The SU President is the figurehead of the SU. They lead the Officer team, helping and organising the efforts of each individual Officer and ensuring that the work on major student issues is done.

The SU President is responsible for coordinating communications alongside the Chief Executive and Marketing Manager and, tying into this, working with Student Media.

Representing students is the role of any Officer and the President is no exception, focusing on the headline issues of the time. The SU President is also responsible for governance and democracy within the SU and takes a lead on matters of day-to-day finance.

The Education Officer is primarily responsible for the educational welfare for all undergraduate students. Whilst not necessary, having an interest in Learning and Teaching at both a local and national level will support the post-holder to actively engage with topical educational based issues that students will be experiencing from right across our academic disciplines.  

As Education Officer you will become accustomed to networking with key stakeholders as well as regularly attend university committees where you would be championing the student voice. You would be liaising with staff and students from all areas of the university, this would include Student Leaders, Senior University Staff, as well as staff in both our Academic and Professional Services.  

A key part of the role for the Education Officer is overseeing, supporting and promoting the academic representation system. This will include chairing Academic Council, attending Academic Exec and empowering all our Academic Reps and Faculty Reps to become active members of the university community. By working and forming relationships with our elected reps, the Education Officer will become aware of significant students' issues and concerns and will be able to use this feedback to inform staff from across the university, whilst seeking and encouraging positive change. 

In addition to the above the Education Officer will work closely with the Postgraduate Officer to attend key university events, to run educational campaigns whilst ensuring that all students feel they are getting value for money from their degrees. 

The Activities Officer is responsible for the strategic development of societies, volunteering groups and the Arts team within the SU. They also lead on The SU's environmental and sustainability work.

They work with Executive Committees, aid groups with strategic development, as well as acting as a representative both to the University and on a national scale. Extra-curricular accreditation and development opportunities are also supported and co-ordinated by the Activities Officer. 

The Sport Officer is principally charged with the strategic development of sport within The SU and acting as a representative on relevant University committees and at the national level to sporting bodies such as British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS). They represent students’ sporting needs and interests in the Sports Department and the University. 

The Sport Officer helps sports clubs devise and implement their own development plans along with supporting the Sports Executive committee to further the development of student sport as a whole. They develop coaching and other volunteering opportunities for all clubs, along with providing recreational and free opportunities for students to get active. 

This role represents the student community on issues such as housing, student money, food provision and wellbeing support, as well as students’ place in the wider community. They coordinate and develop work around equality, diversity and inclusion and work with The SU and University to ensure all students feel that they belong at Bath. They work with Diversity and Support Groups to represent the needs of individual communities of students, and work with the Advice and Support team to support groups such as Nightline and Student Minds. Their remit also includes representing and supporting the needs of international students and work with the International Exec. They work with the SU President to represent students to the local Council ensuring that students feel safe and welcomed in Bath.  

*Please note, only Postgraduate Students can nominate themselves for this role. This includes all students either completing their Doctorate, those on an MRES pathway or students completing their master's degree. For more information, please email sureturningofficer@bath.ac.uk. 

The Postgraduate Officer is responsible for representing the interests of both our Postgraduate Taught Student Community as well as Doctoral students based within the Doctoral College. Split into two halves, the postgraduate officer will focus their time on both the Educational Experience for all Postgraduate students as well as responding more broadly to student queries to ensure that all postgraduate students have a positive and meaningful time at university. 

To represent students' academic interests, the postgraduate officer will work closely with our Postgraduate Taught Academic Reps as well as our Doctoral Representatives. Together, you will collectively use student feedback to debate key topics as well as actively plan campaigns to tackle key topical issues from the perspective of learning and teaching.  

Whilst the post-holder will understand the significance and importance of Education, they will also spend time developing and running events which support all Postgraduates to come together and become an active community of students. This could be liaising with the SU’s Freshers Week Captains to organise Postgraduate specific events during welcome week, running our regular Doctoral Lunches or liaising with our student societies to encourage postgraduate participation.  

To support all elements of the role, the Postgraduate Officer will form strong partnerships with senior staff from across the university, as well as work closely with staff in both the professional and academic services. In addition, they will also be regularly attending university committees where they will need to champion and advocate for Postgraduate Students.