Why you should cast your vote and choose the right candidates to deliver for students!
Whether its Course & Subject Reps or your Full Time Officers making lobbying for change, or our amazing Student Group Committees delivering for their members, students elected via the Leadership Race are doing amazing things and need your vote to be in a position to do so!
Read on to see just some of the changes students just like you have made for their peers, and head to www.staffsunion.com/vote
- Student Groups have raised over £10,000 for various charities as part our Raise and Give (RAG) campaigns
- Health and Social Care reps have ensured student feedback is shaping tailored careers support, with a focus on LinkedIn and employability skills.
- Esports Reps secured timetable changes to free up late-week study time were successfully implemented to support independent study and work commitments. A well-received re-welcome event is set to become an annual occurrence!
- Students, Reps and Officers fed in to last year's Graduation Planning as ceremonies moved to Catalyst - making sure that ceremonies will be delivered in a way that works for students for years to come
- Film Production reps secured improved feedback alongside a move to new core software being successfully introduced - giving students a choice between the packages.
- Post-Graduate Criminology, Sociology & Social Justice and Transnational Organised Crime reps worked with their staff to implement targeted support that has improved placement access for international students, boosting satisfaction.
- Your Officers have worked with creative students to maintain access to supplies following the Art Shop closing. Read more here
- Across Journalism, Creative Media and Sports Journalism reps lobbied for air conditioning and ventilation issues to be resolved, which has now improving their learning spaces
- Reps from Surface Pattern have maintained 24-hour Mac room access which continues to enhance flexibility and student satisfaction.
- On Cartoon and Comic Arts reps have worked with staff to get lift repairs that have improved accessibility, alongside progress toward formally recognising student work in promotions.
- As Your Union, we've implemented 13 new or enhanced Sustainability schemes and measures to deliver on our sustainability commitments
- Post-Graduate Ceramics reps are celebrating a new Burleigh Pottery collaboration that's providing valuable real-world experience for students.
- Your Officers were delegates attended this year’s NUS England event. Discussion took place in relation to Palestine, International rules and fee impacts, Post 16 Education, Neurodiversity, White Paper and the up-and-coming NUS Elections
- Post-Graduate Business representation is now in place with a specific role at Your Union, plus careers support is being embedded through ongoing collaboration with the Careers Team