Vice-President Welfare and Academic

The VICE- PRESIDENT WELFARE AND ACADEMIC, responsible to the SU President, shall:

• Represent Colchester Institute Student Union in the absence of Student Union president and to be responsible for Student Union welfare policy.

• Be responsible for representing students in disciplinary or academic appeals cases.

• Establish, maintain contact and provide information from groups and organisations, which work on welfare issues; maintain and order stocks of information as required.

• Establish an enquiry service, and advertise its availability on each of the sites.

• Deal with, but NOT counsel, students who have welfare problems, respecting confidentiality at ALL times.When necessary, refer students to the College counsellors or other relevant organisations

• Attend any relevant training/briefing days for Student Union Welfare Officers.

• Liase with the Student Services team regularly to find out what problems students are experiencing in College and take account of these when campaign planning.

• Campaign on, and raise awareness of, welfare issues as agreed by the Central Executive Committee.

• Attend Institute meetings where the presence of the Student Union is required and disseminate information to the student body e.g. Academic Standards Committee and Equal Opportunities Steering Group.

• Maintain contact with course representatives and academic centre representatives over the year and represent their views and concerns to the College through the Academic Board and other appropriate forums.

• Propose budgetary spending in the area of welfare and present suggestions to the Central Executive Committee.Present reports to the Executive Committee and the Student Council

• Participate fully in all meetings

In addition the Vice President Welfare and Academic shall also:

• Adhere to office protocol
• Adhere to the Health and Safety at Work Act
• Adhere to Equal Opportunities Policies (Appendix Three)
• Adhere to Disability Discrimination Policies
• Adhere to Confidentiality Policies
• Adhere to Fire Safety Regulations
• Adhere to College Policies where they do not impede any other policy in operation with the Student Union either at Institutional or national level.