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The ECU Student Guild is the official student representative body at Edith Cowan University, representing the interests of students to the University, government and the wider community, as well as providing services to students.

About the Guild
The ECU Student Guild is the student representative body at Edith Cowan University.

The Guild provides a number of services, and is instrumental in promoting and sustaining student life on campus. The Guild runs a number of activities including Orientation Day (O-Day), Clubs Day and other major campus events. Guild Departments and Subsidiary Councils run other events, such as Harmony Week, Anti Poverty Week and more.

The Guild also supports and assists a network of more than 40 affiliated clubs, societies and collectives on campus, catering to a very wide range of interests (religious, theatrical, cultural etc.). The Guild also runs the second-hand bookshop, provides one-on-one academic advocacy, as well as financial assistance (in the form of a textbook subsidy scheme) and interest-free loans.

The Guild Senate is the overall governing body of the Guild and consists of 9 voting members as per its constitution (with flexibility for more) that are democratically elected at the annual Guild elections. Within the Guild Senate is the Secretariat – the executive members of the Senate, consisting of 5 voting members. The current Guild President is Azlan Martin, the Guild's first Indigenous identifying President, who took office on 1 December 2013.

Annual elections
Student representatives are elected to their positions by students in annual elections held in October. Elections are conducted by the Western Australian Electoral Commission. Both independent and party candidates run in the election. Elected office bearers take office as of 1 December in the year they are elected.

Guild Structure
The Guild is administered by a Senate of student representatives elected for one-year terms at the annual elections. As of 1 December 2014, there are nine voting members of Senate, with no non-voting members. Unlike some other campus unions, there is financial compensation for student representatives, in the form of an honoraria awarded given the individual meets certain targets in their role. The following list shows the Senators/Officer Bearers elected at the 2013 Guild Elections: