I would like to applaud everyone for the level of competition and spectatorship at ICC Sport and Cultural activities over the past week. As I have mentioned earlier, we have a good chance to do well in these competitions, but I would encourage the community to rally particularly around Art Show, Athletics, Dancefest and 1 Act Play. 

The end of 2025 in sight, I would encourage students to get behind any initiative that attracts community points. There are not many opportunities left, but Bushcare, Rotary, Some Who Cares, and ad-hoc volunteerism opportunities provide a great platform to obtain community points. 

A reminder about the changed Lunch, and Dinner plans for this Saturday 23 August. 

ANDREW EUNSON - DEPUTY CEO

College Photo Day

A reminder to all residents, Associates and Sporting Clubs that College Photo Day is scheduled for 3pm Sunday 24 August. Academic gown required. Food and refreshments will be served at the completion of the event. 

Rooming Preference & Placements

The following acts as a guidance document to how room allocations are managed at King’s College.

Community Points are used for the process of room allocation for the start of each calendar year.

• Student roles have the ability to preference a particular room.
  • RL’s – As discussed and assigned by the ADSS Team
  • Exec – As discussed and assigned by the KCSC President
• Other student roles can also preference, and will have community points applied to lift their preference among other students
  • Sport Captains (Netball, Rugby, Rowing)
  • 20pts added to aid preference
• Sport Vice Captains
  • 15pts added to aid preferences
• Sport Committee Members
  • 10pts added to aid preferences
• Community Convenors
  • 20pts added to aid preferences
• KIP Committee
  • 20pts added to aid preferences
• Gym Convenors
  • 10pts added to aid preferences
• Social Media Convenors – Full Year
  • 10pts added to aid preferences
• Social Media Convenors – Part Year
  • 5pts added to aid preferences

Mid-year room movement is based on a chronological waitlist/request system at the discretion of the Deputy CEO.
N.b. Sometimes, the College will advance someone on the room move list, if there is academic and wellbeing data to suggest a move is necessary.

Williams Building

• Mid-Year movement in Williams will refer back to the previous year’s community points data.

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Returner Applications for 2025 + Key Dates

As is the case this time of year, the College would ask you to start considering whether you are looking to return to the College in 2026. As you do so, I would encourage you to also ‘check the market’ relating to living costs and availability outside of the College. It is currently a complex environment.

This year, Returner Applications will open on Tuesday 16 September**, and your application needs to be submitted no later than COB Friday 17 October. Please note, a non-refundable* Application Deposit of $500 will need to be paid with your application, and will be applied as a payment against next year’s fees.

*The $500 non-refundable deposit will only be refunded if King’s does not offer you a position in 2026 in either the Round 1 Offer (26 Nov) or Round 2 Offer (10 Dec).

**Students who have recently submitted an application, or submit one prior to 16 September, will need to be redone. Applications submitted prior to 16 September will be deleted.

KEY DATES TO KEEP IN MIND

• 2 September - Advertise RL & ADSS positions (due 30 September)
• 16 September – Returners applications open
• 30 September – RL/ADSS Applications Due
• 7-8 October – Blue Bus Workshops (for all students considering leadership positions in 2026)
• 9-10 October – ADSS / RL Interviews
• 12 October – KCSC Elections
• 13 October – KCSC Executive, RL’s and ADSS endorsed by College
• 14 October – 2026 fees released
• 15 October – Advertise Student Positions – Gym Convenors, Captains of Boats, Rugby Captains, Community Convenors, Netball Captains etc.
• 17 October – Returners Applications due ($500 non-refundable Deposit*)
• 20 October – Returner rooming commences
• 29 October – Interview Student Positions – Gym Convenors, Captains of Boats, Rugby Captains, Community Convenors, Netball Captains etc.
• 5 November – Student Positions Endorsed by College
• 15 November - QUT Move out Day (or pay an extra week)
• 22 November – UQ Move Out Day
• 22/23 November – Leadership Team Planning Days
• 23 November – Dubai departure (Rugby, Netball)
• 26 November – Returner Rnd 1 Offers
• 27 November – Returner Rnd 1 Rooming Released
• 9 December – Returner Rnd 1 Deposits Due $4,000 ($3,000 to be applied as payment against next year’s fees and $1,000 refundable* Code of Conduct Deposit)
• 10 December – Rnd 2 Returner Offers
• 11 December - Returner Rnd 1 Rooming Released
• 17 December - Returner Rnd 2 Deposits Due $4,000 ($3,000 to be applied as payment against next year’s fees and $1,000 refundable* Code of Conduct Deposit)
• 9 January – Balance of Returner Fees due (either Full Year or Part Payment 1 of 2)

*The $1,000 Code of Conduct Deposit is refundable within 7 days of departure after room is left in a suitable condition and no other issues.

Carpark Applications and Allocations

The following acts as a guidance document to how room allocations are managed at King’s College.

• The selection panel will use the following information when determining carpark allocations…
  • If you are not successful, what will your travel alternatives be?
  • Are there family circumstances that impact i.e. sick relatives, travel constraints relating to medical reasons
  • Do you have the capacity to ride-share with another student? i.e. can you take others or can others take you
  • What are your work requirements? i.e. Where, days, hours, times, shifts?
• Some fundamentals when making decisions
  • Carparks will be issued Semester only - $400 per Semester in 2026
  • We are a St Lucia campus. Where you go to university will not be used in determining carparks
  • Gender will not be used when determining carparks
  • Year-level will not be used when determining carparks* (year level will only be used if 2 people of differing year levels have identical applications, whereby the older student will be preferenced
  • RL’s and ADSS will have their application preferenced; however, still needs to meet a criterion of need and will still need to apply
  • There are only 86 student carparks to allocate in 2026
  • The selection panel to decide carparks will consist of Luke Richardson (Director of Academic & Career Development), Julia Sambell (Registrar), & Andrew Eunson (Deputy CEO)
  • If someone relinquish their carpark, or they leave the College, the carpark will go back into the pool and the selection panel will revise the original application data to decide allocation.
  • All students will need to re-apply for a carpark for Semester Two.

N.b. $100 on-the-spot fines for vehicles found accessing the carpark when they don’t have approved access.

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Community Points

With only a few opportunities left to gain community points for 2025, I would urge residents and associates to engage and volunteer as opportunities present themselves.

The King’s College community points program is designed to recognise those members of the College community who participate and contribute in a positive and meaningful way. These points will be used to aid in the room and car park allocation process but could also be utilised for Residential Leader selection, references by the College to employers or accommodation providers; and/or other decision-making procedures. They will be particularly important in helping to determine who is allocated a room when there is significant demand for that space.

Eligibility for points will be confirmed, where appropriate, with the KCSC Executive, Residential Leadership team, or College Administration. Eligible points will be derived from the current calendar year. Community and Service based activities need to be logged on the King’s College Greenbrand Site at Greenbrand.org. Please refer to the ‘How To’ video on the King’s Connect Resources page.

General Points Allocation - (Sport, Cultural and Social)

• ICC Sport Participation – 15 points per sport
  • (+5 for Premiership)
  • (+5 for representing King’s outside of an ICC Comp)
• ICC Sport Convenor Role – 10 points per sport convened
• ICC Cultural Participation – 15 points per event
  • (+5 for Premiership)
  • (+5 for representing King’s outside of an ICC Comp)
  • (5pts for backup dancers in Dancefest)
• ICC Cultural Convenor Role – 10 points per event convened
• Social Event Convenor Role – 10 points per event convened
• Frequent Spectatorship Award - ratified by RA/KCSC/Administration
  • Top 5 at end of year (MVP Spectators) 30 pts (half colours for spirit)

Academic

Only one of the following would apply:

• Masters Academic High Achievers Luncheon – 30
• Academic High Achievers List (5.75 and above) – 25
• Where your GPA has improved from Previous Semester...> 1 = 20, < 1 = 10

Leadership

Points in this section recognise the significant role student leaders play in the life of our community.

• Student Positions (any unpaid student positions…. i.e. King’s in Pink (25), vice-captains (10), unpaid student media (10) etc)

General Community Participation – (2-5pts)

This section rewards contributions that do not fit into one of the areas above. Members may nominate to receive points for contributions, which will be ratified by RL/KCSC/Administration and decided by Administration.

• Miscellaneous participation (i.e. Bushcare working bee, Wellbeing participation/walks, Rotary, R U OK Day, Clean Up Australia day)
• Regular tour rooms
• Initiatives outside of King’s
• Open Day tour guides
• School Visits

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Christmas Holiday Period Accommodation

The following acts as a guidance document to how Christmas Holiday room allocations are managed at King’s College.

• There will be 9 rooms available for students to stay during the Christmas Holiday period.
• Positions will be preferenced to those returning to the College in the following year.
• The incoming President and Vice-President will be prioritised amongst these applications.
• Residents must have the capacity to assist the College with RL and Conferencing duties associated with this period
• Fees will be $225 per week or $33 per day. If you do more than 4 RL duties in the week, that week of accommodation with be gratis. If you do less than 4 duties in the week, accommodation will be gratis for the day you do a duty.
• Applications for Holiday Stays will be released in October.

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Coming Up

• ICC Rugby 7s - 7.30pm & 8.30pm Friday 22 August
• Union College Ball - Friday 22 August
• Dining Hall Volunteers - 9am Saturday 23 August
• Bushcare Volunteers - 10am Saturday 23 August
• Subway Lunch - 12.15pm Saturday 23 August (Forecourt)
• KCNC Club Netball - Saturday 23 August 
• Dominoes Dinner - 5.10pm Saturday 23 August (Forecourt)
• Back Tie Dinner Celebrating Greg and Thérèse Eddy's 21 years at King's - 6pm Saturday 23 August 
• College Photos - 3pm Sunday 24 August 
• ADSS Meeting - 9am Monday 25 August
• KCSC Executive Meeting - 3.30pm Monday 25 August
• KOCA Watson Miles Society Evening - Tuesday 26 August 
• KCBC Meeting - 9.30am Wednesday 27 August
• ICC Netball and Rugby - 5.30pm & 7.30pm Wednesday 27 August 
• UQ Rugby Sponsors Breakfast - 7am Thursday 28 August
• ICC Basketball - 5.30pm Thursday 28 August 
• Bar Night (Cromwell & Emmanuel) - 7pm Thursday 28 August
• KOCA AGM - 5pm Friday 29 August (City)
• ICC Rugby 7s - 7.30pm Friday 29 August 
• KCNC Club Netball - Saturday 30 August
• Henry's Long Lunch & Quad Sesh - Sunday 31 August 
• UQ Census Date - Sunday 31 August