We are a democratic organisation, which means that students set the agenda. Some of the most direct ways this is done is through the Annual Student Members Meeting, which all students can get involved in.

The Annual Student Members Meeting is your opportunity to find out about all the things your union has done over the last year and ask questions of the trustees that manage the organisation.

Upcoming Meetings:  Wednesday the 28th of May -  Annual Student Members Meeting

In May we have both the Annual Student Members Meeting and the Student Assembly happening at the same time! These meetings will take place back to back in the Art Bar (and online) for student members to attend. Details about the meeting work are listed below and more information is available by emailing students.union@rca.ac.uk

Members can attend online! But they will miss out on free pizza...

Link to zoom here!

If you have any issues joining email students.union@rca.ac.uk

What is the Annual Student Members Meeting?

The Student Members Meeting will normally meet at least once per academic year, usually in the second term.

Student Members Meeting is for:

1 ratification of minutes of the previous annual Student Members’ meeting
2 receiving the report of the Trustees on the Union’s activities since the previous annual Student Members’ meeting
3 formally presenting the accounts of the Union to the Student Members
4 approving the list of affiliations of the Union
5 open questions to the Trustees by the Student Members
6 notifying the appointment of the auditors for the next financial year
7 notifying the appointment of trustees

The Annual Students Members can be atttended by all current student members and each student member may vote at the Students Members Meeting.

Only current members have voting rights at the Student Members Meeting.

Observers are welcome to attend Student Members Meeting by prior agreement with the Chair

Meetings of the Student Members Meeting shall be convened by one of the Sabbatical Officers or an external trustee.

The quorum at Student Members Meeting meetings shall constitute 25 current members eligible to vote.

You can find the full agenda for the meeting here: AGENDA

The accounts for the previous year can be found here: ACCOUNTS 2023/24

The auditors have officially been appointed and the RCASU has reappointed Knox Cropper as our auditors.

The Union has also officially appointed five new trustees since the prior year. These are:

Student Trustees Caroline Rolf and Jit Long (Thomas) Wei
External Trustee Sarah Goom
Officer Trustees Lening Huang and Janmejay Singh

The affiliations of the RCA SU for the prior year were the National Union of Students. The RCA SU is planning to affliate with Advice UK.

Changes to the constitution

The Student members meeting also plays a role in approving changes to the constitution. Changes to the constitution are proposed by trustees and ratfied by a vote with 75% approval of the student members meeting. This meeting there is only one minor change proposed, details of which can be found here:

Proposed Constitutional Change