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Union cafe
The Cafe provides a range of articles such as confectionery, hot
and cold drinks, hot take-away food, sandwiches and cakes.
The Cafe is conveniently located on the ground level of the
Union Building and prices are kept low to meet student budgets.
Contact Resource Centre
This Centre is housed in the building on the corner of John
Street and Burwood Road.
The Contact Resource Centre has club rooms and meeting
rooms for clubs to hold meetings. There is a lounge which is
particularly geared for mature-age and part-time students,
although other students have complete access to this room.
The lounge is open from 9.OOam to 10.00pm.
The Centre is also a resource library. This is a starting point for
students doing research on their class projects. The Centre
carries material on current affairs, consumer news, legal aid
and health and welfare leaflets. At the Centre, students can
participate in the awareness-raising process by conducting
special projects. The Centre caters for clubs and societies that
need research and organisational assistance with projects and
functions.
Equipment loan service
The Contact Centre operates as the distribution point for
equipment for gardening, automotive repairs, carpentry, camp-
ing, leisure activity and education. Students and staff are
entitled to hire the equipment at a small charge. Call in at
Contact or the Union Office for details.
Activities Department
Activities are organised on campus by the Student Union and
various clubs and societies to make your stay at Swinburne
more enjoyable. These range from bands, barbeques, balls,
workshops, cinema, theatre, comedy acts and discoes.
SCT Resource and Drop-in Centre
To meet the needs of TAFE students a Resource and Drop-in
Centre is located on the TAFE campus. In this Centre, parlour
games, magazines and tea and coffee making facilities are
available free of charge to students. A lounge and study area is
also provided for student use.
Legal Adviser
The Student Union provides a free legal service for full- and
part-time students. Every week the solicitor is available for your
legal queries. Appointments must be made at the Union Office.
The solicitor is available every Tuesday, during the academic
year, between 2.00pm and 6.00pm.
Education Research Officer
The role of the Education Research Officer is to act as advocate
for students in areas of dispute. These areas are dealing with
problems between students and lecturersltutors in a confiden-
tial manner; advising and assisting students In appeals con-
cerning assessment, course content and course workload; to
assist students through the use of course evaluation surveys,
and to do educational research for the Union.
The Student Union's Education Research Officer is located in
the Union Office to meet the needs of Institute and TAFE
students.
General Information
Sports Association
Executive Officer
P. Kiteley, BEd(Rusd), 819 8018
At Swinburne there is a very active Sports Association which
promotes and encourages a wide variety of sporting and
recreational activities. The Association is run by students and
has over twenty affiliated clubs. The Association's office is
housed in the Sports Centre which has four squash courts, a
very well-equipped weight-training gymnasium and table ten-
nislrecreation room. The aim of the Association is to promote
greater awareness of the benefits of physical fitness and
involve student and staff in a variety of recreational and sporting
activities. A diverse program is available including recreational
sports such as SCUBA diving, sailboarding, waterskiing, and
snowskiing and traditional sports of football, soccer, netball and
basketball, etc. A fitness appraisal scheme is available along
with a full-time Physical Recreation Officer to advise all
members of the Association.
The Association competes in an intercollegiate competition
between other Victorian colleges and on a national level it is
affiliated with the Australian Colleges of Advanced Education
Sports Association, which conducts interstate sporting carni-
vals. The sports involved in these competitions are athlet~cs,
badminton, basketball, football, hockey, netball, soccer,
squash, swimming, table-tennis, tennis and volleyball.
In addition to the above sports, there are several other clubs
which arrange activities, trips and competitions.
These include the following:
Aerobics
Classes daily for both men and women at lunchtimes and in the
evenings.
Car
Regular car rallies, motorkhanas, hill-climbs, sprints, films and
social evenings.
Field and game
Club rifles, shotguns, and reloading equipment :2vailable.
Regular skeetltrap shoots and hunting trips are held.
Gymnasium
Well-equipped weight-training gymnasium catering for both
men and women; regular instruction available.
Martial arts
Both Tae Kwon Do and Tan Soo Do classes are conducted on
campus.
Motorcycle
Regular club rides, competitions, plus use of club room and
tools.
Sailboarding
Sailboarding offers classes, trips and hiring of boards for
participants at all levels of this exciting sport.
SCUBA diving
Classes for beginners and regular dives. The club has its own
inflatable dinghy with an outboard. Equipment available for hire.
Snow skiing
Mid-week and weekend trips to Hotham, Buller and Falls Creek
during the mid-year break. Weekend trips during second
semester.
Union Office
This is situated on the fourth level of the Union Buildina.
Surfing
Regular trips both local and interstate, equipment available.
Students use it as a drop-in and discussion centre. various Water skiing
services are provided at the general office including car parking Offers instruction to beginners as well as experienced skiers.
permits, insurance claims, advice and information.
All equipment provided, including boat. Numerous trips during
Union lnformation Desk
This is a referral and resource point, located on the 3rd level of
the Union Building, for students seeking information on services
offered within Swinburne and in the neighbourhood. Messages
for colleagues can be left here to be collected. Students will find
holidays and weekends.
Additional facilities
In additional to the above, the Sports Association operates a
sports store which sells a complete range of sporting goods at
discount prices.
a 'Friendly Contact Worker', who is a senlor student who will The Sports Association Office and sports store are located in
provide assistance on how to survive at college.
the Sports Centre off John Street, north of the railway line.