Trustees provide regular reports on their activities to the Union’s Student Senate, with Sabbatical Trustees being held being further accountable via the Student Senate Scrutiny Committee.
The Board has ultimate responsibility, individually, and collectively, for directing the affairs of the organisation, ensuring that it is well-run and delivering its charitable objectives.
The Sabbatical Trustees are the seven anually elected sabbatical officers who act as the Union's primary student representatives and who take on specifica portfolios of responsilibity. Sabbatical officers are paid employees who take a year out of their studies or arry out the role after completion of their final year. The SU President is a Sabbatical Trustee and oversees the work of the other sabbatical officers. The SU President is the ex officio Chair of the Board.
Post currently vacant. Vice President Heath Park 2023-2024 will resume post in July 2024. Students wanting to find out about work at the Heath Park, please email SUPresident@cardiff.ac.uk
The Student Trustees are three studying students who undertake the rvole on a voluntary basis whilst completing their studies and can serve for up to two years. Students are invited to apply to be Student Trustees as and when vacancies arise and are nominated based on their knowledge, skills, and experience.
The two University Nominated Trustees are nominated by the University Council, with at least one of them being a serving member of the University Council. The University Nominated Trustees bring professional skills to the Board as well as an excellent understanding of Cardiff University. University Nominated Trustees undertake the role on a voluntary basis for four years and can serve a maximum of four terms.
The three External Trustees are nominated by the Board based on their professional knowledge, skills and experience they can bring to the Board. External Trustees undertake the role on a voluntary basis and often take on additional responsibilities within the sub-committees of the Board. External Trustees serve four-year terms and can serve for up to four terms.