Empowering Student Leaders

Support Your Student Leaders Every Step of the Way

Your student leaders are the voice, energy, and driving force behind your student community, but from managing societies and volunteering projects to running elections and representing their peers, they need systems that empower, not overwhelm.

MSL gives your elected officers, course reps, and committee members the tools they need to lead, communicate, and make change happen while giving staff visibility and control to keep everything running smoothly.

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Tools That Help Leaders Thrive

Student leadership isn’t just about winning elections; it’s about building skills, engaging peers, and creating real impact. MSL connects everything from communications and feedback to group management and volunteering, all in one secure, easy-to-use platform.

Power Up Student Groups

Student groups are where leadership skills are forged. With MSL, committee members get everything they need to run societies, clubs, and activities, while staff maintain oversight and governance.

Committee members can manage their group’s webpage or microsite, plus activities, memberships, and finances
Assign role-specific permissions and protect data security
Use built-in tools for comms, news updates, meeting minutes, calendars, and content
Run polls, surveys, and idea submissions to capture member feedback and spark new initiatives
Create and promote activities, tickets, and fundraising efforts that bring members together
Respond to contact requests, manage memberships, and keep everyone in the loop with communication tools
Access additional features like grant applications, finance requests, sales reports, volunteering, and attendance tracking

Student group leaders learn how to run dynamic, well-governed student groups with tools that mirror real-world responsibilities.

Find out more about Student Group Management

Financial Control

Give students the ability to manage their clubs, groups or society finances with tools that empower commerciality and manage expenses.

The commerce features of the MSL Membership Management platform allow student groups to generate their own revenue, through the sale of memberships, tickets and merchandise.

Our Student Group Finances and Grant Application modules simplify the process of managing budgets, tracking income and expenditures, and applying for funding – all with built-in transparency and oversight for union staff.

This ensures student leaders can focus on creating brilliant experiences for their members, while union staff maintain the financial accountability and compliance your organisation needs.

Organise Meaningful Activities

Activities and events bring student communities to life but planning, promoting, and running them takes skill and coordination. MSL’s tools make it easier for leaders to organise everything from weekly fixtures to group social postings while staying safe, visible, and efficient.

Activities Management

Plan everything from team fixtures to society socials with Activities Management
Book rooms, assign drivers, manage off-site trips and track attendees
Add safety checklists and keep everything visible via dashboards
Streamline event planning for both leaders and staff

Explore Activities Management for groups, societies, and clubs

Events and Ticketing

Create and promote events that attract attention and drive engagement
Sell tickets online or in person with integrated payment options
Track attendance and gather insights to improve future events

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Together, these tools help student leaders develop hands-on experience in event coordination, risk management, and promotion – boosting their confidence, credibility, and the success of their student communities.

Lead on Opportunities

From running campaigns to supporting their community, student leaders thrive when their efforts are recognised. MSL’s Volunteering & Employability module makes it easy for them to track their participation, showcase the skills they’ve developed, and be rewarded.

Leaders can advertise, manage, and report on volunteering projects
Track hours, award progress, and skills development for themselves and their peers
Motivate others by showcasing impact and celebrating success
Manage provider accounts and student applications in one place

Leaders take ownership of community initiatives while building transferable project and people management skills.

Explore the Volunteering and Employability module

Champion Student Voice

Representation only works when students feel heard. MSL’s Feedback module helps reps capture, manage, and act on student feedback in a clear and accountable way, turning everyday concerns into meaningful change.

Let reps receive and manage student feedback in real time
Students can track progress on their queries via a transparent dashboard
Aggregate data by faculty, organisation, or topic to inform bigger conversations
Close the feedback loop and show students their voices are heard and acted on

Reps can develop essential listening, advocacy, and reporting skills to make meaningful change happen.

Learn more about the Feedback module

Run Elections with Ease

Elections are a defining moment for your student community, and leaders need a fair, transparent process that builds trust. MSL’s Elections and Referenda tools simplify the entire journey, so candidates and staff can focus on engagement rather than admin.

Stand for election, share your manifesto, and showcase your ideas. MSL’s Elections tools make it simple for student leaders to get involved and be seen by their peers
Customisable rules to suit your democratic process
Run referenda and let students contribute to “for” and “against” arguments
Use live dashboards, touchscreen voting, and auto-published results to boost engagement

Elected officers and candidates experience a transparent, accessible election process that builds trust and leadership legitimacy.

Discover the Election and Referenda module

Communicate with Impact

Strong communication is at the heart of effective leadership. With MSL’s messaging tools, student leaders can keep their peers informed and engaged without the admin headaches.

Send branded, targeted messages through email or SMS
Use secure messaging admin to contact groups without exposing data
Automate updates for activities, elections, volunteering, and more
Empower officers to connect with their communities without the admin burden

Student leaders gain the autonomy to deliver timely, tailored messages and build stronger relationships with their peers.

Learn more about MSL's messaging tools

Better Together

Student leaders wear many hats – communicators, event planners, change-makers, and community builders. When your elections, messaging, group management and feedback tools work as one, leadership becomes easier, engagement increases, and impact grows.

MSL brings all the essential tools together in one connected platform, giving student leaders the confidence to lead and staff the oversight to support them.

Not ready for the full suite? No problem! Each module can stand alone or plug in alongside your existing tools.

Sync with Your Systems

MSL connects seamlessly with your student records, Single Sign-On, and wider digital systems, so your student leaders can get started fast, and your staff avoid duplication and manual fixes.