International students at Usyd exhibition

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Call for creative works: international students at Usyd exhibition

We are seeking creative artworks and innovative ideas to be featured in an upcoming exhibition 100 years of global connections: international students and the University of Sydney.

The exhibition will be held in October and November and will celebrate 100+ years of welcoming international students to the University of Sydney and recognising their contributions to the University.

Find out more

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Voting opens tomorrow! Who will you vote for this year?

Decide who you'll vote for in the 2023 SUPRA General Council Election – view all candidate and ticket statements.

How to vote

Voting opens at 9:00am, Thursday 13 April 2023.

Voting closes at 5:00pm, Friday 28 April 2023.

To vote, you must be a current postgraduate student (enrolled or suspended) at the University of Sydney and you must be a member of SUPRA. Become a member now.

Polling will be conducted via BigPulse, a secure online voting platform. You will be issued a ballot email to your student email address only.

View full voting instructions.

More information

The notice of election was issued on Thursday 14 March 2023; read the full notice, or visit the SUPRA Elections home page for 2023 for more information on this year’s elections, including Equity Elections.

Find out more general information about how the elections process at SUPRA works, and some basic election language explained: getting involved in SUPRA elections.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Equity Officer election

Thursday 20 April 2023
1pm
Zoom

Nominations are open for the election of one (1) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Officer to SUPRA Council for the 2023–24 term. Nominations are open now and will close during the electoral meeting.

Nominate via email to the current Equity Officer Lindsay McCabe on indigenous@supra.usyd.edu.au

Read the full election notice.

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Advocacy update: SUPRA advocates for students affected by changes to the CSCSE requirements

In January 2023, the Chinese Service Centre for Scholarly Exchange (CSCSE) announced a new policy which required all students to return to on-campus learning for semester 1, unless there was specific documented reasons they were unable to return. This change affected thousands of students who had very little time to return to Australia and organise housing.

SUPRA was concerned about these changes, and many students contacted us for assistance. We actively collected thousands of student opinions and experiences.

The University resolved to provide a letter to affected students that can be used for their CSCSE applications, allowing them to continue with studying remotely. We met with the University multiple times and provided feedback on the contents of the letter, ensuring students' needs were centred. Find out more about our advocacy around this issue.

We sincerely thank all the students for sharing their experiences, it was central to our ability to advocate for postgrad students' needs.

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Join SUPRA's free fitness classes

We've got free fitness classes for all SUPRA members until the end of May.

Join us for:

BODYJAM
rock climbing
BODYCOMBAT.

Tickets are released 9am every Wednesday. Find out more and sign up.

Fun Fact

You can watch the worlds first and only film made in Babylonian, an ancient language 'silent for 2000 years'. The Poor Man of Nippur is a retelling of a story found on a clay tablet at the archaeological site of Sultantepe in Turkey.

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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