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2nd march 2010

This week for exec we had to write a poem saying what we had done- so here is mine below, hopefully a bit more exciting than the ordinary blog!

After exec last week I went to the GM

First thing next morning had a 1-2-1 with Ben

Sorting out the constitution and all things RAG

Next a chat with Gilli about hassles a student had

Sat next to a radiator in faculty board

Got told off for opening a window, despite it being hotter than abroad

I had a meeting called ISAG with Geoff Ward and the Crew,

They had a fight, I helped John, he said Thank you

Went to David’s for a photo to say what we’ve done

Then two disciplinaries- not so much fun

1-2-1 with Isabella and also Hardeep,

Emailed with Sarah for slang words we can keep

Went to exec question time with all of the gang

Not many turned up so just chatted and hang

Took the sabb-elects out for a meal

Next week a sabb meeting- I wasn’t tranquil

Then we had Holi, really good fun

Numerous showers after until cleansing was done

Next a posh thing in Founders, which was a little bit shit

Me and James got bored so we went to get fish and chips

This morning hung-over in BEMG

The irony was definitely not lost on me

Today community police had a drop in

Had a photo at the library with a big grin

Now I’m in exec, in this is my week

So I shall hand over for the next person to speak!

16^th Feb 2010

Well, another busy week. So here’s what has been going on in the life of VPEdWelfare since I last blogged:

- Learning and Teaching Quality Committee

- Library Users Advisory Group

- Go Green Meeting

- 1-2-1 with our amazing new RAG Chair Ben

- Disciplinary

- Ball set up stuff with the wonderful Emma

- Inclusion and Representation Senate

- Wrote RAG speech

- Audit meeting

- 1-2-1 with Hardeep

- 1-2-1 with Isabella

- Finance and Services Committee

- 1-2-1 with James

- Culture week meeting with James

- Sorting out representation for faculty executives

- RAG mag bits

- Socs ball- Go Amy Richards

- casework

- Preparation for the Community Liaison Forum this evening

The rest of the day I have a two hour long meeting about the upcoming audit, I am meeting the lovely Helen Groenendaal about Community Liaison Forum, and I will be chairing the Forum plus exec. What fun! See you soon xx

10th Feb 2010

Well…. what a week it has been!

Since we last spoke, I have:

- been to the GM, where there were lots of hot issues on liberation

- been to IT users advisory group

- been to see David at a staff open meeting

- done lots of interviews for our new ents assistant

- been to an amazing 5 + 5

- continued working on ‘Help us learn’

- done an amazing amount of ballot boxing

- done one disciplinary

- been to Candidates Question Time

- been to a sabb meeting

- done lots of stamping and cutting for candidates election materials

- been to SMT ops

- been to a meeting about getting more study rooms for you guys in exam period

- done the elections count

- wrote my bit for the what’s on guide

Today I am going to the Library users advisor group- and I hope after this I will be able to clear up a lot of rumours around what’s going on with the music library, I am also going to Learning and teaching Quality Committee- which is a fantastic experience to have student representation at one of the top committees in this area! I will also be going to Finance and Services and Campaigns committee.

I have just read this blog back and realised I no longer know where to use capital letters!

See you next time! xx

2nd Feb 2010

Hello!

Blogging time again…

So since last blogging:

- Sabbatical question time

- Organised Beat Bullying training with the wonderful help of Miss Emily Cookson

- RAG slave auction

- Met with Laura Gibbs about the new website

- Did preparation for interview with Clare, our HR lady

- Holloway’s Got Talent

- Help us Learn Campaign planning and then the actual day- woooo

- Went to a presentation about a new SU website

- Meeting with college about the upcoming institutional audit

- Bars and Entertainments Monitoring group

- Community Police Drop in Session

- Went to the HSS and Science Faculty execs with Hardeep to present’ Help us Learn’

- Lots of casework

- Lots of running around for NSS

- Lots of running around with buckets for RAG

- Oh and this afternoon I have a meeting with John Tuck!

That’s all for now! xx

Tuesday 26th Jan 2010

Hello everyone, blogging time again!

Well things are mega manic here at the moment. This week I have been up to lots of bits and pieces.

- I went to a SUEI conference, this is to talk all about the ways in which we can improve services to our members. The car journey on the way back was amazing- I have not laughed that much in ages!

- I went to the Inclusion and Representation Senate, where there was a lot of chat about the excitement that is Culture week

- I have done some more jigging around with course reps

- I met with John Tuck (head of Library) and Matthew Bourne about Library opening hours- watch this space for some MASSIVE improvements.

