The 5 sabbatical Positions:
President
Overall leadership, representation and strategy
Current President:
Sally Pearman - President
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Job Role:
- Lead the representation of student views and interests to the University, locally and nationally. Take a lead role in representing and promoting RUSU and Reading University students within the student movement, the local community and other key partnership organisations.
- Consult with students to inform future strategy and to be the primary point of communication with the membership, liaising with Senior Management of the Union to ensure effective planning of Union services and activities
- Lead initiatives in the interest of the student community and Students' Union, in partnership with key University departments, lead the ethical and environmental agenda and support the Sabbatical team as is appropriate
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VP Education
Leadership and strategy for education
Current VP Education:
Pete Jeffreys - VP Education
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Job Role:
- Consult students both formally and informally on their academic experience and aspirations, so as to inform future strategy
- Take the lead role in campaigning on academic aspects within the University and beyond
- Promote input into the University academic strategy at all levels, overseeing the Course Representative structure and promoting participation as appropriate
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Vice-President Student Activities
Leadership and strategy for giving students the opportunity
to engage in their interests to further their development
Current VP Student Activities:
Jess Mobbs - VP Student Activities
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Job Role:
- Responsible for the development of sports clubs, societies, the student media, volunteer groups with associated training, campaigns and support.
- Take a lead role in developing partnerships both within the University and with other organisations to further the volunteer experience and to develop students outside of their degree.
- Advise students on the organisation of activities, making recommendations to Sports Fed and Societies Convention on new groups and other initiatives as appropriate
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Vice-President Democracy and Campaigns
Leadership and strategy for involving students and engaging them with campaigns
Current VP Democracy and Campaigns:
Julia Horne - VP Democracy & Campaigns
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Job Role:
- Taking a lead role in Union campaigns, overall campaigns direction, supporting activists and campaigners
- Promoting democracy and Union governance
- Promoting students within the local community, giving opportunities to take ownership of their neighbourhood
- Develop the enterprise agenda in partnership with the University and other key stakeholders, leading on the employability of students with learning and development opportunities.
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Vice-President Student Rights and Diversity
Leadership and strategy for empowering students and asserting their rights
Current VP Student Rights and Diversity:
Dave Campbell - VP Student Rights & Diversity
Dave Campbell's Blog
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Job Role:
- Empowering and informing students to make decisions
- Promoting diversity in decision making, involvement and the Union generally
- Taking the lead role in ensuring equality of opportunity within the Union, the University and at a local level
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3 Student Trustee Positions
Student Trustees like Sabbatical officers run for a period of 1 year, and are elected in the RUSU elections, across campus. It is a voluntary role that you do along side your degree, and there are approximately 6-7 Trustee Board meetings a year.
A Trustee's responsibilities include:
- Ensuring the Union complies with its constitution and pursues its objectives as an organisation
- To contribute to the Trustee Board giving strategic direction to the Union, setting policy, defining goals, setting targets and evaluating performance
- Safe guarding the good name and values of the Union
- Ensuring effective and efficient administration of the Union
- Ensuring the financial stability of the Union
For a full list of trustee duties please read RUSU's constitution, available on the RUSU website
Nomination Forms will be available in the Spring Term
In the mean time if you are thinking about running why not consider:
Coming along to the AGM Thursday 6th December 2pm Cafe Mondial to hear all about the Union (Free lunch!)
Coming to the next
to hear what this years Sabbaticals are up to and what their jobs involve
Coming to the next
to hear about all the campaigns RUSU have run this year
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