union meetings

The Students' Union has a number of committees and meetings which are designed to encourage participation, gather information and opinions on issues affecting you as students and assign actions to Union Officers to take forward through policy.

Below you will find out about future and previous meetings which are open to all students to attend. For previous agendas or minutes please email the Union at theunion@stir.ac.uk

zone meetings

The Students’ Union Zones are your place to have your say!

These meetings are open to all members of the Union (that means you) and are where all the major decisions about where we stand and what we do are made. Any student can put forward their views and propose a new direction for the union and any student can debate and vote on this. These meetings are also a great place to find out what has been going on over the past month or so in the Union and to question your elected representatives about what they are doing to make your lives better.

For more information or to put forward your own ideas to a zone meeting please email the Union at theunion@stir.ac.uk

Union Zone Meetings

Communities Zone
Education Zone
Equalities Zone
Sports Union

general meetings

General Meetings for 2022-2023

Meetings will be conducted either online via Microsoft Teams or in a online/in person hybrid format (details to be provided on a meeting-by-meeting basis).

Upcoming General Meetings

The next General Meeting will be in Autumn 2023.

2022-23 Past General Meetings

13^th April 2023 - Agenda | Summary | Minutes

Motions Passed:

AGM (immediately following GM), 13^th April 2023 - Agenda | Minutes | Annual Report Presentation

2^nd February 2023 - Agenda and Minutes

Motions Passed:
Motions Fell:
- Llama’s (and other live animal displays) Removal Motion
- Amendments to Standing Orders Motion

6^th October 2022 - Agenda and Minutes

Motions Passed
- Print and Broadcast Guidelines Motion with accompanying Guidelines and Appendix
- Updates to Schedules regarding Frequency of Zone Executive Committee Meetings Motion
- Buffer Zones Motion

10^th November 2022 (combined with a Communities Zone) - Agenda and Minutes

Motions Passed:
- Schedule Two (Elections and Referenda) Update Motion as amended with accompanying amended Schedule Two
  - Initial Proposed Schedule Two (Elections and Referenda) Update Motion with accompanying Schedule Two
    - Amendment 1
- Student Representation Reform Motion
- Housing Emergency Motion as amended
  - Initial Proposed Housing Emergency Motion
    - Amendement 2
- UCU Motion
- Plant-Based Commitment Motion
Motions Fell:
- Llama's Removal Motion

2021-22 Past General Meetings

7^th October 2021 - Agenda and Minutes

11^th November 2021 - Agenda and Minutes.

31st January 2022 - Agenda and Minutes.

17^th February 2022 (combined with an Education Zone): Agenda and Minutes.

7^th April 2022 - Agenda and Minutes.

AGM - 7th April - Agenda and Minutes. Officer Report 2021/22.

If you would like to see the agendas and minutes from earlier years, or you have any questions regarding our Zone Meetings, General Meetings or Executive Council, please email the Union at theunion@stir.ac.uk.

submitting a motion

All students can submit a motion to a Union General Meeting. If the meeting is quorate, and if the motion passes, the ideas from the motion will inform Union Officers about campaigns and projects the Union should be undertaking moving forward. You may also submit a motion to ammend a schedule if you believe it to be inaccurate. If you wish to submit a motion, please ensure you use this template - Motion Template - if you have any questions or need help putting the motion together, please email the Union at theunion@stir.ac.uk or contact the Democracy and Representation Coordinator at natalie.hay@stir.ac.uk.

Motions and/or amendments to motions must be submitted to the Democracy and Representation Coordinator by the time and dates noted for each meeting.

executive council

All elected officers sit on the Executive Council and decide how best to implement the decisions of the General Meeting. The Executive Council can also propose policy, respond to consultations, coordinate campaigns and delegate work to the standing committees of the Union.

finance and resources committee

The Finance and Resources Committee is responsible for reviewing the day to day operational aspects of the business as well as to ensure that correct and prudent management of the Union’s financial situation.

trustee board

The Union's Trustee Board is in place to ensure that the Union is working in the best interest of its members. The Board meets regularly and is made up of a mixture of elected Student Officers, general student trustees and external trustees.