An Introduction to Student Council 

 

The Student Council is the main representative body of the Students’ Union. It is made up of Student Councillors who represent students from across the University. It is primarily responsible for serving as a discussion and debate forum for students to discuss relevant issues and propose policy proposals to the Students' Union. Motions passed at the Student Council direct the SU's work and Student Councillors play a key role in holding our five Elected Student Officers into account.

The Student Council discusses issues and concerns of the student community locally and nationally, voting on all decisions. The Council sets the policy direction of the Students’ Union. It also provides an opportunity for students to share information about their course, school, student group, or forums with fellow students. The Student Council is also an excellent way for students to develop their skills such as confidence, communication, interpersonal, and public speaking skills.

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..

Meetings of the 25/26 Student Council will be decided on the first meeting of the new academic year, which is still to be confirmed. 

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

 

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 

 

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	Mark Gruber
School of Divinity, History, Philosophy & Art History Convener	Naz Gök
School of Language, Literature, Music and Visual Culture Convener	Cerni Roig Rabada
School of Law Convener	Laura-Joy Gborjoh
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