When is Union Council? 

 The dates for Council this year

What Council did last acedmic year

 are:

Autumn Semester

20 October

3 November

24 November (Annual General Meeting which reviews the Budget)

8 December

 Spring Semester

 2 February

23 February

8 March

29 March

 What is Union Council?

Union Council is the heartbeat of the Union - an opportunity for representatives of students from across the University community to come together and decide where we go next.

The Union of UEA Students is a multi-million pound organisation, run by students for students. The more students

who get involved in the running of the Union, the more powerful and effective the Union is. Together we are strong.

Who is a member of Council?

Union Councillors are there to represent those who study at UEA. Not every student can make it to the meetings, so a network of elected representatives makes up Union Council to ensure that all students’ voices are heard:

- Each of the Union’s sports clubs, societies and peer support groups has one representative
- Five representatives from each School represent their course mates
- The Faculty Convenors - one for each of the four Faculties
- The 17 members of the Student Officer Committee
- INTO (where English language is taught to International Students) has one student representative

Can other students come to meetings?

Any member of the Union is welcome to attend Union Council and can speak with permission of the Chair but cannot vote.

What Council did in 2010-11

What Council did in 2010-11

This was a busy year as Council reviewed the Union Constitution.

Some of the work of Council had been around reviewing the new Constitution but it  still had time to make a wide range of new policies.

Here they are, we’ve broken them down into the separate areas of the Union’s activities:

UNION SPORTS CLUBS AND SOCIETIES

33 new Clubs or Societies

Charity Week 2011 endorsed

Focus Sports Policy: Clubs will be able to apply for extra Focus Sport funding if they prove eligible for Focus Sports status

COMMUNITY AND CITIZENSHIP

No to Government policy on the immigration cap for international students

Affiliated to Norfolk Coalition Against the Cuts (NCAC)

Tried to protect students’ information when they attend demonstrations

Defended the right to protest and opposed the media witch-hunt aimed at Millbank protestors.

Electoral ultimatum to Simon Wright MP to keep his pledge on tuition fees – it worked he voted against!

No to “kettling” at demonstrations

Yes to Save Our Libraries campaign

Yes to support for student demonstrators in the Middle East – No to King of Bahrain coming to Royal Wedding

Yes to Student Assembly for East Anglia

Campaigning to get the student vote out in local elections

HEALTH, SAFETY and GENDER

Yes to sexual health testing for men on campus

No to ban on gay men being blood donors

Zero Tolerance of Sexual Harassment

CAMPUS AND ENVIRONMENT

Key Performance Indicator audit on Union’s environmental impact

Yes to Buddhist/Hindu Shrine on campus

Yes to getting rid of the Spanish Bluebell, from campus woodlands

New ecological and economical font for Union

REPRESENTATION

Union Reps on Uni Committees to be sacked if they don’t follow policy

Faculty Convenors to be paid

Yes to support any student disciplined for refusing to cross UCU picket line

ACADEMIC/UNIVERSITY

Demanded better IT system after Techpocalypse

All students must be treated equally if there is another IT mess up

Will keep an eye on the UEA Integration Project – ensure it doesn’t harm students

Yes to keeping a wide range of module choice

UNION DEMOCRACY AND ADMINISTRATION

Union to use “week commencing” as well as week numbers in all communications

Automatic yearly Update of Union policies

Wider range of members included in “Hard to Reach” groups

All training provided by the Union always to be free of charge

New wording of UUEAS’s Mission, Values and Vision

Meetings to discuss having a Gender Equality Officer

Minor changes agreed to the wording of the Constitution – but more major changes were rejected

UEA declared a free and independent state (rejected by the Trustee Board)

WORKING WITH THE UNIVERSITY

Senior members of the University attended Council and addressed key areas of concern to students.

Tom Ward, the Pro-Vice-Chancellor, the Associate Deans of the four Faculties and the Head of IT came to talk on Techpocalypse.

Rod Evans, its designer, talked about the Integration Project

Edward Acton, the Vice-Chancellor, came to discuss a wide range of issues, in particular: the Integration Project, the New Academic Model and the expected dramatic rise in tuition fees. 

 So how do I sign up to become a Councillor?

Contact us at the Union:



When is Union Council? 

