SU Council Comhairle an Chomhaltais

This year there were over 560 elected Class Reps ranging from Undergraduates, Postgraduates, Adult Learners and part time learners. Elections for all year’s bar first years took place in September. Class Rep elections were delayed for incoming first years due to the late issuing of Leaving Certificate results and elections were held in October. This year elections took place fully online using YourSpace.

This year saw the introduction of an e-Learning module for Class Reps. It informed them about the Students’ Union and the role of Class Reps. This module will hopefully be expanded and improved year on year. The e-Learning Module had a completion rate of almost 80%.

Comhairle was hybrid this year which allowed students the flexibility to join meetings online or in person. This meant students on satellite campuses or those on placement could participate online. There was an attempt to make Comhairle more interactive this year using technologies such as vevox, using round tables to encourage discussion and introducing a 2 hour guillotine to prevent fatigue. Attendance was great this year with one Comhairle having 175 students in attendance.

New election guidelines were adopted by Comhairle that defined how Postgraduate Research Reps are elected. This should improve representation for the often-underrepresented postgraduate research students. There were also improvements made to the Class Rep election system on YourSpace to allow us to track which classes do not have Class Reps.

SU Chairperson, SU College Convenors and Postgraduate Officers of 2022/2023

A special thanks for the work done by the Chairperson, College Convenors and Postgraduate Officer on electing and engaging with Class Representatives.

• SU Council Chairperson – Cathal Sherlock

• Convenor of College of Arts, Social Sciences & Celtic Studies – Tom Forde

• Convenor of College of Science & Engineering – Jack Reidy

• Convenor of College of Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences – Rain Puiman Yan

• Convenor of College of Business, Public Policy & Law – Holly Leech

• Postgraduate Taught Officer – Raimey O’Boyle

Finally, thank you to all the Class Reps who worked so hard to make this a brilliant year for student representation.