President

1 July 20

Term of Office started

1 Sept 20

We have made the initial contact with the 4 Faculty Directors and we are currently scheduled to meet with the FBL team who have expressed their interest in improving feedback and reducing assessment cluster.

16 Oct 20

I have met with 3 Faculty Directors who have all expressed their keeness in exploring how we could achieve this objective and gain student feedback through the Feedback forums I will be hosting and the Student Consultation panel on what type of feedback students consider good/bad/useful. An exciting partnership project on Assessment and Feedback between The Students Union and the University is in the planning stages and the committe are dur to have their initail meet up this October. The committee will explore how we produce useful feedback/feedforward for assessments.

8 Dec 20

The Students' Union and the University are working in partnership on an Assesssment and Feedback project. The committee are scheduled to meet biweekly and have a balanced staff and student representation. The focus for the next few months as set by the partnership group is on 'Coursework brief', which will help students understand their assessment expectations from their lecturers/markers. In providing valuable and personalised feedback, this group believes this is the first stage which requires a review of briefs from all programmes to identify which students find beneficial and those that require improvement.

1 July 20

Term of Office started

1 Sept 20

I have contacted the Head of Central Examination Timetabling to discuss this.

16 Oct 20

The 3 Faculty Directors have indicated that assignment cluster is an area they are looking into and I will be raising the objective for the Assessment and Feedback Committee to work with the Faculty Directors to ensure that students are not struggling with clustered assessment submissions.

1 July 20

Term of Office started

1 Sept 20

In light of Covid, all lectures across for all programs should be recorded as the University presents a mixed learning (virtual and physical) approach in this academic year. However, where this may not be done I will expect that students report these so we can support them in looking into it.

16 Oct 20

completed

1 July 20

Term of Office started

1 Sept 20

With the support of the Commercial Director, we have been involved in discussions of increasing the food offering for our Bower students. There are also initial conversations to host a few Bristol food stalls on campus which is very positive.

16 Oct 20

Bristol Eats stalls will have presence on Frenchay, Bower and Glenside offering distinct multicultural dishes from October. The stall schedule will vary every week to make sure that students are offered diverse options and have the opportunity to taste the dishes they love right from campus. More options are also being considered at Bower Ashton and student feedback on food offering this year will continue to be sought after and passed across to relevant departments.

1 July 20

Term of Office started

1 Sept 20

Currently making arrangements towards the events that will be held this academic year as part of Celebrating Black Excellence campaign.

16 Oct 20

Celebrating Black Excellence campaign launched this October and will be running throughout the academic year. I am working with my team to organise events and activities which include live poetry nights, Arts competition, film screenings, talent show, music programme and workshops.

8 Dec 20

The Celebrating Black Excellence campaign Arts competition is running till the end of the first term and we have received a good number of submissions and I am hopeful for more - winners and participants stand a chance to win competitive prices. Our events this year were mostly virtual and the engagement particularly with my Cook Along with VP Education was great. We are partnering with Centre for Music to hold an Amplify programme and other events for during Feel Good week and International Women's week. I still aim to have a physical talent show in the SU Bar and film screening if government guidelines in teaching term 2 permits.

1 July 20

Term of Office started

1 Sept 20

With the support of the Representation team, I will be collating feedback from the student consultation panel on their expectations from Career Fairs and Employers - the questions for the survey is being drafted at the moment. This feedback will be passed on to the Career and Enterpise team so they are better informed about student needs. VP Education and I have initiated a conversation with the Employability services to understand their current offering and are brainstorming other options that will benefit international students with the right support they need to apply for Tier 2 jobs. Recent information from the Employability team states some of their plans for this academic year which are positive and once all is confirmed, students will be better informed.

16 Oct 20

27 students from the Student Consultation Panel completed the survey on their expectations from the Virtual Careers Fair and this was passed on to the Career and Enterprise team to inform their preparation towards the event.

8 Dec 20

I am scheduled to meet with the Go Global Team leader and other Empyability meeting to discuss our current offering to International students and the partner organisations they work with. I have had meetings with CRCC Asia and Grad Careers Coach who are keen to work with UWE students. This meeting will inform the gaps that exist and how we could partner with other orgnisations to bridge whatever gaps exist within our present offer.

1 July 20

Term of Office started

1 Sept 20

With the support of the Representation team, I will be collating feedback from the student consultation panel on their expectations from Career Fairs and Employers - the questions for the survey is being drafted at the moment. This feedback will be passed on to the Career and Enterprise Services team so they are better informed about student needs. VP Education and I have initiated a conversation with the Employability services to understand their current offering and are brainstorming other options that will benefit international students with the right support they need to apply for Tier 2 jobs.

16 Oct 20

I have had an initial meeting with the FET Employer Engagement Officer and discussed how we could support our students. Following up from this meeting, I am scheduled to meet the Employer Engagement team officers from all 4 Faculties this October to run through how we could work to promote our events to students and discuss including employers who offer sponsorship opportunities to these events.

8 Dec 20

I have been in dialogue with memebers of the Career and Enterprise team and I am scheduled to meet the External Relations Project Development Manager to further discuss the Virtal 'Meet the Emplyers Fair' to discuss how we could include Tier 2 sponsor companies and the role we play in working with these comapnies to better inform their reoresentatives on the tier 2 onboarding process for international students. In addition, I have been feeding into the marketing and communication arrangements with the team to help promote wider and Faculty based employability events that take place to increase visibility through SU channels.

1 July 20

Term of Office started

1 Sept 20

Due to covid, the Accommodation team have had to treat applications on a 'first come first serve basis' but from the next academic year they will intend to set aside places for those who come through clearing. The university has also started consultation for their new accomodation plan on campus.

8 Dec 20

I have met with the Accommodation manager who has informed us that in normal circumstances pre-Covid, there will be some rooms available for students who come through clearing so long as there are no long waiting lists so there is reassurance that in the next academic year, if normal operatuions return this will be possible again.

1 July 20

Term of Office started

1 Sept 20

I have scheduled monthly feedback sessions in my calendar that will provide an opportunity for students to have discussions about any concerns they have virtually.

16 Oct 20

Based on review from the Welcome Period, I will be merging the feedback session with Question and Answer sessions. This will be promoted across SU social media channels and website.

8 Dec 20

I facilitated 3 Block Zero Focus groups to dig deeper into students experiences during this period and pull out recommendations for the future. I have scheduled joint biweekly feedback sessions with VP Education for teaching term 2.

1 July 20

Term of Office started

1 Sept 20

In my communication to students via social media and in person I will be sharing information on how students can seek wellbeing support.

1 July 20

Term of Office started

1 Sept 20

I have expressed concerns students have over the mark appeal process and module leaders communication which may sometimes be inaccurate. The SAS team are currently working on the academic survival guide for this academic year and will be commuicating to the SU the right comms to pass to students. I will also be recording videos so students are informed on the right process to go through if they need further clarity on marks and how they can appeal. They also intend to pass information to module leaders to send the right communication to students.