Congress was the start of VicSRC - to trace it back, find out what it looked like and see how it's evolved you can check out our historical Congress reports below!
2023
Congress 2023 was another action-packed year, with the added bonus of a brand new CEO and team bringing the state's biggest student voice event to life.
We did things a little differentlythis year, by collating Congress Pitches in the lead up to the day to pre-identify the key priority areas, freeing up more time to dive-in to the barriers and solutions facing Victoria's students.
2022
We were so pleased to bring Congress 2022 back to an in-person event, with a brand new location thanks to Wurun Senior Campus!
Congress shifted to an intensive, one-day event where students pitched to each other, formed action groups and determined the advocacy platform for VicSRC for 2022 and 2023. Mental health remained a key focus for students as they navigated post-pandemic life.
2021
Congress 2021 looked a little different than usual. Online, and in the middle of year two of the COVID-19 pandemic, it focussed on the mental health crisis among students that VicSRC had declared at the start of the year.
Students at Congress tackled eight issues identified in a survey of Victorian students, investigating links to mental health and wellbeing and coming up with statewide solutions.
2019
Congress 2019 was all about the idea that we don't make change alone. So many students came together and found they were thinking about the same big issues no matter where they came from. Some issues were so big there had to be multiple teams working on different facets at the same time - huge things like climate crisis and political education that are more than anyone can take on alone.
2018
Run by students, for students and attended by the Minister for Education, VicSRC Congress 2018 brought students together from all across the state to debate, decide and act on the issues that really matter to their education. Through interactive workshops and solutions-focused debate, student delegates determined the VicSRC policy agenda for the coming year, and elected the Student Executive team that will implement it.
