Swinburne University Student Union

Laura Nilssen was sexually assaulted by another student in her first year at the University of Tasmania. After moving to Hobart to study at the age of 19 she found drinking was the "number one social activity" at uni. But at the start of her second semester in 2009, Laura went out with students from her college ...

“By asking men to tone down 'Australian banter' and to 'speak like women', the (student union) is simultaneously discriminating against men and patronising women,” Dr d'Abrera said. “The workshops are a direct assault on masculinity and are designed to make men feel ashamed of being men.” Centre for ...

For the first time in at least five years, Sydney University's student union (USU) has defunded an event being held by one of its own clubs, on the ground it promotes sexual violence. The Red Pill is a documentary following a woman who identifies as a feminist and then renounces the title after learning ...

She has extensive teaching experience, beginning in 2002 with Learning and Communication Behaviour at Swinburne University. ... Victoria University Postgraduate Research Committee, Council of Australian Postgraduate Associations and as an executive member of the Victoria University student union.

"Swinburne prides itself on a diverse and inclusive community, with staff and students from an array of beliefs, genders, ethnicities and identities," she said. The Swinburne Student Union's queer officer, Joshua Briers, said about 20 homophobic posters were still on the university's walls on Monday morning, ...

Michael Spence, the vice-chancellor of Sydney University, said investing in research was investing in the future economy. “Really smart countries like the US, Israel and the UK understand that and continue to fund research even in times of austerity,” he said. Linda Kristjanson, vice-chancellor of Swinburne ...

Freedom of information requests and analysis of student union and administrators' policies at 115 universities by Spiked, an online magazine, found that 21 per cent had a “safe space” policy to protect students from offensive, upsetting or judgmental comments. No-platform policies, barring extremist ...

The President of the Swinburne University of Technology student union, Brendan Spackman-Williams, said his organisation had secured a solid portion of SSAF funding but remained vulnerable. “[The MUPRA case] does set an unnerving precedent for universities who are unhappy with an independent ...

'We all need to pee': Melbourne's Swinburne university opens first gender-neutral Swinburne's first gender neutral toilet with Student Union vice president Joshua Briers, Swinburne Queer Department's Andrew Morrison, transgender representative of Swinburne Queer Department Romy Evert, the ...