who made a real difference in your…
You know that fee you get charged at the beginning of each semester? That’s SSAF – the Student Services and Amenities Fee. It’s student money, but QUT keeps 75% of it for itself to deliver many services that could be provided…
Reform will be the dominant faction at next year’s Student Representative Council, securing twelve of fourteen executive positions, and five of ten faculty councillor positions. The team also secured three NUS delegate positions. Left Action have secured only three faculty councillor positions,…
Glass understands that up to eight of the Guild’s Student Executives have not clocked any hours worked since August, despite each being paid fortnightly wages between $600 and $1600—money which is paid from QUT students’ SSAF fees. Glass estimates that…
Update: The Board responded to our document request on 25 October 2023, the day after this article was published. The Guild is an organisation run for students, with student money. Under the Guild’s governing documents, every student has the right…
Voting is now open for the Guild elections. So what are Guild Election candidates promising students this year? Reform – much of the same as this year, still no clarity on what “Reform” actually means Reform is running their ticket…
Reform candidates, the incumbent-led ticket in this year’s Guild election, were nowhere to be seen on campus on the final day of campaigning this week. Reform is led by current Post Grad Officer and President-elect Aaron Bui, and campaign managed…
We’ve had quite a bit a movement in the candidate list since the close of nominations a few weeks ago for the Guild elections. We are now down to 23 candidates vying for election to the SRC, and another 18…
