Welcome to the University of Queensland Veterinary Students Association (UQVSA) Homepage
Mission
The role of the UQVSA is to support the veterinary science student body by:
- Representing the student body within the university and the animal health care industry as a whole;
- Providing educational resources, equipment and recreational amenities;
- Acting as a central coordination and approval system for negotiating funding and sponsorship from the vet school, university, corporate and government sectors and from other external bodies;
- Organising professional seminars;
- Organising social events.
By managing these functions, the UQVSA aims to provide a professional voice of representation for UQ veterinary science students, while supporting their needs to help them graduate not only with an excellent education, but also a rewarding and enriching university experience.
Affiliations:
- International Veterinary Students Association;
- Australasian Veterinary Students Network.
Representation:
The UQVSA appoints two student representative to sit on the Australian Veterinary Association (Qld Branch). This gives UQVSA members direct access to AVA policy issues and to allow articles relating to UQ students to be placed in AVA newsletters.
UQVSA along with year representative from each cohort in the BVSc course attend meetings of the UQ vet school’s ‘Teaching and Learning Committee’. This is the forum that allows students to suggest changes and improvements to courses and allows important education decisions from the vet school and/or the university to be fed back to the vet school’s student body.
Special Interest Groups (S.I.G.'s):
UQVSA is affiliated with several special interest groups catering to a variety of tastes including fauna, equine and business enthusiasts.
Please see the Clubs/SIGs page to find your preferred S.I.G.
Equipment:
With the help of corporate sponsorship the UQVSA has been able to provide students with Pot Room equipment including networked computers, a scanner, DVD/ VHS video and TV. UQVSA has also supplied facilities in Mona’s including a fridge, toasters, sandwich makers, kettle, outdoor furniture, table tennis table and lockers for the use of students.
Membership
UQVSA membership costs $55 for initial membership and $5 per year thereafter for continuing membership.
For more information please contact Phil Kowalski (UQVSA President, E-mail: uqvsa@uq.edu.au), or Ellana, (Email: eshetherington@hotmail.com) with queries/input for this page.