Editing University of New South Wales (section)

==Student life==
===Student union===
{{anchor|Arc @ UNSW Limited}}
[[File:ARC UNSW logo.png|thumb|right|upright=.9|ARC Logo]]
[[File:International Square during Orientation Week, University of New South Wales.jpg|thumb|Orientation Week]]

''Arc @ UNSW Limited'' is the [[Students' union|student organisation]] at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) and is a [[Non-profit|not-for-profit]] [[public company]].

In 2005, the [[Parliament of Australia|Federal Parliament]] passed legislation making membership of student unions voluntary for the first time. This policy, known as [[voluntary student unionism]] (VSU), threatened the funding model behind the four UNSW student organisations with compulsory membership provisions.  A report commissioned by the university administration recommended that three of those organisations – the Student Guild of Undergraduates and Postgraduates, the University of New South Wales Union and the College of Fine Arts Students' Association – merge into a single student organisation, a structure in use at the [[University of Melbourne]].<ref>Alexander, Harriet (15 November 2006). [http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2006/11/14/1163266550331.html 'Anger as student body agrees to university workplace deal'] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023203801/http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2006/11/14/1163266550331.html |date=23 October 2012 }}. ''Sydney Morning Herald''.</ref>
Arc was established on 15 August 2006 and launched early the following year, taking over the functions of three existing [[Students' union|student organisations]], the UNSW Student Guild, UNSW Union, and COFA Students' Association.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.recordkeeping.unsw.edu.au/sites/default/files/documents/A358-Arc.pdf |publisher=UNSW University Archives |work=Agency details |title=Arc |date=10 May 2013 |access-date=25 November 2013 |archive-date=10 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190710001141/https://www.recordkeeping.unsw.edu.au/sites/default/files/documents/A358-Arc.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

The organisation supports the activities of student clubs, student volunteer programs such as orientation week, student publications, two student galleries (Kudos Gallery and AD Space), and houses an elected [[student council|student representative council]]. Arc operates the [[Venues at the University of New South Wales#The Roundhouse|Roundhouse]] entertainment venue, the Graduation & Gift Store on UNSW's main campus in [[Kensington, New South Wales|Kensington]], and until recently, The Whitehouse bar and café which shut down permanently on 23 April 2021.<ref>{{cite web|title=Over a century of art, war and communications law: looking back at the history of the Whitehouse as it enters a new era in 2021|url=https://www.inside.unsw.edu.au/campus-life/over-century-art-war-and-communications-law-looking-back-the-history-the-whitehouse-it|url-status=live|access-date=22 July 2021|website=Inside UNSW|publisher=UNSW Sydney|archive-date=22 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210722114310/https://www.inside.unsw.edu.au/campus-life/over-century-art-war-and-communications-law-looking-back-the-history-the-whitehouse-it}}</ref> Arc also operates a student support service, providing legal and academic advocacy. Arc@UNSW exists independently from UNSW.

Arc has three constitutional student bodies: 
# the Student Development Committee (SDC) – supporting clubs, volunteer programs, courses and activities,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.arc.unsw.edu.au/get-involved/clubs-and-societies/student-development-committee-(sdc) |title=Student Development Committee |work=Arc |publisher=UNSW | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120618183221/http://www.arc.unsw.edu.au/get-involved/clubs-and-societies/student-development-committee-%28sdc%29 | archive-date=18 June 2012}}</ref> 
# the Postgraduate Council (PGC) – representing the postgraduate community at UNSW<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.arc.unsw.edu.au/advice--representation/postgraduate-council |title=Postgraduate Council |work=Arc |publisher=UNSW |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017043312/http://arc.unsw.edu.au/advice--representation/postgraduate-council |archive-date=17 October 2015 }}</ref> and 
# an elected Student Representative Council (SRC)<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.arc.unsw.edu.au/advice--representation/student-rep-council |title=Student Representative Council |work=Arc |publisher=UNSW |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120924232855/http://www.arc.unsw.edu.au/advice--representation/student-rep-council |archive-date=24 September 2012}}</ref>

The student organisation is a major service provider on campus, running a number of retail outlets, student media such as ''[[Tharunka]]'' and an entertainment venue, the [[Venues at the University of New South Wales#The Roundhouse|Roundhouse]]. The Arc Student Representative Council represents students to the university and nationally and fights for their rights. Arc also provides support and funding to university clubs and societies and runs student volunteer programs such as Orientation Week.

