Organisational Review
In 2007/08, the GSA Executive Committee became aware of the significant changes that were occurring within British Charities Law. Due to the implications of these changes, the organisation took the decision to commission an external report into how we must adapt in order for our practices, governance and structures to comply with this legislation and provide the best possible service to graduate students.
Click here to download the report (pdf document)Over a two-week period, an external management consultant conducted a wide range of interviews and focus groups with officers, staff and members of the GSA, as well as the University and the University of York Students' Union. The report is the result of the process. The recommendations in the document highlight both general and specific areas inwhich the organisation needs to improve in order to move forward, effectively representing and serving all graduate students at the University.
The executive committee of the GSA takes the recommendations in this report very seriously, and welcomes them as a significant help in our desire to ensure the organisation improves to meet its legislative requirements and provide for its members as useful a service as possible. Therefore, in consultation with graduate students, the University and the Students' Union, the GSA executive intends to work towards implementing the changes highlighted in this document over the coming months.
We have formed three working groups to assist in such a process (click on each one to learn more about them):
- Governance Working Group
- Democracy Working Group
- Finance Working Group.
It is our sincere hope that over the course of the 2008/09 academic year, as many graduate students as possible will become engaged in the process of reforming the GSA, so that our organisation is truly student led.