As your officers, we regularly meet with the University to represent all students and lobby for your rights. To keep you updated, we're posting quick meeting summaries whenever we can.
As your Students' Union, we're separate from the University. Meeting with University management is one way for us, as officers, to ensure your voices (particularly those of the most vulnerable students) are heard and responded to by the University. Have a look at our archive for previous meeting notes.
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Urgent Action: Sign Open Letter to Vice Chancellor - Divest from Israel’s Colonial Genocide
Published on 26th April 2024.
The University of Sussex Students’ Union has always stood in solidarity with those fighting for justice and human rights, and has a long standing campaigning policy on Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Israel for Palestinian Solidarity. As per our Union’s Palestinian solidarity motion we have co-written a letter with Sussex UCU calling on the University to divest from companies complicit in genocide. We are reaching out to you, our student members, with an urgent call to action.
Joint statement UCU-USSU
Published on 13th July 2023.
UCU (with support from the Students’ Union) have decided to cancel all plans of holding a demonstration, or solidarity stall, at graduation. Instead, we would like to jointly invite students to celebrate their achievements with us at our alternative graduation party, details of which will be publicised shortly.
Statement regarding support of Part-Time Officers
Published on 12th July 2023.
The Students’ Union belongs to students. It exists to make their lives better. If structures and practices at this institution are excluding marginalised groups, the Union is failing its most basic functions. The Students’ Union strives to be a safe space for students, where voices are heard and liberation work is a fundamental part of this.