Student/Council Liaison Group

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• 2026 meeting dates

  Tuesday 17 March
  Tuesday 28 July
  Tuesday 6 October

  Meetings start at 4pm.

• Composition and membership

  The Student/Council Liaison Group consists of the following positions:

  • 2 members of Council
    • one external member to be the Chair
    • one member to be the Deputy Chair
  • 2 student members of Council
  • Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) 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)	1 November 2024 to 31 October 2026
  	Chloe Ferreria (Deputy Chair)	17 March 2026 to 31 October 2026
  Two student members of Council	Chloe Ferreria (UG) (email Chloe) Harvey Billingham (PG)	ex officio
  Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) 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	Dr Katie Schlenker	23 September 2025 to 31 December 2026
  President, Students’ Association or nominee	Neeve Ann Nagle (email Neeve)	5 December 2025 to 4 December 2026
  International Students Officer of the Students’ Association	Rose Saksena (email Rose)	5 December 2025 to 4 December 2026
  President, ActivateUTS or nominee	Varshani Gousihan (email Varshani)	7 October 2025 to 6 October 2026
  Student representative of ActivateUTS clubs	Taya Higgins Tugaga (email Taya)	7 October 2025 to 6 October 2026
  A UTS Housing student representative nominated by the Residential Life and Learning Supervisor and Housing Services and the Manager, Housing Service	Amandhi Tihara Marasinghe (email Amandhi)	1 January 2026 to 31 December 2026
  Elected Indigenous student member of Academic Board	Caitlyn Seeto	11 February 2026 to 31 December 2026
  Elected student members of Academic Board, one from each faculty	Melissa Dib (Business) (email Melissa Josh Singh (Design and Society) Obaid Moolimani (Engineering and Information Technology) (email Obaid)	1 January 2026 to 31 December 2026
  	Robert Nersisyan (Health)	11 February 2026 to 31 December 2026
  	Amelia Grace Wilson-Williams (Law) (email Amelia) Divvya Balasubramanian (Science) (email Divvya) Francesca Harrison (TD School) (email Francesca)	1 January 2026 to 31 December 2026
  Elected postgraduate research student member of Academic Board	Tianxin Fang (email Tianxin)	11 June 2026 to 31 December 2026
  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:

  1. 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
  2. receive referrals from Council, Council sub-committees, the senior executive and representative student bodies on matters relevant to the student body and provide advice
  3. 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
  • 3 students (including student members of Council, elected members of Academic Board and ex officio students).