What are Inclusion and Academic student communities and community officers?
The Inclusion and Academic student communities are an initiative that launched in 2023. They help to give underrepresented groups a platform to have their voices heard on campus and beyond. As well as organising activities, events and campaigns, they receive support and work with the Union to secure the general interests and rights of students that self-define into the relevant group. Students can self-define using the form Join your Academic or Inclusion Student Communities (office.com)
Each Inclusion and Academic student communities is led by a community officer. Each community officer gets elected based on a manifesto that they intend to work on throughout the academic year.
Roles and how to contact them:
Inclusion student communities
- Black & Global Majority Students
blackandglobal.community@royalholloway.su
@rhsu_blackglobal_community
- Commuting Students
commuting.community@royalholloway.su
@rhsucommutingcommunity
- Disabled Students
disabled.community@royalholloway.su
@rhsu_disabled_community
- International Students
international.community@royalholloway.su
@rhsu_international_community
- LGBTQ+ Students
lgbt.community@royalholloway.su
@rhsu_lgbt_community
- Mature Students
Keep an eye out on the Students Community SU Page for contact information updates after the Autumn election!
- Parents & Carers Students
Keep an eye out on the Students Community SU Page for contact information updates after the Autumn election!
- Students of Faith
faith.community@royalholloway.su
@rhsu_faith_community
- Women Students
women.community@royalholloway.su
@rhsu_women_community
Academic student communities
- Postgraduate Research (PGR) Students
pgr.community@royalholloway.su
@rhsu_PGR_community
- Postgraduate Taught (PGT) Students
pgt.community@royalholloway.su
@rhsu_PGT_Community
When contacting a community officers remember to be understandable these are voluntary positions that students have been elected to (the same as a committee member) so there might be times of the year that they are more active than others due to deadlines/ exams etc.
How you can work with them:
Communication
Community Officers are the voice for their underrepresented group on campus and have the possibility to lobby for change. Therefore, communication from students is key. If there is a specific issue that your society or sports group is facing, and you believe that this is relevant to a community officer you can reach out using their email or Instagram that are stated above.
There is a possibility that specific community officers will be hosting roundtable events/ councils in order to gain more student voice surrounding what is needed to better their community. This is a way if applicable to bring your society or sport group thoughts to the relevant community officer.
Event collaboration
The second way that your society or sport group can work with community officers is through event collaborations.
This can happen throughout the whole academic year; however, this may also be applicable during history months. There are 4 history months that are led by Community Officers with Sabbatical Officer and the Community Engagement Coordinator support these are:
- Black History Month – 1 October to 31 October – Black & Global Majority Students’ Community Officer
- Disability History Month – 16 November to 16 December – Disabled Students’ Community Officer
- LGBT History Month – 1 February to 28 February – LGBTQ+ Students’ Community Officer
- Women’s History Month – 1 March to 31 March – Women Students’ Community Officer
It is important to note that the process of booking events depends on who is leading the event. If the event is led by the Community Officer, the booking process goes through them. However, if the event is led by a society or sports group then your normal booking process is followed.
Find out about this year’s Inclusion and Academic community officers and their manifestos here: