SUSA is run BY students FOR students. Each year students elect student representatives to run THEIR association for them. This includes four Sabbatical Officers, who are in full-time, paid positions, and act as trustees of the association. The Sabbaticals are part of the Executive Committee, alongside part time officers, and the Executive as a whole is part of the larger Student Representative Council. Council exists to represent Stirling’s students, debate and carry out policy of the association, and to run campaigns.

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Certain Council members have a particular responsibility in regards to a particular section of the student body:

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also - Campus Media are represented on Council:

There are also ‘ordinary’ Council Members:

SUSA - alongside the University, is one of the largest employers in the local area. SUSA’s annual turnover of £1million + per year is in the hands of our internal staff - who are appointed to operate the various facets of the running of the Students’ Association on our behalf. This is a brief rundown of who is who and who does what …

The Senior Association Secretary - she knows more about SUSA than anyone else in it! Her job encompasses everything from Elections, to the SUSA Minibus, and Welfare enquiries. Part of her job is to keep the Sabbaticals respectable, and organised (well - as far as the public see…). If you have any questions about anything SUSA-related … she is the woman to ask. We ask her all the time. Oh - and depsite her protests - she is very partial to both cakes and chips!

SUSA’s Receptionist/Secretary - probably the first person you will encounter in the SUSA Office - be it by phone or at the desk in person. She does the vital work like typing, answering the phone and personal enquiries, and a fair amount of organization stuff! She also plays a crucial role in acting as surrogate parent to any wayward first-years who come in to the office seeking help. The key word as far as Sandra is concerned is ‘chocolate’.

SUSA’s Management Secretary - the friendly and indeed glamorous face that greets you when you want to send a fax - or see anyone in the Management offices. Babs and Eleanor make sure that everything is co-ordinated and that everyone knows what is happening within SUSA.

If Eleanor knows all about SUSA - then these are the lovely ladies who know all about things financial. Angie is Finance Administrator, Maggie and Helen are the Finance Assistants. These are the people to see if you intend spending any of SUSA’s money - and they will keep you on track if you don’t know what (if anything) you can spend - or where it should be charged. Don’t try and put anything past them … it won’t work! If you’re thinking of bribery or flattery here - you better make it good!

Another Helen - this time the talented and overworked Printroom Operator. This is who you see to get posters, tickets, leaflets, manifestoes etc. etc. etc. Can usually be influenced with a "Crunchie".

Newly appointed Events Manager who works in close association with the Robbins Committee and student officers to ensure a professional, popular and varied programme of entertainment events within SUSA. As a Stirling University Graduate, and a former sabbatical - he has considerable experience with SUSA.

Is our Catering Supervisor and co-ordinates the catering provision in the Robbins and the Gannochy.

Gannochy Manager in charge of the Gannochy Bar, and its staff.

Robbins Bar Manager - the person most likely to see you inebriated at kicking-out time! In charge of running all the Robbins Centre bars - including ‘Glow’. Line-manager to Robbins bar staff, and stewarding team.

The bloke with the dodgy ties who looks like Matthew Kelly is the Senior Bars and Catering Manager. He is the Association’s Licence holder for our bars, and is the man to see if you want to organize a disco in the Robbins or the Gannochy. Ross is line manager to the Robbins and Gannochy Bar Managers, and the Catering Supervisor.

SUSA’s General Manager. He is ultimately responsible for staffing matters and the day-to-day running of the Association. If you have any complaints to make about the association, this is the man to contact.

As said before - the staff run the Association on our behalf. The experience and commitment they bring to SUSA goes well beyond their job descriptions - and we do well to remember that! Whether they be cleaners, bar-staff or management - they should be treated with the respect that they deserve.