SVA Collectives are open, member‑led communities of practice that bring together students and staff from any tertiary institution for a shared purpose

Students with Disability Leadership Collective

The Students with Disability Leadership Collective (SDLC) brings together students with disability representative leaders, together with student and staff advocates from across the Australian higher education sector.

Purpose

As a national collective, we meet online to:

  • share practices, exchange ideas, offer support, and

  • learn together to advance our shared goal of more inclusive and equitable higher education that serves the needs and recognises the strengths of people with disabilities.

Who Can Attend?

All are welcome- disability representative leaders do not need to belong to an SVA member institution to join this network, so please subscribe to join the mailing list.

Terms of Reference

Ways to engage

Join our LinkedIn Group
Mentoring initiative overview

Promote SDLC at your institution

Subscribe to join meetings

Credit: this logo was designed by Ella Alessio, student from James Cook University

Register for the mentoring inititiave
Collective Promo Posters
Collective Promo Tiles

Meet the Co-Convenors

  • Jennifer Lowe, Swinburne University of Technology


    STUDENTS WITH DISABILITY LEADERSHIP COLLECTIVE CO-CONVENOR

    Jen’s interests are in equity, public policy, governance, and conflict resolution. They have over five years’ experience on national representative committees in the tertiary and non‑for‑profit sectors. They have represented Australia at the Humanitarian Affairs Global Peace Summit and contributed to programs in Zambia. Jen has also spoken at Times Higher Education Campus Live, HEDx and more.

  • Upcoming Co-Convenor Position

    EOI’s to join SVA as the second SDLC Co-Convenor will be available in April.