President's Role

The President shall be the figurehead of the Union, responsible for guiding the other Officers and delivering Union policy, as well as the Officer chiefly responsible for representing the student voice and managing the academic interests of members.

The President shall typically sit on the following University committees:

  • Academic Audit & Review Committee: surveys and monitors subject reviews, and reports to the Academic Quality & Standards Committee.
  • Academic Quality & Standards Committee: ensures academic quality is maintained throughout the University.
  • Governing Council: comprises Governors who possess the ultimate responsibility for the work of the University.
  • Honorary Awards Committee: recommends individuals to Governing Council for honorary awards.
  • Nominations Committee: reports to the Governing Council on any membership matters of the Council.
  • Senate: forms the highest academic Committee of the University, with devolved responsibility from the Governing Council to consider and approve (mainly) academic matters affecting the University.
  • Strategy and Review Committee: reports to the Governing Council on the strategic direction of the University.

Specific Duties

Leadership

Lead the team of elected officers and direct their focus towards fulfilling the Students’ Union’s function and objectives.

Take overall responsibility for the Union’s strategic plan and its delivery, and, in partnership with Student Council and the Board of Trustees, set the direction of the Representation and Education sections.

Lead and manage the Education Zone.

Take responsibility for the financial management of the Students’ Union.

Representation

Be the principal representative of the Students’ Union to all parties, articulating the student voice to committees, to the University, and to external organisations and partners.

Be responsible for all external media interactions, in consultation with Marketing and External Relations, including facilitating Students’ Union press releases.

Act as the critical friend of the University in delivering the opinion of the student body.

Take responsibility for implementing Union policy.

Receive and manage complaints against the Students’ Union.

Education

Represent student interests in academic matters.

Be responsible for knowing internal and national academic issues, and reaction to them, including the position of the NUS.

Co-ordinate Change Campaigns on academic issues.

Maintain and develop the academic representation function of the Union.

Develop academic representation within the community by promoting University Open Days and liaising with Student Ambassadors.

Contribute to the Student Representative system by managing the democratic process of student representation.

Assist with the University’s Quality Assurance Agency review.

Act as a friend when attending academic disciplinary panels.

Communication

Take responsibility for communicating Union policy to the student body.

Ensure that all Officers compile a report on their activities for each meeting of the Executive Committee and for wider circulation.

Compile regular reports on Executive Committee and general Union activities for each General Meeting of the Student Council and for wider circulation.

Compile an annual report on the activities of the Union, including any legally required information for submission to the Union Annual General Meeting and Board of Governors of the University, and take responsibility for completing the Students’ Union’s Service Level Agreement with the University.

Spend four days of the working week at Park Campus, and one day at Avenue Campus during term time.