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 KCG7 and are open to all students to observe, meetings will run between 5pm & 7pm.
Future meetings of the Student Council take place on:
- 26th November 2024, 5pm - Ammended to 5.30pm Start Time for Winter Graduations
- 17th December 2024, 5pm
- 28th January 2025, 5pm
- 25th February 2025, 5pm
- 25th March 2025, 5pm
- 29th April 2025, 5pm
- 20th May 2025, 5pm
If councillors wish to present a motion at council, motions must be submitted to ausareps@abdn.ac.uk ahead of the monthly meeting on the following dates:
- 12th November 2024, 5pm
- 3rd December 2024, 5pm
- 14th January 2025, 5pm
- 11th February 2025, 5pm
- 11th March 2025, 5pm
- 15th April 2025, 5pm
- 6th May 2025, 5pm
After these dates councillors will be issued with a copy of proposed motions and will have the opportunity to propose an ammendament, amendaments must be submitted to ausareps@abdn.ac.uk by the following dates:
- 19th November 2024, 4pm
- 10th December 2024, 4pm
- 21st January 2025, 4pm
- 18th February 2025, 4pm
- 18th March 2025, 4pm
- 22nd April 2025, 4pm
- 29th April 2025, 4pm
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 Alsharifeh Leen Alhaimaq.
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:
- Vice-Chair of Welfare, Vik Bajaj
- Vice-Chair of Communities, Remi Slavan
- Vice-Chair of Environment & Ethics, Angus Fleming
- Vice-Chair of Sport, Rory Lamond
- Vice-Chair of Societies, Feeba Merin Babu
- Vice-Chair of Raising & Giving, Hannah Ferry
- Chair of Foresterhill, Robert Thomas
- Vice-Chair of Foresterhill, Marika Norton
- Chair of Qatar, Gabor Lengyel
- Vice-Chair of Qatar, Mohammed Ali Alenzai
- Vice Chair of Undergrduate Education, Chukwuadinula Kachikwu
- School Convener for Divininty, History, Philosphy & Art History, Jessica More
- School Convener for Language, Literature, Music & Visual Culture, Hannah Cowie
- School Convener for Law, Fatima Mirzayeva
- School Convener for Biological Sciences, Abigail Messiner
- School Convener for Medical Sciences, Fatima Garcia Bernal
- School Convener for Medicine, AJ Carpio
- School Convener for Psychology,S Babu John
- School Convener for Engineering, Samuel Seymour
- School Convener for Natural & Computing Sciences, Roshan Rajesh
- School Convener for Geosciences, Raja Muhammad Abu Bakar
- School Convener for Social Scienes, Erin Campbell
- School Converner for The Business School, Sarith Fernando
- Vice-Chair of Postgraduate Education, Mansi Vasant Utikar
- Postgraduate Education Representative, Hiremath Niranjan
- Postgraduate Education Representative, Aana Khandelwal