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Our Representational Associations · Fri Dec 7, 16:16 by Will Cooling
Our Representational Associations work hard to serve and represent their constituents within the Students’ Union. Events such as the PGSA Ball and ISB Ball are highlights of our events calendar and campaigns such as Donation not Discrimination raise awareness of the issues that face minority students. These events and these campaigns are only possible due to the hard work of dedicated activists that make up the committees. I would like to thank all the Representational Association Committee Members for their hard work, in particular Teodora Todorova who stood down as Women’s Campaign President last night at Students’ Union Council.
This year has seen the Exec renew its commitment to supporting our Representational Associations and redouble its efforts to supporting their work. This year has seen a number of firsts; the first Representational Associations’ wide training session, the first Representational Associations’ Presidents Handbook and the elections for the Students’ Union’s first ever Black and Minority Ethnic Students’ Officer and Committee. In addition to these successes, the Postgraduate Sabbatical Officer continues to make a positive impact for postgraduate students and proposals to increase the training given to Representational Associations and the support given to their NUS Liberation/Social Policy delegations are at an advanced stage.
The progress made has been significant but there is still much work to do and there are still many challenges to overcome. We recognise this and this is why we brought a number of proposals to yesterday’s Students’ Union Council to better support the work of Representational Associations and help their serve and represent their constituents. At the beginning of Students’ Union Council, the Finance and Services Officer Becky King successfully brought proposals to invest £1870 extra in Representational Associations with funds secured for delegates to be sent to NUS Mature Students and NUS Disabled Students Conference and for myself to give the Representational Associations more support when it comes to publicising themselves and their work. This investment means that our total spending on Representational Associations has risen above £30,000 for the first time in our history.
However, this increase in the investment in our Representational Associations is only one part of a wider package of measures to reform and re-energise our Representational Associations. Towards the end of Students’ Union Council we brought a motion to begin the process of reforming the way we support Representational Associations. We on the Exec recognised that our current structures are not best suited to overseeing, supporting and developing Representational Associations and their work and argued that the Exec needs to be reviewed and reformed to better support Representational Associations. We also argued that if our Representational Associations are going to engage the maximum number of students, then we on the Exec must play a proactive and leading role in improving the elections of the Representational Associations and raising awareness amongst Students’ Union members of Representational Associations’ and their work. Students’ Union Council supported these stances and mandated the Executive to bring proposals to reform exec, better organise elections and raise awareness of the work of Representational Associations.
Council also supported far-reaching reforms of the Representational Associations that will improve their visibility amongst students and the Students’ Union and so increase their effectiveness. It voted unanimously to accept the proposal to create Representational Officers and so give minority and underrepresented students effective lead representatives not only within the Students’ Union but also to the University and to national organisations such as the NUS. This means that next year our Students’ Union will have our first-ever LGBT Students Officer, first-ever Mature Students Officer, first-ever International Students Officer and first-ever Disabled Students Officer. These four officers alongside the existing Postgraduate Students’ and Black and Minority Ethnic Students’ Officers and the revived position of Women’s Officer (back after a near six year absence) will all be elected next semester. For more information about these roles watch this space or get in touch with me at suassociations@nottingham.ac.uk.
These reforms alongside the increased investment in our Representational Associations and the commitment of the Students’ Union Exec to anwork to improve its support to Representational Associations and the effectiveness of Representational Associations themselves shows the depth of commitment to Representational Associations within the Exec and the wider Students’ Union. Indeed I would like to thank Students’ Union Council for the support they have given the Representational Associations by backing these proposals. There is a lot of work still to do, but yesterday saw a real commitment from the Students’ Union to take seriously its responsibility to ensure that minority and underrepresented groups are properly represented within its structures and that they have vibrant d active representatives and representative groups.
So what are people up to in the welfare world?! · Tue Nov 6, 18:06 by Jenny Smith
Skint?
With the support of the Financial Services department we aim to raise awareness of the funds and financial support available to students – especially the Access to Learning Fund, and encourage those eligible for University bursaries to sign up for them. During the week of the 12th – 16th November there will be a stall in Portland which will be manned for advice and drop-by sessions over the main lunch period, and a budgeting workshop for students on Wednesday 14th in the Training Room (in Portland) from 12:00-1:30pm. It will be an informal drop-in session where you can get lots of tips on budgeting and how to apply for additional financial support!
We will be handing out free goodies all week so please pop along!
