Freshers' week has just gone

...oh yes, it was busy beyond the normal business that you can imagine! I had the pleasure of meeting hundreds of new faces, and generally enjoying the great atmosphere of the 1st days since students were back to Uni! I also had the great pleasure of completely losing my voice ...

I run out of my business cards (I had around 500), which is always a good sign to show that I haven't been wasting my time. The team did a nice little video played at every induction, so for those who still haven't met us - hopefully you've seen our faces on the DVD.

Now that Freshers' week is over, we are moving on to new adventures: WEEK 1 and our 1st GOAL days (Go Out And Listen). Check out the dates I have included on my blog, to see when and where you can find me ! :)

My Objectives

Before I move on summing up the work I have been doing since I officially started in July, let me outline briefly the objectives that I will be working towards this year.

PS. All of those below include consistent work with
- my team
- Brookes students
- the university
- the local community


Objective 1

1) Enhance the Students’ Union visibility and image so that:

• Students and University staff know what the Students’ Union stands for50% of all students recognise the Students’ Union logo by the end of the year75% of university senior management staff recognise the Students’ Union mission and values
  
• The Students' Union knows who our students areBuild a Students’ Union contact database to include 7,000 students by the end of the year
  
• The Sabbatical Officers work together effectivelyOversee that the Annual Planner is kept up-to-date and communicated to students on monthly basisAttend 5 weekly supportive meetings, and 1 monthly one-to-one with each sabbatical Officer
  
• Achieve a silver Students' Unions Evaluation Initiative SUEi award this year
  
  Objective 2

2) Involve diverse students in the Students’ Union across all campuses through:

Accessible democratic structures

• Members of Union Council are representative of the Oxford Brookes demographic and 200 students are present at the Annual General Meetings for the constitution review to be agreed
  
• Students’ Union elections candidates increase to 35 for Sabbatical and Non-Sabbatical positions.
  
• A Students’ Union Annual Report & Mission, Vision, Values booklet is produced

Focus on all campuses and their development

• Have one Go Out and Listen day per month at each campus during semesters
  
• Establish the Campus Redevelopment Students’ Union strategy and seek feedback from and communicate back to the membership monthly

Focus on diverse students

• Work in co-operation with the Graduate School to establish at least 1 monthly academic, cultural or social meeting with postgraduate students
  
• Work with the International officer and ICELTS to organise an International event attended by at least 200 diverse students
  
• Ensure that al least 5 of the Students’ Union promotional activities this year is also available in at least 1 international language.