The Committees

Debates

Since the Union’s founding in 1885, debating has been an integral part of Union life. Trophy cabinets outside the debates chamber celebrate our storied history as a central part of the union. We are the winners of: five World University Debating Championships, eighteen British and Irish championships, the 2017 European Championship and the current Scottish Championship. All of which has secured our position as the most successful debating institution in the United Kingdom, and one of the most prestigious in the World.

Competitive debating allows you to test your logic, rhetoric and argumentation, all whilst (in a normal year) travelling across the UK and the World, the costs of which are covered by the GUU. This is a unique feature to any debating institution in the UK and ensures debating is accessible to anyone who wants to get involved regardless of background.

Our dinners, socials and other events also help contribute to a vibrant and varied community unique to debating that offers the opportunity to make friends and memories for life. We pride ourselves on taking those with no experience and turning them into world class debaters, so if you would like to try your hand we would love to see you at speaker training, held every Tuesday at 6pm in the Birdie Library. If you’d like more information about us and what we do, get yourself a copy of debating’s own handbook to be found sitting around the union.

Games

The Games Committee run a wide range of events focused around providng all GUU members as much fun as possible. Be it our weekly pub quiz, our action packed Big All Day Games Event (B.A.D.G.E) or any of our events throughout the year, the Games Committee have an event for you!

From darts to dodgeball, pub quizzes to scavenger hunts. We not only put on action packed events, but also provide some great prizes too! Kegs of beer, food vouchers and cash are up for grabs year round! Come down to the GUU and chat to our committee - wanna play?

Entertainments

Do you enjoy live music and entertainment? Fancy yourself a tech wizard? Or love to organise and run events? Then the Entertainments Committee is for you. Here at GUU the entertainments committee (or Ents as they are more commonly known) are the ones who organise and run all the wonderful live entertainment that the students are provided.

From booking acts for huge events such as Freshers’ Week and D*** F***** to the weekly running of Open Mic, we offer something for everyone, creating unmissable and unforgettable nights.

Libraries

The Libraries Committee is much more than our namesake. Part of our responsibility is maintaining the two libraries in the Union: The Elliot and The Bridie. However, our main responsibility is the creation, designing and distribution of the Union’s 2 student publications, G-You and Groundings.

G-You is an opinions magazine with sections covering politics, lifestyle, arts, science and so much more! All the content is produced by students, giving many people an amazing platform to try out their writing and design abilties. Alongside the magazine, we also publish articles on our website!

Groundings is an undergraduate peer-reviewed academic journal in the arts, humanities and social sciences. We’re one of the few universities that give students a chance to officially publish their own work.

Whatever kind of writing you’re interested in, if you want to find out what we’re all about come to our weekly contributor’s meetings in the Drawing Room on Wednesdays at 6pm. We also host events like magazine launch parties, Open Mic Slam Poetry, and Bob Ross n’ Booze throughout the year. Make sure to like our Facebook page for all the updates!

PR and Marketing Committee

The PR and Marketing Committee is responsible for making sure you know about GUU and what we have to offer, from our weekly nights to our special events! They create the Union’s PR material, from posters to Tiktoks, and run the social media accounts to make sure you’re always up to date with what’s going on in the GUU! If you’re creative, enthusiastic, and love getting involed this could be the committee for you!

Daft Friday Committee

This committee is split in two, one half - The Painters who create all the wonderful artwork used during D*** F*****. The other half - The Builders who build the props and giant boards and frames used by the Painters. If you are artistically talented then The Painters is the group for you. If you vaguely know how to hold a hammer, The Builders group is the one for you. These groups work had together throughout the first semester and are rewarded with free tickets to Daft Friday.