Hello freshers!

Hope you’ve enjoyed Uni-life so far and that things have calmed down a bit now you’ve settled in. We wanted to take this opportunity to email you and highlight two major things which affect you as first years:

Hall Societies

Lots of you joined these at Societies Fair on Weds/Thurs last week but if you haven’t then make sure you sign up online. They’re free to join and we’ll be organising activities around them all year – sign up now!

Autumn Elections

This week we’re asking students to nominate themselves for Union Council. A bit like a student parliament, Council exists to debate, amend and pass policy as well as hold your Officers to account. Now, some of that might sound a bit dull but I assure you it isn’t. Union Council has genuine power to change things about your Students’ Union and decides how we lobby the University to make changes across campus. So if you’ve ever moaned about the Library or the price of core textbooks, have an issue with accommodation or don’t like something about your course then being a Union Councillor could be for you.

Is it a big time commitment? No, not at all – there are only 7 meetings in the whole year and each should be under 2 hours!

How do I find out more? Head to warwicksu.com/elections

When do nominations close? Friday 6pm.

Any questions? Problems? Email democracy@warwicksu.com

This is your Union. Be part of it.

Chris Luck
Democracy Officer