The SU President is the figurehead of the SU. They lead the Officer team, helping and organising the efforts of each individual Officer and ensuring that the work on major student issues is done, by leading on things like the Top 10 and representing students and the union's interests at senior level university meetings.
The SU President is responsible for coordinating communications alongside the Chief Executive and Marketing Manager. The president also looks after all Media groups, attending Media exec, as well as approving Bath Time's print editions ahead of time and making sure no content put out by media breaches the SU's charitable objectives.
The SU President is also responsible for governance and democracy within the SU. This means the president chairs the board of trustees, supports the CEO in setting and implementing the SU's strategy, and looks after central decision-making bodies such as SUmmit. The president also takes a lead on matters of day-to-day finance of the union.
In representational spaces, the president does most of their work: internally represents students and addresses their concerns about the SU; sits at all high level university committees (council - the university's board of governors-, senate - the highest academic committee-, finance, court, the Student Experience Advisory Board, the Estates Board, the Alumni Engagement Group, the Uni-SU joint executive group, and various other smaller committees); engages with the local council and the Student Community Partnership (SCP) very regularly; and represents students at Bath at a national level - whether that is through the National Union of Students (NUS) or through meetings with different stakeholders, like MPs or national charities.