SHAG Week (Sexual Health Awareness & Guidance)
There will be an information stall in Portland and the QMC during the week of the 26th November – 1st December, and information around campus to raise awareness about HIV and safe sex, and also to celebrate world Aid’s Day on the 1st December… look out for G.I.Jonny campaign materials and Easy Tiger!
Mental Health Awareness Training
The University Mental Health Worker and I will be holding a 2hour informative session on Wednesday 21st November from 2-4pm. The aim of the session is to focus on Myth Busting, positive mental health, and will highlight the misconceptions surrounding mental health issues. It will be open to all students who would like to learn more about common mental health issues and how they relate to our daily living and responsibility to ourselves, and our peers. For more information, or if you would like to come along to the session then please RSVP to me as there are limited places!
Crime Prevention and safety Campaign
Thanks to the 25+ volunteer ‘burglars’ and the welfare committee who ran around campus flyering and postering through open windows and on unattended items we managed (hopefully!) to highlight the importance of locking – up, and staying safe…
We also tried to do a push on Smart water which you can get done for free! … if you live on campus, ask your Hall Warden about Smart Water and they will be able to mark your property for you. Alternatively you can bring your property to the Student Advice and Representation Centre (ground floor Portland building) and we will mark it for you! If you live off-campus, in order to arrange an appointment for your property to be Smart Watered please contact the burglary reduction team on 01159 156 180.
I will also be going on a campus lighting tour with members of the Estates Team from the University to point out ‘dark-spots’ and look at ways we could improve lighting on campus so please, if you do know of any dark spots – let me know! I will be doing the walk on the evening of the 12th November.
Easy Tiger
Grooved on down in Lenton and Wortley Hall at the BIG bang, him and his 4 wonderful cubs had a fabulous time and so they hope you did too!!! Let me know if you would like him to come to your events too… you just have to ask and I’ll see what I can do!
Welfare Committee positions available!!!!!
There are 2 positions available – one for a 1st year and one for a student from any year so we would encourage anyone interested in welfare issues, and who is willing to put in the work (weekly meetings plus research / preparation and time during campaign weeks), to stand for one of these positions! Drop me an email if you would like to know more about what it would involve if you would like to run for one of these positions!
We are also looking for a web–wise person (I clearly am not, can you tell by my lingo!) to keep the welfare sections of the website up to date, and looking good! So if you are interested then please drop me an email, it would be great to have you as part of the welfare team!
Other than that… please don’t forget I am here for you!!! I know it sounds cheesy but I really am. If there is anything that you think I should be campaigning about, any ideas, questions, or if you just want to pop by for a chat… anything at all then please let me know!
Take care, and I look forward to hearing from you soon!
Jenny :-)
suwelfare@nottingham.ac.uk
Reassuringly Good Societies · Fri Oct 5, 16:40 by Matthew Leventhall
Like the title? Its this weeks offering from the slogan generator.
Well I was correct in the prediction of my last blog that things would get a bit crazy around here with the arrival of International Welcome Week, and Week One. Both weeks were fantastic for all involved and the Activities office has been a hive of activity since the arrival of all the freshers and returners. I would like to thank everyone involved for the hard work that they put into Freshers’ Fayre and Week One. I would particularly like to thank Photosoc and Juggle soc for the extra time that they put in outside of the fayre to photograph the opening of Mooch and perform for the freshers outside Freshers’ Address on Sunday night (and I’m sure its pretty obvous who did which.)
This week I have been swamped with new societies coming to collect packs inorder to form, everything from Viking Society to Paintballing & Laser society; I hope to see them all at the next council. On the subject of council, the year’s first Societies council was a great success – we have 5 new societies affiliated: Bar Society for anyone interested in barristers, Ice Skating Society, Shocksoc from the dept. of Electric & Electronic Engineering, Caribbean Society and Student Improv Nottingham. Nick breen was elected to the position of IT Officer, completing the elections for Societies Exec, and Duncan Bradshaw is our new chair of Societies Council. A motion proposing gradual phasing out of Societies’ association with Arms Companies fell, as the majority felt that societies should be allowed to decide the ethical grounds of which they accept sponsors themselves. If anyone has any feedback about the way societies council is conducted, please don’t hesitate to contact me or Duncan.
Don’t forget to check the website for society groups and group meeting times, as they are commencing next week!
See you all soon,
Matt
A long overdue Athletic Union update · Wed Sep 12, 17:31 by Phil Richards
Apologies for the delay, but there is always so much going on in the Atheltic Union that my blog kept on getting postponed.
So…what has the AU done that is vaguely exciting for me?
