Student Voice

Keele SU is your Students Union...it's led by elected Student Officers to deliver the very best in support, representation and student experience. We're a charity, meaning everything Keele SU does is not for profit and for the benefit of all of its students.

Latest News//

Turkey-Syria Earthquake - Support for Students

Find out how you can show your support for those affected by the earthquake in Turkey and Syria.

 
#LoveYourEducation
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As part of the Elected Officers' fight against the marketisation of higher education, the #LoveYourEducation campaign promotes the importance of making university sustainable and accessible to all.

 
 

Voice Events//

Ramadan
Taking place from sundown on March 22nd until sundown on April 20th in 2023, Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, observed by Muslims worldwide as a month of fasting, prayer, reflection and community.
Rama Navami
A spring Hindu festival that celebrates the birthday of lord Rama. He is particularly important to the Vaishnavism tradition of Hinduism, as the seventh avatar of Vishnu.
Trans Day of Visibility
This international event is dedicated to celebrating transgender people and raising awareness of discrimination faced by transgender people worldwide, as well as a celebration of their contributions to society.
Palm Sunday
This commemorates the entrance of Jesus into Jerusalem (Matthew 21:1–9), when palm branches were placed in his path, before his arrest on Holy Thursday and his crucifixion on Good Friday.
World Autism Day
Every 2 April is a UN observance called “World Autism Awareness Day”.
Passover
The major Jewish spring festival which commemorates the liberation of the Israelites from Egyptian slavery, lasting seven or eight days from the 15th day of Nisan.
Good Friday
The Friday before Easter Sunday, on which the Crucifixion of Christ is commemorated in the Christian Church. It is traditionally a day of fasting and penance.
World Health Day
A global health awareness day celebrated every year on 7 April, under the sponsorship of the World Health Organization, as well as other related organizations. In 1948, the WHO hold the First World Health Assembly.
Easter Sunday
Easter is a Christian festival which celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Vaisaki
Marks the Sikh new year and commemorates the formation of Khalsa panth of warriors under Guru Gobind Singh in 1699. Vaisakhi is also an ancient festival of Hindus, marking the Solar New Year and also celebrating the spring harvest.
Eid al-Fitr
A religious holiday celebrated by Muslims worldwide that marks the end of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting. This religious Eid is the first and only day in the month of Shawwal during which Muslims are not permitted to fast.
Earth Day
An annual event celebrated around the world on April 22 to demonstrate support for environmental protection. First celebrated in 1970, it now includes events coordinated globally by the Earth Day Network in more than 193 countries.

FAQs//

No matter what, you can submit your issues/ideas online using our ideas page, where we collect student opinions and bring these to Union Council, made up of our Elected Officers, and Union General Meetings, our all-student meetings, for students to vote on. Even if you don’t have a solution, we bring issues to students to help decide on what actions to take to help make change.

We run a variety of campaigns through the year, from ongoing campaigns such as our free period campaign to fight period poverty, awareness campaigns such as Movember, anti-discrimination campaigns like #NeverOK, and officer-led campaigns like the anti-racism campaign Be Better Do Better. We start campaigns based on the issues students raise, so if you’d like to start a campaign submit an idea here!

Elected Officers are student representatives, elected by students, to hold the university to account, to lead campaigns on issues that matter to them, and fight for student interests. We have five Full-Time Officers, also known as sabbs (Sabbatical Officers), who take a sabbatical from their studies to represent students, attend meetings with the university, and campaign more regularly. You can find out more about these officers and what they do here. Part-Time Officers are current students, who volunteer their time to fight on issues based on their role. You can find a full list of these here.

 

What we do//

Student Voice is about ensuring that all students are being heard by the university, and able to make change to their student experience. This may be on issues that directly affect students in their degrees, such as early deadlines on an assessment, or it may be issues that affect students as people, such as racial discrimination. Through campaigns, democracy, and representation, we want to empower students to make change for the better. Our Student Voice Representatives scheme ensures students on every course have a rep to take academic issues to the university and improve their course, while our Elected Officers hear from you in all-student meetings about the broader issues that matter to you. We run student-led campaigns on issues such as sustainability, sexual violence, and LGBT+ History, to raise awareness of issues that matter to students and make the Keele community a better place.

 

 
 

 

 

Logo: KeeleSU Student Voice Emma, Liam, & Tuesday

Image: e-mail Contact the team at: su.voice@keele.ac.uk

Campaigns are how you make change to your community, both in Keele and beyond. All our campaigns are student-led, and include supporting students through the Cost of Living Crisis, to promoting Societies at Keele, to Keele SU's anti-racism campaign Be Better Do Better.

Officers and Delegates represent students at Keele. Officers work full-time at the Students' Union, taking a break from their studies, while Delegates represent students alongside their studies, and it's the responsiblity of Student Voice to support Officers and Delegates to run campaigns, decide Keele SU policy, and lobby the university to improve the student experience at Keele.

Elections are how we elect those Officers and Delegates to lead and represent you! We run elections for our Officers in February, and Delegates in April and October. Our elections page is where to go if you'd like to put yourself forward, vote in an election, or simply find out more.

Have Your Say on issues that affect you! From small things like the sauces that come on our chips, to how the university should make campus safer for you, let us know how you want to make a change. All submissions are taken to students to vote on, to make sure that we're led by you.

Networks are new for 2022/23, and are our way of making sure that students from liberation groups (such as women, students of colour, or students with disabilities) are able to run campaigns on issues that affect them specifically. Anyone who identifies as part of these groups can get involved as much as they want, and you can find all of our Networks and how to get involved on our Networks page.

Student Voice Representatives are our academic representatives - students who, alongside their studies, meet with their school to fix issues that affect their course, their school, or even the university on an academic basis.

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