Over the past few week we’ve been running our Summer Elections. This includes elections for Academic President and Union Council Chair, as well as by-elections for Union Councillor and Student Leader. Lots of you have been out campaigning and we recieved over 1,100 votes in total! Without further ado, here are the winners: Chair of […]
Welcome to Summer Results Night Live from Sasha and David’s desks! We’ll be your presenters through this textual tour of elections results! A big thank you to everyone who took part in these Summer Elections! Voters and candidates. We can reveal that we had a total of 42 candidates across 24 positions – with 7 […]
For years, students have highlighted that feedback on assessment as the major issue they have with the quality of their University experience, and has always been a major focus for Sabbatical Officers past and present. I want your help in addressing this, by giving your thoughts on feedback. In the past year, the University has […]
This time it’s not just me! I’ve outlined my goals for the year already, but a part of my role is to also have the very important responsibility of chairing SUSU’s Education Committee – and we’ve set out some aims for the year ourselves! The committee meets once a month, and consists of myself, the eight Faculty […]
In the past, not many things have unified student opinion quite like SUSSED, but on Tuesday 25th September, a new-look version of the portal is being rolled out, making it cleaner to look at, easier to use, and more transparent. As all are probably aware, the majority of complaints fall under 3 areas: 1) Sign-on […]
There have been lots of exciting elections this year; in the last couple of months you’ve chosen your new Sabbatical team and Student Leaders for 2012-13, and currently there are elections to choose who will be your lead student representative for your course, in the Academic President Elections. However, there’s another important set of roles […]
With details of the Grad Ball slowly being released over the next weeks, dissertations being written, and summer plans and beyond being decided – the one final question that most people have been asking on various social media is – when will you sit your final exam? Well, I am glad to reveal that the […]
For every assignment being handed in during January 2012 – every student now has an extra 4 working days to complete their work. From 3rd-6th January, the University has to shut down the majority of its IT services in order to carry out vital upgrades, meaning that for the 4 days, you will not have […]
What is an Academic President? An Academic President is the senior Course Rep in their Academic Unit/Discipline Group. They are responsible for representing Students’ interests and concerns. Academic Presidents have previously been called School Presidents, but as the University has re-structured and abolished all-but-three Schools, the name has changed. This year’s School Presidents have been […]
