Reports and Publications
A repository for Advocacy Service publications and reports as well as broader resources relevant to advocacy in the tertiary education sector.
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Advocacy Service Publications & Reports
Service Reports 2012
Student Union Advocacy Service – Quarterly Report May-June 2012 | pdf version (130 kb)
Student Union Advocacy Service – Quarterly Report July-September 2012 | pdf version (171 kb)
Student Union Advocacy Service – Quarterly Report October-December 2012 | pdf version (199 kb)
2013
Student Union Advocacy Service – Quarterly Report January-March 2013 | pdf version (600 kb)
Student Union Advocacy Service – Quarterly Report April-June 2013 | pdf version (425 kb)
Student Union Advocacy Service – Quarterly Report July-September 2013 | pdf version (216 kb)
Student Union Advocacy Service – Quarterly Report October-December 2013 | pdf version (269 kb)
2014
Student Union Advocacy Service – Quarterly Report January-March 2014 | pdf version (201 kb)
Student Union Advocacy Service – Quarterly Report April-June 2014 | pdf version (182 kb)
Student Union Advocacy Service – Quarterly Report July-September 2014 | pdf version (174 kb)
Student Union Advocacy Service – Quarterly Report October-December 2014 | pdf version (166 kb)
Advocacy Service Report Annual Summary 2013-14 | pdf version (138 kb)
2015
Student Union Advocacy Service – Quarterly Report January-March 2015 | pdf version (145 kb)
Student Union Advocacy Service – Quarterly Report April-June 2015| pdf version (186 kb)
Student Union Advocacy Service – Quarterly Report July-September 2015| pdf version (189 kb)
Student Union Advocacy Service – Quarterly Report October-December 2015| pdf version (166 kb)
2016
Student Union Advocacy Service – Quarterly Report January-March_2016 | pdf version (175 kb)
Student Union Advocacy Service – Quarterly Report April-June 2016 | pdf version (214 kb)
Student Union Advocacy Service – Quarterly Report July-September 2016 | pdf version (259 kb)
Student Union Advocacy Service – Quarterly Report October-December 2016 | pdf version (174 kb)
2017
Student Union Advocacy Service – Quarterly Report January-March 2017 | pdf version (172 kb)
Student Union Advocacy Service – Quarterly Report April-June 2017 | pdf version (594 kb)
Student Union Advocacy Service – Quarterly Report July-September 2017 | pdf version (323 kb)
Student Union Advocacy Service – Quarterly Report October-December 2017 | pdf version (341 kb)
2018
Student Union Advocacy Service – Quarterly Report January-March 2018 | pdf version (1133 kb)
Student Union Advocacy Service – Quarterly Report April-June 2018 | pdf version (1139 kb)
Student Union Advocacy Service – Quarterly Report July-September 2018 | pdf version (440 kb)
Student Union Advocacy Service – Quarterly Report October-December 2018 | pdf version (672 kb)
2019
Student Union Advocacy Service – Quarterly Report January-March 2019| pdf version (509 kb)
Student Union Advocacy Service – Quarterly Report April-June 2019| pdf version (357 kb)
Student Union Advocacy Service – Quarterly Report July-September 2019| pdf version (823 kb)
Student Union Advocacy Service – Quarterly Report October-December_2019 | pdf version (812 kb)
2020
Student Union Advocacy Service – Report January-April 2020 – COVID 19 Edition| pdf version (1068 kb)
Student Union Advocacy Service – Report May-August 2020| pdf version (797 kb)
Student Union Advocacy Service Report September – December 2020| pdf version (1099 kb)
2021
Student Union Advocacy Service Report Jan – April 2021 | pdf version (698 kb)
Student Union Advocacy Service Report May – August 2021 | pdf version (1093 kb)
Student Union Advocacy Service Report September – December 2021 | pdf version ( 421 kb)
2022
Student Union Advocacy Service Report Jan – April 2022 | pdf version (741 kb)
Student Union Advocacy Service Report May – August 2022 | pdf version (380 kb)
Student Union Advocacy Service Report September – December 2022 | pdf version (549 kb)
2023
Student Union Advocacy Service Report Jan – April 2023 | pdf version (344 kb)
