An Introduction to Student Council
Student Council is the democratic decision-making body of the Students’ Union. Student Officers are accountable to Council and give regular updates. Student Council meets once a month during Undergraduate term time. Motions are discussed at Council and decided over.
In 26/27 elections take place between the 14th of September until the 9th of October. You can nominate yourself from the the 14th of September until the 28th of September at noon. Voting is open between the 2nd - 8th of October. There will be a candidate information session on the 24th of September at 3pm in Union Brew.
Any student can submit a motion with 20 additional student signatures. Any Council member can submit a motion with 1 additional Council member as seconder. Motions need to be sent to councilchair@abdn.ac.uk and ausareps@abdn.ac.uk at least 10 days before the next Student Council meeting.
If you would like further information or have any questions about the Student Council, you can get in touch via ausareps@abdn.ac.uk.
Student Council Meetings
Student Council Meetings are held in on campus and online.The meetings are open to all students to observe, meetings typically run between 5pm & 7pm, on the last Tuesday of each month.
For further information, please contact ausareps@abdn.ac.uk. The papers and minutes of previous meetings can be found below.
Student Council Reading Materials
Student Council reading materials are papers that are presented to Student Councillors ahead of each meeting. These include the agenda for the meeting, the minutes of the previous meeting, Sabbatical Officer Work Reports, motions, and any other information on the topics being discussed at each meeting. You can download the papers for each meeting below and if you have any questions about them, you can email ausareps@abdn.ac.uk.
Chair of Student Council 2025/26
The elected Chair of the Student Council regulates the discussion and makes sure that everyone gets a fair chance to speak and is being respected. The Chair and Vice-Chair also compile the Agenda and the reading documents before each Council meeting. The Chair of the Student Council is Kaitlin Agius and the Vice-Chair is Clare Chimdindu Okafor.
Membership of Council 2025/26
Student Council is comprised of the five Elected Student Officers, the Chairs (where this role is not performed by an Elected Student Officer) and Vice-Chairs of each standing committee, the School Conveners, and three Postgraduate Representatives. In addition, there are two representatives from each liberation or section forum and one representative from each formally recognised Student Group. Details of our Student Groups can be found here (select filter 'Student Group'. Details of our Liberation and Section Forums can be found here, please see a list of Elected Student Councillors below:
| Position |
|
| Vice-Chair Welfare |
Matthew Thomson |
| Vice-Chair Communities |
Remi Salvan |
| Vice-Chair Environment & Ethics |
Megan Gilhooly |
| Vice-Chair Sport |
Kamil Jacak |
| Vice-Chair Societies |
Raonaid Macdonald |
| Foresterhill Chair |
Robert Thomas |
| Vice-Chair Foresterhill |
Alina Imran |
| Vice-Chair Undergraduate Education |
Vacant |
| School of Divinity, History, Philosophy & Art History Convener |
Naz Gök |
| School of Language, Literature, Music and Visual Culture Convener |
Cerni Roig Rabada |
| School of Geoscience |
Manfah Ulis |
| School of Law Convener |
Laura-Joy Gborjoh |
| School of Education |
Corey De Frietas |
| School of Social Science Convener |
Joy Johnny |
| School of Business Convener |
Arpit Teotia |
| School of Biological Sciences Convener |
Rebecca Hamilton |
| School of Medical Sciences Convener |
Amira Reggane |
| School of Medicine Convener |
Jeffrey Asaju |
| School of Dentistry Convener |
Camilla Gray |
| School of Psychology Convener |
Babu John |
| School of Engineering Convener |
Vakaris Misiunas |
| Vice-Chair Postgraduate Education |
Saurav Sateesh Naik |
| Postgraduate Education Reps (2) |
Francisca Ekwonu
Mungo Brown |