Policies, Strategies & Governance

The University of Stirling Students’ Union is constituted by the University of Stirling’s Royal Charter (14th December 1967) and is a registered charity in accordance with the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005.

As such the organisation is governed by a number of key documents in order to ensure effective delivery of its core purpose, which are provided below.

Documents & policies .

Governing Documents

• Constitution
• Schedule 1 - Representative Committees
• Schedule 2 - Elections and Referendum Regulations
• Schedule 3 - Officer Profiles
• Schedule 4 - Trustee Schedule
• Schedule 5 - Standing Orders
• Schedule 6 - Discipline Procedures
• Schedule 7 - Sports Schedule
• Schedule 8 - Societies Schedule
• All Schedules - September 2026

Core Union Policies

• Safety Policy Statement
• Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Policy
• No Platforms Policy
• Zero Tolerance Policy
• 'Lapsed Policy' Policy
• Safe Space Policy
• Volunteer Policy
• Sustainability Policy
• Unacceptable Behaviour Policy
• Staff Student Protocol

 

Democratic Processes and Publications.

Strategic Planning

• Strategic Plan 2030

Annual Accounts

• Annual Accounts 2025
• Annual Accounts 2024
• Annual Accounts 2023
• Annual Accounts 2022
• Annual Accounts 2021
• Annual Accounts 2021 (Text only)
• Annual Accounts 2019

Union Guide

• Your Student Union Guide 2025/26
• Your Student Union Guide 2025/26 (Text only)

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

• Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy

Union policy

In the below Union Policy Database, you can find all active Union Policy which the Union must adhere to where possible.

To find out more about Student Voice and our representative structures, please get in touch by emailing theunion@stir.ac.uk.

Read our Student Voice policy