Glasgow University Students' Representative Council
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| Institution | University of Glasgow |
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| Location | Glasgow, Scotland |
| Established | 1886 |
| President | Ameer Ibrahim |
| Sabbatical officers |
VP Education Kate Powell VP Student activities Mhairi Harris VP Student support Erin Ross |
| Members | c. 23,000 |
| Affiliations | Coalition of Higher Education Students in Scotland, National Postgraduate Committee, Aldwych Group |
| Address | McIntyre Building, University Avenue, Glasgow G12 8QQ |
| Website | www.glasgowstudent.net |
Glasgow University Students' Representative Council was founded on 9 March 1886 and recognised as the legal representative body for students of the University of Glasgow by the Universities (Scotland) Act 1889. The SRC is responsible for representing students' interests to the management of the University and to local and national government, and for health and welfare issues. Under the Universities (Scotland) Acts, all students of the University automatically become members of the SRC. However, they are entitled to opt out of this.
Unlike at other Scottish Universities, the SRC plays a limited role in the social lives of students, those being the purview of the Glasgow University Union (GUU) and the Queen Margaret Union (QMU), although it does organise numerous welfare initiatives, as well as funding some one hundred clubs and societies. Since 1968, all of the SRC's offices have been located in the McIntyre Building on University Avenue.
The SRC was founded on 9 March 1886 by a body of students whose primary focus was raising funds to build the GUU. Prior to this the only official representation to the university had been carried out through the office of Rector and rectorial clubs such as the Peel Club formed in 1836.
The McIntyre Building, in which the SRC is based, had been built in 1890 to house the then newly formed GUU.
In 1932, the GUU obtained its own building at the foot of University Avenue and the McIntyre Building became home to the Queen Margaret Union. At this time, the SRC was housed in rooms in Pearce Lodge, the former gatehouse of the University's old site on the High Street which had been reassembled at Gilmorehill. However, it moved into the John McIntyre Building when new premises were built for the QM in 1969. The dedication refers to John McIntyre, a physician who donated five thousand pounds (equal to around £300,000 in 2010) for its construction, in memory of his wife Anne.
Ron Donachie (actor) (President, 1976-1977) (as Ronald Porter)
The SRC Council comprises forty-five representatives. As of 2015[update] these are:
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