Student President Update

Hey Flinders! I am your 2023 Student President Billy Greet and on behalf of the Student Council I welcome you all to uni/back to uni.

I am grateful for the opportunity to represent and advocate on behalf of all students. And I am always willing to hear from you on how we can best support you! You can contact me at student.president@flinders. edu.au

As a friendly reminder, you can utilise the services provided by FUSA (Flinders University Students Association) to support you alongside your studies.

We offer services to support with academic advocacy, financial counselling and emergency financial assistance

Throughout the year you will see FUSA running events, exam support, club days and student-led campaigns. We have 20 council members on Student Council to support you, with dedicated officers for our diverse student communities. We welcome your feedback and communication - scan the QR code below.

To everyone we met during O’Week that you so much for all the chats it was lovely to meet you - Student Council have FUSA shirts that we wear around campus so if you see us again, feel free to say hi.

This year I’m looking forward to seeing the Student Council continue to work on the Deadnaming campaign. Late last year I met with the Deputy Vice Chancellor of Students, Romy Lawson, and other executives of the University to form a steering group to put an end to the deadnaming that occurs at Flinders University. We are also working hard on initiatives to combat the effects of student poverty and the cost-of-living crisis so keep an eye out for future updates via ET.

We’ve had a busy start to the year with some great events/initiatives such as:

• The Welcome to Adelaide Bus Tour hosted by International Student Services and Student Council where nearly 100 international students were able to explore areas around Adelaide on a guided tour.

• Holi Festival. Early in March the International Students Officer, Social Activities Officer and The Indian Students Association held the Holi Festival event on Sturt Oval which was a lot of colourful fun!

• BGL restructures. The Education Officer has been working with members of Student Council and other students as part of a working group on addressing concerns around the restructures in the College of Business, Government and Law which were brought to light in late November 2022. This has been a long process of gathering information, consulting and developing plans, all of which will be further communicated to students shortly as Empire Times is working with the Education Officer to inform you.

• International Women’s Day. Our Women’s Officer attended the Flinders International Women’s Day Event in the Hub and gave a moving speech on her passion for education around menstrual care and gender equality.

I also want to take one more opportunity to congratulate the clubs who were presented with awards at the 2022 FUSA Club Awards which were held in late February. My personal favourite award to present was the Pun of the Year award, which was presented to the Flinders University Computer Society for their ‘404 no FUCS found’ Merchandise. I look forward to seeing what our amazing club’s community can achieve this year.

The Student Council has a big year planned and I hope to meet many of you at one of our events or around on campus.

Cheers, Billy