Student Union Advocacy Service Report May – August 2023 | pdf version (393 kb)
Student Union Advocacy Service Report September – December 2023 | pdf version (367 kb)
Briefing, Position, and Discussion Papers
UMSU Briefing Paper: Student Placements Working Group – Better support for students on professional placements Sept 2024 | PDF version (176 kb)
SAI Reforms Proposal - UMSU Position Paper Nov 2023 | PDF version (430kb)
Melbourne Student Forum - position paper No. 1 - March 2023 | pdf version (416 kb)
The Stream Cannot Rise Higher Than its Source: the case for review of student appeal processes at the University of Melbourne - October 2021 | pdf version (579 kb)
OBJECTIVE, COLLECTIVE AND LESS SUBJECTIVE: Student Voices on COVID-19 | pdf version (4192 kb)
Policy or Police: Student Discipline Discussion Paper April 2015 | pdf version (186 kb)
UMSU Briefing Paper – FlexAP 2016 | pdf version (423 kb)
UMSU Briefing Paper – FlexAP Summary Report & Recommendations 2017 | pdf version (200 kb)
UMSU Briefing Paper – Summary of the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency’s ‘Good Practice Note: Addressing Contract Cheating to Safeguard Academic Integrity’ | pdf version (249 kb)
Recent UMSU Submissions – Policy and Strategy Paper Consultations
Response from The Minister for Education to UMSU Submission on National Student Ombudsman - 8 November 2024 | pdf version (1504kb)
Consultation on a National Student Ombudsman in response to the Budget 2024-25 – 31 May 2024 | pdf version (599 kb)
UMSU-Submission Universities Accord Dec 2022 | pdf version (173 kb)
UMSU submission on Consultation on Proposed Sexual Misconduct Prevention and Response Policy – 17 August 2021 | pdf version (237 kb)
UMSU Feedback Academic Progress Review in Graduate Research Courses Policy – 9 July 2021 | pdf version (181 kb)
UMSU Feedback Responding to Student Traumatic Event Policy – 1 July 2021 | pdf version (176 kb)
UMSU Feedback Gender Affirmation Policy – 30 March 2021 | pdf version (206 kb)
Report on the UMSU Sexual Harm Response Coordinator (SHRC) role and recommendations for future practice – 30 March 2021 | pdf version (760 kb)
UMSU Feedback Uni Disability Access and Inclusion Policy – 21 October 2020 | pdf version (538 kb)
UMSU submission on Consultation on Proposed Student Participation in Study Policy – 7 October 2020 | pdf version (431 kb)
UMSU Submission for the Inquiry into the Higher Education Support Amendment (Job-Ready Graduates and Supporting Regional and Remote Students) Bill 2020 – 10 September 2020 | pdf version (388 kb)
UMSU submission on Consultation on Proposed amendments to the Special Consideration provisions in the Assessment and Results Policy – 4 September 2020 | pdf version (503 kb)
UMSU Feedback to Policy Consultation on Creation of a Fitness to Practise Policy - November 2019 | pdf version (204 kb)
THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY - UMSU submission on Consultation on Proposed amendments to the Special Consideration provisions in the Assessment and Results Policy - October 2019 | pdf version (900 kb)
Confirmed minutes of the Advocacy & Legal Student Advisory Group (SAG)
2013
SAG Minutes Confirmed Meeting 1 of Semester 1 2013 | pdf version (72 kb)
SAG Minutes Confirmed Meeting 1 of Semester 2 2013 | pdf version (85 kb)
SAG Minutes Confirmed Meeting 2 of Semester 2 2013 | pdf version (77 kb)
2014
SAG Minutes Confirmed Meeting 1 of Semester 1 2014 | pdf version (77 kb)
SAG Minutes Confirmed Meeting 2 of Semester 1 2014 | pdf version (61 kb)
SAG Minutes Confirmed Meeting 1 of Semester 2 2014 | pdf version (77 kb)
SAG Minutes Confirmed Meeting 2 of Semester 2 2014 | pdf version (60 kb)
2015
SAG Minutes Confirmed Meeting 1 of Semester 1 2015| pdf version (58 kb)
SAG Minutes Confirmed Meeting 2 of Semester 1 2015| pdf version (60 kb)
SAG Minutes Confirmed Meeting 1 of Semester 2 2015 | pdf version (65 kb)
SAG Minutes Confirmed Meeting 2 of Semester 2 2015 | pdf version (54 kb)
2016
SAG Minutes Confirmed Meeting 1 of Semester 1 2016| pdf version (107 kb)
SAG Minutes Confirmed Meeting 2 of Semester 1 2016| pdf version (53 kb)
