Accountability Board Member

What is the Accountability Board? 

LSESU’s Accountability Board is a selected group of students who are responsible for holding the Students’ Union account, ensuring that we are doing what students want.  

The Accountability Board attend the Union’s Town Hall meetings. It is their role to scrutinise the work of the sabbatical officer team, ensuring they are working towards achieving what they pledged to in their manifesto.  

Like a jury system, we use a sortition process to ensure the students selected reflect the LSE student body and bring in their own lived experience when setting Union-wide policy. This means they have been randomly selected from a pool of volunteers, with adjustments made by algorithm so that the make-up of the panel reflects the demographics of the LSE student body. 

Expectations of the role 

If selected as a member of the accountability board: 

• Attend the Student Town Hall (termly) 

• Ask relevant questions of the Executive Committee at the Student Town Hall 

• Attend Accountability Board briefing unless strong, timely reasoning provided as to why this is not possible 

• Maintain regular communication with Democracy Coordinator 

NOTE: If you are removed or resign from your role, you will not receive remuneration 

 

What will you gain from the role? 

• The opportunity to directly shape the work of the SU and it’s elected leaders. 

• A space to raise issues affecting LSE students. 

• Remuneration (£40) 

• Develop experience in public speaking, critical thinking, and holding elected leaders to account. 

• Food provided at each session. 

• LinkedIn endorsements (as requested) 

 

How to apply? 

To enter yourself into the sortition pool, you will need to complete this form before 18th October 2024.  

Once the deadline has passed, we will randomly select Student Panel members that match the demographics of LSE. Keep an eye on your emails to here whether you have been selected. 

Got questions? Email su.representation@lse.ac.uk