Union Assembly

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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.

  • We publish the agenda for each meeting on our website, for agendas of upcoming meeting please see the events listed here. Minutes for past Union Assembly meetings are stored here.

  • 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.

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