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Elected Officers Welcome You to UWESU
Students’ lives better. Voices Bolder. Futures Brighter. Colin Offler, Students’ Union President We, as a 30,000 member strong Students’ Union promote, defend and extend the rights of students. It is our responsibility to champion a strong student voice at UWE with a vision to initiate change and enhance the student experience. Your Students’ Union exists to support you when you are jobless, wanting to feedback an issue with your course or need advice. We represent your views, concerns and ideas at UWE to secure an outstanding student experience for all of our members. Your elected President, Vice-Presidents,
and voluntary Officers amplify our core values as well as embracing democracy, accountability and representation. You, as a student and member of UWESU motivate, inspire and direct what form our campaigns take and our goals during our term of office. The success of your Students’ Union in achieving it’s aims depends on your input and your voice. In the last year, UWESU has seen student led protests, sports, society and reps successes. There have also been debates around the purpose of our Students’ Union at our Annual General Meeting (AGM). Having been elected to lead the Students’ Union for one final year, I aim to re-establish that purpose.
Who are your Presidents, what do they do and where did they come from? Olly, Safi, Ariana, Louise and I are all sabbatical officers (we’ve taken a year out of our course or stuck around an extra year after graduation) elected by the student body last March. It’s our role to represent roughly 30,000 students at UWE. This ranges from campaigning for students rights to lobbying the University or MP’s to change the shape of Higher Education nationally. None of this is possible without you. Your elected representatives of UWESU will be eager to meet you and find out what you want from your Students’ Union during your time as a UWE student.
40th Anniversary Celebrations Watch out for our exciting events and promotion throughout Freshers’ and beyond to celebrate forty years of UWE Students’ Union.