Ans: If you’re not very sporty, probably not much. BUT, if you are… READ ON!There have been many exciting developments to bring forward for the new academic year. A new contract has been negotiated with GATECRASHER on a Wednesday night – the £1.5 million spent on refurbishment promises an epic nightclub…bring back the old AU spirit!
The sports department membership fees have been agreed upon for 07/08… please email me for more details
INTRA-MURAL has hopefully been nailed on the head… 1st fixture is Wednesday 10th October… a date for all you budding sports ‘I’m good but can’t be bothered to train a million times a week’ people out there…
HEALTHY LIVING! I will be encouraging our executive to do a high visibility jog around the campus in order to promote healthier lifestyles. On top of this, we have 2 dates for the diary in this respect – Tuesday 23rd October is our Healthy Living Day, with the smoothie bike, followed by a nutritional presentation by Maximuscle at 5pm. This will be followed up by the healthy living week beginning Monday 28th January (in conjunction with Welfare)
VARSITY – £6471.79 was raised for a local charity Cerebal Palsy sport, and this was presented at the office of Cerebal Palsy sport in conjunction with the Nottingham Trent University Sports Officer, Rob Churchouse. The Nottingham Evening Post popped by to take photos…and I’m chasing up for them to actually publish them!
THE VENUE is all set for our quality Wednesday afternoon AU session. With bigger and better teas, and an entire venue just for the Athletic Union (both clubs and Intra-Mural teams)…this will be the perfect pre-Gatecrasher venue. I will be there without a doubt every week.
There are many many more goings on in the AU, and much is in the pipeline… but this blog has rambled on for long enough now. So until next time…await more gems of information with bated breath.
I would also like to draw your attention towards the new edition of Impact where only one officer has a photo of himself in it, along with an entire article. Need I say more?
Cheers bye
Phil Richards
AU Officer
auofficer@nottingham.ac.uk
NUS Mental Health Awareness Day 7/09/07 · Mon Sep 10, 16:06 by Shabba Vaithianathan
This was an event that I attended along with our welfare officer and the representational officer. It was an event that I thought was an important one, that the NUS was running. The reasons for it’s importance, I feel, are that it contained workshops that covered aspects of university life that are sometimes forgotten. Workshops covered areas such as student suicide, bullying, opportunities for students with mental disabilities and so on. These workshops were run well and proved very informative, with guest speakers talking about past experiences and ways of dealing with these aspects of university life. I feel that by going to this, I am now more aware of issues that are underlying amongst the ‘glitz and glamour’ of university life.
National Postgraduate Committee Conference Report · Wed Sep 5, 17:01 by Will Cooling
The National Postgraduate Committee is a charity that works to support and improve the postgraduate student experience in this country. Whereas the NUS Liberation Campaigns are autonomous caucuses of the NUS open only to those who fit a certain self-definition, the NPC is an independent charity that works with all those that share its aims and objectives. As such it works not only with organisations such as NUS, the Mature Students Union and the UK Council for International Student Affairs but also individual undergraduates or Students’ Union Sabbaticals on issues of common interest.
On the 9-11th August I attended the NPC National Conference along with Matt Gayle, James Sheard and Dora Tothfalussy. The conference consisted of a number of plenary sessions, workshop seminars and the NPC’s AGM. There was a good range of workshops and plenaries, with some focusing on academic issues surrounding postgraduate study whilst others focused on the wider postgraduate student experience.
Of particular relevance to my role was the presentation by York Graduate Students Association and Keele’s Postgraduate Students Association about the ‘Graduate Students Union’. This presentation focused on offering examples of best practice when it came to providing social and support services to postgraduates. What struck me was that even at Universities where there is an independent union for postgraduates the Students’ Union still plays a key role in providing activities and other services to postgraduates (for example York’s GSA actually pays the Students’ Union so that its members can have access to the latter’s clubs and societies). We should look at what we can learn from the work of these two associations eg. having an independent social space for postgraduates, structuring the PGSA Committee to fully involve research students and York’s idea of having clubs and societies keep records of how many postgraduates they sign up at Freshers’ Fayre
Another excellent workshop was the discussion about the possibility of reforming the NPC itself to give affiliates a better sense of ownership of the organisation and better involve ordinary postgraduates. The workshop saw contributions from the current Chair of NPC and from two affiliate delegates who would win election to the management committee during the course of the conference. Issues such as better involving affiliates and ordinary postgraduates in the business of the national postgraduate committee were raised with a directly elected President and more energetic communications strategy being suggested as possible solutions.
