University of Strathclyde Students' Association - Governance

Governance

The day to day running of the building is done by the Executive Committee of 13 which also serves as the trustee board. 12 of the members are elected by a cross-campus ballot.

There are five Sabbatical Officers:

• President (current: Malcolm Moir)
• Vice President Diversity & Advocacy (current: Dominique Ucbas)
• Vice President Activities & Development(current: Kwaku Adjei)
• Vice President Education (current: Rebecca Maxwell Stuart)
• Vice President Sports & Wellbeing (current: Colin Evans)

The main policy making body is the Students' Representative Council who meet seven times a year to discuss any policy and to hold the Executive to account. Membership includes 21 Junior Office Bearers, including Convenors of liberation and volunteer groups, and 80 Faculty Representatives. Student Reps represent their fellow class colleagues to communicate issues, concerns, and opinions of students to University staff and vice versa. They have a positive role to play in enabling communication, feedback, and constructive change. Student Representatives play a vital role in helping the lecturers, departments, faculties, and the University as a whole to identify issues (positive and negative) of the student learning experience. Effective management of these issues in partnership with the students can assist in strengthening National Student Survey results. Reps can be useful in finding out how new initiatives are being received and the general opinion of their cohort on a wide range of topics. They can also can help facilitate staff communication to students. There are a variety of different mechanisms that class reps can utilise to represent the views of their class to staff from informal chats to minuted Staff-Student Liaison Committees. They are also charged with reporting the responses back to their classmates.

The Association General Meeting (AGM) is the highest policy making body in the Association, any student of the University can turn up, vote and submit motions.