USU is the Students’ Association at Unitec. When you enrol at Unitec you automatically become a member of USU Students’ Association. USU operate independently from Unitec to protect your rights as a student and as a paying customer of Unitec by running the student reps programme, sitting on committees and providing advocacy services if you ever have a problem. USU also provide the ?student life’ side of being a student which includes everything from festivals, kids’ day out, parties, sports tournaments and clubs, to In Unison, the free student magazine. The Student President and Executive committee of the Students’ Association are made up of elected students and any student can run for office and use all of USU’s services.