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STUDENTS’

UNION

The Students’ Union provides a range of MEET THE

services, support, social activities and STUDENTS’ UNION
PRESIDENT
student development opportunities.
“The Students’ Union encompasses three main goals at its
core: enrichment, support, and representation surrounding
As soon as you start your course at the RVC, you can get the RVC Student Body and their overall experience while at
involved with everything the Students’ Union offers, from university. Your SU Team contains an eclectic mix of officers
sports clubs, societies, nights out, volunteering opportunities, from different backgrounds and year cohorts each bringing
student support, representation and advice. The Students’ a unique perspective to their position. Our roles span across
Union is a big part of life on campus, providing opportunities activities, welfare, equality and diversity, international
to get involved whatever your interests. issues, vet nursing, and more! We also have dedicated
staff members working behind the scenes overseeing the
The Students’ Union represents students across the RVC. This operational capacities of our group. You can find us on both
includes promoting students’ views, liaising and working with campuses always ready to serve along with our social meet-
staff to improve student life and generally making your time at up points: the SU Shop, the Haxby and Buttery, and our
the RVC the best it can possibly be. permanent offices. Regular office hours are always in place
and sign-posting to a plethora of resources are always on
Our Students’ Union support and participation is available hand to help you.
to students on all courses, and covers a wide range of
issues, including environment, welfare, sports, entertainment, My favourite part about the Students’ Union is their
fundraising and more. consistency and constant drive to grow our community on
campus and advocate for change when needed. Working
Find out how you can get involved and follow us on social alongside the College, they work to adopt fair policies,
media to keep up to date with the latest news and events outline areas for improvement, and most importantly, have
fun. Here at RVC, we aim to have options for every single
rvcsu.org.uk @rvc_su student to get involved be it a sport, society, or well-
rvcsu @RVCSU being activity no matter your schedule or degree you are
embarking upon. Our community aims to follow the initiative:
‘By Students, For Students’ so everyone can feel at home
and supported during this new chapter which sometimes
can be a little daunting. We look forward to welcoming you
to our family and hope that you will think RVC is the right
choice for you to continue your journey!”

LEGEND THURMAN
RVCSU President 2022-23

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