Democracy and Governance Plan 2010-11
Students’ Union (MetSU) Elections 2010-11
The annual Students’ Union elections elect the following
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MetSU Executive Committee 2011-12 (5 sabbatical and 5 part-time officers)
Six Independent Student Council Members
Seven delegates from MetSU to attend NUS Conference 2011 which will take
place 12-14 April 2011
Activity
Date
Election
planning
meeting
and wk bg 31 Jan
finalisation of rules and regulations
between SULQC and Returning Officer
Nominations open
7-18 Feb 2011
Admin and campaigning
21 Feb-18 March 2011
Polls open
21 March 2011
City Hustings, The Hub
22 March 2011
North Hustings, The Rocket
24 March 2011
Polls close
1 April 2011
Results announced in The Rocket
5 April 2011
The Student Council 2010-11
The governance of the Students’ Union is based upon the Student Council. It is the
governing body of MetSU. It exists to direct the activities of MetSU, decide upon
policy and to hold the executive to account. It has the power to dismiss the elected
officers from their posts if it so chooses. For full details of the roles and
responsibilities and duties of the Student Council see the MetSU constitution,
available at the following metranet site:
https://intranet.londonmet.ac.uk/studentservices/studentdemocracy/
Who sits on the Student Council?
 10 Executive Committee Officers
 8 Elected in spring 2009 elections
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Up to 6 Independent Student Council Members - 3 North and 3 City Campus
 2 Elected in spring 2009 elections
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Up to 13 Affiliated Clubs and Society Representatives
 To be elected by affiliated societies during October 2010
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Up to 13 Student Academic Representatives (StARs)
 To be elected from StARS during October 2010
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Up to 4 Co-Opted Representatives
 To be elected by the Executive Committee at the first Student Council
meeting on 28 October 2009
Societies
There are 13 seats on the Student Council for society representatives on the Student
Council. All societies registered with the Student Office will be emailed an invitation
to attend the Student Council meeting
StARS
Departmental StAR elections to be convened in October 2010. These will be
dependant on the departments supplying the Students’ Union with data on the StARs
in there departments. Each department has between 1-4 ‘departmental’ StARS who
sit on the Student Council:
Faculty/Department
Applied Social Sciences
Number of Departmental StARS on
Student Council
1
Architecture and Spatial Design
1
Faculty of Computing
1
Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Languages
(HALE)
School of Education (DOED)
School of Humanities, Arts and Languages
Law, Governance and International Relations
(LGIR)
Faculty of Life Sciences
School of Human sciences (SHS)
School of Psychology (SOPS)
London Metropolitan Business School
(LMBS)
Sir John Cass Dept of Art, Media and Design
2
1
2
4
1
Co-opted Student Council members
Four student to be co-opted onto the Student Council at meeting 20 (a). They to be
elected by the existing Student Council membership.
Student Council Timetable 2010-11
The following chart shows the time, date and location for all the Student Council
meetings.
Meeting
number
Date
Time
Location
21 (a)
Tue 26 Oct 2010
4.30
Calcutta House boardroom CM2-38
21 (b)
Wed 3 Nov 2010
4.30
8th floor Boardroom, Tower Building
22
Tue 7 Dec 2010
4.30
Calcutta House boardroom CM2-38
23
Tue 15 Feb 2011
4.30
8th floor Boardroom, Tower Building
24
Tue 15 Mar 2011
4.30
8th floor Boardroom, Tower Building
25
Tue 3 May 2011
4.30
Calcutta House boardroom CM2-38
Student Council Training
All members of the Student Council will be invited to attend a training session on
Thursday 28 October at North Campus, location TBC. Training will also be available
fro the Student Council Chairperson.
Student Council meeting 21 (a): Tuesday 26 October 2011
The first Student Council of the year always has lots of business to work through as
student have to be elected to a number of positions as well as motions from council
members and reports from the new SU Executive (elected officers). Therefore it is
split over two days, see table above.
