There are two main student representative bodies at La Trobe University. The La Trobe University Students' Union is responsible for the Eagle Bar, Contact Student Services and so forth. The La Trobe University Student Representative Council consists of 9 elected office bearers and 7 elected general representatives. It also employs a student rights officer, an accountant and a class delegates organiser.
The current (2007) office bearers were ele...
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There are two main student representative bodies at La Trobe University. The La Trobe University Students' Union is responsible for the Eagle Bar, Contact Student Services and so forth. The La Trobe University Student Representative Council consists of 9 elected office bearers and 7 elected general representatives. It also employs a student rights officer, an accountant and a class delegates organiser.
The current (2007) office bearers were elected in October in 2006.
During the 1970s and 1980s, La Trobe University, along with Monash University, was considered to have the most politically active student body of any university in Australia. The Communist Party of Australia (Marxist-Leninist) was a prominent organisation on campus, often with the cover of a front organisation sometimes encouraging the name 'La Trot'. The social activism of the university students is demonstrated by the following La Trobe students who were of a leftist persuasion that were all good friends at the...
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