Union Assembly

Union Assembly is the highest democratic body in the Students’ Union. It is made up of the senior leadership in the Lancaster student community.  

Union Assembly meets twice every term to discuss and debate what matters to students; and decide on the future actions and policies of the Students’ Union. 

Who gets to vote?

Any student can attend Union Assembly meetings, however only voting members of the assembly can vote. They are: 

  • The four Full-Time Officers: President, Activities Officer, Education Officer, & Wellbeing Officer. 

  • The five Liberation & Campaigns Officers: Political Lead of Accessibility Community, Chairperson of Ethnic Minorities Committee, LGBTQ+ Officer, International Students' Officer, & Women's+ Officer. 

  • Seven representatives of the leadership of our affiliated societies. 

  • Seven representatives of the leadership of our affiliated sports teams. 

  • The twelve Faculty Student Academic Representatives: undergraduate, postgraduate taught, and postgraduate research representatives for FASS, FST, FHM, and LUMS. 

  • The nine Presidents of our College JCRs and PG Board. 

FAQs

Academic Reps are all about representing their fellow students. They exist as a method of communication between students and the University (Departments/ Faculties/ University management) to identify good practice, make student voices heard, and work towards continuous improvements for students.

In order to achieve this, a Rep’s primary responsibility is collecting feedback from students and then feeding this back to their Department and/or Faculties. Reps also provide the Students’ Union with student feedback to inform our work representing students in higher levels of University management.

  • You can find the Agenda & Minutes for 2025/26 here:

    2025/2026 Union Assembly Meetings:

  • Union Assembly meet six times a year, twice a term. Every member of the Students’ Union has the right to attend and speak at Union Assembly meetings. If you are a student and have an interest in a matter up for discussion, we would strongly recommend that you attend.

  • The agenda of Union Assembly meetings will be published a week before the meeting is due to take place. To find the agenda, please click the event link for the relevant meeting. If you would like to know more about any of the agenda items, please reach out to the Chair.

  • Though all members of the Students' Union can attend meeting, only those with a seat on Union Assembly get to vote.

    The current membership is:

     

    Full-Time Officers:

    President: Kate Bracewell

    Activities Officer: Emily Houston-Woods

    Education Officer: Niamh McAuley

    Wellbeing Officer: David Grice

    {Updated 19/08/2026] 

    Liberation & Campaign Officers:

    Political Lead of Accessibility Community: Henry Carter

    Chairperson of Ethnic Minorities Committee: Victoria Nyoni

    LGBTQ+ Officer: Siven Howard

    International Students' Officer: Ifaz Younus

    Women's+ Officer: Millie Ni-Elle Ashton

     

    College Presidents:

    Bowland College JCR President 2026: Sonny Remmer-Riley

    Cartmel College JCR President 2026: Emily Smith

    County College JCR President 2026: Yasir Shahbaz

    Furness College JCR President 2026: Lena Szafraniec

    Fylde College JCR President 2026: Erica Grecu

    Graduate College PG Board President 2026: Finn Van Breugel

    Grizedale College JCR President 2026: Haneef Shittu & Suhaani Hardikar

    Lonsdale College JCR President 2026: Kate Bracewell

    Pendle College JCR President 2026: Sam Dosanjh

     

    Faculty Reps:

    FASS UG Faculty Rep: Niamh McAuley

    FASS PGT Faculty Rep: Akshaya Ghotekar

    FASS PGR Faculty Rep: David Gott

    FHM UG Faculty Rep: Jess Thorpe

    FHM PGT Faculty Rep: vacant

    FHM PGR Faculty Rep: vacant

    FST UG Faculty Rep: Olivia Speed

    FST PGT Faculty Rep: Navyah Vasihisth

    FST PGR Faculty Rep: Paddy McLean

    LUMS UG Faculty Rep: James Taylor

    LUMS PGT Faculty Rep: Zenwin Yang

    LUMS PGR Faculty Rep: Emad Noureldeen

     

    Societies Committee:

    Academic and Departmental Representative: John Ray (President, LU Astronomy)

    Creative and Performance Representative: Alex Cooper (President, University of Lancaster Music Society)

    Faith, Cultural, and Community Representative: Ninoshka D’Costa (Vice-President, Defying Dementia)

    Political and Campaigning Representative: Ben Perkins (President, Politics Society) [on behalf of Niamh McAuley (Secretary, Women+ in Sport)]

    Special Interest Representative: Sam Burgess (Secretary, Vegetarian and Vegan)

    Sport and Recreational Representative: Isaac Harrison (IT Officer, Lancaster University Hiking Club)

    Student Media Representative: Lucas Abbott (Station Manager, LA1TV)

     

    Sports Committee:

    Sports Delegate (College Netball): Georgie Johansen (Club Captain, Lonsdale Netball)

    Sports Delegate (College Football): Henry Pollard (Club Captain, Bowland Football)

    Sports Delegate (Focus Sport Open): Daniela Deighton (President, Squash)

    Sports Delegate (Intervarsity Sport Men's+): Samuel Clark (President, Korfball)

    Sports Delegate (Intervarsity Sport Women's+): Anna Muchardt (Club Capatain, Equestrian)

    Sports Delegate (Focus Sport Women's+): Kit Smith (Director of Communications, Women's Rugby Union)

    Sports Delegate (Non-intervarsity Women's+): Emily Kynaston (President, County College Netball)

    [updated 12/01/2025]


  • The Union Assembly Chair and Deputy Chair are appointed every six months by a panel of 6 Union Assembly voting members.