I also attended sessions on the internationalisation of the postgraduate education sector, making postgraduate education more inclusive of disabled students, the problems research students can encounter and how we can best help them and the importance of academic freedom. All of the sessions at the conference were thought provoking and approached postgraduate education in a serious and constructive manner. The conference was also a goldmine of experiences and examples of best practice and I was able to pick up ideas about better involving distance learners, ensuring that all postgraduate students are members of the Students’ Union (including those writing up) and ways for Students’ Union to engage with postgraduates and postgraduate education through discussions with a wide range of delegates from a number of institutions including the Open University and the University of London.
Most of the last day of the conference was devoted to the Annual General Meeting of the NPC which was as efficient and productive a general meeting as I’ve seen any student organisation hold. The reports from the management committee underlined the range and the quality of the work that the NPC is doing with detailed policy submissions on issues such as postgraduate council tax, immigration and visas and higher education funding.
At the end of the AGM there were elections for the new committee; the NPC has a system were a number of management committee positions are reserved for ‘Project Officers’. These are officers who run pledging to carry out a particular project during their term of office. Three such officers were elected at the AGM; Andre Oboler was elected to be an ‘ambassador’ of the NPC to Israeli academia, Victoria Townsend was elected to conduct a review of the work of the NPC and Nottingham’s own Matt Gayle was elected to research the problems facing international postgraduates. The other results from the election were Duncan Phillip Connors won General Secretary, David Thurkettle won Chair, Armineh Soorenian won Equal Opportunities Officer, Sarah Weeks and Simon Felton won Ordinary Executive Members, George McFalarene won Conference Secretary (despite a very strong showing from our own James Sheard), Oleg Lisagor won Communications Officer and I was elected to be Minutes Secretary.
The NPC Conference was in all respects worthwhile; it offered a thorough insight into the issues facing postgraduates and postgraduate education, offered practical advice about what we can do and what organisations could help, an invaluable chance for myself as a undergraduate Student Officer to network with postgraduates and postgraduate officers and was conducted with a seriousness that suited the issues being discussed.
August... · Wed Sep 5, 09:41 by Gerald Bates
…. I know I know, I’ve been in the hotseat for over a month now and this is only my first blog – for which I apologise – but hopefully by the time you’ve finished reading this you’ll see what I’ve been up to and will forgive me…
The Student Union bar(s) has never looked as fit as it does right now. I went down for a site inspection at the end of last week and it is just a question of finalising the finishing touches before it will be ready in time for international welcome week in 3 weeks time. Mooch in particular has a real airy feel with its terrace and interior design and our new head cook has been working on a very appetising menu for the table-service meals and snacks which will be available. The Venue, meanwhile, will I’m sure work so much better as a club setting than its predecessor with its own stage, longer bar and much bigger dancefloor… as sad as it is to say goodbye to the old Ark with its sticky floors and funny smell I think you’ll all really enjoy what we’ve done to the place.
As well as this the SU Shop on Jubilee has undergone a complete refurbishment, freshening the whole joint up with a new layout. Apologies to anyone based over there during the refurb while the shop was shut but I think you’ll agree that it was well worth the wait. Many of the libraries have also been refurbished over the Summer ready for the return of undergraduates with perhaps the most striking development being that of the Hallward which has been bought bang up to date with investment not just in redesigning its layout but also the Information Technology available for students to use.
As well as working on all of these developments I’ve been busy trying to get hold of new space for all our student groups to use. In particular I think that Nottingham has a dearth of performance and rehearsal spaces for our performance groups to utilise (especially with the expansion of the Union Bar into what was A23 in the Portland Building). Having spoken to the Estates Office on this matter I am hopeful that we might be able to get increased access to the Ballroom in the Portland Building as well as some space set-aside in the new buildings on Jubilee campus which are now taking shape (for info on this have a ganders at nottingham.ac.uk/estate/jubilee.htm) though there is still some discussion to be had on this subject…
We have had success with both the bus timetable for Sutton Bonnington and the cost of University Card replacement. Following on from lobbying by your Students’ Union and the SB Guild/JCR the bus timetable for SB has been hugely improved and we feel confident that further improvements can also be made to ensure that residents on Sutton Bonnington feel as involved in University Life and Union Activities as the rest of our members. As of 1st September it has also been decided, following consultation with the Estates Office, that the charge for replacing students’ University card will be reduced from £20 to £15.
