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What will change in the Articles?
Throughout our Articles of Association, each mention of the term Central Executive Committee, shall be replaced with the term Student Leadership Team.
Why is this being proposed?
To make it easier for OU Students to identify with their elected representatives. The elected students from 2022-24 term are particularly passionate about this name change being made official as they have commented how much easier it is for them to explain their roles to students.
Historically, the elected team were called the Central Executive Committee. This name was given to our elected executive to differentiate them from the other Nation based committees. Our structure changed in 2016, when our Nation Committees ceased to be, but the name Central Executive Committee remained. Consultation with current students revealed that they did not identify with this name, nor did they understand the relevance of this team for them.
Since the 2016 elections, we began using the term Student Leadership Team (SLT) and during our current 2022-24 term we have referred to the team as the Student Leadership Team in all but our legal governing documents. Since making this change, we have seen a positive response and our recent Annual Membership Survey (Autumn 2023) shows increased awareness of the Student Leadership Team, though more work needs to be done in terms of ensuring the role of the team and their remit is clear. In advertising elections for the Student Leadership Team this year we have seen an increased number of students nominating themselves for a position and voting.
9 май 2024
