This week I have a busy schedule but split over 3 days. Will give me a chance to catch up on my swimming and gym. The first day is Tuesday its the NUS Cuts Conference at the NEC.
I attended the cuts conference with Hazel. Very informative day and we have a lot of useful info. I have compiled a report on this for further discussion next week with Hazel and Luke. A copy of my report can be found in my personal folders. The main themes are that we are all expecting cuts and the next important date is October 22nd when the Brown Review is expected to be published. Following this the NUS plan to do a national demo in London in response to HE funding cuts and increased tuition fees.
The following day I have a 1-1, well actually its a 1-2 meeting with the Vice Chancellor and Bally. We go mainly to introduce myself formally and to set the table for the coming year. We are fortunate to have a monthly meeting with the VC. This I feel is a good thing as there is no one higher than the VC so if I ever feel like the student voice is not being heard, I can go straight to the top. I look forward to our next meeting in Aug.
The end of the day was a meeting on the working group for the new staff handbook. We are making great progress on this and hope to have this completed ready for the new term.
Thursday- Freshers planning meetings, Board of Governors and office stuff. No need to elaborate, but more freshers planning, followed by Board of Governors meeting in MC. This was a chance to meet some of the university governors and also Bally presented his Annual Report for the SU. This went down well and was in the format of a DVD, I'll probably continue this format next year.
The end to another week, nothing left to do apart from continue with the freshers planning and digest the information from this past week.
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