Liverpool Students' Union

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The Liverpool Students' Union (LSU) is the representative body for all students studying at Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) in Liverpool, England; and is not to be confused with Liverpool Guild of Students, which is the Student Union for the University of Liverpool; membership is automatic upon enrolment.

The Union currently is the representative body of around 22,000 students studying at LJMU, locate primarily in Liverpool.

1 History
2 LSU Facilities
3 Governance
4 External links

[edit] History

Liverpool Students' Union was formally known as Liverpool Polytechnic Students Union (LPSU) until the old Polytechnic was granted University Status in 1992, when it became Liverpool John Moores University and the Union became Liverpool Students' Union the website for the Students' Union can be found at Liverpool Student Union

[edit] LSU Facilities

LSU operates at 3 sites across the University. The main Union building, the 'Haigh' (named after long serving Union secretary, Sheila Haigh who retired in 1983, the year the new building opened) is located on Maryland Street, between Rodney Street and Hope Street. Within the Haigh can be found the Union's Executive and Management Office's, Welfare Department, Marketing Department, Entertainment Department, Training & Development, Committee rooms, Training Suite, Student Activities Centres, Union shop and 3 main bars (Scholars, Sanctuary and the Cooler).

The Union operates a Shop at the Byrom Street Campus and a Bar (Greenshields) and shop at the IM Marsh Campus.

Up until September 2005 Byrom Street Campus also housed an onsite bar, similar to Maryland Streets Union bar. Every Friday, Byrom Street bar would hold a Karaoke afternoon, offering £1 beers.

LSU also published a student magazine, Havoc, but this closed down in January 2007 following serious financial troubles with the union. This has now been replaced by a city-wide student newspaper called LX News, which is produced by LX News Ltd in association with LJMU and the other institutions in Liverpool, University of Liverpool and Liverpool Hope University.

[edit] Governance

Employing around 80 full time and 120 part time staff the Union is governed by an Executive Committee and Union Council. The Executive Committee comprises 4 full time sabbatical positions and 9 part time non-sabbatical positions. These positions are:

President and Communications, Vice President (Activities and Participation), Vice President (Education and Democracy), Vice President (Welfare and Equal Opportunities), Mature Students Officer, Disability Rights Officer, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual Rights Officer, Women's Officer, Race Equality Officer, IM Marsh Campus Officer, Northern Campus Officer, Campaigns Officer, General Executive Committee Officer,

Currently the former Vice President (Welfare)(2002-2003), Gemma Tumelty, is the President of the National Union of Students.