Campus Experience was officially launched in January 2008 under the name of U@MQ, and is the result of the merging of the three previous student organisations, which were the Union (which for several years operated under the name 'Students at Macquarie' or S@M), the Students' Council (generally known as MUSC) and the sport and recreation (known generally as MUSR).

It comprised many parts with the representative council elected by undergraduate students as its main body.

Later students of the private Sydney Institute of Business and Technology (SIBT) were also included.

The council had a number of activist collectives open to all students around its key areas of operation.

The council also provided consumer type services to its members, including legal aid and academic advocacy.

[citation needed] This was part of a national campaign against the Australian Union of Students which involved a wide range of political groupings ranging from Liberal students to the Communist Party of Australia (Marxist-Leninist).

[4] The Federal Court ordered on 23 May 2007 that Macquarie University Union Ltd (MUUL), would be wound up.

There were allegations that this decision was made to "further the political ambitions of President, Victor Ma"[8] The current student publication is 'Grapeshot'.

Locally this included many members of the collective climbing the trees in the middle of where the M2 Motorway was to be built.

The Sexuality Collective took up lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer issues.

The collective focused it works on fighting imperialist actions, such as anti US bases campaigns through to the recognition of the democratic elections in Burma.