We held our first Student Assembly of the academic year at the end of October and a whopping 142 students turned up and took part!

Student leaders came along to Headingley Campus to spend the day learning about community organising, chatting about our ongoing campaigns, and finding out how they can get more involved and help us make life better for students at Leeds Beckett. 
 
Here's what we talked about 

✅ student jobs and employability
✅ updates on our ongoing campaigns, like our Transport Campaign
✅ spaces on campus and students' feeling of belonging 
✅ the work our Officer Team has done so far this term

What’s next

This is just the start! Our Officers, Student Community Organisers and student leaders are continuing to work on all our campaigns – from employability to transport and more.

We’re continuing to call for a fixed-price, low-cost student fare for services across West Yorkshire to help make commuting to campus more accessible. Following our attendance at the West Yorkshire Mayor Question Time event in Huddersfield last month, Postgraduate Officer Mifrah has secured a meeting with Mayor Tracey Brabin's office to discuss improving transport for students across the region. We’ll keep you updated on our progress!

We want to continue turning your problems into campaigns we can work on together to improve students' lives at Leeds Beckett! Whether it's hearing about your experience searching for part-time jobs or what your journey to campus is like, we want to keep hearing from you!

Get involved

If you're a student at Leeds Beckett and would like to get involved in our campaigns or you have a story to share, you can find out more about our ongoing campaigns here!

If you're a community member in Leeds and you think you can help us reach our goals, get in touch by messaging lbsu-welcome@leedsbeckett.ac.uk!

Read this far? You could be a great LBSU Officer!

If you’ve made it this far into the article, we know you care about improving students’ experience at Leeds Beckett – you may have what it takes to be one of our next Officers!

An Officer, your job is to represent students at Leeds Beckett and beyond! You’ll work alongside our Student Community Organisers to lead campaigns, build power and challenge senior powerholders to get results.

There are two roles available to campaign for in Student Elections - one Undergraduate Officer and one Postgraduate Officer role. These are one-year full-time, paid roles starting in July 2027 paying around £26k.

To find out more and nominate yourself, book a 1:1 with a staff member here! The deadline for 1:1 meetings is Friday 11 December - don't miss out!