Association Council
Council Meetings
Information
The Association Council is the policy setting body of the Association, and meets three times per academic term. There are a number of elected positions on it:
- All Officers of the GSA
- The Chair of each Affiliated Committee (GCRC)
- The Graduate Representative to University Senate
- 1 course representative per academic department at the University
- YUSU President
- ISA President
- 12 elected Ordinary Members of the Association made up of exactly:
- 1 representative for part-time students
- 1 representative for students with disabilities
- 1 representative for LGBT students
- 1 representative for students with disabilities
- 1 representative for racial equality
- 1 representative for gender equality
- 1 representative for PGCE students
- 1 representative for PGWT (postgraduates who teach)
- 1 representative for off-campus students
- 1 representative for distance learning students
- 2 other ordinary members
Governance
Our Constitution is displayed below:
- Our Constitution Articles (pdf document)
- Our Constitution Appendices (pdf document)
- Our Constitution Schedules (pdf document)
Our Budget for the 2009/10 academic year was successfully passed at our final Annual General Meeting:
2009/10 Budget (pdf document)Council Subcommittees
Association Council has the following subcommittees responsible for the specific issues. To submit a motion to any of them, please contact the Chair.
- Academic Affairs Committee
- Affiliated Committees Co-ordination Committee
- Communications Committee
- Equality, Welfare and Diversity Committee
- Events Committee
- Executive Committee
- Sports Committee