What is Union Council?
Union Council's role is to provide political leadership and to support and scrutinise the Officer Trustees. It does this by passing policies, mandating student leaders to carry out certain actions or campaigns, and holding student leaders accountable. Union Council also has subcommittees to support specific discussion and decision-making.
Union Council meets monthly during term time, and any student of Imperial can attend and propose a topic for discussion.
If you have any questions, ideas or concerns for Imperial students, you can contact the Union Council Chair at chairman@imperial.ac.uk.
Union Council structure
In Union Council, Officer Trustees come together with the leaders of our Constituent Unions, Academic & Wellbeing Representation Networks, Management Group Chairs and Liberation Teams, as well as elected Undergraduate and Postgraduate representatives of students from every faculty at Imperial.
Your Union Council Chair for 2025/26 is Anthea MacIntosh-LaRocque.
FAQs
ICU Forums
There are a number of democratic forums at ICU which any student is welcome to attend and put forward discussion points by emailing the Chair in advance.. The forums are opportunities for students to discuss key issues on their experience at Imperial. They are spaces to share feedback and co-develop campaigns or ideas for resolutions. Once a discussion has taken place at a forum, ideas may be able to be implemented directly by ICU, the relevant Officer Trustees or representatives, and/or involved students, or may need to go to Union Council if a political stance, decision, or change in written governance, is required.
Council dates
Want to get involved? All Imperial students are welcome along to Union Council. Check the upcoming dates here.
