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Salient. Victoria University Student Newspaper. Vol. 38, No. 9. April 29, 1975

What is OSC?

What is OSC?

It is NZUSA policy that every two years there shall be a Conference called Overseas Students' Conference So delegates of the overseas student communities from major university centres flock together for a period of merriness, gripes and moans. The topics invariably tend to revolve around welfare, academic and social problems of overseas students in New Zealand. According to accepted customs and traditions the Immigration Department has been a target of abuse. Anyway, these get togethers give NZUSA moguls some ideas on the feelings and aspiriations of overseas students. Consequently through intensive NZUSA efforts many changes have been made benefitting overseas students in New Zealand.

We have decided to broaden the appeal of such a Conference so as to include more students both overseas and local. While not losing sight of the traditional objective of the Conference and mindfull of the injustices still placed upon overseas students, the Congress (as distinct from a Conference in which there is a limited cross-flow of ideas between student participants and key speakers) intends to run along the lines of an international affairs congress, raising as many international issues as possible. By doing so it is hoped that a more realistic understanding of the international background from which New Zealand currently draws its overseas students is gained. Because of the nature of this congress — its variety and topical interest — the scope for participation of both local and overseas students is indeed limitless. In this respect, the name Overseas Students' Congress temporarily loses its relevance.

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