- I have been sorting and organising the NSS campaign.

- I did lots of publicity over help us learn.

- I had a sabb meeting

- 1-2-1 with Hardeep

- Lots of RAG bits

- And today I have an NSS meeting

- Sorting out BeatBullying training.

So this week is ….. RAG week. Make sure your change is at the ready to put in those buckets- all going to an amazing cause. Beat Bullying.

- RAG bucketers all day everyday

- Slave auction- wed

- More Holloway’s got Talent auditions- tonight

- Holloway’s got talent- Thursday

- Be a hero at the Union- Friday!

So, what a fun week.

For all you third years this week sees the launch of the NSS campaign, which gives you the chance to say exactly what you thought of your time here to help perspective students when choosing their course. So much change comes form NSS scores, so please please take some time to fill it in. you can grab one of our handy volunteers to chat more about it, fill it in in Windsor, fill it in at home. Just make sure you do it.

ON Friday make sure you look out for the SU’s Help Us Learn Campaign, we really have gone wild with this one, so watch out for us on Friday around campus.

So that’s it from me. The advice and Support centre is functioning as per usual, so if you need us, make sure you drop in or book an appointment.

See you next time. xx

20/ 01/ 10

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18-01-10

Hello!

So it is blogging time again, I know realise I do enjoy a good ole blog on a Monday, its kind of like therapy- but without the excessive use of tissues.

So what has been going on in the life of VPEdWelfare I hear you ask….

- I had the fun of executive committee refresher training- a joyous event where we welcomed our new union chair and shared lots of fun ideas- cute.

- I have met with the deputy Dean of Graduate Studies and an amazing woman from academic development over Post Grad research formal warning issues and general welfarey things which often arise as a result of these things.

- I met with the ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL Amy from RAG to talk about RAG week- it is gong to be amazing- I am sooo excited.

- I had a staff meeting (no where near as exciting as RAG)

- I met some important people at college about the new format to the welfare forum- which is going to make it waaayyy more accessible to you guys- aka, the students!

- I met with our good ole human resources lady Clare (what a dream)

- I had a SABB meeting in James office

- I did a disciplinary

- I have chatted to lots of budding new VPedwelfares

- I have also worked my little socks of with Hardeep (our academic affairs officer) on lots of cool issues- we have had the most amazing success ever with the Deans, which we will tell you about soon, have been going NSS crazy and have done a few other crazy educational stuff.

- I have been doing lots and lots of work with Beat Bullying, watch this space for some very exciting new things occurring there.

- NSS prep with David

I think that’s it for now, this afternoon Emily and myself are doing lots of work with Macmillan and having a conference call (get us) with Beat Bullying.

Hardeep and I have a crazy week ahead with NSS prep, education prep and we are going to three faculty execs- YIKES!

Don’t forget to drop in on us in the ASC whenever you need to! xxx

11^th January 2010

Well hello again, I hope you all had a lovely break and have enjoyed playing in the snow as much as I have.

I haven’t been up to that much as I took annual leave last week, but I will let you know what I did in the last week of job, what I have been upto today, and whats coming up in the very near future.

Right so in the last week Vpedwelfare of 2009 I….

- went to an awful lot of Christmas related college functions

- chased up academic departments over course reps

- actually managed to get the majority of names of course reps off departments

- did some Macmillan preparation work with Emily Cookson regarding our all new cancer support group

- Lots of work with out Academic Affairs officer on our wish list of academic needs

- Missed the fact that there were no students

- Had a senior management team meeting

- Did some sort of incident management training where I got to ring president pidge in a pretend panic.

- Went to an academic consultation group

- It snowed

- Had a SUEI pre- audit

- Lots of SUEI bits and bobs

- Had a meeting with the frankly amazing Maire Davies (Director of Special Projects

- Had to move out of my office as it is getting decorated- woop woop!

Now today I have been going through a frankly amazing amount of emails, there have been a lot of issues with burst pipes because of the cold weather- if this is you, make sure you pop on down to the SU to see how we can help you out, I also went to a meeting about an IT forum, which you will hear more about soon, a few bits of casework, work on the academic wish list, I have a meeting with Hardeep in a couple of minutes and then we are off to meet the Deans and Maire. I am also still office less so am currently working in the Bars and Ents office which is fun!

There are lots of things to look out for this term. We have RAG week coming up and the end of the month, with loads of cool activities, entertainment and fun all in aid of charity.

We also have the launch of the NSS, which stands for National Student Survey. All finalists can fill this out so watch out for some prizes and a Windsor building takeover.

