ACTIVITY
DESCRIPTION
SKILLS & BENEFITS
FURTHER INFORMATION
Student Staff
Student Representatives from each
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Michael Forde
Consultative
pathway and year group in each School
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Vice-President Education
Committee
sit on the SSCC with lecturers to
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Full training offered
Students’ Union
discuss issues regarding their university
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Opportunity to address problems
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with course
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course.
One SSCC Rep will also have the
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opportunity to put forward the
School Managers
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committee’s views to central university
at Academic Board
Student
183 students from each faculty at
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Brian Heading
Council
Queens are voted in each Autumn to sit
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Accredited training available
Communications and
on the Student Council.
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Development Officer
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Committee skills (e.g. recording
Students’ Union
minutes)
b.heading@qub.ac.uk
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This is an opportunity to raise issues of
student concern, debate motions on
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student issues, sit on Students’ Union
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and university committees and hold the
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Ben Preston
Students’ Union Executive to account
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Learn more about the Students’
President
Union structure and organisation
Students’ Union
su.president@qub.ac.uk
Volunteering
The Volunteers Fair runs at the
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Colin Caughey
beginning of each academic year. About
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Vice-President (Welfare)
50 community and charity group bring
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su.vpwelfare@qub.ac.uk
stalls to the Students’ Union to give
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Opportunities for accredited
students the opportunity to sign up and
help them with their causes.
training
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Chance to give something back
to your local community
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Great way to meet new people
Clubs &
There are over 150 clubs and societies
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Kevin McGourty
Societies
at Queens. These transcend every form
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Vice-President (Clubs &
of sport you could think of to every form
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Services)
of society you never thought existed!
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su.vpcs@qub.ac.uk
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Great network for making friends
http://www.qubsu.org/index.
As well as this, the newly renovated
PEC is a perfect home for any sporting
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occasion as are the newly refurbished
committee rooms for all clubs and
societies on the 3rd floor of the Students’
Union.
At the beginning of the academic year
the Students’ Union organises the
Freshers Bazaar which is a chance for
Clubs and Societies to showcase
themselves and for student to join.
Career
Each of the 21 Schools at Queens now
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Close ties with Careers Service
Michael Forde
Representative
has a Career Rep. This person will
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Vice-President (Education)
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make class announcements and spread
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the message about career events of
interests to the students on their course.
David Foster
Deputy Head of Careers
Service
d.foster@qub.ac.uk
www.qub.ac.uk/careers
Student
There are two student newspapers at
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Peter Quinn
Newspapers
Queens. The official Students’ Union
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Deputy President
paper – Offbeat, as well as the
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su.dp@qub.ac.uk
independent newspapers – The Gown
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The Gown Newspapers
thegown@hotmail.com
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