TUS Student Handbook 2023/24

REPRESENTATION AND ADVOCACY
Your campus specific officers are your first line of
contact for support and advocacy. They can help
to resolve issues that may occur in your class,
between lecturers and students or issues even
at departmental level. They advocate for issues
that you, the student, might need or challenges
you may face throughout the academic year!
Each student union officer sits on a number of college
committees and boards such as governing body,
academic council, working groups and tonnes of
sub-committees, where they represent you and
advocate on your behalf.
At a national level, TUS SU is a part of USI which is the
national representative body for the 374,000 students
in third level education on the Island of Ireland.
Engaging with your Students’ Union can be of
great benefit to you. You may wish to become a
Class Rep which is a great opportunity to have
your voice heard and to represent your fellow
students. There are many more ways to get involved,
such as being a Departmental Rep or a Student
Councillor. Student Councillors sit on our student
council, where the SU team is held accountable
and you the student can task us with actions such
as tackling period poverty or bullying issues.
We have four main committees which you can
take part in throughout the year, these include:
student experience committee, welfare committee,
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