Union Council (2nd December 2013)

Agenda

Name of Committee	Union Council
Date and time	2nd December 2013, 18:00
Place	The Senate Room, Building 37
Members (voting)	64 voting members Show all members Performing Arts Officer Laura Ellis Team Southampton Sports Officer Lucy Dowdall SUSUtv Station Manager Catherine Darcy Wessex Scene Editor Sam Everard Medicine Faculty Officer Alexander Oldman Humanities Faculty Officer Lawrence Smith Health Sciences Faculty Officer Katy Elliott Council Chair Katy O'Brien The Edge Editor Megan Downing Clubs and Societies Officer Jamie Hemingway Union Films Cinema Manager Nick Tinsley Southampton General Hospital (Site) officer Sohaib Rufai National Oceanography Centre (Site) Officer Henry Pearson Winchester (Site) Officer Amy Harwood Physical Sciences & Engineering Faculty Officer Giles Howard International Students' Officer Jawad Bhatti Nightline Officer Laura Mason Sports Participation Officer Adam Proudley Student Enterprise Officer Jack Kanani Wellbeing Officer Josh Cox Vice President Student Communities Emily Harrison President Emily Dawes Vice President Education Samuel Dedman Vice President Democracy and Creative Industries Evie Reilly RAG Officer Alice Gray Vice President Welfare Isabella Camilleri Vice President Engagement Fleur Walsh Vice President Sport Development Steve Gore Ethical & Environmental Officer Charlotte Hollands Equality & Diversity Officer Thomas Gleeson Engineering & the Environment Faculty Officer Shruti Verma Postgraduate (Research) Officer Ioan Alexandru Barbu SURGE Station Manager Jamie Barker Junior Common Room Officer David Gunns Union Councillor Sophie Van Eetvelt Union Councillor Ben Franklin Union Councillor Joseph Spencer Union Councillor Mark Lavery Union Councillor Roberto Gregoratti Union Councillor Vlad Novikov Union Councillor Louisa Smith Union Councillor Thomas Feather Union Councillor Alexander Robinson Union Councillor Alex Hovden Union Councillor Olivia Ojuroye Union Councillor Grace Cameron Union Councillor Jenny Bortoluzzi Union Councillor Gabriela Discenza Union Councillor Leon Rea Union Councillor Evrim Ozbey Union Councillor Joshua McDonald Union Councillor Rowanna Baker Union Councillor Katherine Spires Union Councillor Shailesh Agarwal Union Councillor Jessica Lobo Union Councillor Candace Jackson Union Councillor Emily Shepherd Union Councillor Jamie Wilson Union Councillor Gethin Jones Union Councillor Helen Demlew Union Councillor Anjit Aulakh Union Councillor William Yeong Union Councillor Mayan Al-Shakarchy Union Councillor William Cable
In Attendance (non-voting officers and staff)

Main Meeting
Policy Ideas
P	1.	Sexual Harassment Attached: Paper A - Ideas discussion - Sexual Harassment.pdf
P	2.	Disciplinary Procedure Reform Attached: Paper B - Ideas discussion - Disciplinary process reform.pdf
P	3.	Post-graduates and students who live in private accommodation Attached: Paper C - Ideas discussion - Post-graduates and students who live in private accommodation.pdf
P	4.	Availability of University facilities during exams Attached: Paper D - Ideas discussion - Availability of University facilities during exams.pdf
Formal Business
	5.	Welcome and apologies for absence
P	6.	Minutes of the previous meeting Attached: Paper E - Minutes of the meeting of 21 October 2013.pdf
	7.	Matters arising from the previous meetings
Membership and Financial
	8.	Membership matters a) By-election of Union Councillors Election: Nominate yourself at this point. The election is conducted during the meeting. (Any student can stand, members of Union Council can vote). Positions are available for students who meet the following criteria: Post-graduate Taught (x2); Part time (x2); Mature Undergraduate (x1); Health Sciences (x2); Medicine (x2). b) By-election of Union Council representative to Zone Committees Election: Nominate yourself at this point. The election is conducted during the meeting. (Union Councillors and Student Leaders can stand, members of Union Council can vote). One representative each on the Creative Industries Zone Committee and the Student Life Zone Committee. c) Student representatives pool for Election Working Groups Union Councillors will be selected at random from a list of interested Union Councillors. Once selected, this selection will last until after the Elections have finished. If you think you might run or support someone in a particular Election, you cannot be a member of that Election's Working Group. Members wishing to opt in should write their names on the paper provided.
P	9.	Appointment of Lorna Reavley as Returning Officer for Elections Emily Dawes Attached: Paper F - Appointment of a Returning Officer.pdf
P	10.	Financial matters a) Approval of sports kit collective purchasing deal Attached: Paper G - Approval of sports kit collective purchasing deal.pdf
Policy
	11.	Feedback from today's session
	12.	Action from previous ideas session a) Managing external speakers b) Union Council dates, times and locations c) Activities and presence at sites d) Payday lenders
P	13.	Policy proposals a) SUSU and Payday lenders b) Creating a new Intra-Mural Officer Student Leader position c) Creating a new Media Officer Student Leader position Attached: Paper J - 1314P3 Media Officer.pdf Paper I - 1314P2 Intra-Mural Officer.pdf Paper H - 1314P1 SUSU and Payday Lenders.pdf
Accountability
P	14.	Disciplinary Committee report Attached: Paper K - Disciplinary Committee report.pdf
P	15.	Zone reports and updates Attached: Paper M - Policy Review Group update.pdf Paper L - Zone reports.pdf
P	16.	Officer reports and questions Attached: Paper P - Questions.pdf Paper O - Officer reports.pdf Paper N - Attendance.pdf
Other Business
	17.	Union Council Stars
P	18.	Any other business a) Support of Industrial action Attached: Paper Q - Industrial action by lecturers approval.pdf
	19.	Date and time of next meeting The next union Council will be on 4th February 2014, 6pm in the Senate Room.

Key: P (Papers Provided), PF (Papers to Follow)