Hardeep and I will be going all out with our ‘Help us learn’ Campaign

The SU are hosting the Big student debate, I am sitting on the panel along with some of colleges finest so make sure you come along to ensure you are getting the most out of your student experience- also watch out for us running around campus with cameras to see what you want from your time here at RHUL, what makes it special and what could do with some more improvement.

I think that’s it for now. No doubt I will be blogging again soon. Don’t forget any worries, concerns or just in need of a chat pop in to the advice and support centre on the first floor of the SU (plus its going to be all shiny and painted).

Charlotte x

08-12-09

Hello everyone,

All is manic here in the SU on the run down to Christmas! As I speak our Welfare Advisor, Tina, is packing up all things welfare, ready for a whole new décor over the holiday- how exciting.

I am going to do a massive list of lots of things have been upto!

- lots of stuff on learning and teaching

- Learning and Teaching Quality Committee

- Campaigns Sub- Committee

- Met with Health and Social Care

- Disciplinaries

- Lunch with LGBT committee

- Senates

- Met with Caroline from Chlamydia

- Met with Emily Cookson about Macmillan Cancer Support

- Sabb meetings

- Residence Group Meeting

- Faculty Board (thanks for all my helpers who went along too)

- Rehearsals for Jack and the Beanstalk

- Some stuff with RAG- shout out to Amy there!

- Insanity SABB show

- Met with IT about space provisions

- 10:10 launch

- Modern languages periodic departmental review (this meeting lasted two whole days)!!!!

- 1-2-1’s wit our amazing academic affairs officer Hardeep

- Sabb xmas cards

- Shag week planning

- SHAG week in general (ordered looooaddsss of willy goodies, condoms, got Chlamydia people in on a union night, ran an STI bus to the garden clinic).

- Casework galore

- Answered some interview questions for the Founder

- Begged borrowed and stole condoms and condom demonstrators

- Meeting with Sean and Tina

- LGBT Rainbow Rave

- Had an STI test

- Made some sperm (the tinfoil kind- nothing too gross)

- Finance and Services Sub committee

- Slumber party

- Worked the staff party

- 1-2-1 with Amy from RAG

- Met with Tina from Finance

- Had a termly meeting with our NUS rep

- Bars and Ents monitoring group

- 5 + 5

- RAG panto

- Course rep stuff

- National Student Survey bits and bobs

- Trying to clean my office

What a busy couple of weeks it has been! I must say a special tank you to the LGBT committee who have been amazing- without them SHAG week would have been nothing, their ability to keep me laughing at times of intense stress, help create an amazing looking hall, help Chlamydia testers, pass a minibus test less that one hour before needed, have some fab ideas, and generally keep me from having a mental melt down at any moment.

I have had an amazing, if not extremely stressful, first term of being a SABB here at SURHUL, theres lots of exciting (well kind of- come on I am a welfare/ education SABB) things coming in January, so keep your eyes and ears peeled, on second thoughts I don’t know if peeling ears is possible.

January will see RAG week- so gets those coins out, a student experience extravaganza (so people at college know what you think), and the launch of the National Student Survey….. and I am sure much much more.

Despite welfare being slightly relocated, please still do ask for ether myself or Tina over the xmas break (when we are open) and one of us will definitely be able to help.

Have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year xxx

10/11/09

Hello,

Time to blog again… this week I have

- been to BEMG

- PCSO drop in session

- 121 with maddy

- Student experience group about resources

- Went to see debra barr

- Went to a graduate school forum

- SUEI- woop woop!

- Student webpage meeting

- Sabb meeting

- Got our photos done

- Welfare appointments

- Welfare forum

- SSHH meeting (because you guys are noisy and we need ever need and inventive ways of getting you to shut up)

- 121 with Hardeep

- Looooads of casework

- A few disciplinaries

So as you can see life as a SABB is as joyous as ever!! Please can you all remember that people in the local area are people too, you know the kind with babies, and jobs and the like, so make sure you remember this on the walk home!

Right I’m off… matt McKeever has just walked into my office- he loves the fruit and veg market and was quite angry I had only brought a bunch of grapes.

New fav word… Bizario.

Bye x

Hello all,

27/10/09

What another busy week.

This week I have

- prepared for the Community Liaison Forum

- done lots of exciting things for SHAG week (LGBT soc are being awesome) – which stands for sexual health and guidance, so watch this space.

- Library users advisory group – what it says on the tin

- A hilarious episode with Maddy , me and a fire officer

- Meeting with our PG rep- Isabella

- A meeting about faculty constitutions (woop)