Students' Union

The RCA Students’ Union (SU) does a little bit of everything to help improve your time as a student. Here’s a quick breakdown of what they offer.

Advice and Support

The advice service supports students navigating university processes (appeals, complaints and signposting) and also provides Cost of Living support through supermarket vouchers and essentials hubs.

Democracy and Student Representation

The SU makes sure students' voices are heard at the university through direct representation, surveys, meetings and student democracy.

The SU plays a vital role in providing an essential link between staff and students. The Union consists of two elected sabbatical officers and seven members of staff.

Sabbatical Officers are elected from the student body in the spring term and take up their posts the following academic year. They create the bridge between students and governing committees, such as Senate, Council, Academic Standards and Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (to name but a few) and meet regularly with the President & Vice Chancellor and the Executive Board.

The SU has elected student reps on each programme who represent their programme's views or issues. Students' Union Assemblies are a decision-making arena where students bring concerns to the attention of the Sabbatical Officers and staff members.

Current officers

RCASU President (Leona) and RCASU Vice President (Sacchita Nandi).

The SU President represents all students, builds connections within and beyond RCA, and works to create an inclusive and inspiring student experience.

The Vice President of the RCA Student Union is here to stand with you on causes that are fair and help shape your RCA experience.

Events and activities

The students' union plans events for the student body year-round, from wider flagship events like festive balls and Christmas and Easter fetes to smaller cultural occasions like Diwali and Lunar New Year.

Societies

As a student, there are lots of societies you can join that put on events and activities for students. At the RCA, students can create funded societies (£300 each) around shared interests by gathering 10 signatories and applying via the Students’ Union.

The ArtBar (Kensington)

The ArtBar is the main student social space, with events throughout the year for students to enjoy, including discos, quizzes and parties!

Find out more on the RCASU website.

The Students' Union office is located in our Kensington campus (Second Floor, Frayling Building. We are open 10am to 5pm (Mondays – Friday), and we look forward to meeting you. You can email us at students-union@rca.ac.uk
For more information visit the RCA Students' Union website, or follow them on Instagram.