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financial advice contact the Finance Adviser on campus.
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- Concession tickets
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Concession tickets are available for travel to and from
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Swinburne on public transport. Students who wish to purchase
these tickets should go to the Student Administration Office to
complete the necessary forms. Only full-time students are
eliqible for fare concessions. Concessions are not available to
full-fee paying overseas students. Students must present their
student card when a~~lvina ... - for a concession form. Australian
Airlines and Ansett Airlines concessions are available from The
Contact Centre, Student Union, or from STA Travel Agencies.
Full-time students are also eligible for an international student
card. Available fmm The Contact Centre, Student Union.
Student union
Brief description
The Student Union is a legal expression of the student body
identified with Swinburne. The primary function and focus of
the organisation is to represent the students in the common
context of their relationship with Swinburne and the Union -
as students, and in their education. The second focus of the
Union is to provide services, for the students within the
framework of effectiveness, convenience and need.
The Union in representing the students operates within the
realms of the policy initiator, consumer advocate and lobbyist.
Successful outcomes have been dependent on good student
representation and a core of professional staff working
together, developing policy and precedent through careful
implementation. Policy developed and decisions implemented
are mindful of current and future students. Incorporation has
breathed life in perpetuity into this organisation, which has
become increasingly effective by the year in servicing the
students.
Organisational aims
The purposes for which the Union is established are:
(1) to advance the social, educational and general welfare
of the student body of Swinburne and to provide
services for the student body;
(2) to represent and safeguard the students in matters
affectina their interests and ~rivileaes and to afford a
recogni;ed means of communicati6n between the
students and the authorities of Swinburne and other
educational bodies;
(3) to promote, encourage and coordinate the activities of
student committees and societies;
(4) to promote and foster a corporate spirit amongst the
student body;
(5) to strive for wider recognition and greater appreciation
of the standard of all academic awards of Swinburne.
Management
At the time of writing, the representative structure of the
student body is undergoing a thorough reviewwith the
expectation that it will reflect more the decision making flow of
the University.
The Union is currently managed by an executive comprised of
the President, Vice President, Finance Director, Education
Director, Activities Director and Media Director.
The role of the executive is to manage the business and affairs
of the Union. The meetings of the Executive occurs at least
once a month from February to November and are open to all
students.
The affairs of the Union fall principally into the following areas:
education and welfare services, social activities, and media.
These areas are governed by management committees, whose
responsibility it is to develop policies of the Union in the areas of
their activity. The management committees consist of: the
relevant executive as chairperson. two to three students from
the Union executive, two to four students elected from the
student body. The executive at the monthly meeting receives
and considers the policy submitted by the management
committees.
In March or April of each year the executive calls an Annual
General Meeting to present the preceding year's audited
financial statement. In October or November of each year the
executive convenes a Budget Meeting. At this meeting the
proposed Budget for the next financial year is presented by the
executive to the student body for their approval. Further, the
executive reports on the activities of the Union for the period
since the preceding Budget Meeting.
All students are eligible to stand and vote in elections and all
have the same rights in respect to the Union and thus are
entitled to use the services it provides.
Union office1Reception
This is situated on the fourth level of the Union Building. Various
services are provided here including room bookings, Legal
Adviser bookinqs, insurance claims, facsimile and aeneral
information. union personnel located in the unionoffice
include the President, Administrative Officer, Manager and
Accountant.
Telephone numbers: 214 21 56,214 2656,214 2966,214 8520,
214 8553.
Personal accident insurance scheme
All students enrolled in Swinburne and who are members of the
Union are automatically covered by accident insurance.
This insurance scheme covers accidents, twenty-four hours a
day on or off campus in the event that it relates to activity
associated with Swinburne. For further details, please contact
the Accountant in the Union Office.
Ethel Hall
Clubs and Societies can use the hall for their functions.
Bookings must be made at least two weeks in advance. All
bookings must be made on prescribed forms available from the
Student Union Office.
Legal Adviser
The Student Union provides a free legal service for full and parttime
students. The solicitor is available every Tuesday during the
academic year. Appointments must be made at the Union
Office, on 2 14 8520.
Tax Return Lodgement Adviser
Prior to the period when tax returns have to be completed for
lodgement, the Union organises a Tax Accountant (who has a
specialist knowledge regarding students), to give seminars free
of cost to full and part-time students. Special one-to-one
sessions are held at a small cost for those who need extra
advice.