Officer Reports

Over the past month I have been working on my KPI’s and operational plans for the upcoming year. It has been interesting to review my manifesto ideas from February and work them into achievable targets for the 20/21 Academic Year. I am working on two Suggestions to complete including CPR and AED training for students online and getting a climbing wall on campus. in addition, we have continued our in depth training programme including, weekly challenges to complete from a GOATing action plan, planning the risks and concerns around the life of being a student in 2020/21, SUggestion Plans, and a prioritising exercise around events and campaigns for the next year. This is giving us the knowledge and tools we require to make genuine positive change for our students and work as an effective team. The last 6 weeks has been extremely different, working from home, talking through Microsoft Teams constantly and trying to build a strong bond at the same time. But we are definitely forming. It is fantastic to see Amina, Lucy, and Bailey finding their feet and starting to develop their projects and ideas for the next academic year. I look forward to what the next 12 months look like and the positive change we can make for our students.

In this month I have met with the ISA committee , attended various meetings to share feedback on International student support , took part in part time officer training and gathered feedback from students about their concerns on returning to University in October. There is an outline detailing what I have been doing this month on the link to my report. Feel free to send me an email here [email protected]
if you have any questions about my report.

This month we have continued our training ready for when students return, this has included online training modules, social media training and introductions with many of the University staff. I have continued to work on my ops plan and focus on the new housing accreditation scheme. I am also working on two SUggestions and focusing on my plans for the upcoming year which include emphasising mental and sexual health provisions and ensuring students feel safe and supported when they return to campus.

This month I have been helping to train the Part Time Officers and finishing off our sabbatical officer training sessions. All of the sabbatical officers are preparing our Operation Plans for the year so we can see what we want to achieve and how we want to collaborate as a group. I have been attending committees this month to feedback student concerns and questions about the blended learning environment and what information they want to be told before commencing teaching. If you want to find out more click on my report!

It has been wonderful to meet with these staff members and introduce our key aims for the year and to figure out ways in which we can work together to ensure that student voices are heard and students are at the very forefront of both the University and Students’ Union’s goals. The most exciting things from the last month has been Volunteer Officer training and the first Campaigns Network meeting. Meeting all the Campaigns Network officers has been very exciting because they all have great ideas for the year and are super motivated and I have been able to discuss how I can help them to achieve these ideas. I have also been researching the recycling situations within 3rd party accommodation providers and have rewritten the Green Impact section of the SU’s website so that students can now find information on what we have done to be more sustainable.