Students' Union Officerships

United Kingdom

Students' union officers are invariably divided into two main types:

• Sabbatical officers, who are paid for taking a year out to be, for example, President of the union.
• Non-sabbatical officers. Generally these are termed 'executive members' or 'council members', although 'council members' need not be officers.

Generally an executive committee will include variants on the following:

• President
• Vice-President (Services) or Services Officer
• Vice-President (Welfare) or Welfare Officer
• Press and Publicity or Communications Officer
• Entertainments, commonly known as Ents Officer
• Academic Affairs or Educational Campaigns Officer
• Women's Officer
• LGB or LGBT Officer
• Secretary
• Equal Opportunities or Liberation Officer
• Clubs & Societies Officer
• Campaigns Officer

Canada

In Canada, the following executive officerships are common (though there are many variations):

• President
• Vice-President, University (or College) Affairs
• Vice-President, External Affairs
• Vice-President, Student Services
• Vice-President, Finance
• Vice-President, Administration (or Operations)

Often, one ore more of these positions are combined (e.g. Finance and Operations).