These services provide legal, academic appeal, migration, tenancy and study advice to students.

[4] The longest-running weekly student newspaper in Australia, Honi Soit, is funded by the SRC.

The SRC is governed by the Council, which currently consists of 37 Representatives elected annually by undergraduate students.

The 1930/31 Annual Report acknowledges that it is 'largely to the enthusiasm and organising abilities of J. M. Gosper that the Council owes its origins.

At various times student activism has been of considerable importance in moulding public opinion in Australia on issues as diverse as apartheid, the death penalty, censorship, conscription and tertiary fees.

Its longevity is perhaps unintended, as the SRC's Annual Report expressed 'doubt as to whether any useful purpose could be served by the continuation of Honi Soit' and the publication was maintained the following year on an 'experimental basis.'

Grassroots Left quickly developed into a national NUS faction with a presence on several campuses.

A member of Grassroots, Kyol Blakeney, was elected the second Indigenous president of the University's SRC in 2014.

In 2020, Swapnik Sanagavarapu was elected to the SRC Presidency unopposed, leading to a back-to-back Grassroots victory.

[11] In 2021, Lauren Lancaster retained the Grassroots hold on the presidency in the largest election in USyd's history.