Editing Durham Students' Union (section)

==Structure and decision making==
Durham SU is a [[Charity Commission for England and Wales | registered charity]]. The Student's Union is run by full-time sabbatical student officers, part-time officers, a [[Board of directors| board of trustee's]] and a student assembly.<ref name="Structure">{{cite web |title= DURHAM SU EXPLAINED IN 7 CAT GIFS |url=https://www.durhamsu.com/articles/durham-su-explained-in-7-cat-gifs |website=Durham Students Union |access-date=1 August 2023}}</ref> 

The full-time sabbatical student officers are elected by Durham Student's Union membership and they lead the political direction of the Union. For the 2024/25 Academic year, the sabbatical student officers are:<ref>{{cite web|title=Student Officers|url=http://www.durhamsu.com/theofficers|website=Durham SU|publisher=Durham SU|access-date= 25 October 2016}}</ref>
* President, Dan Lonsdale
* Education Officer, Catherine Howells
* Communities Officer, Moitreyo Ganguli

Starting in the 2024 academic year, the 3 full-time sabbatical officers will be supported by 12 part-time student officers, the part-time officers are:<ref>{{cite web|title=Student Officers|url=https://www.durhamsu.com/articles/changes-to-the-durham-su-officer-team-for-2024|website=Durham SU|publisher=Durham SU|access-date= 16 July 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Student Officers|url=https://www.durhamsu.com/articles/your-part-time-student-officers-for-next-year-have-now-been-elected|website=Durham SU|publisher=Durham SU|access-date= 16 July 2024}}</ref>

* One Faculty President for each Faculty of Durham University, Madeleine Grogan (Arts and Humanities), Oliver Cunnell (Business), Cassia Pearce (Science), Ella Thomas (Social Sciences and Health)     
* The International Students Officer, Shing Wei Ng
* The Postgraduate Research Students Officer, Qiandong Zhou
* The Societies Officer, 
* The Welfare Officer, Joe Henley
* The Liberation Officer, Elisha Wharton
* The Sustainability Officer, Liumeng Hong
* One member of JCR Presidents Committee, Dan Mercer  
* One member of MCR Presidents Committee,   

The students' union president and a postgraduate student nominated by the students' union sit on the Council of Durham University, the governing body of the university.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.durham.ac.uk/about-us/governance/council/member-profiles/|title=Membership of Council 2023/24|access-date=16 July 2024}}</ref>

The full-time and part-time officers are organised into the officer committee and the following sub-committees:<ref>{{cite web|title=Student Officers|url=https://www.durhamsu.com/articles/changes-to-the-durham-su-officer-team-for-2024|website=Durham SU|publisher=Durham SU|access-date= 16 July 2024}}</ref>

* Education Committee - chaired by the Education Officer and focusing on the academic experience. 
* Communities Committee - chaired by the Communities Officer, focusing on improving the aspects of the non-academic experience. 

The board of trustees is the governing body of the Union, it ensures it continues to meet its aims and operates within to boundaries of charity law. The board of trustees consists of 4 lay trustees, the 3 sabbatical student officers, and an additional 4 elected student trustees.<ref>{{cite web|title=Board of Trustees Membership|url=https://www.durhamsu.com/about-us/board-of-trustees-membership|website=Durham SU|publisher=Durham SU|access-date=1 August 2023}}</ref>

Assembly holds the sabbatical student officers to account, and also helps to shape the policy of the Union. Assembly consists of student officers, representatives of [[Junior Common Room| Junior Common Rooms]] from each [[Colleges of Durham University | Durham College]], and representatives from Durham SU associations.<ref>{{cite web|title=Associations|url=https://www.durhamsu.com/associations|website=Durham SU|publisher=Durham SU|access-date=1 August 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Assembly|url=https://www.durhamsu.com/voice/assembly|website=Durham SU|publisher=Durham SU|access-date=1 August 2023}}</ref>

Durham SU is also supported by a team of paid staff.<ref name="Structure"/>