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Full Time Officers

The seven officers are elected every year
to represent students and help improve
your experience at Bristol

You elect seven full-time officers every March in the Bristol SU Elections, and they are paid to work full-time to lead the SU for a year. Each officer represents a different area of the student body and helps to improve your experience as a University of Bristol Student!

Collective Priorities

Officers choose three main objectives to focus on for the year ahead, based on student priorities. Read the priorities for 2023/24 below:

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Cost of Living

Students will be hit harder by the cost-of-living crisis, and it will impact their whole experience. We will: 

  • Look at warm spaces and cheap food on campus
  • Mitigate hidden costs that are part of the university experience
  • Lobby externally for wider change
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Mental Health and Wellbeing

Wellbeing support has improved, but we want to make sure it works for all our students, with a bigger focus on intersectionality*. We will: 

  • Focusing on Facilitating training for student leaders (e.g. club presidents, faculty reps, etc.)
  • Providing specialised support and helping students with disabilities

Academic Experience

  • Ensuring students have enough study spaces
  • Supporting you through any industrial action
  • Addressing discrepancies in academic support

Your elected officer team and the University Executive Board have committed to a joint agreement to work together this year to shape and improve the student experience. See how your Bristol SU Officers and University Executive Board are working together

Take a look at what we’ve each been doing

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Adam Michael | Union Affairs

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Izzy Russell | Student Living

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Saranya Thambirajah | Equality, Liberation & Access

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Nicole Antoine | Undergraduate Education

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Timber Hill | Postgraduate Education

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Bakhtawar Javed | International Students

At Student Council and our Annual Members Meeting the student body bring forward motions for policy that they'd like us to persue.

Aside from our priorities and campaigns (like Welcome, Mental Health Awareness Week and LGBTQ+ History Month), we work on policy passed by our students at our democratic events, AMM and Student council.

Once a motion is passed by vote at one of the above meetings (and if necessary, ratified at the next student council) they become active policy for three years.

Below you can see our progress on everything we've been asked to work on by students, as well as all previous policy

Can't find what you're looking for? Pop an email to bristolsu-democracy@bristol.ac.uk