The UQ Union is the central student organisation at the University of Queensland. The University of Queensland (UQ is one of Australia's premier learning and research institutions It is operationally organised by a Council of 25 elected students. The Union represents and advocates for students' rights to both the university administration and government. This includes organising student-oriented events and operating most of its student servicing facilities.

Contents 1 Union Services 2 Student Representation 3 Collectives 4 Presidents of the UQ Student Union 5 References 6 External links

Union Services

The union operates most of the campus's student eateries, cafes, bookshops in addition to the university bar and cinema. These facilities and services are concentrated at the Union Complex at the St Lucia campus, union services are provided at all campuses. St Lucia is an inner suburb of Brisbane, Australia located 4km south-west of the Brisbane CBD.

The union organises the university's orientation week ("O-Week") activities, regular barbecues and free bands, as well as a range of larger events, such as Oktoberfest. barbeque block party Kansas cityjpg|thumb|right|275px|A barbecue on a trailer at a Block party in Kansas City. The Oktoberfest is a sixteen-day festival held each year in Munich, Bavaria, Germany during late September (and running to early October It funds the university's 135 clubs and societies, including faculty, ethnic, and a variety of social groups; sporting groups, however, fall under the domain of UQ Sport. The UQ Union also provides a free legal service to university students. In addition, it also organises the weekly Wednesday markets at the St Lucia campus.

Student Representation

The union coordinates student representation to the University through its Student Representation and Postgraduate Student Areas, supporting students to take positions on faculty and University committees, and the Academic Board. The Student Union recently successfully negotiated for the University to contribute 1 million dollars to the Union annually for student services. The Union also negotiated formula marking scheme, a scheme which can deduct marks from students in multiple choice exams if the marker believes the student guessed answers, to be abolished.

Collectives

One of the other roles of the union is to see that minority groups on campus are adequately represented. To this extent, they provide a queer space at St Lucia and women's spaces at both St Lucia and Ipswich campuses. Ipswich is a city and Local Government Area situated on the Bremer River in South East Queensland, Australia. The spaces at St Lucia are rooms in the UQ Union building, open all the time; they provide a safe place for discussion and political organization related to women's and queer issues, as well as socialising. They also provide students with access to information about relevant topics like feminism and safe sex. Feminism is a discourse that involves various movements theories, and Philosophies which are concerned with the issue of Gender difference, advocate Safe sex (also called safer sex or protected sex) is the practice of Sexual activity in a manner that reduces the risk of Infection with The union also has queer, women's, environment, disabilities and Indigenous collectives to represent their respective interests, all of which are headed by at least one elected officer who sits on the union's committee. LGBT (also GLBT) is an initialism referring collectively to Lesbian, Gay, bisexual, and Transgender / transsexual Indigenous Australians are descendants of the first known human inhabitants of the Australian continent and its nearby islands.

Presidents of the UQ Student Union

Presidents
Name	Year	Ticket
Dirk Moses	1988	Labor
Victoria Brazil	1989	The Better Alternative - National Party
Jane Lye	1990	Reform
James Gifford	1991	Liberal
Michael Kleinschmidt	1992	Liberal
Sandy Brown	1993	SEA - Students for Education Action
Murray Watt	1994	Focus - Labor Left
Maya Stuart-Fox	1995	Labor
Jody Thompson	1996	Liberal
Cynthia Kennedy	1997	Labor Left
Bede Nicholson	1998	Labor Left
Mathew Carter	1999	Labor Left
Sarah McBratney	2000	Labor Left
Juliana Virine	2001	NOLS - Labor Left
Chris Vernon	2002	NOLS - Labor Left
Aaron Marsham	2003	Vision
Margot Balch	2004	Focus - Labor Left
Leah Sanderson	2005	Focus - Labor Left
Lucy Weber	2006	Thrive - Labor Left
Julie-Ann Campbell	2007	Voice - Labor Left
Josh Young	2008	Fresh - Liberal

References

External links

• UQ Union

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