Academic Representation on Senedd

Passed by: Senedd

Passed on: 29/04/2024

Status: Completed

Officer Responsible: President 


Summary

Academic reps should replace the lost faculty reps.

Details

With the SU reducing the amount of faculty volunteer officers from 6 to 3, we are losing 3 key academic representation places on the Senedd. My proposal is to replace these positions with 2 Academic Reps to ensure that there is sufficient academic representation on the Senedd.

The reason why I say only 2 academic reps is because Senedd already voted to have a volunteer rep so with the addition of a volunteer rep and 2 academic rep this would cover the 3 lost places from faculty reps.

These reps would be voted into Senedd like any other members.

Submitted by: Bayanda Vundamina


Updates

Actions Taken Name and Role Date
From September 2024 we will be electing two academic representatives to join the Senedd. We will be electing these members at the same time in the same way as the society and club representatives during the Autumne elections. We will be electing an Undergraduate and a Postgraduate Academic Representative. Campaigns and Democracy Coordinator June 2024
In the first year of implementation, we elected one undergraduate and one postgraduate representative in response to feedback from the Senedd. However, due to the timing of elections, we were unable to fill the postgraduate position. Moving forward, we believe it would be more practical to have two academic roles that can be filled by either an undergraduate or postgraduate representative. Campaigns and Democracy Coordinator November 2024

 


To find out more about this policy, get in touch: 

 

Ash Sturrock 

Campaigns and Democracy Coordinator
  ais13@aber.ac.uk  /  suvoice@aber.ac.uk

Bayanda Vundamina

Union President
 supresident@aber.ac.uk