State of the Union

I hope you are enjoying your semester so far! We still have got a lot in store for your campus experience for the rest of the year!

Another fantastic service that we run are events, including O’Week! I have a deep passion in ensuring you get the best students experience; this is why I have helped increasing the amount of events (with free food of course) through the AUU and the university. Your AUU membership also helps you gain exclusive excess and extra freebies in some of our events too! (Haven’t got a membership? Just visit one of our friendly student ambassadors in the hub!)

As we are funded by your money (SSAF), listening to your voices, we have tailored our events just the way you like it. I am really excited for the new series of events we are doing this year (the first being Experience New Things at the Barr Smith Lawns- which I hope you enjoyed)! Make sure you check out our events calendar too and mark down the dates in your diary (auu.org.au/events)!

On a more serious note, your safety off-campus and on the way to campus has always been one of my main priorities, this is why I helped move back the security office from the Oliphant building (I am sure most of the students won’t know where this is) to a much more visible and accessible location- beside the hub! To ensure training is provided to student leaders to deal with disclosures, another important initiative I introduced was the compulsory disclosure training for all student leaders, including the club’s executive. The results of the National Students Safety Survey, which I worked on last year will be released by the time this Issue of On Dit is published. The survey results will be an important indication of the progress of implementation of important initiatives of the university to prevent sexual violence in university communities and better support those who have been affected. I will be working my absolute hardest to make sure the university implements all the recommendations of the report and continually improve its efforts in preventing sexual violence and supporting the victims.

If this has raised any issues for you please contact:

Lifeline: 13 11 14; Beyondblue: 1300 22 4636; Sexual Assault Hotline: 1800 737 732

Yarrow Place Rape & Sexual Assault Services: 1800 817 421; 1800 Respect: 1800 737 732

Safer Campus Community: https:// www.adelaide.edu.au/safer-campuscommunity/

Questions/suggestions about the AUU/university? You are always welcome to email me or send me a message through social media!

oscarzishao.ong@adelaide.edu. au Facebook/WeChat ID: oscarong1997