Lots of mince pies

• Met with Business placement reps to discuss a placement rep system
• Had a reps meeting at Harcourt
• Met with staff from the Academic Policy and Quality Unit and rep support staff to discuss student representation in quality assurance - such as Quality Committees in Schools
• Attended a focus group of students discussing (honestly!) assessment and feedback
• Met with the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) to discuss student issues - particularly assessment and feedback, Turnitin, plagiarism and library opening hours
• Made many mince pies for the Students' Union Christmas Gifts and Treats Fair
• Attended Health and Social Care School Board, and am addressing problems with the network
• Had a speed-dating event with the Senior Management of the University!
• Attended Health and Social Care Quality and Standards Committee to discuss quality issues within the School - including marking, practice-based modules and feedback
• Spent time at Wheatley for rep drop-in
• Prepared for a student rep stall
• Had a great day at Gipsy Lane giving out Heroes, publicising student reps and asking students about their issues

Launches and lunches

• We spent some time looking intensely at how the Students' Union works and how effective we are


• Attended the Mature Students Society launch!


• Discussed assessment and how courses will run


• Discussed marking disparities at Quality and Standards Committee


• Attended the international students forum


• Attended a rep forum at Health and Social Care


• Spoke with staff and students in Life Sciences to identify the problems with statistics and solutions


• Had an extra Union Council to decide that student safety is paramount in the Oxford Union debate on 26th November

Change Academy

• Attended reps training on public speaking - and put it into practice for...


• Reps Council where assessment, how courses should run and Turnitin were discusssed


• Exchanged ideas with Northumbria Students' Union Officers


• Discussed the role of School rep


• Made plans for assessment and feedback focus groups


• Went out to Harcourt for reps training and forums


• Contributed to discussions at Change Academy for the new Darcy replacement building


• Discussed assessment and feedback at Social Sciences and Law Academic Development Committee


• Went to Wheatley for reps drop-in


• Filmed some information on Turnitin for a student project


• Met with the Head of the Student Learning Experience to discuss assessment, Turnitin, personal tutoring and more...

Halls and balls

• Spent time at Marston Road asking students about the library and Union trip


• Had a School rep social and came up with some brilliant ideas!


• Helped out with Hall elections in Cheney, Morrell, Clive Booth, Warneford, Cotuit, Paul Kent and Crescent


• Attended Academic Board where we discussed the University's principles of learning


• Had a fantastic Arts and Humanities student rep forum - lots of ideas about the library and a student newsletter


• Attended Life Sciences School Board - issues included statistics help, Academic Offering and assessment and feedback


• Discussed assessment procedures


• Union Council called for an extraordinary NUS conference to review its conference at Oxford Brookes Students' Union will be sending 10 delegates

Forums for you

• The reps forums have really kicked off now - School reps have been discussing building plans, workshops, socials, group work, emails...almost everything!


• Academic conduct, exam appeals and complaints information sessions were really useful


• At Reps Council we discussed examination duration, Academic Offering and assessment and feedback


• We had a fantastic reps social in Harts with yummy food and wine!


• I met with the Deputy Chancellor (Academic) to dicuss the concerns raised by reps at Reps Council


• Attended an 'Employability' conference which sparked off some great ideas for reps and their CVs


• Attended the postgraduate party where I DJed!