Specialist Committees
• Executive Committee
• Finance, Audit, Legal & Risk Management Committee
• Commercial Services Committee
• Remuneration Committee
• Information Technology (I.T.) Committee
• Electoral Committee
• Marketing & Membership Committee
• Awards Committee
Student Experience Committees
• Clubs and Societies Committee
• Debates Committee *
You can have a say in USU activities, programmes and events by being involved with one of our Student Experience Committees.
Committees act as links between the Board and USU Members to identify, condense and analyse information before presenting recommendations to the Board, and provide valuable input that helps the Board reach its decisions.
* these committees are open for additional members
New Committee Members
Applications for new Committee members open on the first day of O-Week and close at the end of the second week of first semester.
New members are those who were not members during the Committee selection period and have not previously been eligible to apply. Generally, this means that the New Committee Members are first year students who did not attend University in the year prior.
For more details, please read section 4.1.2 (b) of USU Regulations and Directors' Duty Statements, found here.
Additional Members
Any USU Member who has not been appointed by the Board as an ordinary member of the Debates or Social Outreach Committees may be eligible to become a member of these Committees after they attend three regular meetings of the relevant Committee within any given year.
For more details, please read section 4.2.1 of USU Regulations and Directors' Duty Statements, found here.
2011 Committee Member Applications
2011 applications open: 26 July
2010 2011 applications close: 27 August 2010
2011 Committee Member interviews: 15 & 16 September 2010
2011 Committee Members Inductions: TBA
Download 2011 Committee Member Application Form
All applicants will be interviewed by a Selection Panel of Board Members and USU staff. The Selection Panel makes its recommendations to the Board, who will appoint the Committee Members for the following year.
The process will generally take 4 – 6 weeks from the date of the interview. Committee Member Application forms, a personal statement and a copy of the current year Access Membership card should be emailed to on or before 27 August 2010 or sent to:
Human Resources
Level 5, Holme Building
Science Road
University of Sydney, NSW, 2006