The University of Huddersfield Students' Union
Registered Charity No: 1137401

► Union Council

Union Council meets once a month on a Monday, is open to all students and is the place to go if you have an idea about how the union, or any other aspect of university life could be improved. Each year a number of students are elected to serve as Union Councillors and vote on the issues that matter to you, after they have been debated at Council meetings. Any student can present an idea to Union Council, and once the idea has been approved it will be passed to the Executive Committee to implement..

Union Council Explained

Union Council will be meeting on the following dates in the SU Cafe.....we hope to see you there!

Mon 13 Feb 5.30pm

Mon 12 Mar 5.30pm

Mon 23 Apr 5.30pm

Mon 21 May 5.30pm

The last Union Council meeting took place on Monday 16 Jan, where the following was discussed:

Topic	Action and Responsibility	Progress
Deputy Chair election	Suzanne Cachia (newspaper editor) elected as Deputy Chair of Council.	Complete
Feedback timescale	Kelly Aldred (School Rep Art, Design Architecture) raised concerns about the length of time it was taking to get feedback on work in her school. It was established that it was within the 3 week time limit, therefore it was unlikely the the Union could intervene.	Complete
Macs without OSX in library	Hali Santamas (Union Councillor) raised a concern that his Course Rep had been unable to resolve this issue. Andy Blunt (Education Officer) to raise this at a meeting with Computing and Library Services next week.	Ongoing
Expectations of academic staff when marking work	Laura McIntyre (Union Councillor) reported hearing that academic staff are expected to mark 1000 words in 20 minutes by the university. Andy Blunt (Education Officer) to investigate whether there is any truth in this.	Ongoing
Newspaper Policy	Proposed by Suzanne Cachia, but then withdrawn for review after concerns were expressed that it was too restrictive and that the Communications Officer had not yet had the chance to comment on it. Suzanne Cachia to review.	Ongoing
Participation Policy	No questions were asked, no arguments against, policy was passed unanimously.	Complete
Officer Handover Policy	A number of small amendments were proposed to the policy that been submitted by Andy Blunt (Education Officer). The amended policy was passed unanimously.	Complete
Equal Opportunities Policy	Hali Santamas (Union Councillor) proposed policy, citing concern that the existing policy had recently lapsed. Matt Christie (President) suggested a small amendment, meaning that responsibility for upholding the policy would fall to the Wellbeing and Equalities Officer. The amended policy was passed unanimously.	Complete