NUI Galway Students' Union
| Institution | NUI Galway |
|---|---|
| Location | Áras na Mac Léinn, NUI Galway, Galway, Ireland |
| Established | 1911 |
| President | Jimmy McGovern |
| Vice presidents | Cathal Sherlock and Daniel Khan |
| Members | over 16,000 |
| Affiliations | Union of Students in Ireland (USI) |
| Website | http://www.su.nuigalway.ie |
The NUI Galway Students' Union / Comhaltas na Mac Léinn, OÉ, Gaillimh is the representative body of students at NUI Galway in Ireland. Among its former leaders is Michael D. Higgins, the ninth President of Ireland.
NUI Galway Students' Union is an independent body which represents its members' interests in the University and elsewhere. Every student who registers at NUI Galway automatically becomes a member of the Students' Union on payment of the Student Levy – a total of over 16,000 members. Members are entitled to numerous benefits including representation by the Students' Union officers, membership of the Students' Union Club (College Bar) and access to a wide range of Students' Union commercial services. The Union also part funds Sin Newspaper and Flirt FM. The Union is separated into two entities - the Students' Union Representative side and the Students' Union Commercial Services Ltd.
As outlined in the Students' Union Constitution, the function of the Union is the "represent its members and promote, defend and vindicate the rights of its members at all levels of society". Consequently, the Students' Union sits on various University committees, including the University Governing Authority, which allows Officers to voice the views of the students to the University authorities. The Union also works with other local groups and companies to ensure students get the best treatment and deals possible. The Union's objectives include providing social, recreational and commercial services for our members through the College Bar, entertainment events, the SU Shop and other commercial services. In order to promote the unity of the organisation, the Union also assists on-campus student groups such as clubs and societies, while simultaneously promoting good relations between students and staff of NUI Galway. On a national level, the Union pursues fair and equal access to education for all sectors of the Irish people, and liaises closely with the Union of Students in Ireland to work towards achieving this goal. Recent work of the Union has included the organising of a Grant Information Evening in order to help students applying for the Local Authority Grant.
While the President, along with the staff, is mainly responsible for the day-to-day running of the Union, the Students' Union Executive is the committee that runs the Union on an ongoing basis. It consists of fifteen elected members, whose responsibilities cover the whole spectrum of student concerns from educational issues to accommodation to discrimination and much more. Of the fifteen members of the Executive, three are paid sabbatical (full-time) Officers, i.e. the President and two Vice-Presidents, while the other twelve Officers work on a part-time, unpaid basis. At each Executive meeting, the three sabbatical Officers present a report of work done since the last meeting. The Officers of the Union (for the Academic Year 2016/17) are as follows:
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