Union Council meets again as membership increases

On 8th November, Imperial College Union Council met for the second time this academic year in the Union Dining Hall. This meeting was much better attended than the previous Union Council, which had been called with shorter notice than usual. 19 members were present at the 11th October meeting. Seven members had sent apologies, but six members were absent. Low attendance at that meeting can also be attributed to the ten vacancies, as Autumn elections had been delayed from the start of term. However, the acoustics in the Union Dining Hall left Council members unable to hear each other accurately at some points.

The College’s Communications Division sent a representative to Union Council to obtain feedback on their updated “Writing about Ethnicity” guide, which is publicly available. After initial feedback was given to the representative, the Council was broken apart into smaller groups to “discuss feedback on the writing guide”, as it appeared that at least a few of the members had not read the documents, which had been made available to them a week prior. Felix was live-tweeting during the Union Council meeting. Students are allowed to observe and speak at Union Council meetings but are not voting members, and the next one is scheduled for Tuesday 6th December.