Editing University of New South Wales (section)

===Student union===
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[[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.