Perhaps the most exciting project I have been working on has been the development of the new Student Union website which, when fully operational, will allow us to offer many of our services (which currently are only available ‘off-line’) through the web including Society and Club sign-up and sale of tickets to both the new Student Union bar and, in the future, all our big Union nights (Monday Oceana, Wednesday the refurbished Gatecrasher and Friday @ Ocean)… as well as giving all students, regardless of their physical location, a way to interact more directly with their Students’ Union Exec and lobby us for change.
As well as this I’ve also been consulting with members of your Students’ Union Council and Exec with regards to the appointment of the University’s new Vice-Chancellor when Sir Colin Campbell retires at the end of next year. The University have asked for input from the student body and I have already had a meeting with the headhunters being employed by the University, to input the responses that I received from your representatives on Students’ Union Council into the process.
On top of this I have also spent time both at NUS Training Events and at the Aldwych Group representing views of Nottingham students on a national scale. The Aldwych Group, is the monthly meeting of the Students’ Unions of those 20 research-led Universities which make-up the Russell Group. With the review of the cap on tuition fees commencing in 2009 both the NUS and Aldwych represent key mediums which, through collective action and national representation, we really can push national government to ensure that higher and further education is accessible to all members of our society regardless of their particular socio-economic background.
These are just some of the things that I’ve been working on so far. I would say that it’s the variety of this job that I have found most rewarding and whether it be writing my speech for the freshers’ address, helping on the launch of our new on-campus letting agency ‘Unipol’ for accommodation in Lenton, Beeston and Dunkirk or fighting for students on national issues a lot of work has been going on from all of your Students’ Union Officers (and staff!) to get everything ready for when you all return.
If you’ve got any questions or comments on anything that I’ve been (or not been!) up to then please don’t hesitate to drop me a line at supresident@nottingham.ac.uk
It’s your union so have your say and get involved.
Look forward to getting you all back,
Gerald x
Campaign for Change… · Mon Sep 3, 17:31 by Louise Green
Your first question might be, ‘so what does a Students’ Union Community Officer actually DO?’ As only the second Community Officer, it was something I was pretty interested in finding out myself…
One thing quickly became apparent, down-time in the Portland building is a limited commodity! The first two weeks were a series of non-stop community adventures, which sent me pottering into the realms of Lenton and beyond…The diverse aspects of my role – student accommodation to volunteering and everything in between- have led to meetings with representatives from the Council, Police, local residents’ working groups and of course, the University.
There has been so much to get my head round and so much to prepare for Freshers’ Fayre and Returners’ Week, that I was not entirely looking forward to spending four days out of the office on the training course ‘Action through Advocacy,’ a four day session in London run by the National Union of Students for in-coming sabbatical officers…
Any cynicism as to the value of this infringement on my precious office time was quickly erased. The course really stopped me in my tracks, forced me take a step back and tuned me into what my role as a student officer actually was…to ensure students rights and improve the student experience. As a ‘representational’ sabbatical officer (along with the Welfare and Education Officers) it’s my role to represent the student voice and interests through campaigns…
The campaign that I am mandated to run as Community Officer is the ‘Sshh! campaign’ a pithy little acronym which stands for ‘Silent students, happy homes.’As a national campaign to raise awareness amongst students of issues such as student noise pollution, crime and litter, ‘Sshh’ is massively important, as students need to be reminded to respect their community so that they in turn are respected within it. However, it’s important that my role does not end there. To fulfil the role of ‘representational’ officer, I need to campaign not just to raise awareness, but on issues that will make a real difference to the student experience.
An example of one such campaign run by previous officers is UNIPOL. Unipol, coming to Nottingham next term, is a housing charity that which will massively improve the house hunting process. A one-stop shop for housing where you can house hunt on-line from the comfort of your own home for quality accredited properties which have been vetted against a strict code of standards. Potentially the beginning of the end for dodgy houses, dodgy landlords, and dodgy rents. This huge change to the student experience was won by Student Officers for their students, and one I shall be committed to supporting throughout my year in office.
So whilst campaigning to raise awareness is important, (and you can look forward to seeing me and my volunteers during Returners’ week distributing thousands of lollies outside clubs promoting the ‘sshh’ campaign -suck, don’t shout!), I want to work towards more positive change for students. I’ve already got my own ideas for the forthcoming year…but it’s all about what YOU want to see happen.
So in answer to our first question, the answer is this…what do YOU want your Community Officer to do? I’m here to work on the issues which are important to you. If there is anything you want to see changed in your community, or with your university experience in general, please get in touch:
sucommunity@nottingham.ac.ukAnd I shall look forward to hearing from you :)
Keep your friends close, but your Societies closer. · Wed Aug 29, 11:09 by Matthew Leventhall
Hello all,
Please excuse the terrible title; I got it from a slogan generator that Ian Braithwaite recommended. Nevertheless I think it is probably a good maxim for the coming year (or at least it was better than “Elementary, my dear Societies” or “I ate his societies with some fava beans and a nice Chianti…”)
The office has been eerily quiet over the past weeks, some days with just Phil and I in the office. It is the time of year when there are precious few students and staff around the Union, but I am constantly told to appreciate the quiet while it lasts, before the hectic first weeks of term. I have been receiving a healthy stream of enquiries from societies about the coming year and dealing with them as they come. If you have any questions about running, starting, or joining a society please don’t hesitate to get in touch.
I have been using the relative peace and quiet to get some of the advanced groundwork for some of the changes that I intend to implement this year out of the way early on. I have negotiated a set of keys and the insurance for a new Societies storeroom in the Trent building, which Emily, my predecessor, did most of the work for. I have written some proposals for Union Council next year, including the expansion of the Student Training Activities and Rewards Scheme (STARS) and the proposition to create a Chair of Societies Council. If you are interested in running for this position, or the position of IT officer which is still open, or just want more info, please drop me an email.
I am currently in the process of securing sponsorship for various opportunities. I have already signed deals for and the Societies Executive Committee and STARS & the Training Team with Deloitte, and am writing proposals for the Student Activities Workspace and the Societies Ball. I have been working with other staff and officers to prepare Freshers’ Fayre, which has taken up a lot of my time. This year the fayre is set to be bigger and better than ever. I sent a mailing to the presidents and treasurers of all student groups about the logistics of taking part in the fayre, if you think you have not received this for some reason, get in touch and I will forward it to you.
That’s all for now,
I look forward to seeing you all in the coming weeks.
Regards,
Matt Leventhall
Societies Officer
University of Nottingham Students’ Union
Portland Building,
University Park,
Nottingham,
NG7 2RD
Tel – +44 (0) 115 8468785
Fax – +44 (0) 115 8468801
Email – susocieties@nottingham.ac.uk
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1st Blog: New Thinking. New Intersite. · Tue Aug 28, 11:13 by Ian Braithwaite
I was the first of the new exec to take up my position on my own and I hit the ground running, as a health care student I am here all summer anyway so I was able to really get to grips with my role. You must excuse the informality for the blog I have never written one before!
I started off by going through the previous Intersite officers (Ed Keene) paperwork and reviewing his good work form last year. I managed to get my office sorted and looked through all the groups’ constitutions and put my office how I wanted it.
The first task at hand was to get my committee set up, which will; be the 1st of October at 1500hrs (note the military style of time keeping I have put in place) in committee room one. The first one will be all of the groups I look after together, with a view to split them into healthcare association’s and residential association for the next set of committee meeting’s. Intersite committee for me has never been that effective so with this view is set about getting people to come to it. Well done to Hamish Stewart who got elected to Intersite committee at last council. I now have 14 people on Intersite committee!
After sorting this out I had my mini handover with Jonathan (Intersite Support worker) and met various university people, Jonathan outlined what goes on in SARC and what’s been happening at the other centres. We then went around meeting university people, such as the outgoing head of school of Nursing – Karen Cox, and the new head of school – Mark Avis. I also attended the School of Nursing SSCC Coordination group meeting. Which was nice.
Jonathan and I set about the task of setting up health care associations at the Mansfield & Lincoln, a Task which previous Intersite officers had struggled to get off the ground.
We had an amazing response from Lincoln and Mansfield with over 30 people at Mansfield showing an interest and 15 at Lincoln, this has been my main aim for over the summer so it was excellent to get things moving.
I can also announce that the new Lincoln Student’s Association committee are as follows:-
President
Michelle Andrew
Vice President
Eleanor Johnson
Gen Sec
Geoff Barker
Treasurer
Rachel Ladd
Social Sec
Dawn Litherland
Congratulation’s!!
Mansfield’s will be on my next blog as I am still in discussion with them regarding positions.
I was then contacted by the PGSA Vice President – Ralph Hibberd regarding the Sutton Bonnington bus service, and with his and their Sutton Bonnington rep (Ting Jiang). With there amazing help they have negotiated an improved bus service to SB which on paper and card looks like a vast improvement. So a big thank you to them both for their hard work and bringing me up to speed.
Speak to you soon
Ian
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