Morley College :: Student Representation

Student representation at Morley is provided for in the Constitution of Students' Representative Bodies, which provides for election for the academic year to one of the representative bodies, the Student Executive Committee (SEC). The other representative body is the Class Representatives Association (CRA). A brief guide to how the student representative constitution works in practice and to who does what is given below.

The Constitution of Morley Clubs (Interim) is a separate document. To apply to form a new Morley Club, please use this application form.

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How to contact the SEC »
The SEC's objectives »
Who can serve on the SEC? »
Morley Magazine »
This year's SEC »
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The SEC's committees »
Latest SEC minutes »

Dates for Your Diary

Date of Next S.E.C. Meetings:

Thurs. March 18th at 5.00pm for a 5.30pm prompt start

Class Representatives' Association

Aims
The Class Representatives' Association works on behalf of Morley students and offers them a voice in College affairs. It is a valuable and influential link between students and College management.

Representation
Each class is entitled to elect a representative to the Class Representatives' Association. Students elected by their classes meet with the Principal each term to discuss issues of concern and share news and information.
The CRA elects ten students to the Student Executive Committee each year. At the beginning of each Autumn Term the SEC provides an announcement about the elections to the SEC through class registers. The SEC asks each class representative to read out the announcement to the class. See the SEC section below for further explanation of the elections to the SEC.

CRA Officers
Chair: Mary Van de Water
Secretary: Theresa Ashford
Treasurer: SEC Treasurer

How to contact the CRA
Letter: please address your letter to The Chair, CRA, c/o the College Office and leave it at the Front Desk.
Email: cra@morleycollege.ac.uk

Dates of next CRA meetings

Autumn Term 2009

Student Representation Day
Sat 10th October 2009

Clubs AGM: 12:00 - 1:30
CRA Meeting: 13:30 for 14:00 - 16:00
SEC AGM: 16:00- 17:30

Student Executive Committee

What is the Student Executive Committee (SEC)?
The SEC is Morley students' voice in how the College is run. With the Class Representatives' Association, the SEC represents students' needs, requirements and views to the College's management.

What does the Student Executive Committee do?
Anyone working on the committee helps the College to provide a better Morley experience for all students. We meet several times every term to discuss and plan work to do with:

Any matter, educational, social or recreational, affecting Morley students
Morley clubs and societies (apply to us if you want to set up a new one)
Morley Magazine

The Student Executive Committee provides members, with full voting and speaking rights, to the College's Governing Body and the Governing Body's committees, as listed below.

The Student Executive Committee's Chair keeps in close touch with the Principal and attends the termly Class Representatives' meetings with the Principal.

How to contact the SEC

Post: Please address your letter to The Chair, SEC, c/o the College Office and leave it at the Front Desk.

Email: sec@morleycollege.ac.uk

Tel: 07972 017 747

The SEC's objectives

The Student Executive Committee (SEC) aims to:

Represent the needs, requirements and views of all Morley students to the College's management in a constructive way
Recruit and welcome new members to ensure the widest possible representation
Work through the College's Governing Body and its committees and through sub-committees of the SEC
Encourage new members to contribute to these committees or to "understudy" them
Communicate regularly with students and staff, for example through: minutes of its meetings, the Chair's reports to the Class Representatives Association, Morley Magazine and the College's website.

Who can serve on the Student Executive Committee?

Any Morley student can serve on the SEC. The committee is mainly made up of elected class and club representatives, and directly elected students. The only qualification which is essential is the commitment to put in the time and work on fellow students' behalf. You do not have to be an expert in committee working, for example. Be prepared to choose your area of work. Immediate results are not required - willingness to learn enough to be able to make a contribution is.

When do elected students take their places on the SEC?
SEC members take their places on the committee on Student Representation Day, held on the fourth Saturday of the Autumn term.

For how long do SEC members serve?
SEC members' term of office is one year, from one Student Representation Day to the next. They must remain enrolled students to continue serving between the start of the second academic year and Student Representation Day. There is no limit on the number of years a student may serve, but there is a three-year limit on the number of consecutive years the Chair, Vice Chair, Treasurer and Secretary may serve.

What happens on Student Representation Day?
This is when the Class Representatives Association, Clubs and the Student Executive Committee hold their Annual General Meetings (AGMs). The Class Representatives and the Clubs elect from their number to student representative places on the SEC. Those who have been directly elected to the SEC by popular vote of enrolled students also take their places on the SEC on that day. There are ten places for class reps, five for club officers and five for those directly elected.

Can anyone who has not been elected gain a place on the SEC?
The SEC can co-opt enrolled students to fill any vacancies and can co-opt another two enrolled students.

How do I know when the elections are taking place?
Election information is posted on SEC noticeboards in the College, including the timetable of the direct elections. Direct election nomination forms and guidance notes are available at the beginning of the Autumn term in the foyer of the main building. The SEC places an announcement about all the elections in class registers at the beginning of each Autumn term. Your class representative should read this out to the class then.

Morley Magazine

How is the Editor of Morley Magazine chosen?
The SEC votes to appoint the Editor of Morley Magazine. If the post falls vacant for any reason, the post is advertised in the College. The Editor is ex officio a member of the SEC.

Past issues of Morley Magazine. Click below to view.

Autumn / Winter 2006/2007

Spring / Summer 2006

Autumn / Winter 2005/2006

Spring / Summer 2005

First issue of Morley Magazine, May 1892

This year's SEC (term of office: academic year 2009-10)

How we were elected and the committees on which we serve:

Class Representatives Association (Autumn term 2009)
Ian Gorman, Mary Hawkey, Peter Massie, Jean McIntosh, Dionne Siley, Maggi Cook, Jessie Gibber, Beryl Griffiths

Direct Elections (5 places, 3 vacancies, Autumn term 2009)
Mark Windisch, Anne Scott

Clubs (Autumn term 2009)
Sarah Lewendon, Gabriel Newfield, Catherine Arend

Co-options
David Kolton

Morley College's Governing Body and its Committees

The committees on which we serve are:

Student Govenors	Mary Hawkey, Mark Windisch
Finance & Resources	Mary Hawkey
Quality & Standards	Mark Windisch

Morley College's other committees:

Equality & Diversity Steering Group (1 member)	Anne Scott
Gallery	Peter Massie
Library Advisory (1 member)	Maggie Cook
Property Strategy	Peter Massie (provisional)
Health & Safety (1 member)	Jean McIntosh
Quality & Standards (1 non-voting member)	Beryl Griffiths

The SEC's committees

Key Officers elected on the 10th October 2009:

Chair: Ian Gorman (with shared responsibility)

Vice-Chair: Mark Windisch

Secretaries:

Meetings and Paper Records: Maggie Cook

Minutes: Beryl Griffiths (Temp) and Mark Windisch (Temp)

Meetings Booking: Vacant

Publicity, Website, Direct Elections: David Kolton

Treasurer: Mary Hawkey

Morley Magazine Editorial Board:

Ex-officio Editor: Marguerite Perkin