Talk:Students' Representative Council (Scotland)

Aberdeen SRC now an "SA-C"
I'm noting this here because I'd prefer to have a second source before changing the article. But acording to the Constitution available from their website, Aberdeen's Students' Association has changed from incorporating an SRC to an "SA Council".

We need to check the Education Act &mdash; as ammended various times &mdash; to see whether an SRC really is required by statute, as the Ancient universities of Scotland article states. – Kieran T  ( talk  23:19, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

The SRC is not mandated by an Education Act or a Higher Education Act but by the Universities (Scotland) Act 1896 and that stipulation has not be removed by statute. An Association Council can carry out that function (it does so with Edinburgh and Dundee) but legally it is the Association Council acting as the SRC which is representing the views of the students - basically a legal technicality. Davidkinnen 17:26, 18 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanks David, and sorry for my error about the title of the legislation, but that really wasn't the point as I'm sure you realised! ;) In any case, it sounds like the article should indeed be reworded, since it says that SRCs "are present" at the institutions, and given the current nomenclature and constitution at Aberdeen, I'd call that somewhat misleading or at least potentially a cause of confusion. I'll try to come up with a wording which isn't hopelessly ambiguous. – Kieran T  ( talk  19:59, 9 June 2006 (UTC)