On 18-19 September 2024, the SVA annual Symposium will combine with the Student Summit to bring together students and practitioners across 2 days to share practices, collaborate and have important conversations to inform student voice practices.

Is your institution interested in hosting the symposium and summit in 2024? This will be done in partnership with the SVA team.

Benefits:

raise awareness about student voice practices amongst students and staff at your institution
provide better access to face-to-face events to students and staff in your state
shape the events with your unique campus culture and partnership practices.

Please view the document outlining the requirements and email sva@unisq.edu.au with your EOI by 1 April.

Ana Kuleshova 19/2/24 Ana Kuleshova 19/2/24

February Newsletter Overview

>> SVA 2023 Symposium Digital handbook is now available for everyone to access

>> The SVA Student Assistant role is open for expressions of interest until 17 March. Learn more.

>> Save the date for the upcoming SVA Network Sessions and group meetings. View the 2024 SVA calendar.

>> Join SVA Working Groups to collaborate with the network on projects, presentations or papers. Learn more and join.

View the full February Newsletter here.

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Piper Bell 14/3/23 Piper Bell 14/3/23

New SVA host announcement!

We are excited to announce that the University of Southern Queensland have been appointed the new host of Student Voice Australasia. As the new home base of the SVA network, UniSQ will provide an experienced senior leadership team equipped with sector knowledge of student engagement and the nuances of student voice and partnership work. UniSQ has been an active participant in the SVA network since 2016, and successfully tendered for the opportunity to host SVA through a competitive EOI process last year.

I am delighted that UniSQ will be hosting SVA over the next three years, during a time of opportunity to strengthen student engagement across the sector. The work of the SVA network fits well with UniSQ’s mission as a regional university building strong partnerships with our students and communities.

- Professor Karen Nelson, Provost UniSQ.

UniSQ has strong institutional commitment to student partnership at the strategic and operational levels, from learning and teaching, as well as in relation to building a culture of active student participation across their university. As an innovative regional university, UniSQ is uniquely positioned to drive SVA’s strategic sector priorities and to guide the next phase of SVA’s mission to build cultures of authentic and inclusive student engagement in institutional decision-making. As SVA host, UniSQ aims to ensure SVA works to amplify diverse student voices across the network.

As Dean (Students) at UniSQ, I am deeply honoured that we have been successful in becoming the new host institution for Student Voice Australia (SVA). Students are a university’s greatest resource and SVA are the peak body for Higher Education in Australia, representing what has become commonly known as the ‘student voice.’ UniSQ are proud to contribute to the leadership of this important organisation over the coming years and we look forward to working with all Australian universities (the majority of whom are currently members of SVA) as our sector seeks to develop a more inclusive approach towards engaging our students as co-partners and co-creators of learning experiences that will fashion their future.

- Professor Jim Nyland, Dean (Students) UniSQ.

This transition marks SVA’s third institutional host; now in its sixth year, SVA was developed and piloted at the University of Technology Sydney, led by Professor Sally Varnham, and has been proudly and passionately hosted by the University of Adelaide for the past three years. Sharing institutional hosting across the sector provides diversity in input and direction, opportunities for new leadership and, importantly, maintains the democratic governance and operations of the network itself.

Piper Bell 31/10/22 Piper Bell 31/10/22

2023 SVA Membership is open!

After a year of substantial growth, strategic and operational development, we are excited to be heading into 2023 with an incredible network filled with colleagues committed to student engagement through supporting their active participation, partnership and authentic approaches to institutional decision making.

Thank you all of our members for your ongoing commitment and support of student voice through your engagement with the SVA network.

As we reach the end of the year, we invite you to renew your membership or join as a new member for 2023. Please click below to download our 2023 Membership Prospectus to see the work we have done this year and our collective plans for 2023. You will also see there the registration form to complete and return.

https://studentvoiceaustralasia.com/s/2023_SVA_Membership.zip

Piper Bell 25/10/22 Piper Bell 25/10/22

Expressions of interest currently open to host SVA in 2023!

After three years being hosted at the University of Adelaide, SVA is looking forward to transitioning to a new institutional host. Expressions of interest are currently open and we are excited for the possibilities that our next host will bring to leading SVA and supporting our ongoing core business.

Click here to find out more here

Piper Bell 19/8/22 Piper Bell 19/8/22

Student Voice Summit recordings now available

The Student Voice Summit, held 11th and 12th Aug., was a terrific event with outstanding and informative keynotes, facilitated sessions and workshops. The two keynotes and First Nations student panel are now available on our YouTube channel for everyone to view, enjoy and learn from.

Piper Bell 3/8/22 Piper Bell 3/8/22

SaP Roundtable - EOI open

The University of the Sunshine Coast is hosting this year’s National Students as Partners Roundtable and they want to hear from you! The event is being held online between 22-23 November with a focus on Sustainability: Developing pathways to transformative change. Expressions of interest are currently open for students, academics, professional staff and beyond looking to share their partnership initiative. Learn more here >> www.usc.edu.au/saproundtable2022 and email studentsaspartners@usc.edu.au with any questions.

Piper Bell 8/7/22 Piper Bell 8/7/22

Student Summit program released!

The Student Voice Summit program is released today and it’s a cracker. Students will hear from thought-provoking speakers, have opportunities to learn and connect with one another, and can attend workshops to critique practices and develop new initiatives. Certificates of participation will be provided, and there will be prizes. Sorry, staff can’t attend this one!

Head to: https://studentvoiceaustralia.com/2022-student-voice-summit to check out the program and register now!

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