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SU Council

Winchester Students' Union is committed to empowering our members through the provision of exceptional student led, and student delivered, activities and services. As part of this commitment, we recognise the vital importance of hearing your views on your student experience, and in giving you the opportunity to input on your Students' Union's activities and direction. Our SU Council is one key vehicle by which we achieve this goal.

SU Council is the main policy setting forum of the Union, it is made up of your Elected Officers, who form the Executive Committee of the Students' Union, as well as other elected student members who represent a wide range of student experiences from across the University, including:

  • Demographic Representatives (put forward by the Union's representational network committees).

  • Faculty Representatives (selected from elected Student Academic Representatives (StARs)).

  • Sports Representitives (selected from the Union's sports team committees).

  • Society Representitives (Selected from the Unions's societies committees).

SU Council has a wide array of functions, and decision-making powers, rooted in the representation of Student Voice. These include receiving reports from the Student Union's Trustees and Officers (i.e. Presidents and Part-Time Officers),  making, repealing, and amending the Union's Bye-Laws, setting the Policy of the Union, and the capacity to refer Policy to Referenda - allowing the Union's members to vote on specific changes.

Students also have the option of raising a Motion with SU Council. A Motion is the formal expression of a member's request for the Union (as represented by its officers) to behave or act in a certain way on a specific issue, matter, or campaign. This is then discussed and agreed by the relevant representatives and passed by SU Council, as appropriate. If passed by SU Council, the actions in the Motion will be pursued by the Union for the balance of the academic year or until achieved. Previous successful Motions have included creating an accountability panel to review Officer manifesto progress.

For more detail on how to put together a Motion, and when and where to send it to, check out [AWAITING UPDATES]. 

 

Ultimately, SU Council, alongside our other forums and committees, gives you a chance to bring ideas forward, voice concerns, and provide an important level of accountability to our organisation in order to ensure that you are represented effectively, and have the best student experience possible during your time here at Winchester - so, make sure you attend as many as possible!

 

Dates for SU Council (2026/27)

  • October 26th 2026

  • November 26th 2026