Moving Forwards

This document is intended to provide a summary of what has been done so far in the development of a national body, proposed as the Australian Council for Student Voice. It looks back to the Conferences held in 2019 and then 2020 and the ways in which the need for a national body emerged from these.

This document contains a proposed outline of what such a body could do and how it might be formed, including the recruitment of a voluntary Organisational Governance Committee to guide the development of its governance. It has been developed by a small group of people who have been active in this space and in the convening of these previous conferences. This document contains information about what’s important to us, and what we aim to do. It is built on feedback from previous iterations of our discussions.

In summary: we hope to start small, beginning by connecting those involved and interested in the sector. We hope to then empower those who want to make change, building upon the work of our partners and those who have gone before us. In a practical sense, we’ll start by building networks through both continuing to hold the annual Student Voice Conference that takes place in December and supporting student-led advocacy.