Huddersfield Students’ Union is led by students for students, existing to make student life better. The Students' Union relies on student involvement and input to ensure that their work reflects the wishes of students at the University.
Whatever takes your fancy – whether it’s joining a Sports Clubs or Society, running a life-changing campaign (or applying in Elections!), or volunteering in the local community, the SU has options for you to develop great experience.
Academic Reps represent the student voice, continuously striving to improve academic experiences for you.
Become a campaigner for important causes such as equality, to make students' lives better.
As a committee member of a Students' Union society, you help to make its members experiences a reality.
Meet new people and improve your mental and physical health through organised sports clubs.
Halls Ambassadors engage and support those who live in student accomodation through events and activities.
Academic reps are the students who volunteer to link together the University and the day to day student experience. Every course has two reps in each year. They listen to the students on the course, sort out one-off issues by talking to the University staff and raise other issues at student panel and course committee meeting.
For more information about becoming an Academic Rep and to apply, visit the Students' Union's Academic Rep webpages.
Being an Academic Rep is a yearly commitment and you will attend training throughout the year as well as attend formal meetings with staff and students.
There are a range of networks within the SU that campaign for the equal rights of students at the University. Such networks include: BAME, Disabled Students, Global Citizens, LGBT+ and Women's Networks. The SU supports students to campaign on a range of issues that affect students both on campus and in the wider community.
They use a number of campaign techniques - it’s not all posters and placards - and they aim to make sure that as many students as possible can get involved in campaigns. It's a lot easier to get going in campaigning than you might think - The SU have a range of Officers and Staff who are there to support you in making a positive change for students.
For more information about volunteering as a campaigner, visit the Students' Union's Networks webpages and select a network you're passionate about.
Being a campaigner is a yearly commitment and you will expected to prepare for and attend events throughout the year.
You may use the experiences from your duties as a Network Campaigner as evidence towards your Electives portfolio. The evidence required is a reflection of your personal and professional learning from engaging with the opportunity, which should be added to your Electives portfolio document. This will be found on your Brightspace GPA module.
Societies, whether you join an existing one or decide to create your own, are fantastic ways of sharing a passion with others and bringing people together. Becoming a member of a society is great but being on the committee for one is better as you can help drive the society to provide events that its members want. There are a number of roles a committee member can do such as leading the group or managing budgets.
For more information about societies, please visit the following pages:
Or, if you are considering setting up your own society, the following pages will be useful:
Being a committee member of a society is fun but does require a longer term commitment to ensure the society functions well for its members.
There are a great variety of sports clubs you can engage with from American football and Archery, to Thai boxing and ultimate frisbee. Becoming a member of a sports club is an exciting opportunity to meet new people, improve your physical and mental health and compete in competitions.
For a list of the sports clubs and to find more information about them, visit the Students' Union's Sport Clubs webpages and select a sports club you're interested in.
Being a member of a sporting club is a longer term commitment and you should be prepared to attend regular training as well as friendly matches and competitions.
The HSU Hall Ambassadors live and work in halls of residence, and are supported by the SU Outreach Team. They are a close knit team of volunteers who provide events, activities, and support right where you live. If you’d like to be part of improving student life in your group accommodation, while developing new skills that employers are looking for, the HSU Halls Ambassador team would love for you to apply for one of several roles. You could engage in a leadership style role such as events officer or wellbeing liaison, or if leadership isn't for you, you might consider being a general HSU ambassador.
For more information about becoming a Halls Ambassador and the specific roles available, visit the Students' Union's Hall Ambassadors webpages.
As the individual roles will vary, it is advisable to contact the Halls Ambassadors team directly for more information about the indvidual commitment that is required for a role.