SAG Minutes Confirmed Meeting 2 of Semester 1 2016| pdf version (125 kb)
SAG Minutes Confirmed Meeting 2 of Semester 2 2016| pdf version (69 kb)
2017
SAG Minutes Confirmed Meeting 1 of Semester 1 2017| pdf version (107 kb)
SAG Minutes Confirmed Meeting 2 of Semester 1 2017| pdf version (89 kb)
SAG Minutes Confirmed Meeting 1 of Semester 2 2017| pdf version (74 kb)
SAG Minutes Confirmed Meeting 2 of Semester 2 2017| pdf version (69 kb)
2018
SAG Minutes Confirmed Meeting 1 of Semester 1 2018| pdf version (381 kb)
SAG Minutes Confirmed Meeting 2 of Semester 1 2018| pdf version (389 kb)
SAG Minutes Confirmed Meeting 1 of Semester 2 2018| pdf version ( 175 kb)
SAG Minutes Confirmed Meeting 2 of Semester 2 2018| pdf version (146 kb)
2019
SAG Minutes Confirmed Meeting 1 of Semester 1 2019| pdf version (117 kb)
SAG Minutes Confirmed Meeting 2 of Semester 1 2019| pdf version (121 kb)
SAG Minutes Confirmed Meeting 1 of Semester 2 2019| pdf version (110 kb)
SAG Minutes Confirmed Meeting 2 of Semester 2 2019| pdf version (119 kb)
2020
SAG Minutes Confirmed Meeting 1 of Semester 1 2020| pdf version (113 kb)
SAG Minutes Confirmed Meeting 2 of Semester 1 2020| pdf version (117 kb)
SAG Minutes Confirmed Meeting 1 of Semester 2 2020| pdf version ( kb)
Student Governance Initiative
Student Representatives Handbook 2019 | pdf version (438 kb)
The Handy Guide to Good Decision making on Discipline Committees 2020 | pdf version (385 kb)
How to Be Credible, Convincing, and Persuasive: A Handy Guide to Writing Compelling Proposals and Position Papers | pdf version (212 kb)
Relevant Publications and Research from External Sources
Some NSW universities have no way of identifying research student complaints, the NSW Ombudsman warns in this discussion paper. It suggests universities are often ill equipped to deal with conflicts between supervisors and students, with formal grievance procedures not designed to save struggling relationships before they collapse.
Complaints about the Supervision of Post-Graduate Students – A Discussion Paper January 2016 | pdf version (448 kb)
ICAC says universities should consider key initiatives to reduce corruption risks in international student industry –
Learning the hard way: managing corruption risks associated with international students at universities in NSW | pdf version (1989 kb)
The guide looks at the requirements of two important Commonwealth Acts that impose on many decision makers a duty to provide reasons for their decisions –
Administrative Review Council Best Practice Guide 4 – Reasons | pdf version (60 kb)
Mishandled complaints have a high potential cost, both financially and in damage to reputations. All universities should therefore adopt an organised and professional approach to complaint handling. These guidelines point the way to a best practice approach –
Complaint handling at universities: Australasian best practice guidelines | pdf version (5167 kb)
Recent publication from the ACT Ombudsman – University Complaints Handling Guidelines April 2016 | pdf version (421 kb)
This guide aims to provide some guidance for decision-makers about the sorts of things to be considered when making decisions that may impact on a person’s rights or interests, for example in staff or student disciplinary proceedings, determinations about a student’s unsatisfactory progress, decisions about course participation and assessment, or decisions to remove rights or entitlements of students –
Compliance Guide for University Decision-Makers regarding Procedural Fairness and Natural Justice | pdf version (44 kb)
The Disability Standards for Education 2005 (the Standards) clarify the obligations of education and training providers and seek to ensure that students with disability can access and participate in education on the same basis as other students. The Standards were formulated under the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 and came into effect in August 2005 –
Disability Standards for Education 2005 & Guidance Notes | pdf version (114 kb)
The University of Melbourne Competition and Consumer Law Compliance Guide (2011) | pdf version (68 kb)