SU President
Ensures that students are represented through an accessible democratic structure and actively engages students to engage with the Union.
- Leads the development and delivery of our democratic structures and procedures – ensuring structures are representative and impactful for students.
- Monitor key issues facing students in Higher Education at a local and national level.
- Ensure officer team works effectively, Union affairs are run effectively and that the work of the officer team is of a high standard and meets students’ needs.
- Works with the University of Wolverhampton (UOW) and its departments/faculties and liaises with relevant external agencies.
- The President with other Officers leads on representing all UOW students internally and externally and actively encourages students to become more engaged within their Students’ Union.
Vice President Academic
Ensures that students are able to achieve academically by removing the barriers to a high quality educational experience.
- Lead officer for academic issues and representation
- Monitor Higher Education issues on the local and national scale and attend University meetings to represent students’ views on academic issues.
- Coordinate and support the academic representation system at a faculty level – including school and course reps.
- Liaise regularly with other full-time Officers, senior University staff, Union departments, and University departments to respond to emerging educational/academic needs for students.
- Oversee the planning, development, and implementation of any academic/representation strategic plans across the University.
- Occasionally, represent individual students in academic reviews.
Vice President Community
Ensures that students feel a part of their community by representing them around travel, housing and local issues.
- Takes the lead on community issues - accommodation, transport, health and well-being, and environment at a campus level.
- Monitor community and welfare issues on a local and national level.
- Represent students’ welfare needs to the union and university and lead on welfare related initiatives.
- Lead in supporting student groups and societies in their development.
- Monitor campus-specific student experience working alongside the University on campus development.
Vice President Diversity
Ensures all our diverse student groups are represented equally and fairly whilst feel supported during their time at University.
- Leads on diversity issues, raising the profile and commitment to our wider student body.
- Monitor diversity issues on a local and national scale.
- Represents the needs of the diverse student body, with a particular focus on postgraduate, mature students, international students, and liberation groups.
- Spearhead the liberation representative initiative.
- Develop relationship with diverse student communities, researching and representing traditionally underrepresented groups and helping them to run campaigns effectively.
Union Chair
Chairs Student Council meetings to oversee the accountability of the SU's Elected Officers.
As Chair of the Council, you will…
- Set agendas and approve papers for each meeting
- Ensure that actions raised in the meeting are being resolved
- Help the SU to train council members so that they understand their role and make the most of it
- Approve Officer reports, and if not approved, ensure appropriate actions are taken
- Keep the discussion relevant and to time
The Council Chair is a neutral, non-voting, member of Student Council and would typically only vote if there was a tie.
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