Students' Union Rule Changes (Sep 2022)

Proposal 1 – Amendments to the Constitution of the Students’ Union

“Do you support the proposal (attached) to amend the Students’ Union Constitution?”

The proposals have the following effect(s):

• Create greater postgraduate student representation across the three Faculties of the University.
• Remove the Part-Time Postgraduate Taught Officer and Postgraduate Research Officer, replacing these posts with a Postgraduate Taught Faculty Rep and a Postgraduate Research Faculty Rep in each of the three Faculties in Queen’s. (i.e., six postgraduate faculty reps in total)
• Replace the existing three Faculty Rep posts with three Undergraduate Faculty Rep posts
• Change the representation of Students’ Union Council committees to reflect the changes detailed above.
• Make Part-Time Student Officers non-voting members of the Executive Management Committee (i.e., with the right to attend and have full speaking rights), to remove the requirement for Part-Time Student Officers to attend all meetings of EMC and to remove Part-Time Student Officers from the quorum requirement for EMC.
• Streamline the reporting requirements for Full-Time Student Officers; require them to report to students monthly on their activities.
• Require Clubs and Societies Committee members to attend mandatory training.
• Give the Students’ Union Management Board the responsibility for employment procedures for Full-Time Student Officers.
• Clarify some inconsistencies / ambiguities in the text of the Constitution.