Original Title: Introduce a No Confidence Vote for Academic Representatives and Sports and Society Committee Members
Passed by: Senedd
Passed on: 01/11/2021
Policy lapses: 01/11/2024
Status: Completed
Summary
A no confidence vote for reps and societies/clubs to remove a rep/committee member if students don't feel represented.
Details
There is not currently a mechanism in place to remove Academic Representatives or Sports and Society Committee members from their role if students do not feel adequately represented. I propose we use the same system currently in place for Full-Time and Volunteer Officers and create an option for a vote of No Confidence, this would allow for removal of a rep or committee member. A student would have to reach a quorum of 10% of their club or society committee members / relevant course members for the vote to be valid.
I think this will improve accountability for these roles and give students more power when choosing who they are represented by.
Submitted by: Elizabeth Manners
Updates
| Action Taken |
Name and Role |
Date |
| We are drafting By-Law changes that introduce the principle of no confidence votes for Academic representatives and Committee members and will take to a future Senedd or AGM. |
Anna (Acadmic Affairs 2023-24) |
November 2023 |
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When a rep is not active, the Union may ask someone else to step forward to fill the gap. In the case of bullying regarding a rep, the Union complaints procedure would be used. The process will be the same as for Committee member but would be the relevant Full-Time Officer and manager who oversees it.
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no confidence on reps - Anna (Academic affairs officer 2023-24) |
June 2024 |
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