# University of Glamorgan Union

The University of Glamorgan Students' Union (Glam SU) was the students' union at the University of Glamorgan, primarily based at the university's Treforest campus.. It was known under the letters UGU. The union was an affiliate of National Union of Students of the United Kingdom and part of NUS Wales. It offered representation, support and services to all the students of the university.

## Facilities

The new Students' Union at Trefforest has many facilities and services:-
* The Randy Dragon Inn- serves food, Games machines, pool tables offers pub quizzes and other events. The Inn has a pub atmosphere and can hold 200 people.
* Cables- feeder bar to the main venue, holds 200 people
* The Basement- 800 capacity venue (Trefforest campus)
* Reflections
* Shop - A large sized shop on campus stocking newspapers, magazines, sandwiches, alcohol, snacks, clothes, groceries and more.
* Reception - Offering NUS Card issuing, tickets for events, photocopying, faxing and more
* Box office
* Social learning Space
* Hair dressers
* Job shop
* Student letting agency
* Beauty shop.
* Business enterprise
* Meeting room for students, officers and can be booked for university staff or conferences
* Terrace
* Escape bar (ATRiuM Campus)
* Glyntaff desk and shop

## Entertainment

This is a typical week for entertainments within the union:-
* Sunday - Pub Quiz (Treforest & Atrium)
* Monday -
* Tuesday - Comedy Night / Open Decks Night / beerkeller / Zeus (Cardiff)
* Wednesday - Score!
* Thursday - Anything Goes from Karaoke to School Discos/ alternative nights
* Friday - Flirt
* Saturday - Hedkandi - House (Treforest)
The Students' Union new Student Union building in Treforest opened on 10 September 2010.

## TAG (Treforest. ATRiuM & glyntaff)

TAG is the new student newspaper for the university. It is published 5 or 6 times a year and is run by student volunteers elected each year.

## RAG

RAG stands for Raising and Giving for all Universities, however the university has put a slight twist to the name 'Raising at Glamorgan'. The group runs events and other fundraising activities to raise money for local and national charities. It is run by students and headed by an elected RAG Chairperson.

## Societies

The student union has many societies which specialise in interest and hobby opportunities for the students. These societies include:
* GSIS (International Society)
* Games Society
* Film Appreciation Society
* Forensics
* Cheerleading
* Islamic
* Glamorgan University Guide & Scout Society - a society affiliated to SSAGO
* LGBTQ, the university's lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer society, which holds weekly meets and workshops, mixers with the GSIS society, trips, and campaigning
* Debating Society
* Computer Games Development
Each year, students can start new clubs by contacting the students union.

## Sports Teams

The union supports a wide variety of sports teams, who are entered annually into BUCS. These include:
* Men's & Women's hockey
* Men's & Women's Rugby Union
* Men's Rugby League
* Men's & Women's Football
* Cricket
* Netball
* Table tennis
* Badminton
* And many more

## Sports Clubs

The Union also supports many sports clubs including:
* Climbing
* Skiing & Snowboarding
* Swimming & Waterpolo
* And many more.
Each year, students were able to start new clubs by contacting the students union

## Past presidents

* 1990 / 1992 - Dipak Gohil
* 1992/1994 - Lee Whitehead
* 1994/1995 - Joanna Welch
* 1995/1996 - Sian Roberts
* 1996/1997 - Jacqueline Blunden
* 1997/1998 - Matthew Kent
* 1998/1999 - Paul Cruise
* 1999/2000 - Sara Smallbone
* 2000/2001 - Matt Whiting
* 2001/2002 - Chris Lloyd
* 2002/2003 - Kim Brown
* 2003/2005 - Phil Rees
* 2005/2006 - Richard Ellis
* 2006/2008- Dylan "Davish" Davies
* 2008/2009 - Ray Joyce
* 2009/2011- Helen Wakeford
* 2011/2012 - Daniel Bowen

## Standing Committees

* Sports
* Cultural
* Union Supported Activities
* Women's
* SWD (Students with disabilities)
* Black students
* LGBT
* Postgraduate
* Part-time
* International
* Mature
* Housing
* Treforest
* Glyntaff
* Atrium
* Welsh Language
Each committee consists of a chair and 4 committee members. Each standing committee must meet a minimum of five times a year according to the standing orders. The committee will discuss any issues and where appropriate suggest policy proposals for the chair of the committee to bring to the student council meeting.
Each year there should be a minimum of 5 student council meetings although there are often more. At student council only the chairs of the standing committees, one SVR (student voice representative) from each faculty and the executives having speaking and voting rights, unless the chair uses their discretion to allow a student at the council meeting to speak or if it is an enfranchised student who has proposed the policy proposal. Any enfranchised student may propose or second a policy proposal and then speak on their proposal at student council. All policy proposals must have 10 signatures from enfranchised students who agree with the proposal.
Student council rotates meetings between campuses, starting the academic year at Treforest, then to Atrium, then to Glyntaff, to make student council more accessible to students across all three campuses.

## Mascot

Gandolf the goat