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The Assembly is a group of students who volunteer their time to meet and discuss issues affecting students in the region. We consist of officers and representatives from the region, as well as a member of the Executive Committee.

The Central Executive Committee Member for Scotland is Susan Beech: I started my OU studies in 1992 and soon became involved with the then Glasgow and Scotland West Branch of OUSA. I graduated in 2000 with a BSc (hons) Open and have continued my studies since then, primarily within the Science faculty but with forays into other faculties from time to time. My OUSA experience is extensive and I have held officer positions at both Branch and National level. I have served as committee representative, conference delegate, residential school representative, graduation marketing representative, steering committee member and have represented OUSA in Scotland to outside agencies. contact Susan

Assembly
OUSA in Scotland is governed by an elected Assembly of student representatives. Elections take place in late Summer each year (although 2011 may be a little later) and any OU student resident within Scotland is entitled to stand for election. In addition to our elected members we also have some observer members who generally are student representatives on OU in Scotland committees who have not stood for election to the Assembly.
Assembly leadership and administration is undertaken by an Executive which is also made up of elected student representatives. These elections take place concurrently with the main Assembly elections. We will bring you news of the next round of elections here once nominations open. As an OU student in Scotland, you could be part of our Assembly.
The OUSA in Scotland Assembly has the following functions:

• to facilitate the representation of OU students at a local and national level within the Open University and Higher Education sector
• to define national level OUSA policy 
• to facilitate obtaining the widest possible student opinion and access to discussion and decision making in OUSA 
• to provide an OUSA public face to OU events within Scotland (e.g. residential school, graduation)
• to support local OUSA Groups within Scotland.

Current elected student representative assembly members are:
Toni Berg, Carole Brooks, Adrian Davies, David Hanley, Jennifer Hodgson, Gareth Hogg, Joy Mayglothling, Robert MacKay, Karen Moore, Steven Mulhearn, Tina Ng-A-Mann, Rebecca Scott, Jane Smith, Layla Ying Yang
Elected members of the Scottish Executive are:
Amish Amin, Kitty Johnstone, George Macfarlane, Susan Scott, Ruth Tudor, Stuart Wilson
Observer members of the Scottish Assembly are:
Susan Beech (national committee representative)
Anne Faulds (national committee representative)
Christine Gage (national committee representative)
Derek Naysmith (central committee representative)
Sybil Tchaikovsky (national committee representative)
In addition the following have observer membership of the Scottish Assembly:
Marianne Cantieri (President)
Nik Morris (Vice President Representation)
Hazel Pegg (Vice President Communications)

Local Student  Groups
OUSA in Scotland has established a number of students groups throughout Scotland. These groups are all run on an informal basis by students for students. They welcome all O U students within Scotland and are free to join. Where websites or Facebook pages are linked these are managed by either past or current students so are not under the direct control of O U S A. The Open University Students Association is not responsible for the content of external internet sites

Local Interest Groups

For info about meetings and other events please see the Local Events page.

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