In 2007, the University of New South Wales Sports Association<ref>[http://www.recordkeeping.unsw.edu.au/documents/A599-SportsAssociation.pdf ''SportsAssociation''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101121839/http://www.recordkeeping.unsw.edu.au/documents/A599-SportsAssociation.pdf |date=1 November 2013 }}; [[PDF]]-format;</ref> and UNSW Lifestyle Centre merged to become UNSW Sport and Recreation then later absorbed into Arc @ UNSW to become Arc Sport.  It runs the external sporting facilities and services and supports the 30 UNSW affiliated sporting clubs that compete both at home and abroad.

=== Student media ===
==== ''Blitz'' ====
''Blitz'' is a student publication, published online by Arc @ UNSW, based at the University of New South Wales.<ref>{{cite web|work=UNSW A - Z Guide |publisher=UNSW |url=https://my.unsw.edu.au/student/atoz/Blitz.html |title=Blitz entry |access-date=31 August 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070829005234/https://my.unsw.edu.au/student/atoz/Blitz.html |archive-date=29 August 2007}}</ref> ''Blitz'' under this name first appeared in session 2, 1988, but a similar "what's on" style publication had been issued by the then [[Source (UNSW)|University Union]] since the early 1970s. Initially it consisted of a simple sheet or two of paper, but it evolved into a magazine style format in session two 1994<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.recordkeeping.unsw.edu.au/historicalresources/onlineexhibitions/unitimelineexhibition/1970s.html#1970 |title=University Timeline Exhibition: 1970s |work=Records and Archives Office |publisher=UNSW Archives |date=1 October 2013 |access-date=25 November 2013 |archive-date=2 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202234022/http://www.recordkeeping.unsw.edu.au/historicalresources/onlineexhibitions/unitimelineexhibition/1970s.html#1970 |url-status=live }}</ref> when a former editor from another student publication on campus, ''[[Tharunka]]'', was hired to found a weekly "what's on" magazine. ''Blitz'' sometimes pays casual contributors for submitted articles and photographs, and employs a student online editor, a student designer, a student TV producer and a student radio producer.

''Blitz'' typically covers the goings-on around campus and conducts interviews and publishes stories relating to current student activities. It widely publicises Arc services and activities on campus. Due to its non-partisan policy, it does not cover political issues, with the exception of [[voluntary student unionism]]. However, in 2004 an edition of ''Blitz'' was withdrawn by the student union because it contained a guide to rolling a [[Joint (cannabis)|joint]]. The editor Janet Duncan claimed there had been censorship of her editorial in the following issue.<ref>{{cite news |title=Student papers feel weight of censorship |newspaper=[[The Australian]] |date=16 November 2005 }}</ref> Arc @ UNSW announced that the organisation would continue to publish the magazine after the introduction of voluntary student unionism in 2007.<ref>{{cite news |title=What is VSU? |newspaper=B&T Magazine |date=17 November 2006 }}</ref>

==== ''Gamamari'' ====
{{Main|Tharunka}}
''Tharunka,'' thought to mean "[[message stick]]" in an [[Indigenous Australians|Aboriginal]] language, is a [[student newspaper]] originally published by the UNSW [[University of New South Wales Students' Union|Students Union]] from 1953 until 1992, when that body was replaced by the [[University of New South Wales Student Guild]]. The Guild published ''Tharunka'' from 1993 until 2006 and the successor student organisation, Arc @ UNSW Limited, continued the publication of ''Tharunka'' from 2007. The publication changed its name in mid-2024 to ''Gamamari,'' meaning “talking for a purpose” in the [[Dharawal language|Dharawal]] Language.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2024-06-21 |title=Introducing Gamamari - Tharunka |url=https://tharunka.com/introducing-gamamari/ |access-date=2024-09-18 |language=en-US}}</ref>

==== ''Noise@UNSW'' ====
''Noise@UNSW'' is an independent student publication established in early 2024, following the shutdown of ''Tharunka'', with the aim of fostering a more informed student body.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-02 |title=About Noise |url=https://www.noiseatunsw.com/about/ |access-date=2025-03-27 |website=Noise@UNSW |language=en-AU}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=White |first=Daniella |date=2024-04-01 |title=This university newspaper is ‘censored’ by a marketing team. Now, students are fighting back |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/this-university-newspaper-is-censored-by-a-marketing-team-now-students-are-fighting-back-20240320-p5fdz4.html |access-date=2025-03-27 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref> ''Noise'' publishes articles weekly on their website and Instagram page, focusing on university news, student politics and activism, student journalism, and other issues that affect students,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-03-10 |title=Why Does Noise Exist? |url=https://www.noiseatunsw.com/why-does-noise-exist/ |access-date=2025-03-27 |website=Noise@UNSW |language=en-AU}}</ref> as well as running a twice-monthly podcast called ''Make Some Noise''. Noise@UNSW also produces print editions distributed to students on campus featuring student writings and art.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Instagram |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/DFyz0O6zLjm/ |access-date=2025-03-27 |website=www.instagram.com}}</ref>

Due to its independent nature, ''Noise@UNSW'' is run by an entirely volunteer editorial team and relies on donations.<ref name=":6" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-03-04 |title=Noise@UNSW - Open Collective |url=https://opencollective.com/noiseatunsw |access-date=2025-03-27 |website=opencollective.com}}</ref> All current UNSW students are able to publish their works in ''Noise.''<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Constitution of Noise@UNSW |url=https://governance.noiseatunsw.com/regulations/constitution/ |access-date=2025-03-27 |website=governance.noiseatunsw.com |language=en}}</ref>

=== Student accommodation ===
The university has a number of residential accommodation options, including [[Philip Baxter College]], [[Basser College]], [[Goldstein College]], Fig Tree Hall, [[Colombo House, University of New South Wales|Colombo House]], [[UNSW Hall, University of New South Wales|UNSW Hall]], International House, [[New College, University of New South Wales|New College]] and New College Village, [[Warrane College]]; [[Shalom College (University of New South Wales)|Shalom College]], and [[Creston College]], and UNSW Village.

===Exchange programs===
The university has overseas exchange programs with over 250 overseas partner institutions. These include [[Princeton University]], [[McGill University]], [[Penn State University]], [[University of Pennsylvania]] (inc. Wharton), [[Duke University]], [[Drexel University]], [[Johns Hopkins University]], [[Brown University]], [[Columbia University]] (summer law students only), [[University of California Berkeley]], [[University of California Santa Cruz]] (inc. Baskin), [[University of California, Los Angeles|UCLA]], [[University of Michigan]] (inc. Ross), [[New York University]] (inc. Stern), [[University of Virginia]], [[Mississippi State University]], [[Cornell University]], [[University of Connecticut]], [[Alfred University]], [[University of Texas at Austin]] (inc. McCombs), [[Maastricht University]], [[University of Padua]], [[University College London]] (law students only), [[University of Nottingham]], [[Imperial College London]], [[London School of Economics]] and [[ETH Zurich]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://student.unsw.edu.au/partners|title=UNSW Global Education Partner Institutions {{!}} UNSW Current Students|website=student.unsw.edu.au|access-date=29 January 2017|archive-date=2 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202051725/https://student.unsw.edu.au/partners|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Student projects===
[[File:Sunswift 7.jpg|thumb|[[Sunswift 7]], a student-built solar-powered car, won the 2023 [[World Solar Challenge]] Cruiser Class]]

Students of the university are involved in a number of projects, including:
*AtomCraft<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.unsw.edu.au/challeng/vertically-integrated-projects/explore-vertically-integrated-projects/atomcraft|title=AtomCraft |publisher=unsw.edu.au |access-date=26 October 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.atomcraft.com.au/about-us|title=AtomCraft|access-date=26 October 2024}}</ref> aims to deliver the first fusion tokamak entirely designed, built and operated by students.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-08/unsw-students-work-on-small-nuclear-fusion-reactor/103945790|title=UNSW students at work on small-scale fusion reactor as interest in nuclear power grows|newspaper=ABC News |date=7 June 2024 }}</ref> Started in 2024, aims to complete the first iteration of the device by 2027.
*[[Sunswift]] Solar Racing Team, who hold the [[FIA]] world record for the fastest electric car over a {{convert|500|km}} distance<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/science-tech/it%E2%80%99s-official-electric-car-world-record-smashed-unsw-sunswift|title=It's official: Electric car world record smashed by UNSW Sunswift|work=UNSW Newsroom|access-date=3 July 2015|archive-date=1 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150701182826/http://www.newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/science-tech/it%E2%80%99s-official-electric-car-world-record-smashed-unsw-sunswift|url-status=live}}</ref> and whose car Sunswift 7 won the 2023 [[World Solar Challenge|Bridgestone World Solar Challenge]] Cruiser Class.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sun sets on 2023 challenge - Australia's Sunswift top cruiser {{!}} World Solar Challenge 2023 |url=https://worldsolarchallenge.org/blogs/2023/10/29/sun_sets_on_2023_challenge__australias_sunswift_top_cruiser |access-date=2023-12-15 |website=worldsolarchallenge.org}}</ref>
* rUNSWift,<ref name="cse.unsw.edu.au">{{cite web |url=http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~robocup |title=RoboCup |publisher=cse.unsw.edu.au |access-date=10 October 2012 |archive-date=22 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022112135/http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~robocup/ |url-status=live }}</ref> the university's team in the international [[RoboCup Standard Platform League]] competition, is the most successful{{citation needed|date=January 2016}} team in the world with wins in 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2014 as well as coming second in 1999, 2002, 2006 and 2010.
*[[BLUEsat|BLUEsat Satellite]] (development in progress)
*Impact Engineers<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.engineering.unsw.edu.au/about-us/student-led-projects/impact-engineers|title=Impact Engineers|date=15 May 2018|work=Engineering|access-date=19 August 2018|language=en|archive-date=19 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180819083217/https://www.engineering.unsw.edu.au/about-us/student-led-projects/impact-engineers|url-status=live}}</ref> are a group of cross disciplinary humanitarian engineers aspiring to make a difference to the world's developing communities. Impact Engineers currently focus their efforts in rural Sri Lanka however over the next three to five years, they will expand to launch projects across multiple developing countries
* [https://redbackracing.com/ UNSW Redback Racing]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.redbackracing.unsw.edu.au/ |title=Redback Racing 63 – UNSW Formula SAE Team |publisher=redbackracing.unsw.edu.au |access-date=10 October 2012 |archive-date=30 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120730121751/http://www.redbackracing.unsw.edu.au/ |url-status=live }}</ref> UNSW's entrant into the SAE-Australasia Formula SAE-A Competition (National winners in 2000)
* The MAVSTAR<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.robotics.unsw.edu.au/mavstar |title=MAVSTAR |publisher=robotics.unsw.edu.au |access-date=10 October 2012 |archive-date=1 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120801133137/http://www.robotics.unsw.edu.au/mavstar// |url-status=live }}</ref> (Micro Aerial Vehicles for Search, Tracking And Reconnaissance) project to develop a team of cooperative micro aerial and unmanned ground vehicles.
* The Developing Country Project<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.unsw.edu.au/engineering/our-schools/photovoltaic-and-renewable-energy-engineering|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110407235308/http://www.pv.unsw.edu.au/future-students/student-projects/developing-countries.asp|url-status=dead|title=School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering &#124; Engineering - UNSW Sydney|archivedate=7 April 2011|website=UNSW Sites}}</ref> Second year thesis students doing Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering are able to get involved. The project aims to assist villagers in [[developing countries]] to gain access to electricity to satisfy their energy needs in a clean and sustainable manner.
* iGEM ([[International Genetically Engineered Machine]]) a worldwide synthetic biology competition. BABS UNSW entered their first team in 2015.