SRUCSA is choosing its next Co-Presidents. These are paid, full-time roles where students take real responsibility for how SRUC works. If you’ve spent time here and formed views on what should change, you already meet the most important requirement.
You are the ideal candidate for a SRUCSA Co-President role, not in a "you can achieve your dreams" motivational poster kind of way. In a literal one.
You study here. You’ve dealt with timetables, feedback forms, queues in the canteen, placements, commuting, Moodle. You’ve formed opinions, whether you shared them or kept them quiet. That’s the starting point.
The Co-President roles are full-time, paid positions. You step out of your course for a year, or take the role after finishing, and run SRUCSA alongside two other students. It’s work. Proper work. Real responsibility. Boards. Committees. Planning. Delivering projects. Representing students in rooms where decisions get made.
You build genuine, transferable skills while shaping decisions that affect thousands of students. You’ll sit in some meetings, work with senior staff, run campaigns, manage projects, speak in front of people, negotiate, plan events, and turn ideas into something concrete. That’s serious experience. But you shape this experience, if some of it really isn't for you, you can do less of it. You won't find another job more flexible to what you need.
If you already know the career you’re aiming for, this year gives you evidence. If you’re aiming for a career in:
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teaching or academia ➡️ you’ll work directly on learning, feedback and quality processes
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agriculture, land-based industries, vet nursing or research ➡️ you’ll network with professionals and researchers across SRUC
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working with people ➡️ you’ll interact with a huge range of people and figure out how SRUCSA can help them
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management or business ➡️ you’ll lead projects, manage budgets and deliver outcomes
If you don’t know what you want to do next, that’s not a weakness. A sabbatical year can be useful space. You’re earning a salary. You’re in a supportive environment you already are familiar with. A sabbatical year can be a pause that’s productive. It gives you space, to work out what you actually want, while earning a salary and building a CV that stands out. It’s far better than drifting into something you’re not sure about.
There are three roles:
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Education and Quality – shaping teaching and academic experience
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Engagement and Advocacy – strengthening student voice and representation
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Welfare and Community – building belonging, wellbeing and campus life
There are three roles – Education and Quality, Engagement and Advocacy, and Welfare and Community. They’re themed, so you build depth in one area rather than spreading yourself thin.
You don’t need a list of credentials to stand. The requirement is simple: be a full SRUCSA member and submit a nomination.
If you’re even half-curious, go on to Moodle and read the candidate pack. Look at what the year actually involves. Then decide. Or if reading isn't your thing email elections@sruc.ac.uk and arrange a chat.
You’re more ready for this than you think.