The Union MMU
students' union in the UK
The Union MMU is the students' union of Manchester Metropolitan University, an institution of higher education and research in North West England. Named MMUnion until August 2014; Manchester Metropolitan Students' Union (MMSU) until July 2005; and Manchester Polytechnic Students' Union (MPSU) before the institution gained its university status in 1992.
The union has one building on the All Saints campus in Manchester, after the Crewe campus closed its doors in Cheshire in 2019. The union is affiliated to the National Union of Students (NUS).
The union has an independent advice centre available for all students at the university, as well as an activities centre for the sports clubs and societies at MMU.
Governance
The Union is controlled by the Union Officers Group formed of five current students and graduates of the university, elected by the students to control the union on their behalf.
Structure pre 2008 Governance Review
Prior to the 2008 review of the union's governance structures, there were 17 executive officers each with their own areas of responsibility in addition to acting in the interests of the union as a whole.
Seven of the officers were sabbaticals. Two sabbaticals based in MMU Cheshire and the other five in Manchester. The 10 remaining officers were based across both campuses, were non-sabbaticals and studied during their term in office receiving no payment.
The union's sovereign body was Student Council, to which all committees, representatives and officers, either directly or indirectly, were answerable.
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