University of Warwick Students' Union
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| Institution | University of Warwick |
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| Location | Gibbet Hill Road, Coventry, England |
| Established | 1965 |
| President | Isaac Leigh |
| Sabbatical officers |
Charlie Hindhaugh (Education Officer) |
| Members | c. 28,000 |
| Affiliations | National Union of Students, British Universities & Colleges Sport AdviceUK, CPAG, National Council for Voluntary Organisations, UK Council for International Student Affairs, Coventry and Warwick Chamber of Commerce |
| Website | www.warwicksu.com |
Charlie Hindhaugh (Education Officer)
Olly Rice (Democracy and Development Officer)
Nathaniel Shiers (Postgraduate Officer)
Luke Pilot (Welfare and Campaigns Officer)
George Creasy (Societies Officer)
Warwick Students' Union, also known as Warwick SU, is the students' union for the University of Warwick, in Coventry, England.
The Students' Union developed in tandem with the University and has existed since 1965. In its first few decades, it was heavily involved with the protests, rent strikes, and occupations which earned the University the nickname of 'Red Warwick.' In 1974 one Warwick student Kevin Gately was killed during the Red Lion Square disorders. More recently, in 2009, many Students' Union officers were active in the occupation of a lecture theatre in the Social Studies (S0.21) building to express solidarity with Gaza.
One of its on-campus successes was its campaign for its own building, which finally succeeded in 1975 after lengthy opposition from large parts of the University establishment. Some of its early activism was carried out in partnership with sympathetic elements of the academic staff of the university, with one incident being chronicled in the book Warwick University Ltd., edited by the eminent historian E. P. Thompson.
The Union is also a shareholder in the NUS Services Ltd (NUSSL).
In the Autumn of 2011, Warwick Students' Union passed policy against tuition fees which stated its position in defence of free education.
In October 2014, a campaign group emerged, called Warwick for Free Education. The group rose to prominence after a sit-in at the University's Senate House was broken up by the police, who had been called in to deal with an assault of a university staff member. The police were accused of using excessive force, and video footage appears to a show a police officer using CS spray on students. This led to an investigation by the Independent Police Complaints Commission. In July 2015, one protestor was found guilty of common assault, while another was found guilty of causing fear and provoking violence.
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