The Union should be the hub of the Student Community – ensuring that students are happy in their surroundings; feel supported by their peers and can seek advice when they need to.. The Union believes that the student community should be diverse, welcoming, non-discriminatory and inclusive, and will take positive action to promote and defend this.
The Union currently plays an important role in welcoming students to the College, but this experience needs to be improved and the Union should be at the heart of these changes.
The Union also recognises that the Student Community is constantly changing, both in terms of the demographics of our members, and their needs, demands and experiences. The Union must continually change to reflect this and remain at the heart of the Student Community.
Goals - By 2016 we will:
- Publish an annual ‘Advocacy to Action’ Report, detailing how our advocacy, representation and campaigning work combine to improve the lives of students.
- Review the advice provision available to students on campus, including our own Advice Centre service and make recommendations to the College and the Union’s Board of Trustees.
- Work in partnership with the College to review and improve the ‘Welcome Week’ provision through a review of the Union’s activities and advising the College on how to improve their own arrangements.
- Complete a research-based report on Diversity, Inclusion and Liberation on campus, including Union activities and to develop a Union action and lobbying plan in response to the findings.
- Review the Union’s processes for recognising students’ and volunteers’ achievements, including a review of the Union Awards scheme.
- Develop, publish and deliver a Campus Outreach Plan which outlines the Union’s activities and objectives for providing services and representation to students who study at outlying campuses.
- Publish a research-based report on ‘Student Journeys’ highlighting the various changing demographics, trends, behaviours and needs of our members to inform our approach to representation, services and activities and deliver an action plan as a result of the findings.
We will know that we have succeeded when:
