SUDA (formerly SUDUA) Aims to: • Build a sense of ongoing community within the Faculty of Dentistry, the University of Sydney and the dental profession; • Support the academic lives of dental students; • Encourage the University of Sydney and specifically the Faculty of Dentistry to provide quality education for dental and oral health students; • Advocate for the rights of students belonging to the Faculty of Dentistry in Sydney University, Sydney Dental Hospital and Westmead Centre for Oral Health matters. • Represent the views of dental and oral health students • Provide a meeting ground for Sydney University dental and oral health students including social and sporting events • Address social justice issues, especially those relating to Dentistry, and to provide support for students involved in social justice activities • Promote cooperation between dental and oral health societies throughout Australia and New Zealand. SUDA was established in the 1920s as the representative body for all dental students in New South Wales and it is one the longest standing associations at the University of Sydney. In 2012 SUDUA was renamed to SUDA.