University of Bradford Union
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| Location | Student Central, University of Bradford, Richmond Road, Bradford, England BD7 1DP |
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| Established | 1957 (as a Student's Union) 1966 (as a University Union) |
| Sabbatical officers |
Aleem Bashir (Academic Affairs Officer) Subira Ismail (Community and Welfare Officer) Shazmin Akhtar (Women's and Campaigns Officer) Aphrodita Darmadi (Activities Officer) Siji Akinlusi (Sports Officer) Hamza Butt (Union Affairs Officer) |
| Trustees | Full time sabbatical officers, external trustees, student trustees and CEO |
| Members | c. 12,000 |
| Affiliations | National Union of Students, British Universities and Colleges Sport, National Postgraduate Committee |
| Website | www |
| Broadcast area | Local (AM) |
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| Frequency | 1350 kHz (Bradford, West Yorkshire) |
| First air date | 1 October 1980 |
| Format | Pop, Indie and Rock |
| Affiliations | Student Radio Association |
| Owner | University of Bradford Union |
The University of Bradford Union (UBU) is the students' union for the University of Bradford in Bradford, England and is a registered charity.
The University of Bradford Union (UBU) is run by an executive of six full-time sabbatical officers, elected annually and the end of the academic season, and up to six part-time executive officers elected at the start of the academic season. The executive committee is unusual in not having a president: the post was abolished by Shumon Rahman in 2001 who was elected the Union's first Asian President in 2000. The new executive positions and the reforms he introduced were modified in 2007 to incorporate an agreement with the University made in 2004 that a full review of the officers would take place. This involved merging the Treasurer and Secretary (what was Internal Affairs) role and the creation of one of the only Ethics, Environment and Welfare Officers in the country.
The executive is monitored by a council of up to 40 elected students who meet around 6 times each academic year: 10 of these places are filled through open places in a cross campus ballot, the others are made up of Course Representatives, Athletics, Societies and other bodies representatives in the Union such as Forums (statutory meetings of union members).
The Union is located in the Student central on campus and is politically active.
The Role of the Union is to support and provide services for its students of the university such as academic or financial advice, or activities and entertainment or for their safety.
The largest student engagement with UBU Union comes in the form of the four areas with devolved power; Societies Federation, Athletic Union, Media Areas and Academic Affairs/Student Representatives. Even though the University did not till recently run any performing arts courses, there are several societies for music and theatre. There also many course societies such as the optometry society BOOSA, international societies and faith groups. The current student union colours are red and black, and many of the sports teams use the traditional black, with red and white accents for playing kit.
The Student Union also has RamAir, one of the UK's longest running student radio stations, broadcasting on 1350AM and online, a student newspaper called The Bradford Student and a film society/cinema showing professional 35mm cinema prints known as the Bradford Student Cinema.
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