During this meeting the Council will elect students to a number of positions and
committees:
Position to be elected
Chair of Student Council
Co-opted members of the
Student Council
Student rep on University Board
of Governors
Number
elected
1
Who can stand?
4
Any student
1
Elected Officer
Any Student Council member
Student reps on University
Academic Board
Student rep on Academic
3 (one to
be a PG
student)
2
Any student
2
Any student
1
Any student
1
Any student
Any student
Development Committee
Student rep on Learning &
Teaching Committee
Student rep on Research &
Development Committee
Student rep on Hardships
committee
Student Council meeting 21 (b): Wednesday 3 November 2010
This meeting will deal with:
 Matters arising
 Executive Reports (Reports written by the elected officers)
 Discussion of current issues
 Motions to be discussed and voted on
 Policy lapses (motions which have been Union policy for 3 years and is up for
re-newel)
 Guest Speakers
Motions can cover a wide variety of issues and should direct the work of the
Executive Committee in terms of funding and other resources. Any Student Council
member can suggest other discussions and speakers to the Council. For assistance
on how to phrase your motion please speak to a Student Union Officer
Deadlines Student Council
In accordance with the SU constitution if you wish to put forward a motion to Student
council you must do so 8 days before the Council meeting, members then have 4
days to amend any motions. They are then sent out to all council members 2 days
before the council meeting. The following table has all the deadlines etc for all the
Student Council meetings of 2011. These deadlines are subject to change so please
keep an eye on the Student Democracy Student site.
Date
Action
Fri 22 Oct
Distribution of agenda and papers for SC
21 (a)
Student Council meeting 21 (a)
Calcutta House boardroom
CM2-38
Deadline for motions to SC 21 (b)
Tue 26 Oct
Wed 20 Oct
Fri 22 Oct
Thu 28 Oct
Motions for SC 21 (b) distribute to Council.
Secretary invited amendments
Deadline for amendments to secretary for
SC 21 (b)
Location
Fri 29 Oct
Wed 3 Nov
Tue 23 Nov
Distribution of agenda and papers for SC
21 (b)
Student Council meeting 21 (b)
8th floor Boardroom, Tower
Building
Deadline for motions to SC 22
Thu 25 Nov
Motions for SC 22 distribute to Council.
Secretary invited amendments
Wed 1 Dec
Deadline for amendments to secretary for
SC 22
Fri 3 Dec
Distribution of agenda and papers for SC
22
Tue 7 Dec
Student Council meeting 22
Calcutta House boardroom
CM2-38
Tue 1 Feb Deadline for motions to SC 23
2011
Thu 3 Feb
Motions for SC 23 distribute to Council.
Secretary invited amendments
Wed 9 Feb
Deadline for amendments to secretary for
SC 23
Fri 11 Feb
Distribution of agenda and papers for SC
23
Tue 15 Feb Student Council meeting 23
8th floor Boardroom, Tower
Building
Tue 1 Mar
Deadline for motions to SC 24
Thu 3 Mar
Wed 9 Mar
Fri 11 Mar
Tue 15 Mar
Tue 19 April
Thu 21 April
Wed 27
April
Fri 29 April
Tue 3 May
2011
Motions for SC 24 distribute to Council.
Secretary invited amendments
Deadline for amendments to secretary for
SC 24
Distribution of agenda and papers for SC
24
Student Council meeting 24
8th floor Boardroom, Tower
Building
Deadline for motions to SC 25
Motions for SC 25 distribute to Council.
Secretary invited amendments
Deadline for amendments to secretary for
SC 25
Distribution of agenda and papers for SC
24
Student Council meeting 25
Calcutta House boardroom
CM2-38
Distribution of minutes for SC 25
Further information
The Student Democracy site and the SU Website contains lots of information on it
with regards to Student Democracy at London Met.
https://intranet.londonmet.ac.uk/studentservices/studentdemocracy/
For further information on the Student Council or Student Democracy in general
please contact:
Eddie Rowley
e.rowley@londonmet.ac.uk
02071334703