Club Tag: Social Justice/Political

We are a grassroots society that is spreading the message on campus and across the nation that our constitutional monarchy is the best system to maintain the political stability and security of Australia.

We are a diverse group of students that believe a better society can be achieved through socialism, unionism, feminism, and democracy. Our club hosts regular social and political events centred around advocating for positive change.

We’re socialists, dedicated to fighting against injustice and organising activism. We’re involved in campaigns for LGBTI rights, against racism, climate action and workers’ rights. We host political discussions and meetings on campus to discuss the radical alternative to capitalism.

Pro Bono Econos was established to provide free and exceptional consulting services to not-for-profits around the world. We work with organisations to help solve their complex and challenging problems while simultaneously providing an invaluable learning and growth opportunity for our UQ student volunteers.

UQ’s Refugee Tutoring Club is a not-for-profit society run by UQ student volunteers. The society aims to support young refugee people in the Brisbane area through tutoring high school and TAFE subjects.

The Responsibility to Protect Student Coalition (R2PSC) at UQ is a humanitarian and social justice group that seeks to normalise atrocity prevention through the effective implementation of the R2P principle. The UQ R2PSC is directly affiliated with the Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect, the region’s leading organisation for research and advancing policy on the Responsibility to Protect; a framework for preventing and responding to atrocity crimes, namely genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity, and ethnic cleansing. The UQ R2PSC’s key missions include engaging with partners across the region to protect vulnerable communities from atrocity crimes, while serving to empower the next generation of young leaders to actively create positive change in the world.

We are a social club for vegans and anyone who is interested in veganism! Our events include potlucks, food crawls, movie screenings, activism and much more. We’re very excited to keep growing the vegan community at UQ this year and make this the best year yet for our club! We are @uqvegsociety on Facebook and Instagram.

The UQILS exposes students to international legal issues and international law competitions. It provides opportunities to hear from speakers, and to engage in a variety of practice areas including public law, private international law, international arbitration, international human rights law, international criminal law, and international environmental law. We bring together engaged young professionals, both undergraduate and postgraduate, to discuss pertinent issues affecting the international legal discourse. We foster a supportive environment that produces complex discussions and understanding.

JATL is a student society that aims to promote student discussions about the intersection between the law and social justice, whilst providing opportunities for professional networking and career development.

UQUNSA is the leading society for International Relations at UQ. We host a multitude of events for anyone interested in any aspect of IR or global events, from Model UN to round-table discussions and Pub Crawls.