The results are in for the Winter By-elections! Following on from over a week of nominations and voting, Giles Howard was elected as the Faculty of Physical Sciences and Engineering (FPSE) Officer.

This role involves the co-ordination of the relevant student academic representatives, working with the aforementioned representatives and the VP Education to represent student views to the University.

Unfortunately, there were no candidates for the other positions up for election.

These included Postgraduate (Taught) Students Officer, Community Volunteering Officer and Outreach (Site) Officer.

We’ll keep you updated on the status of all these positions, but for even more information … Read the rest

The hunt is on for four new positions at SUSU as we get set for the Winter By-elections. Nominations open on Tuesday 3 December and the positions up for grabs are Postgraduate (Taught) Students Officer, Community Volunteering Officer, Outreach (Site) Officer and Physical Sciences and Engineering Faculty officer. The nominations will then close on Friday 6 December at 12pm and voting will open on Monday 9 December at 12pm, before it all closes on Wednesday 11 December at 5pm.

As usual, voting and nominating will take place via the website and if you don’t fancy running but you know someone … Read the rest

Union Council meets throughout the year to decide on SUSU policy and hold the work of the Sabbatical team to account.

Any student at the University of Southampton can attend meetings, with decisions voted on by the elected members and Union Councillors.

The next meeting is on Monday 15th April at 5pm in the University Senate Room, and is a great opportunity for you to get involved in making decisions at SUSU as we’re electing some currently unfilled positions!

There are two Student Leader positions, which include:

• Outreach (Site) Officer
• Faculty of Business and Law Officer

Plus we’re also … Read the rest