Your Leadership Journey
The Students' Union is here to represent your views so that your time studying at Royal Holloway is a positive and enjoyable experience. By being the collective voice of students, we can tackle pressing issues, lobby for social change, and campaign on your behalf - using your views and opinions as guidance.
There are multiple ways you can get involved from attending events, to joining one of our Student Communities or taking part in one of our research projects. But as well as all of this, you can also become a Student Leader.But as well as all of this, you can also become a Student Leader. So check out the below to find out how you can start your leadership journey whilst at Royal Holloway. If you still want some advice on how to become a student leader at RHSU, book a catch up with Laura, the Student Voice Manager.
Book a 121
Student Executive Members
We have three Student Executives to ensure we are collaborating more effectively with students on key issues. They are made up of elected students.
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Community Officers
Community Officers oversee our Inclusion and Academic Student Communities and provide a space for underrepresented groups to have their voices heard on campus and beyond.
Inclusion Communities
Academic Communities
academic reps
Academic reps are here to represent students on a course at an academic level. Anyone can sign up to be a course rep or you can run for a School Rep position during our Leadership Elections.
Find Your Reps
Student Trustees
Students are able to sit on our Trustee Board alongside the sabbatical officers and external trustees. This is a recruited role so you can find out if there are any vacancies by emailing the Voice team.
Meet the Trustees
Committee Members
Start your student leadership journey by becoming a committee member of a sports club, society, or media outlet. Check out our Student Communities and see what groups are of interest to you.
Find a Community
Sabbatical Officers
The highest form of student leadership is our Sabbatical Officers. Each year, students elect four Sabbatical Officers to work full-time in the SU, leading on student issues, campaigns, and policy changes.
Meet the Sabbs
Latest Updates
Sat 17 Jan 2026
At RHSU, we want to ensure we are as transparent as possible about how decisions are made and who makes them, so let’s dive into what was on the agenda at our latest meeting.
Wed 14 Jan 2026
Last year I told you I was running focus groups on the issue of deadline-stacking. In the new year the proposed recommendations have now been written!
Thu 08 Jan 2026
On the 7 January 2026 Luke Charters MP brought the proposal of the Student Finance (Review of Payment Schedules) Bill to Parliament and we will be providing you the insight to with what this means.