How can I find out what is due to be discussed?
The agenda of Union Assembly meetings will be published a week before the meeting is due to take place. To find the agenda, please click the event link for the relevant meeting in the upcoming meetings above. If you would like to know more about any of the agenda items, please reach out to the Chair.
Who has a seat on Union Assembly?
Though all members of the Students' Union can attend meeting, only those with a seat on Union Assembly get to vote.
The current membership is:
Full-Time Officers:
President: Rory O'Ceallaigh
Activities Officer: Emily Houston-Woods
Education Officer: Liz Gillett
Wellbeing Officer: Leah Buttery
Liberation & Campaign Officers:
Political Lead of Accessibility Community: Henry Carter
Chairperson of Ethnic Minorities Committee: Victoria Nyoni
LGBTQ+ Officer: Siven Howard
International Students' Officer: Ifaz Younus
Women's+ Officer: Millie Ni-Elle Ashton
College Presidents:
Bowland College JCR President 2026: Sonny Remmer-Riley
Cartmel College JCR President 2026: Emily Smith
County College JCR President 2026: Yasir Shahbaz
Furness College JCR President 2026: Lena Szafraniec
Fylde College JCR President 2026: Erica Grecu
Graduate College PG Board President 2026: Finn Van Breugel
Grizedale College JCR President 2026: Haneef Shittu & Suhaani Hardikar
Lonsdale College JCR President 2026: Kate Bracewell
Pendle College JCR President 2026: Sam Dosanjh
Faculty Reps:
FASS UG Faculty Rep: Niamh McAuley
FASS PGT Faculty Rep: Akshaya Ghotekar
FASS PGR Faculty Rep: David Gott
FHM UG Faculty Rep: Jess Thorpe
FHM PGT Faculty Rep: vacant
FHM PGR Faculty Rep: vacant
FST UG Faculty Rep: Olivia Speed
FST PGT Faculty Rep: Navyah Vasihisth
FST PGR Faculty Rep: Paddy McLean
LUMS UG Faculty Rep: James Taylor
LUMS PGT Faculty Rep: Zenwin Yang
LUMS PGR Faculty Rep: Emad Noureldeen
Societies Committee:
Academic and Departmental Representative: John Ray (President, LU Astronomy)
Creative and Performance Representative: Alex Cooper (President, University of Lancaster Music Society)
Faith, Cultural, and Community Representative: Ninoshka D’Costa (Vice-President, Defying Dementia)
Political and Campaigning Representative: Ben Perkins (President, Politics Society) [on behalf of Niamh McAuley (Secretary, Women+ in Sport)]
Special Interest Representative: Sam Burgess (Secretary, Vegetarian and Vegan)
Sport and Recreational Representative: Isaac Harrison (IT Officer, Lancaster University Hiking Club)
Student Media Representative: Lucas Abbott (Station Manager, LA1TV)
Sports Committee:
Sports Delegate (College Netball): Georgie Johansen (Club Captain, Lonsdale Netball)
Sports Delegate (College Football): Henry Pollard (Club Captain, Bowland Football)
Sports Delegate (Focus Sport Open): Daniela Deighton (President, Squash)
Sports Delegate (Intervarsity Sport Men's+): Samuel Clark (President, Korfball)
Sports Delegate (Intervarsity Sport Women's+): Anna Muchardt (Club Capatain, Equestrian)
Sports Delegate (Focus Sport Women's+): Kit Smith (Director of Communications, Women's Rugby Union)
Sports Delegate (Non-intervarsity Women's+): Emily Kynaston (President, County College Netball)
[updated 12/01/2025]
Who chairs Union Assembly meetings?
The Union Assembly Chair and Deputy Chair are appointed every six months by a panel of 6 Union Assembly voting members.
