► Parliament
The Student Parliment
Where can you ask UPSU managers why the bar is painted purple? Or University big wigs why catering isn't up to scratch? Whilst also holding your executive Sabbatical Officers to account and setting the political strategy for your union?
Student Parliament is the highest democratic structure at UPSU outside of open meetings (such as Annual General Meetings) which consists of student representatives elected by students at the University of Plymouth to make sure that UPSU is doing what it is supposed to do and in the way that it is supposed to do so.
Future meetings will be held at 18:30 in Yealm Committee Room on the top floor Babbage Building on....
Thursday 27th Oct 2011
Thursday 24th Nov 2011
Tuesday 24th Jan 2012
Thursday 2nd February 2012 - AGM
Tuesday 21st Feb 2012
Wednesday 21st Mar 2012
Get Involved
You can get involved in Student Parliament in a number of ways:
1) Get elected as a Parliamentarian by standing in the Main Elections - nominations open on Monday 30th January 2012 at 12:00 noon and close on Monday 13th February 2012 12:00 noon
2) Get elected as a School Representative through your Course Representative meetings (you need to be a Course Representative to be elected as a School Representative.)
Or
3) Just come along! You can sit on sub-committees of Parliament which Parliamentarians chair. You can ask anyone questions when the Parliament meets, and you can ask Parliamentarians to propose policy and motions on your behalf.
For more information on how to get involved in Parliament please contact:
Rich Garratt: deputypresident@upsu.com
Sabbatical Officers
The Sabbatical Officers are full-time paid students, who either take a year out of their study to participate or who have just graduated.
The Students elect the officers to run the union and Student Parliament holds them to account - it even has the power to fire them if they do things really wrong!!
Details about the Sabbatical Officers can be found here.
Student Parliamentarians
The Student Parliament consists of a number of 'Campaigns Chairs', 'School Representatives' and non-portfolio 'Independents' as well as the Parliament Chair.
The following people have been elected so far;
Parliament Chair - Rob Young
Sabbatical Officers - Tom Davidson, Rich Garratt, Emma Wilson and Jazz Singh-Khaira
Independent Representatives - Ben Lipscombe, Gareth Denny, Rob Young, Richie Skipper,Thomas Starnes
LGBT Officer - Natalie Shilton
Racial and Ethnic Officer - David Feindouno
Women’s Officer - Emily Robson
Students with Disabilities Officer - David Fraser
International Students’ Officer - Qiaowe Yu
Postgraduate Officer - Rachel Cunningham
Mature Students’ Officer - Simon Griffiths
Ethics and Environment Officer - Danny Shelton
Welfare Campaigns Officer - Anthony Walsh
Education Campaigns Officer - Vacant
Media Rep - Jack Kenyon
Volunteer Rep - Kirti Ramesh
Raising and Giving (RAG) Rep - Theodora Francis-Bacon
School Reps
Faculty of Art
School of Architecture Nicole Shadbolt
School of Art and Media Sara-Natalie Bouzoubaa
School of Humanities and Performing Arts Tom Carter
Faculty of Science and Technology
School of Computing and Maths Sophie Harries
School of Marine Science and Engineering Sabrina Heiser
School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences Christopher Yemm
SOGEES Emily Haggie
School of Psychology Francesca Wogden
Faculty of Health, Education and Society
School of Education Hollie Kennedy
School of Health Professionals Bernadette O’Callaghan
School of Nursing and Midwifery Vacant
School of Social Science and Social Work Vacant
Plymouth Business School
School of Tourism and Hospitality Hannah Fleming
School of Law Rachel Hennessey
School of Management Jennifer Andrew
UPC Reps – to be elected at each Partner College (contact deputypresident@upsu.com if interested)
City College Plymouth - Kylie Nichols
Pertoc College - Terry Totty
Truro and Penwith College - Chrissie Knowles
South Devon College - Matt Parkman
Somerset College - Verity Brookes
Annual General Meeting
Every year UPSU holds an Annual General Meeting (AGM), this year's meeting is on Thursday 2nd February 2012
At this meeting you can-
Hold your Executive (Sabbatical) Officers to account. Are they representing your opinion fully?
Question the finances of your union. Are you happy with where your money is going?
Pass big policy for the future of UPSU
For more information contact your president: president@upsu.com
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