The Student/Council Liaison Group is a forum for UTS students, members of Council and UTS senior management to discuss matters of UTS policy and governance relevant to the student body.
Contact
Jenny Luong
Senior Governance Support Officer (Electoral Officer)
telephone 02 9514 1235
email Jenny.Luong@uts.edu.au
Group details
2025 meeting dates
Tuesday 4 March
Tuesday 3 June
Tuesday 4 November
Time: meetings commence at 4pm
Composition and membership
The Student/Council Liaison Group consists of the following positions:
- two members of Council
- one external member to be the Chair
- one member to be the Deputy Chair
- two student members of Council
- Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education and Students) or nominee
- Director, Student Services
- an associate dean (either teaching and learning or research, or equivalent) nominated by the associate deans
- President, Students’ Association or nominee
- International Students Officer of the Students’ Association
- President, ActivateUTS or nominee
- student representative of ActivateUTS clubs
- a UTS Housing student representative nominated by the Residential Life and Learning Supervisor and Housing Services and the Manager, Housing Service
- elected Indigenous student member of Academic Board
- elected student members of Academic Board, one from each faculty
- elected postgraduate research student member of Academic Board
- co-opted members*.
* The group has the authority to co-opt members as appropriate, including additional members to represent international students, postgraduate coursework students and postgraduate research students, and to invite other participants for particular matters.
| POSITION | MEMBERSHIP | CURRENT TERM |
|---|---|---|
| Two members of Council | Dr Lisa O’Brien, AM (Chair) TBA (Deputy Chair) | 1 November 2024 to 31 October 2026 |
| Two student members of Council | Chloe Ferreria (UG) (email Chloe) Bhargav Choudhari (PG) | ex officio |
| Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education and Students) or nominee | Professor Kylie Readman | ex officio |
| Director, Student Services | Sarah Lok | ex officio |
| An associate dean (either teaching and learning or research, or equivalent) nominated by the associate deans | Professor Sara Denize | 28 January 2025 to 31 December 2026 |
| President, Students’ Association or nominee | Mia Campbell (email Mia) | 5 December 2023 to 4 December 2025 |
| International Students Officer of the Students’ Association | Harshvardhan Suvarna | 5 December 2024 to 4 December 2025 |
| President, ActivateUTS or nominee | Rodger Liang (email Rodger) | 7 October 2024 to 6 October 2025 |
| Student representative of ActivateUTS clubs | Mahir Munot (email Mahir) | 7 October 2024 to 6 October 2025 |
| A UTS Housing student representative nominated by the Residential Life and Learning Supervisor and Housing Services and the Manager, Housing Service | Amanda Ibanez (email Amanda) | 11 February 2025 to 31 December 2025 |
| Elected Indigenous student member of Academic Board | TBA | 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025 |
| Elected student members of Academic Board, one from each faculty | TBA (Arts and Social Sciences) Bhargav Choudhari (Business) TBA (Design, Architecture and Building) Januka Surweera (Engineering and Information Technology) (email Januka) Micheaal Heng (Health) (email Micheaal) Nikolai Shchekochikhin (Law) Serah Nwoke (Science) (email Serah) | 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025 |
| Francesca Harrison (TD School) (email Francesca) | 14 January 2025 to 31 December 2025 | |
| Elected postgraduate research student member of Academic Board | James Keene (email James) | 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025 |
| Co-opted members |
Positions on the group are in accordance with its composition.
Charter
The UTS Student/Council Liaison Group Charter (PDF) outlines the group's roles, responsibilities, composition and the manner in which it discharges its responsibilities for UTS.
Responsibilities
The group will:
- initiate student forums, with the advice of the group, on particular topics where the wider, direct input of the student body may be of particular value
- receive referrals from Council, Council sub-committees, the senior executive and representative student bodies on matters relevant to the student body and provide advice
- have oversight of the UTS Student Partnership Agreement.
Performance
The group will review its performance annually against the charter.
Quorum
A quorum for the purposes of transacting business at a meeting shall consist of:
- the Chair or Deputy Chair (at least one)
- UTS staff member (at least one), and
- three students (including student members of Council, elected members of Academic Board and ex officio students).