Policies and Documents
This page contains all official policies and documents relating to your Students' Union. Because of our commitmemnt to transparency our approach is to make everything possible avaliable to our members, even if that is a lot of stuff. We tried to find an exciting way to present all of this, but that wasn't possible, sorry. However, if you know what you're looking for on this page use the filter box below....
Governance of the Students' Union
These are the high-level documents that are required by law or considered good practice.
Standing Union Policies
These policies usually originate from the support staff of the Union. These are either required by legislation, or as best practice to ensure we are meeting, if not hopefully exceeding, your expectations.
Democratic Union Policies
These policies originate from elected officers via Union Council in the form of motions, or by any student at the Annual Members' Meeting. You can access the live policy register here.
Other Useful Union Documents
Opportunities Documents
AGM / AMM Minutes
The Students' Union holds an Annual General Meeting (AGM) to formally approve accounts, detailed financial statements and the independent audit findings. The AGM for the formal Directors of the Union, who are all trustees and the Chief Executive Officer.
The Students' Union also holds an Annual Members' Meeting (AMM), which considers the above information but does not have to approve them formally. Instead, more time is devoted to students holding full-time and part-time elected officers to account.
| Name |
Meeting Date |
Approved |
| No result |
| AGM 2014 minutes |
2 February 2015 |
AGM, 24 November 2015 |
| AGM 2015 minutes |
24 November 2015 |
AGM, 16 December 2016 |
| AGM 2016 minutes |
16 December 2016 |
AGM, 20 October 2017 |
| AMM 2017 minutes |
12 January 2017 |
AMM, 7 December 2018 |
| AMM 2018 minutes |
7 December 2018 |
AMM, 7 December 2019 |
| AMM 2019 minutes |
7 December 2019 |
AMM, 6 November 2020 |
| AMM 2020 minutes |
6 November 2020 |
AMM, 6 December 2021 |
| AMM 2021 minutes |
6 December 2021 |
AMM, 7 December 2022 |
| AMM 2022 minutes |
7 December 2022 |
AMM, 6 Febraury 2024 |
| AMM 2023 minutes |
6 February 2024 |
AMM, 6 February 2025 |
| AMM 2025 Unconfirmed Minutes |
6 February 2025 |
TBC |
Financial Statements
The Students' Union, as a charity and company, is independently audited and produces annaul accounts with formal commentary by the trustees. These are approved by both the Students' Union and the University, as required by law.
Board of Trustees Minutes
The Students' Union is governed by the Board of Trustees made up of elected students, selected students, Community Trustees recruited for their skills and experience, and a trustee nominated by the University. You can find out more about on Trustees in the About section.
Here are the Terms of Reference for the Board of Trustees and minutes of recent meetings.
| Year |
Date |
| No result |
| We're working on uploading these |
Coming soon... |
Finance & Risk Sub-Committee Minutes
Here are the Terms of Reference for the Finance & Risk Sub-Committee and minutes of recent meetings.
| Year |
Date |
| No result |
| We're working on uploading these |
Coming soon... |
Charitable Services Sub-Committee Minutes
Here are the Terms of Reference for the Charitable Services Sub-Committee and minutes of recent meetings.
| Year |
Date |
| No result |
| We're working on uploading these |
Coming soon... |
Affiliations during 2023/24
| British Universities & Colleges Sport (BUCS) |
£ 7,589 |
| National Union of Students UK (NUS UK) |
£ 13,758 |
| National Union of Students Charity (NUS Charity) |
£ 3,440 |
| National Council of Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) - included in NUS Charity affiliation fee |
£ 0 |
| Total Affiliations |
£ 24,787 |