University of London Union

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University of London Union.

The University of London Union (commonly referred to as ULU) is the university-wide students' union for the University of London. It is the largest students union in the country.

ULU was founded in 1955 and has its main building on Malet Street, near Senate House. It represents students to the University and beyond, whilst also providing support and resources to the students' unions of individual colleges.

ULU aims to represent the diverse students and students’ unions of the University of London.

The ULU building and venue is widely known as one for gigs that launch major artists such as the Kaiser Chiefs and Goldfrapp

1 Union Officers
2 Sporting Activities
3 Handover Parties
4 External links

[edit] Union Officers

Union Officer	2004-2005	2005-2006	2006-2007
President	Matthew Cooke	Stewart Halforty (resigned) [1]	Victoria Slater
Vice-President [Finance, Services & Operations]	Rob Park	Sam Thomas	Jim Hunkin
Vice-President [Welfare & Student Affairs]	Jo Fried	Nicky Grant	Daniel Snowdon
Vice-President [Sports & Societies]	Jim Eynon	Laura Bigg-Wither	Michael Neville
London Student Editor	Alexi Duggins	Patrick Ward	John Kenchington
Chair of Council	Ryan Haynes	Vacant [2]	Rob Park [5]
Environment & Ethics Officer	Vijaypal Bains	Rees Howell	Jennie Cowan
Intercollegiate Halls Officer	Rishi Madlani	Vacant	Vacant
International Students' Officer	Saad Mirza	Saad Mirza	Ek Ming Tay
LGB[T] Officer [4]	Alon Or-bach	Edd Payne	Laura Purll
Medical Students' Officer	Johann Malawana	Simon Lammy	Matthew Mak
Men's Officer	Rajesh "Josh" Joshi (resigned) [3]	James Juggapah	James Juggapah
Officer Without Portfolio	Alex Stacey	Chris Heathcote	Chris Heathcote
Part Time & Mature Students' Officer	Habiba Hamid	Rob Park	Shayaan Afsar
Postgraduate Students' Officer	Paulet Brown	Iain Long	Tim Roll-Pickering
Racial Equality Officer	Jonathan Behar	Sabira Mohammad	Sanchia Smithson [5]
Small & Specialist Colleges Officer	Paul Skinner	Georgina Murray	Vacant
Students with Disabilities Officer	Sam Thomas	Ismail Malik	Nicky Grant
Women's Officer	Nicky Grant	Jo Fried	Jo Fried [5]

Notes:

Stewart Halforty offered his resignation as President on the 31 October 2005
Luca Manfredi received a vote of No Confidence at the Second Council meeting on the 7 November 2005
Josh resigned part-way through the year due to work pressures as he was a sabbatical at KCLSU during this time.
A motion was passed at ULU Council from a QMUL student that the LGB Officer position should be LGBT Officer. This amendment came into effect on 1st August 2006.
According to the issue of London Student published on 26 February 2007, Fried, Park and Smithson were removed from office by ULU's Returning Officer as they did not appear on the list of students provided to him for the purposes of compiling an electoral roll for the 2007 sabbatical elections.

[edit] Sporting Activities

One of ULU's main activities is the provision of Sport Leagues and Sport Clubs. The leagues originally only included teams within the University of London. Now they include University teams from the London area that are not in UoL. The governance of these is carried out by Sports Officers from the Universities and Colleges Students' Unions that have at least one sports team in the league. The sports leagues are also supported by the Friends of University of London Sport, whos members are former Sports Officers from within the University of London.

[edit] Handover Parties

ULU is also famous in the Students' Union movement as having one of the largest handover party. The precise date of this party is always argued over. The main form of debate is over whether it should be on the 31 July. As at mid night office officially hands over to the new officers on the 1 August. Traditionally the 31 July was always the date when the University College London Union has its handover party. Yet many officers from other Students' Union in the University of London feel ULU should have it as it is federal body.