Year or Course Representative
To make sure all students can have the best possible learning experience, the Union operates an Academic Representation Network (or Rep Network, for short) that starts with the Year (or Master’s Course) Representative.
The Year (or Course) Rep, along with other Year (or Course) Reps in a Department, works as a team with the Departmental Representative. They find solutions to issues within a particular course, or across all the courses and years of study in a Department. They also receive suggestions from the students that they represent, and use those to come up with ways to make the course and Department better than before.
The team is supported at all times by the Deputy President (Education). When issues are too big, or don’t get resolved, they can be passed onto the Deputy President (Education) who can advise or find solutions.
Along with other members of the team, the Year (or Course) Rep attend regular meetings with staff in the Department, including the Staff-Student Committee. The Year (or Course) Rep also receives training from the Union at the start of their term, and has the opportunity to take part in projects and initiatives led by the Deputy President (Education) and other Officer Trustees.
The Year (or Course) Rep is a fundamental part of the Rep Network. They can cause the most direct changes in our course, making the learning experience better for everyone currently on the course, as well as for future students.
If you want to achieve positive change for your course and peers during your time at Imperial College London, this role is the one for you.
Find out more about these positions and the Rep Network at the Rep Network's website portal.
Graduate Students’ Union (GSU) Committee
The Graduate Students’ Union represents taught and research Postgraduates across College. Its committee is instrumental in providing academic representation, as well as helping to create a good social atmosphere. There are a number of positions available on the Committee. For more information about these positions, click here to download our Candidates Pack .
- Deputy President (Representation)
- Deputy President (Operations)
- Treasurer
- Secretary
- Academic and Welfare Officer Engineering
- Academic and Welfare Officer Physical Sciences
- Academic and Welfare Officer Medicine
- Academic and Welfare Officer Life Sciences
- Academic and Welfare Officer Business School
- Events Officer
- Sports & Activities Officer
- Marketing & Publicity Officer
- RAG Officer
Ethics & Environmental Officer
The Ethics & Environmental Officer is responsible for promoting green and ethical initiatives and issues to all Imperial students. This involves organising conferences, summits and events raising awareness of green issues, liaising with relevant charities and College bodies which includes the organisation of termly Fairtrade steering group meetings. They liaise with green student representatives from Halls as well as the Environmental Society, feeding back ideas for improvement to the building managers of Halls and helping to enact green initiatives with the support of the Deputy President (Welfare).
They also follow up on individual student issues and sit on College and Union committees (Community & Welfare Board and Union Council) developing and proposing new ideas for policy to make Imperial as sustainable as possible.
Ordinary Members of Union Council
Union Council is the policy and accountability forum of the Union. It is here to be the legitimate voice of the student body; passing policies that state the Unions stance of issues which may be local, national or international.
Your Officer Trustees bring reports to Council to ensure you know how they are representing you. This also provide an opportunity for you to ask them questions about their work.
If elected as a member of Council you are expected to read these reports and we encourage you to speak to friends and course buddies about issues before coming to the meeting – you will be there to represent them!
Any student can attend Council (and they are encouraged to do so), however only an elected member can vote.
You can only stand for one of the positions within your faculty. For more information about these positions, click here to download our Candidates Pack .