Home sweet home

• There was a successful Reps Council at Wheatley


• I've been training reps - overall we've trained half of all reps!


• Listened to student views at Social Sciences and Law rep forum


• Attended Arts and Humanities School Board


• The Students' Union had a staff development day with interesting perspectives from international students and a recycling company


• I'm back home in Devon!

Reps rock II

• Baby ASBOs launch was last week but people can still get involved by emailing rthuggins@brookes.ac.uk
• And a link to thesu.com library stats: http://www.thesu.com/content/index.php?page=15980

Reps rock

• Spoke at lectures to recruit more reps


• Updated the library website with stats


• Spent time at Gipsy Lane talking to students


• Attended some rep welcome and training sessions


• Met to discuss a student learning project


• Met with Upgrade to talk about reps information sessions


• Went to a fantastic project launch "Baby ASBOs? Why not?" working with community groups and agencies on early intervention in substance misuse, young offenders, domestic abuse, child abuse and anti-social behaviour


• Talked to students at Harcourt Hill


• Drop-in time for reps at Wheatley


• Met with the Head of the Student Learning Experience to feed back about Reps Council and lots of other stuff going on

New perspectives

• I've been planning reps training


• We had a great Reps Council discussing library opening hours, the timing of exams and feedback from University committees...


• ...and I've been working on the points you raised


• We had a successful Annual General Meeting (after lots of preparation) with student speakers on Diversity at Brookes and Islam


• Attended Learning and Teaching Committee where we discussed the text-matching system Turnitin and the internationalisation of the curriculum - which basically means that all courses will include global perspectives in their area


• Discussed examinations with the Head of the Examination and Conferment Unit


• Chatted to students at Marston Road

Library update!

• Harcourt Hill library will now be open Mon-Fri from 8.30am as a result of pressure from students and looooong queues! Trial - 8th October - 21st December

Academically speaking

• Louise (VP: Welfare) and I have been mindmapping the targeting stress campaign


• The President and I met with Petra Wend (Deputy Vice-Cancellor Academic) to discuss the Students' Union and academic issues this year


• A group of students met with Janet Beer (new Vice-Chancellor) and had a peek in her office at Headington Hill Hall


• We've been planning a whole series of reps information and training sessions so reps look smashing on their CVs!


• At Quality and Standards Committee we discussed marking disparities, academic conduct for dyslexic students and the use of Turnitin (a text-matching system)


• Gave a short presentation at Built Environment School Board about Students' Union activities and student reps


• Attended Arts and Humanities Academic Quality Committee


• Spent some time at Harcourt and Wheatley to discuss reps


• Went to Wheatley with the other sabbatical Officers to talk about the Annual General Meeting (11th Oct 5.30pm Main Hall, Gipsy Lane) and hall committees


• Attended an Implementation sub-group to decide how undergraduate programmes should run


• Prepared for Reps Council on Monday 8th Oct 5.30pm G116, Gipsy Lane