Officer Reports

Between attending the Portfolio and Oversight Group and supporting students in attendance panels, I have been busy this month working on my SUggestions to get students access to microwaves across campus and plug sockets in lecture rooms. Click onto my Officer Report to see what else I’ve been up to!

February has been such a busy and exciting month both for planning and attending the events as well. With a lot of cultural events like the Lunar New Year, international quiz and international party all happening in February. A lot of planning has also been going on for the International Week which is happening on the W/C 16th March. A lot of issues had been looked into in this month as well such as the scams international students are facing and how we can better help students to help them with their future endeavours as well. With the elections also undergoing, I am really excited to see who the next person will be taking over from June since both candidates are very capable and have a vast range of experiences which will help them in their role as the Vice-President International. I look forward to March being another exciting year and do not forget to VOTE!!!

Reflecting on the beginning on the semester. I have been extremely busy working on multiple projects at a time. We have Varsity, Tour, our semi-finals to finals of 8/10 Swans, the last fixtures of BUCS Wednesday’s, The Swannies, and The SU Awards coming up. In addition, I am currently working on organising a wheelchair basketball one-off session at the Sports Centre, continuing conversations around 24-hour gym and 4G facilities, continuing developing our Academic Societies Programme, getting rugby pitch markings up at Riseholme, starting the Look After Your Mate Training to cluster reps and committee members, conducting a second Rhino kit survey, writing up a new BUCS Funding Criteria and policy, and reviewing the committee training for the next academic year.

February has sent the successful implementation of “ReciteMe”, Sunflower Lanyard Staff Training, and more working on what the Invisible Disability Toilet Signs will look like. Additionally, I have done more work on the Spoons Campaign, and have successfully gained funding for the permanent roll-out of the Sunflower Lanyard Scheme! This month I have put a lot of work into the Accessibility Report, which has involved a successful Focus Group and Campus Walk-Around, and as a result of this some key issues have been raised to the university to ensure student safety. Facilitating a successful “PeerUp” student working group, where we discussed the implementation of a peer to peer out of hours support service, was a highlight of the month, and work on the Look After Your Mate campaign is progressing after the first successful training sessions earlier in the month. Working on a new inclusive Sexual Health Protection scheme is progressing, with a proposal now completed, and after an engaging PG Forum dedicated to wellbeing, I am working with the university to implement the suggestions from this. Environmental Champions Meeting went well, and work on the Green Week Campaign will be unveiled in less than 2 weeks’ time! Feedback from the Enviro-Fayre has come back, and I am now working with the Environmental Officer to implement some of these changes and liaise with the university to work in partnership on this. After an incredibly poignant Accreditation Meeting with the University Registrar, the scheme is looking to have some very large positive changes which will help protect students from rogue landlords. This month I also met with the founder of CribAdvisor and represented students at our first Sincil Bank Board and the Community Leadership Scrutiny Committee. In addition, the student volunteer promotion for Student Volunteering Week has been well received, and lots of work to prepare for Make A Difference Week in March has been completed!

This month’s key highlights includes:
-Planning and booking events for our upcoming Green Week! Expect big giveaways such as Bamboo Toothbrushes, water bottles and a Nutribullet! Also a Green Week Panel, a volunteering trip to a beach clean and much more!
-A Successful town hall meeting in regards to where students what the NUS money going towards was a massive hit! The minutes from the meeting will be published soon with the next stage commencing next month and a massive thank you to all who attended and got involved.
-Work on the new Student Union Strategy continues with awesome student feedback from our Sports, societies, academic societies, ISA and campaigns network!
-Sports Therapy is selling it out weekly, thank you all who attend and also a massive thank you to the Sport and Exercise Science School!
- I am attending so many university meetings looking at Students attendance, Inclusion, Hate Crime Reporting and the university Board of Governors to name some highlights.
-Finally supporting the team for this year’s elections! Congratulations to everyone who’s running! It is a very brave thing to do, but keep enjoying it, work hard and I will see you at Elections result night, where I will be hosting this year!