Coalition of Higher Education Students in Scotland

The Coalition of Higher Education Students in Scotland (known as CHESS) is a body representative of students in Scotland founded in 2001 by the Students' Associations of Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh and St Andrews Universities, and Glasgow University's Students' Representative Council. CHESS was founded in 1999 out of the previous Scottish Ancients Group^[1] when the Students' Association at Strathclyde demonstrated an interest in membership. Membership of CHESS is not incompatible with membership of the National Union of Students although both are essentially representative organisations. The goal of CHESS is to provide a national forum for dialogue and policy enhancement on issues affecting students. The body provides a channel for representing the views of students in Scotland to national and governmental bodies. The CHESS Executive Committee is made up of two representatives from each member institution, usually the President and one other. There are two office bearers in CHESS; the Convenor, who chairs meetings and represents CHESS externally, and the Secretary, who deals with all administrative matters. CHESS has gone through extended periods of dormancy, but is still in existence.

Current members

• Aberdeen University Students' Association ^[2]
• Dundee University Students' Association
• Glasgow University Students' Representative Council
• University of St Andrews Students' Association
• Strathclyde University Students' Association
• Open University Students Association in Scotland.

Former members

• Edinburgh University Students' Association (Joined: 2002, as a founding member; disaffiliated: 10 January 2006 ^{[3] [4]} )

References

1. ^ http://www.gla.ac.uk/legal/freedomofinformation/foipublicationscheme/13studentadministrationandsupport/
2. ^ Minutes of Aberdeen University Students' A ssociation Annual General Meeting 1 December 2005 (Microsoft Word document)
3. ^ Minutes of the 6th Ordinary meeting of the 122^nd Edinburgh University Students' Representative Council held on 10 January 2006
4. ^ "Checkmate: EUSA vote in favour of leaving CHESS" – Nick Mitchell, Student (newspaper) 24 January 2006)

See also

• National Union of Students Scotland

External links

• Coalition of Higher Education Students in Scotland (CHESS)