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NEWMAN STUDENTS' UNION

GENNERS LANE
BARTLEY GREEN
BIRMINGHAM
B32 3NT

​0121 483 2225
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The Board of Trustees have legal, financial and governance responsibility of the Students' Union. They meet four times a year to ensure that the Union is operating under its charitable objectives. They employ a Students' Union Manager to oversee the Union in their absence. They are made up of:

- The President of the Union (Chair)
- The Vice-President of the Union
- 2 x Student Trustees (Elected in the Spring Elections)
- 2 x External Trustees (One of which is the Deputy Chair)
- A University Nominated Trustee

Trustee Profiles

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​Chris Black (Students' Union President and Chair of the Board of Trustees)

Chris was born and raised in Birmingham and lived in Woodgate Valley, just a fifteen minute walk away from Newman University. In 2016, he was accepted into Newman University to study joint honours in Sport and Exercise Psychology.
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Christian was elected as a Course Representative in this first year of his course, and maintained this post for the entirety of his degree, sparking an interest into academic procedure and the feedback process. 
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In April 2019, following a duck based campaign; he was elected as Newman Students’ Union President, he now looks to continue the improvements to the course rep system while also focusing on improving the employability of Newman University Students to best prepare them for life following their studies. 


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Gary Hughes (External Trustee & Deputy Chair to the Board)

Gary is Chief Executive of Durham Students’ Union and Vice-Chair of the Newman SU Board and has an extensive career in senior management in students’ unions including Sunderland, Coventry, Liverpool John Moores University and Manchester Metropolitan University. He has also been an elected Officer at the National Union of Students and, later, an NUS staff member. His professional background is in higher education policy and organisational development of student leadership, policy and campaigning functions.
 
Gary was born and bred in Northfield and studied at the University of Birmingham where he was President of its Guild of Students. He loves the contribution of Newman students to their University, and their community, and supports the elected Officers in making sure that the University is the best it can be.
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Matthew Bedding (External Trustee)
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Matt currently works in strategic HR for an international non-profit in London but previously has had a career within Students' Union as a Vice President and working within all things student engagement at four excellent Students' Unions. Matt's current background is within people and organisational strategy as well as internal communications and creating diverse and inclusive workplaces. 
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Matt loves the set up at Newman believing it to be a fantastic organisation supported by passionate students.

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Lewis Palin (University Nominated Trustee)
Lewis has been at Newman for years; some would say he's part of the furniture. He is currently Estates and Facilities manager at Newman University and responsibility for the daily running of the campus Estate and Services. 

Lewis isn't new to the Students' Union having been a full-time sabbatical many moons ago.

​Lewis is a big advocate of Green Week and is also a Governor at a local school.

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Liam Rogers (Sabbatical Trustee)

Liam has been involved in Newman Students’ Union for the duration of his time at Newman. He has been part of the Executive Committee as the Events and Activities Officer in 2018/19, and has been elected as the Vice President for 2019/20.

Liam Studied joint honours Sport and Education at Newman and has been an active member in the football team as he was the social sec for the football team in 2017/18 and was also the 1st team captain for the 2018/19 academic year.

Student Trustee - update coming soon



Student Trustee - update coming soon

Board of Trustees Minutes

As a transparent and democratic organisation, the minutes from all Board of Trustees minutes shall be uploaded below. Some commercially or legally sensitive information may be retracted in the interest of data protection. 

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2017/18 Minutes

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2018/19 Minutes

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2019/20 Minutes

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        • Anime and Manga
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        • Cheerleading
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        • Paranewman
        • Psychology and Counselling Society
        • MaDSoc
      • Start a Society
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