Sydney Uni Want to Give You Free Food For Your Thoughts This Week

If there are two things university is good for it's an education and a free feed. Anyone familiar with campus life knows there are always an abundance of free club BBQs and cheeky union events where you can pick up free burgers and beers, but now the University of Sydney is going one step further: they're inviting anyone to come in and grab a free lunch. Here's the catch: you have to call back on some of that long lost education.

Running until Saturday, November 1, Sydney Uni's Food for Thought Truck will be popping up around the city ready to dish you out an excellent feed. Focussed on the idea of leadership, the truck will be posing different topics of discussion each day. To score some food, all you have to do is engage in debate on social media with the hashtag #ithinkleadership. Some encouragement: the menu features slow-roasted pulled pork sandwiches and kale salad with chilli and pomegranate.

Jumping in at the deep end, they kicked things off yesterday with the premise that 'It's time Australia's first people came first'. Today, they're following it up with an equally large topic: 'Leadership isn't a title'. The rest of the week will see debates on the ramifications of social media, whether women make better leaders and if Lady Gaga could solve the Ukraine crisis (spoiler: the answer's probably no).

Of course, it being reliant on social media and all, the campaign isn't all about shared knowledge and meaningful philosophising. A good portion of those participating have been taking the piss. For instance when the university asked its followers "If you had to describe leadership in one word, what would it be?" the responses included "Leadership", "Dumbledore", and "shirtfront". Yes, yes, yes. Give those people a sandwich.

#ithinkleadership is divesting from the industry that is wrecking our planet. @Sydney_Uni

— Simon Copland (@SimonCopland) October 28, 2014

#ithinkleadership is being INSPIRED to support indigenous pathways into uni http://t.co/eI2NtugI7W
— Kate Alexander (@kate_alexander) October 28, 2014

Free food for thought! Participate in @Sydney_Uni's #ithinkleadership conversation for a yummy feed! pic.twitter.com/Unktn18J95

— Crystal Choi (@crystalhchoi) October 28, 2014

Where you'll find the Food for Thought Truck this week:

Tuesday, October 28 —  The University of Sydney, 11am – 3pm

Wednesday, October 29 — Parramatta Church Street Mall, 12pm – 4pm

Thursday, October 30 — Wynyard Park, 11am – 3pm

Friday, October 31 — Grosvenor Place, CBD, 11am – 4pm

Saturday, November 1 — Bondi Farmers’ Markets, 9am – 1pm