Sunday, 28 December 2008
A summary of the last term.
To all those that actually read my blog, please forgive me for not updating my blog for months. Your in for a reall treat with this blog. As I am home for the holidays, I have a real good opportunity to reflect on my first term as President and give a real insight into what it has been like. So here goes...
Sunday, 7 September 2008
Handover
Handover
July was intense; it was the month that Guild tried it’s hardest to equip me with all the tools I needed to be an effective President. It involved lots of training in house and up and down the country. I attended my first external training at De Montfort Student Union it was on governance and was really helpful. The most useful thing I look from this was my role in making sure that our new governance structures consistently work for you our membership.
Before this training I went to Edinburgh for Aldwych Handover, this was my first time in Scotland - fab! The Aldwych Group are all the student unions of the Russell Group institutions, who meet on a monthly basis to discuss the issues affecting students here. I and the other officers were taken to the Scottish Parliament which is a fantastic and modern building. Although the weather wasn’t great, Scotland is a beautiful part of Britain and I will be back there soon. Aldwych was also the first time I got to meet other sabbaticals from across the country, meeting them assured me that this was going to be an extraordinary year for student unions!
Towards the end of July I was ready to go ready to truly make things happen. This was also the time where I started to reflect on my manifesto pledges. You will be please to know that nothing has fallen off the list, the opposite in fact, I have even more things I want to do this year. This includes a successull outcome on the review on higher education funding next year. Check out this webiste to find out more
http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/tuitionfees .
July was intense; it was the month that Guild tried it’s hardest to equip me with all the tools I needed to be an effective President. It involved lots of training in house and up and down the country. I attended my first external training at De Montfort Student Union it was on governance and was really helpful. The most useful thing I look from this was my role in making sure that our new governance structures consistently work for you our membership.
Before this training I went to Edinburgh for Aldwych Handover, this was my first time in Scotland - fab! The Aldwych Group are all the student unions of the Russell Group institutions, who meet on a monthly basis to discuss the issues affecting students here. I and the other officers were taken to the Scottish Parliament which is a fantastic and modern building. Although the weather wasn’t great, Scotland is a beautiful part of Britain and I will be back there soon. Aldwych was also the first time I got to meet other sabbaticals from across the country, meeting them assured me that this was going to be an extraordinary year for student unions!
Towards the end of July I was ready to go ready to truly make things happen. This was also the time where I started to reflect on my manifesto pledges. You will be please to know that nothing has fallen off the list, the opposite in fact, I have even more things I want to do this year. This includes a successull outcome on the review on higher education funding next year. Check out this webiste to find out more
http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/tuitionfees .
Sunday, 24 August 2008
An Introduction
Hello People,
I am Jennifer Larbie your Guild President for the academic year 08/09. According to our new constitution my role is to be the Senior Sabbatical Officer of the Executive Committee, in a first amongst equals’ capacity.
Yet, I see my primary role is to make things happen for you. We can do this by keeping up communication and this blog is one of the ways to do this. I will use this blog to communicate you what I am up to day to day, week to week and month to month. I will do my best to give you a clear and comprehensive understanding of the president’s life on a fairly regular basis. If you have any questions about anything in my blog feel free to email me at president@guild.bham.ac.uk .
I am Jennifer Larbie your Guild President for the academic year 08/09. According to our new constitution my role is to be the Senior Sabbatical Officer of the Executive Committee, in a first amongst equals’ capacity.
Yet, I see my primary role is to make things happen for you. We can do this by keeping up communication and this blog is one of the ways to do this. I will use this blog to communicate you what I am up to day to day, week to week and month to month. I will do my best to give you a clear and comprehensive understanding of the president’s life on a fairly regular basis. If you have any questions about anything in my blog feel free to email me at president@guild.bham.ac.uk .
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