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The Society Council is a vital part of the Union’s structure, acting as a bridge between student societies and the The Union.
It exists to represent the needs and voices of society committees, help make decisions on funding, and support campaigns and initiatives that benefit the student community.
As a Society Council Member, you’ll play a hands-on role in supporting societies.
The Society Town Hall is a regular meeting led by the Society Council Execs and the Societies & Development Officer.
It’s an opportunity to update societies on what we’ve been working on, share important news, and highlight upcoming plans.
It’s also a space for societies to raise any concerns, share their own updates, and connect with the other members of other societies.
You’ll sit on grant decision panels alongside the Societies and Development Officer to review and decide on society funding applications. This is one of the council's core responsibilities and an important way to make sure funding is fair, transparent, and goes to projects that benefit students.
Have a campaign, event, or resource idea that could improve student life or help societies? Council members are encouraged to pitch and develop ideas that the Union can support, whether that’s a new training workshop, collaboration week, or resource pack.
Each member acts as a representative for a group of societies (e.g., academic, cultural, performance, etc.). You’ll be the point of contact for those societies, gathering feedback, ideas, or concerns to take back to the Societies and Development Officer.
You’ll meet monthly with the Societies and Development Officer and other council members to:
Let us know you’re interested in running by contacting us via email, in person, during the first townhall or DMing the SocDev Instagram page. Just send:
All elections will take place during the first Society Town Hall of the year.
Each interested candidate will give a 1-minute speech to tell society committee members why they want the role and what they’d bring to the table.
After all candidates have spoken, we’ll have a simple show-of-hands vote in the room to decide who gets the role.
The candidate with the most votes will be elected on the spot!
If only one person runs for a role, they’ll automatically be confirmed in the position.