The Northern School of Art Students' Union (Northern SU) aims to represent, advocate and provide services for you in every aspect of your School life, from academic and social, to welfare and pastoral support. The purpose of the Union is to have a strong united student voice that engages regularly with the management of the School and to ensure that you’re having the best possible experience during your time here. The SU exec and Officers are here to enrich your student experience, from wellbeing and support to social events and your academic voice.

The Union provides constructive and proactive representation, working as a critical friend of the School and providing engaging opportunities including creative events and networking opportunities.

Northern SU supports clubs and societies that students can join, meet fellow creatives, host events, exhibitions and more. The SU also organises events and trips for students to attend and annually elects a Students’ Union Executive to represent the student body.

What is the Students’ Union Executive?

The Students' Union Executive is a team of students, elected by the student body, to represent the student voice. Elections are held annually at the start of the academic term, with all students being able vote to elect students for both their programme representatives and for the students to interview for the Exec roles of President and the two further Vice President’s. The Exec and Officers will then meet regularly to work on representing students, talking about issues that are affecting students and building a student experience based on the students’ needs and interests.

Our Executive and Officers represent student voice by talking regularly with the School leadership, ensuring student issues are heard and dealt with and student successes are celebrated. The Executive also works alongside the School to ensure a student voice is heard at every level of the organisation, through representation at governor level and on relevant committees throughout the School.

The Union also works with students to ensure a student experience in the image of our students with a range of events and activities, starting from Freshers’ and running throughout the year.

Whilst we do not have specific roles for Wellbeing, Sustainability, Equality & Diversity and so on, these will be areas that our elected Officers and Exec will be looking at throughout the year, with different groups formed to focus on different areas.

If you want to contact any members of the Students' Union Executive Group, please email su@northernart.ac.uk.

Find out more about the SU, our Officers and upcoming events on our area of the School website at northernart.ac.uk/school/student-support-hartlepool/students-union/ and on our Instagram page @thenorthern_su

The main purpose of The Students’ Union is to represent and support students in ensuring they are involved in defining and managing their experience during their time at the School.

Find out more about how the Student Union works in partnership with the School to represent students in Working in Partnership.

'Student Voice' in the governing structure - meetings & committees

Students are represented throughout the decision-making structures of the School.

The student voice map shows where 'student voice' is involved in decision-making within the formal governing structures of the School.