This article is about a type students' union bodies for other meanings, see Union Council.

A Union Council is a body of elected or appointed representatives who represent students who are members of a students' union

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...

. Union Council's often have the power to hold the Union's Officers to account and to create new Union policies. The Council is usually not responsible for implementing Union policy. A policy passed by such a body usually has less authority than one passed by a general meeting of students or a referendum

Referendum

A referendum is a direct vote in which an entire electorate is asked to either accept or reject a particular proposal. This may result in the adoption of a new constitution, a constitutional amendment, a law, the recall of an elected official or simply a specific government policy. It is a form of...

of all students in the Union.