Queen Mary Students' Union
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| Queen Mary Students' Union | |
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| Established | |
| President | Ed Marsh |
| Location | London, United Kingdom |
| Members | 10,000 approx |
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| Member of | National Union of Students, British Universities Sports Association |
| Mascot | Mary the Leopard |
| Homepage | http://www.qmsu.org |
Queen Mary Students' Union (commonly referred to as QMSU) is the students' union for Queen Mary, University of London.
The College's Students' Union is based on Bancroft Road, Mile End, and has a gym, shop and prayer room. The bar fills up on Monday nights (termed Happy Mondays, which is a drinks promotion night), every Tuesday for stupid Tuesdays, Wednesdays (the biggest night of the week for the College's sports clubs) for Mary's Cheese, Now! Music events (run by a students' society) on Thursdays and the regular theme nights and club nights that fill out what was considered by many to be the biggest and best students' union venue in London, Club e1. e1 closed on 19th January 2007.
A new Students' Union building is currently being built, as part of the new Student Village along Westfield Way. It will be home to the majority of the non-commercial services, such as student activities and welfare support and allow the commercial ventures to expand in their current surroundings, allowing QMSU to develop all the facilities on offer to students.
There are also plans to create a new health and fitness centre at the heart of the campus, which will in turn allow the existing Students' Union building to be redeveloped, potentially resulting in a media suite, a redeveloped bar and a generally more pleasant environment for students at Queen Mary.
The Students' Union publishes a newspaper every month called Cub, along with a bi-monthly sports paper, Sport 'd.
Elections are held each year for 5 full-time sabbatical officers and 13 other executive officers, who have a wide variety of responsibilities, ranging from the environment to equal opportunities within the university. Elections are completed by anonymous cross-campus ballot each year, which also includes election to the Union's numerous and diverse range of standing committees.
In 2001 a referendum was held on the question of disaffiliation from the National Union of Students; in somewhat controversial circumstances, the status quo prevailed.
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[edit] Current Officers
[edit] Sabbaticals
- President Ed Marsh
- VP Education Welfare and Representation Kayleigh Wall
- VP Student Activities Sam Shethran
- VP Media and Publications Alex Hudson
- VP Association (President BLSA) Tom Barton
[edit] Executive Officers
- Campaigns Officer Gemma Fox
- Entertainments and Commercial Services Officer Nick Williams
- Environmental Officer David Field
- RAG Officer Laura Sheldon
- Societies Officer Denis Shukur
- Sports Officer James Cooke
- Union Chair Katy Turner
- Union Secretary Sally Suliman
- Volunteering Officer Dee Patel
[edit] Committee Members
- Campaigns Committee Tom Dunford
- Men's Representative Tom Cottle
- Women's Representative Daisy Ashby
- LGBT Representative Alasdair Muir
- LGBT Representative Siobhan Thomas
[edit] The Association
Barts and The London Students' Association was incorporated into Queen Mary Students' Union in 1995 when the London Hospital Medical College and St. Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College merged with Queen Mary and Westfield College. The association runs as a semiautonomous sub-unit within the main union.
