Emily Boxall
Faculty/Degree Held
University of Sydney Business School / Masters of Philosophy
Year of Studying/Conferring
II
USYD Positions
SUPRA Councillor 2025 - 2026
SUPRA Co-Community Engagement Officer 2025 - 2026
SUPRA Representative to Academic Board 2025 - 2026
SUPRA Representative to Student Consultative Committee 2025 - 2026
Other Interests
My passion is community. My charity work has supported 100,000s of young people across Australia to take on challenges with Scouts Australia (Director: 2019-24). Globally, the World Scout Foundation (Committee Member 2022-25) has ensured this support is accessible to the 55 million Scouts across 196 countries.
At the Australian Kookaburra Kids Foundation (Committee Member: 2021-Current), I've supported delivering mental health programs for young people and through Hills Community Aid (Vice President, Director: 2023-Current) I've delivered no-interest loans, domestic violence/homelessness project and social inclusion activities for all ages.
We are BETTER TOGETHER!
P.S. I like hiking, rock climbing, piano, photography
Candidate Policy Statement
Better Together with Boxall
Over 40% of students at USYD are postgraduate, yet their voices are often missing at the USU board. I’m running to change that. With board director experience delivering hardship support and social inclusion programs across Australian and international charities, I know how to turn community needs into real action. As a USU Director, I will ensure student resources deliver for all students
Better together with financial support for students:
- Deliver no-interest loan scheme for student in financial hardship
- Abolish all card surcharges immediately
- Eliminate USU event booking fees
Better together with empowered clubs/societies & campus life:
- Work with the University to improve all USU Venues
- Support clubs/societies adjusting to the new USU Incorporated structure
Better together with a voice for all students:
- Keep students the focus in all USU board decisions
- Improved transparency of USU funding for clubs/societies
We are BETTER TOGETHER with Boxall
Get to know Emily
Describe the key roles and responsibilities of a USU Board Director.
My role is clear. As a director I must always act in the best interests of the USU and its members above all other interests.
My roles and responsibilities are clear:
- Listen to the USU members. As a Director, my decisions are on the members behalf.
- Ensure the resources of the USU are best allocated to benefit USU members.
- Be transparent and accountable. Good governance means being answerable to USU members.
We are BETTER TOGETHER!
How will you ensure that you can commit the time required to be an effective Board Director?
Having been a director of community organisations, I understand the time commitment required of an effective Board Director. Being an effective director is more than just 'showing up to meetings.' An effective director asks questions, not just about the issues, but about how the USU can do more for students. An effective director speaks to members to know what is important and where the USU must focus.
I will support students, clubs and societies and ensure that I am an effective director and that the USU is an effective board for students.
We are BETTER TOGETHER!
How will you represent the best interests of the student community, while also representing the best interests of the USU?
The USU is a member organisation. It is my duty as a director to ensure the USU supports its members. The interests of the USU and of Students are not separate. The USU must support clubs and societies to bring students together, guarantee all events are accessible to all students and ensure food on campus stays affordable to students.
Accountability is necessary to ensure student interests are represented by the USU. I am committed to transparency of the USU to ensure accountability to the student community is always maintained.
We are BETTER TOGETHER!
Identify an area of the USU where you would like to see improvement and explain how this will be of benefit to the organisation and/or students.
The University of Sydney has approximately 30,000 postgraduate students 42% of all students. However, postgraduate students are poorly represented on the USU board. Having a postgraduate student voice on the USU Board will ensure issues facing postgraduate students are heard and responded to.
We are BETTER TOGETHER!