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SUPRA's casework service will be unavailable on Monday 13 March due to staff planning. All students will be assisted from Tuesday 14 March.

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Celebrate International Women's Day with SUPRA

Wednesday 8 March
10am
Outside Fisher Library

SUPRA Women’s Network invites you to celebrate International Women’s Day with us, to honour the countless extraordinary women in our lives.

We will be outside Fisher Library from 10am, Wednesday 8 March, offering complimentary SUPRA Women’s Network gift bags that have been specially curated for all postgrad women.

We want to express our deep admiration and appreciation for the unwavering strength, resilience, and invaluable contributions of women in all walks of life.

Celebrating trans and non-binary women

On International Women's Day, it is important to celebrate trans and non-binary women. Trans and non-binary women are women – no ifs or buts.

In celebrating trans and non-binary women, we recognise the diverse histories and experiences of all women, and appreciate these differences.

We also recognise that trans and non-binary women, and especially First Nations trans women and trans women of colour, face greater rates of violence and discrimination in Australia and around the world.

We celebrate the full and complex lives of trans and non-binary women. Trans women are creating communities, speaking out, and pushing back against the words and actions of those who wish them harm.

SUPRA joyfully celebrates, and staunchly supports trans and non-binary women, every day, including on International Women's Day.

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SUPRA Free Lunch

Friday 10 March 2023
11:30am
Outside Fisher Library

Join SUPRA for Free Lunch!

We'll be serving sandwiches outside Fisher Library to help you get ready for the challenges of the new semester. Uni is so much more than studying!

Arrive early – we'll be serving from 11:30am until the food runs out!

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SUPRA HDR Wine & Cheese

Thursday 23 March
5–8pm
Courtyard Cafe, Holme Building

Join us for the first HDR Wine & Cheese for 2023!

An opportunity to meet your HDR Student Officers, network, make new friends, and enjoy a relaxing drink or two. Register now.

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SUPRA supports the staff strike

SUPRA offices will be closed on Thursday 9 March in solidarity with striking Usyd staff, who continue to fight for fair conditions in their enterprise agreement negotiations with the University.

We urge you to support your teachers, lecturers and Usyd administrative staff by not attending classes or other events on campus (or online classes) on this day.

Learn more about why staff are striking and how to support them.

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Join our free fitness classes

Our free fitness classes are for all SUPRA members, and you can sign up for as many or as few classes as you like. You can try a different class every week!

Find out more about BODYJAM, rock climbing, UNLEASH, boxing and BODYCOMBAT.

Classes are free, but registration is essential. Tickets are released at 9am on Wednesdays.

Fun Fact

Did you know that each year the UN Commission on the Status of Women meets with representatives from all UN member states in what is described as ‘the largest gathering of gender equality advocates in the world’. One task of this 2-week conference is to decide the theme for International Women’s Day. The theme chosen for 2023 is: Cracking the Code: Innovation for a gender equal future.

Other things to know about

You Can Go Now: a history of Blaktivism in Australia 1938–2008
6pm (Sydney time), Tuesday 14 March, Zoom.
Join Wiradjuri Wailwan activist and student Ethan Floyd for this webinar exploring Aboriginal resistance and protest throughout the 20th century.
Register now.

Queer Chinese Voices
4pm (Sydney time), Tuesday 14 March, online.
This forum features keynote speeches and panel discussions by prominent Chinese voices on LGBTIQA+ topics. Find out more and register.

Managing your supervisor with Hugh Kearns
1pm (Sydney time), Tuesday 28 March, online.
Learn some strategies to work effectively with your supervisor. All Usyd research students welcome. Find out more and register.

SUPRA acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora nation as the traditional owners of the land we work and study on.

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Science Rd, Camperdown Campus
University of Sydney NSW 2006

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Due to COVID-19 SUPRA staff and council are working from home, but we can still help you. Contact us for help.
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