Recommendations have been put together for the introduction of Turnitin next academic year - see www.thesu.com/content/index.php?page=21575 - based on student and staff responses
I've been helping to resolve student concerns at Marston Road's rep forum, with the power interruption to services, Business rep forum and in Architecture...
We've been discussing the future of the Students' Union further and identifying areas of commonality in the feedback we receive
Preparing budgets for next year (finance=fun!)
Holding Reps Councils to discuss Internationalisation of the Curriculum, semester structure, Turnitin and improving the rep system
Attended Learning and Teaching Committee to discuss a new model for student support and tutoring, and progress on the Mode of Delivery
Gave our awards to some outstanding reps at Awards Night!
Student opinion on Turnitin has been collected and will be used to form recommendations on its use next academic year...
Students say: Use Turnitin on all work Tell students about Turnitin as far in advance as possible and throughout their time at Brookes Use Turnitin as a learning tool Turnitin must be used as a learning tool at all Stages
Got election fever! - well done to all candidates for some great campaigning, particularly for VP:AA with a spectacular amount of votes!
Held Reps Councils at Gipsy Lane, Harcourt Hill, Marston Road and Wheatley to discuss Turnitin, feedback about semester structure and how the Students' Union can deliver its principles
Met with the themed audit team to discuss how to move student representation forward
Received a lot of responses to the Turnitin questionnaire!
Worked on SUEi - gathering evidence of how effective the Students' Union is
Planned Vision 2011 focus groups and ran sessions with halls reps and SU candidates
Attended Quality and Standards Committee to discuss the variation in degree classifications
Welcomed Martin Wilkinson, from the University's Board of Governors, to our open Exec meeting - Martin is overseeing the Masterplanning and Mode of Delivery progress
Spoke to students at Wheatley about becoming a student rep
Spoke to students at Wheatley about semester structure
Met with Head of Learning Resources and staff in Computer Services to discuss student issues and how we can work best together - we suggested a new security firm to make sure the new weekend opening hours at Headington can remain
I work in Oxford Brookes Students' Union and with the University to voice student opinion on academic issues - the University is always developing and I'm here to make sure your teaching and learning is of the highest quality.
