University of Liverpool Guild of Students
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Students' union
A students' union, student government, student senate, students' association, guild of students or government of student body is a student organization present in many colleges and universities, and has started appearing in some high schools...
of the University of Liverpool
University of Liverpool
The University of Liverpool is a teaching and research university in the city of Liverpool, England. It is a member of the Russell Group of large research-intensive universities and the N8 Group for research collaboration. Founded in 1881 , it is also one of the six original "red brick" civic...
(not to be confused with the Liverpool Students' Union
Liverpool Students' Union
The Liverpool Students' Union is the representative body for all students studying at Liverpool John Moores University in Liverpool, England; and is not to be confused with Liverpool Guild of Students, which is the Student Union for the University of Liverpool; membership is automatic upon...
which represents Liverpool John Moores University
Liverpool John Moores University
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), though LSU and LGoS are now in partnership.
The Guild's mission is listen, lobby, lead - which encompasses its devolved approach to representation. Unusually, the Guild elects a team of largely non-portfolio sabbaticals officers who steer the organisational priorities. The staff team of 30 manage and develop day to dy and long term work of the Guild in three directorates - Membership Services, Central Services and Social Enterprise.
The title also refers to the Guild of Students building, which is the centre point of activity in student life at the University and is run by the four sabbatical officers. It contains various bars and cafes as well as administrative offices, meeting rooms, training facilities and the Athletics Union. It also hosts live music, theatre and comedy in its four main venues - Mountford Hall, the Stanley Theatre, James E Brown Room and the Courtyard.
The building was built in three stages, evident from the difference in architecture. The original building, housing the Gilmour Hall (originally the debating chamber) was built in 1911. The middle section was built in the 1930s and the largest part, housing the Mountford Hall and the Courtyard was opened in 1966. Originally the Courtyard was open to the elements, before being covered in the 1990s.
The current Chief Executive of the Guild is Tricia O'Neill.
Guild Media
LGoS used to publish the Liverpool Student newspaper, which was a joint publication with Liverpool Students' Union and Liverpool Hope Students' Union, until it closed down in May 2007 because of increasing costs and declining advertising revenues.In 2007 produced an official LGoS publication, the Sphinx, referring to the original student publication of the Guild in the early 1900s. The Sphinx itself folded by the start of September 2008 due to rising costs and a lack of advertising revenue.
Liverpool Student Media has since grown as an online news-site, ran as an activity group within the Guild. Today Liverpool Student Media is split into 3 with LSMedia providing news, LSRadio is the student Internet radio station and LSFilmmakers (often referred to as LSFilm) provides video content for the whole group, often streaming events from the Guild. As thriving media groups, they cover all main events in the guild and in the city including live coverage of Guild elections as well as commentary on Guild and University developments.
LSMedia
Although not officially organised by LGoS, Sphinx has been largely replaced with the web based venture LSMedia (Liverpool Student Media), a joint venture between the University's Radio Station (LSRadio) and magazine and film/TV elements. The site launched on October 23, 2008 and has been successful even without much promotion.In mid 2011 the LSMedia site entered a redevelopment process under new editor Dani Telford. The Drupal system on which the site used to run was replaced with a Wordpress system and the site's appearance was also overhauled, leading to the site resembling that of a traditional newspaper.
Guild Live
Guild Live was the name of the entertainments provision at the Guild up until 2008. The Mountford Hall is the largest hall, accommodating around 2,500 people and during term time regularly hosts the event Double Vision on Monday evenings. There is also the Stanley Theatre, commonly used for gigs and theatre performances, the James E. Brown room and the Courtyard which are also used for various events.LGoS now works in collaboration with the Academy Music Group
Academy Music Group
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regularly hosting gigs and concerts on their behalf in Mountford Hall and the Stanley Theatre. Recent appearances include Dizzy Rascal, Elbow
Elbow
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, the Manic Street Preachers
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, Noah & the Whale, and Calvin Harris
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.