With International Day of the Midwife on 5th May and International Nurses Day on 12th May, we celebrated the importance of these days by throwing a lunchtime party in The Hub.
The Students' Union is of the belief that students should be able to participate in democracy of all levels. As such, we have passed an emergency motion in line with NUS to provide bursary travel funding for Irish students at UWE Bristol to vote in the upcoming referendum on Friday 25 May.
Public Health England are urging university students to ensure they have had two doses of the MMR vaccine following a rise in measles amongst students over the past few months.
Bristol Big Give is an annual recycling campaign to encourage students to donate any unwanted items to charity.
As part of our drive to reward and recognise our Student Reps we have introduced a Rep of the Month Award. This award is given to a Rep who has gone above and beyond their duties to bring issues to the attention of staff, make positive changes and engage students in their academic experience.
Your VP Community and Welfare is delighted to announce that after a lot of hard work, The Students' Union has successfully lobbied the university to freeze rent prices for the next academic year.
Over the past year, your Student Leaders have worked hard to improve the work that The Students' Union is doing on mental health. See their biggest achievements so far...
This year, I have continued to raise awareness of the extra costs that students incur whilst studying at UWE Bristol. After undertaking a piece of research to identify various costs of concern to students, and compiling this into a report, I have lobbied the University to think about what they should do to ensure that they address this significant issue.
In January we launched our societies and sports mental health accreditation. This idea was born after we had Kate and Helen Richardson-Walsh speaking at The Students’ Union last year about mental health in sport. We know that sports clubs and societies provide amazing support to our students, and wanted to give them the tools to run their own mental health campaigns.
The results of the no-confidence vote are published.
Your new member of the Democratic Procedures Committee
The successfully elected Delegates to NUS Women's Conference 2018.