 The dates for Council this year

What Council did last acedmic year

 are:

Autumn Semester

20 October

3 November

24 November (Annual General Meeting which reviews the Budget)

8 December

 Spring Semester

 2 February

23 February

8 March

29 March

 What is Union Council?

Union Council is the heartbeat of the Union - an opportunity for representatives of students from across the University community to come together and decide where we go next.

The Union of UEA Students is a multi-million pound organisation, run by students for students. The more students

who get involved in the running of the Union, the more powerful and effective the Union is. Together we are strong.

Who is a member of Council?

Union Councillors are there to represent those who study at UEA. Not every student can make it to the meetings, so a network of elected representatives makes up Union Council to ensure that all students’ voices are heard:

- Each of the Union’s sports clubs, societies and peer support groups has one representative
- Five representatives from each School represent their course mates
- The Faculty Convenors - one for each of the four Faculties
- The 17 members of the Student Officer Committee
- INTO (where English language is taught to International Students) has one student representative

Can other students come to meetings?

Any member of the Union is welcome to attend Union Council and can speak with permission of the Chair but cannot vote.

What Council did in 2010-11

What Council did in 2010-11

This was a busy year as Council reviewed the Union Constitution.

Some of the work of Council had been around reviewing the new Constitution but it  still had time to make a wide range of new policies.

Here they are, we’ve broken them down into the separate areas of the Union’s activities:

UNION SPORTS CLUBS AND SOCIETIES

33 new Clubs or Societies

Charity Week 2011 endorsed

Focus Sports Policy: Clubs will be able to apply for extra Focus Sport funding if they prove eligible for Focus Sports status

COMMUNITY AND CITIZENSHIP

No to Government policy on the immigration cap for international students

Affiliated to Norfolk Coalition Against the Cuts (NCAC)

Tried to protect students’ information when they attend demonstrations

Defended the right to protest and opposed the media witch-hunt aimed at Millbank protestors.

Electoral ultimatum to Simon Wright MP to keep his pledge on tuition fees – it worked he voted against!

No to “kettling” at demonstrations

Yes to Save Our Libraries campaign

Yes to support for student demonstrators in the Middle East – No to King of Bahrain coming to Royal Wedding

Yes to Student Assembly for East Anglia

Campaigning to get the student vote out in local elections

HEALTH, SAFETY and GENDER

Yes to sexual health testing for men on campus

No to ban on gay men being blood donors

Zero Tolerance of Sexual Harassment

CAMPUS AND ENVIRONMENT

Key Performance Indicator audit on Union’s environmental impact

Yes to Buddhist/Hindu Shrine on campus

Yes to getting rid of the Spanish Bluebell, from campus woodlands

New ecological and economical font for Union

REPRESENTATION

Union Reps on Uni Committees to be sacked if they don’t follow policy

Faculty Convenors to be paid

Yes to support any student disciplined for refusing to cross UCU picket line

ACADEMIC/UNIVERSITY

Demanded better IT system after Techpocalypse

All students must be treated equally if there is another IT mess up

Will keep an eye on the UEA Integration Project – ensure it doesn’t harm students

Yes to keeping a wide range of module choice

UNION DEMOCRACY AND ADMINISTRATION

Union to use “week commencing” as well as week numbers in all communications

Automatic yearly Update of Union policies

Wider range of members included in “Hard to Reach” groups

All training provided by the Union always to be free of charge

New wording of UUEAS’s Mission, Values and Vision

Meetings to discuss having a Gender Equality Officer

Minor changes agreed to the wording of the Constitution – but more major changes were rejected

UEA declared a free and independent state (rejected by the Trustee Board)

WORKING WITH THE UNIVERSITY

Senior members of the University attended Council and addressed key areas of concern to students.

Tom Ward, the Pro-Vice-Chancellor, the Associate Deans of the four Faculties and the Head of IT came to talk on Techpocalypse.

Rod Evans, its designer, talked about the Integration Project

Edward Acton, the Vice-Chancellor, came to discuss a wide range of issues, in particular: the Integration Project, the New Academic Model and the expected dramatic rise in tuition fees. 

 So how do I sign up to become a Councillor?

Contact us at the Union:



When is Union Council? 

 The dates for Council this year

What Council did last acedmic year

 are:

Autumn Semester

20 October

3 November

24 November (Annual General Meeting which reviews the Budget)

8 December

 Spring Semester

 2 February

23 February

8 March

29 March

 What is Union Council?

Union Council is the heartbeat of the Union - an opportunity for representatives of students from across the University community to come together and decide where we go next.

The Union of UEA Students is a multi-million pound organisation, run by students for students. The more students

who get involved in the running of the Union, the more powerful and effective the Union is. Together we are strong.

Who is a member of Council?

Union Councillors are there to represent those who study at UEA. Not every student can make it to the meetings, so a network of elected representatives makes up Union Council to ensure that all students’ voices are heard:

- Each of the Union’s sports clubs, societies and peer support groups has one representative
- Five representatives from each School represent their course mates
- The Faculty Convenors - one for each of the four Faculties
- The 17 members of the Student Officer Committee
- INTO (where English language is taught to International Students) has one student representative

Can other students come to meetings?

Any member of the Union is welcome to attend Union Council and can speak with permission of the Chair but cannot vote.

What Council did in 2010-11

What Council did in 2010-11

This was a busy year as Council reviewed the Union Constitution.

Some of the work of Council had been around reviewing the new Constitution but it  still had time to make a wide range of new policies.

Here they are, we’ve broken them down into the separate areas of the Union’s activities:

UNION SPORTS CLUBS AND SOCIETIES

33 new Clubs or Societies

Charity Week 2011 endorsed

Focus Sports Policy: Clubs will be able to apply for extra Focus Sport funding if they prove eligible for Focus Sports status

COMMUNITY AND CITIZENSHIP

No to Government policy on the immigration cap for international students

Affiliated to Norfolk Coalition Against the Cuts (NCAC)

Tried to protect students’ information when they attend demonstrations

Defended the right to protest and opposed the media witch-hunt aimed at Millbank protestors.

Electoral ultimatum to Simon Wright MP to keep his pledge on tuition fees – it worked he voted against!

No to “kettling” at demonstrations

Yes to Save Our Libraries campaign

Yes to support for student demonstrators in the Middle East – No to King of Bahrain coming to Royal Wedding

Yes to Student Assembly for East Anglia

Campaigning to get the student vote out in local elections

HEALTH, SAFETY and GENDER

Yes to sexual health testing for men on campus

No to ban on gay men being blood donors

Zero Tolerance of Sexual Harassment

CAMPUS AND ENVIRONMENT

Key Performance Indicator audit on Union’s environmental impact

Yes to Buddhist/Hindu Shrine on campus

Yes to getting rid of the Spanish Bluebell, from campus woodlands

New ecological and economical font for Union

REPRESENTATION

Union Reps on Uni Committees to be sacked if they don’t follow policy

Faculty Convenors to be paid

Yes to support any student disciplined for refusing to cross UCU picket line

ACADEMIC/UNIVERSITY

Demanded better IT system after Techpocalypse

All students must be treated equally if there is another IT mess up

Will keep an eye on the UEA Integration Project – ensure it doesn’t harm students

Yes to keeping a wide range of module choice

UNION DEMOCRACY AND ADMINISTRATION

Union to use “week commencing” as well as week numbers in all communications

Automatic yearly Update of Union policies

Wider range of members included in “Hard to Reach” groups

All training provided by the Union always to be free of charge

New wording of UUEAS’s Mission, Values and Vision

Meetings to discuss having a Gender Equality Officer

Minor changes agreed to the wording of the Constitution – but more major changes were rejected

UEA declared a free and independent state (rejected by the Trustee Board)

WORKING WITH THE UNIVERSITY

Senior members of the University attended Council and addressed key areas of concern to students.

Tom Ward, the Pro-Vice-Chancellor, the Associate Deans of the four Faculties and the Head of IT came to talk on Techpocalypse.

Rod Evans, its designer, talked about the Integration Project

Edward Acton, the Vice-Chancellor, came to discuss a wide range of issues, in particular: the Integration Project, the New Academic Model and the expected dramatic rise in tuition fees. 

 So how do I sign up to become a Councillor?

Contact us at the Union: