Membership with the Students' Union 

 

Uh oh! You’ve arrived at this page, probably because you’ve received an error message when trying to join one of our sports clubs or societies. 

At the University of Huddersfield, you are automatically a member of the Students' Union unless you choose to opt-out during enrolment (something we are legally obliged to offer under the terms of the Education Act 1994).  

All students (irrespective of whether they opt-out) have access to our key services, for example, our Advice Centre, HudLets etc. 

However, to stand for election, or vote, you must be an ordinary member of the Union. The same goes for joining our sports clubs or societies.  

 

How does the data work? 


As an opted in member, your data is shared with the Students’ Union by the University, under our data share agreement. The Students’ Union then does a weekly upload of opted in members to the Students’ Union website. 

This means you can sign into the Students’ Union website using your university email address and password. You do not need to create an account; this is done for you! 

If you have opted out, then we do not receive your data and therefore are unable to upload you to the Students’ Union website!  Hence why you then get an error message. 

 

How do I opt in? 


To check your status and to opt back in you need to do this via My Hud (link below) 

Once in My Hud, please follow these steps: 

  • Got to the ‘personal details’ section 

  • Click ‘view/change registration preferences’ 

The first question in the view/change registration preferences is about membership of the Students’ Union. It asks ‘Do you want to be a member of Huddersfield Students’ Union (HSU)? 

Please make sure that you have selected ‘yes’ and then click save. 

Once you have saved this, your data will be shared with the Students’ Union who will then do a weekly upload to the Students’ Union website, and your account will be active. 

Click here to opt-in: University of Huddersfield - eVision Login Page 

 

I still have a problem, what should I do? 

If you have checked your opt-in status and it was already marked as ‘yes’ then there may be something else wrong. In this case, please email us at students.union@hud.ac.uk  

If you opted into the Students’ Union but after a week, still get an error message, then please email us at students.union@hud.ac.uk