uwe students’ union
Representing You
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Representing You Shape Your Union A core principle of UWE Students’ Union is that it is run by students for students. This is not only achieved by the election of five students as Presidents of UWESU, but by various other means that put UWE students and their views at the heart of UWESU. There are plenty of opportunities for you to get involved. No matter what your interest, it’s really easy to take part and help set the future direction and priorities of your Union.
Elections Members of UWE Students’ Union annually elect an Executive to represent the views of UWE students nationally and locally. The Executive is made up of 5 full time positions and 9 voluntary positions. The Executive influence the direction of the Students’ Union and University and is a great way of being involved in making decisions that impact your student experience. The elections take place in March when you will see all the candidates out campaigning for your vote. If you want to take up the opportunity to stand in the elections look out for further details in January or contact: Nerys.Neath@uwe.ac.uk
Student Council and AGM
Sports Officer Needed!
24th November
The Sports Officer sits on the UWE Students’ Union Executive Committee which meets at least 8 times a year. The Executive are responsible for the direction of your Union, making day to day decisions on campaigns and agreeing on official feedback to the University. The Sports Officer works with the Vice-President Sports considering matters relating to the sporting activities of UWE students. The successful candidate could join the varsity working group, Sports Awards Event Team, and would sit on the Sports Executive and Sports Committee.
Student Council meets 3 times a year, one of these is the Annual General Meeting (AGM). The Annual General Meeting is open to all UWE students to attend and vote on important issues. Student Council is open for all students to attend with voting members drawn from the Students’ Union Executive and from each committee.
Visit: www.uwesu.org/vote where you can download an information pack. Alternatively you can contact: Nerys.Neath@uwe.ac.uk
Nominations: Open 1st October 2011 - 1pm 11th October 2011 Voting online: 11am 18th October 2011 – 3pm 20th October 2011
Presidents
Commitees Student Representative Committee
Olly Reid
Colin Offler
VP Education vpeducation@uwe.ac.uk
Students’ Union President supresident@uwe.ac.uk
Safiyyah Henderson
Louise Goux-Wirth
VP Societies and Communication VP Community and Welfare vpsocsandcomms@uwe.ac.uk vpcommunityandwelfare@uwe.ac.uk
Ariana A Sefre VP Sports vpsports@uwe.ac.uk
Part-Time Officers
Members: Student Reps from Departments and Faculties Chair: Vice-President Education and Education Officer Purpose: To discuss issues relating to your course and academic experiences Contact: studentreps@uwe.ac.uk
Community and Welfare Committee Members: Halls Rep Executives and Network Members Chair: Vice-President Community and Welfare and Community and Welfare Officer Purpose: To discuss issues relating to your accommodation, welfare and building a diverse and inclusive UWE community. Contact: vpcommunityandwelfare@uwe.ac.uk
Sports Committee Terri Hammond
Chris Holgate
Members: Sports Club Members Chair: Vice-President Sports and Sports Officer Purpose: To discuss issues relating to sports clubs and sports provision at UWE. Contact: vpsports@uwe.ac.uk If you are interested in becoming the Sports Officer for 2011/2012 please visit www.uwesu.org/elections
Meenal Odedra
Education Officer Societies and Communication Officer Community and Welfare Officer UWESUEducationOfficer@gmail.com UWESUSocsandCommsOfficer@ UWESUCommunityWelfareOfficer@ gmail.com gmail.com
Campuses Officers
Societies and Communication
Daniel Hinchey
St Matthias Campus Officer stmattscampusofficer@gmail.com
Christopher Palmer & Hollie Glover
Catherine Reeve
Frenchay Campus Officer Glenside Campus Officers frenchaycampusofficer@gmail.com glensidecampusofficer@gmail.com
Sarah Hickie
Bower Ashton Campus Officer bowercampusofficer@gmail.com
Rachel Kent
Hartpury Campus Officer hartpurycampusofficer@gmail.com
Members: Societies Members and Student Media Chair: Vice-President Societies and Communication and Societies and Communication Officer Purpose: To discuss issues relating to UWE Societies and Union Communications Contact: vpsocsandcomms@uwe.ac.uk