SUBU Annual Review 2014/15

SUBU ANNUAL REVIEW 2014/15

FOREWORD Welcome to the first SUBU Annual Review to be part-hosted in the new Student Centre.

We love our new location; it places SUBU at the centre of student life on Talbot Campus and helps us to reach even more students.

For the first time in twenty years, no longer will we be referred to as ‘above Dylan’s’. The building has given us a brand new platform, to highlight to students how the officers are representing them, for student activities to really come to life – clubs and societies, RAG, Volunteering and all of the other opportunities that we offer – including Nerve, who now have a brand new, interactive audience on the fourth floor.

It is obvious already that the building will make us more accessible and approachable, and keep moving towards our Vision of ‘making a positive impact on every BU student’s journey’. And we’ve been recognised for our work – from the Boat Club winning NUS Sports Club of the Year and Nerve winning four Student Radio Awards.

We signed the Time to Change pledge back in October and were awarded Investors in Diversity status.

Our democracy system also came on leaps and bounds, with our councils running hugely successful events such as One World Day, Refresher’s Fair and Speak Week. These structures are so important for influencing the university and successes like academic advisors, recording lectures and changes to BU’s induction process are examples of how powerful the student voice can be.

The SUBU Green Taskforce also established their first ever committee, got trained by NUS and have officially partnered with BU – to influence them from now on. SUBU Advice has helped countless students and has saved them £177,337 so far this year.

A big thank you goes to the students, the elected officers and the SUBU staff and trustees who contribute so much to the student experience at BU. It should come as no surprise that SUBU punches above its weight in surveys about student experience and we appreciate the immense support we get from everyone at BU and in the local community.

This year saw the introduction of the VP Welfare role, alongside the first year of the Access All Areas department.

Best wishes, Alan & Chloe

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FULL TIME OFFICERS We’ve had an amazing year working with SUBU and want to take this opportunity to share with you a few of our highlights.

Chloe Schendel-Wilson, SUBU President

Ellie Mayo-Ward, Vice President Education

Peter Briant, Vice President Lansdowne

Reece Pope, Vice President Welfare

It has to be said, having the Activities council this year has been a personal highlight. Being able to mentor the students and watching them grow and develop has been such a rewarding experience. Every single one of them either ran their own project, pushed for a change in the university or took a lead on the Refresher’s fair, and several of them ran in the Full Time Officer Elections – I genuinely couldn’t have been prouder!

My personal highlight this year has been working with the Education Council and watching them develop, not only on a personal level, but watching them develop friendships that wouldn’t have likely come about without SUBU. It has been a pleasure to watch how the council has developed and to watch the Senior Rep Officers grow and make a real impact on their students at a framework level.

My year of being a sabbatical officer has been an interesting one.

I aimed to increase volunteering at the Lansdowne campus and also to help support placement students.

Being the first VP Welfare has been such an amazing experience, and I have been able to shape the role in my own way. One of my key aims at the start of the year was for SUBU to sign the Time to Change pledge, and working on breaking down the stigma that surrounds mental health.

Seeing the real influence that the Sabbs can have in the university has been a pleasant surprise. I’m proud of nailing BU to create their first timetabling policy around Wednesday afternoons, and for delivering a presentation to ULT that led BU to change the entire way that they do the first year induction.

Helping to take the lead in different projects, such as helping to properly establish the Green Taskforce, the opening of The Engine Room, the interior design of the Student Centre and the launch of The Big Give have also been real highlights.

I’m proud of working with my SROs to deliver a session at the Service Excellence conference that illustrated how we can work with the University to create the ideal student experience, by listening to what students have to say.

I’m pleased to have developed the relationship SUBU has with our Student Experience Champions, who are an integral part of our partnership with the University.

Helping shape the Rep system to include events such as RepFest has also been a highlight and I’m excited to look at developing the Rep System in the coming year to focus the role of the Rep more on interacting face-to-face with students.

As a result of the hard work of myself and the volunteering department, there are now increased opportunities for HSS students through such events as 5 minute volunteering. There are also regular events in the halls of residence.

Furthermore, through networking with faculty staff, there is now increased exposure to placement support through targeted texting, a video, and an online case study.

I have really enjoyed working with the welfare council and seeing what real change students can make within BU. I was especially proud of the part-time officers with their organisation of One World Day, which allowed students to see how truly diverse our University is and allowing everyone to celebrate their culture.

A surprise highlight for me would have to be the buses, it’s not something that I considered to come under my role but it has been something that I have enjoyed and I was taken aback by how happy everyone was to take student feedback on board to improve the service.

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STUDENT COUNCILS ACTIVITIES COUNCIL

Shannon Kurle, Activities Exec Officer

As a council we have all been working very hard to run campaigns to support better involvement in extra-curricular activities and to encourage students to take a stronger role during University within Clubs & Societies, Sports and the local community. We have had a number of council meetings where we have discussed and actioned many ideas brought forward from the student body and also ideas we’ve had our self. From the planning of a formal event to helping students have more involvement in SUBU organised events and entertainment such as

EDUCATION COUNCIL

As the Exec Officer of the Education council I have had the honour of seeing the actions of the Senior Rep Officers as they’ve made positive changes for every faculty at BU. We’ve seen BU evolving over the past year, with new buildings and the integration of schools to faculties, but our SROs have worked hard to make sure that throughout this their students are fully aware of what is taking place and are championing the positive impact these changes will have. They have also ensured the university hears the opinions of current

Shannon Hardy, Education Exec Officer

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Summer Ball, improving the campus social and even running a Refreshers Fair back in February. All officers have been working together within the council and other councils to get the best out of their role and produce the best outcome for students.

Personally, I have had a great year being the Activities Executive Officer. It has made this year at uni a lot more fun and interesting.

It is great to get involved with the Union.

I recommend becoming an officer to any student in any year.

students on these changes, to make sure that future students will have the best experience available to them.

This feedback system with students, SUBU and BU working together has been crucial in making sure every student has the best experience possible. It has allowed us to influence a number of changes for students, from improved timetabling, to working towards implementation of video lecturing for all courses and the successful changes of a dissertation deadline to be fairer for students.

LANSDOWNE COUNCIL

This year, the Lansdowne Council continued to help SUBU have a bigger impact on the students studying at Lansdowne, and represent their unique needs to the university.

We have run a variety of events, including a relaxing film night and a Health and Wellbeing Week; have planned two more events before the end of the year; and have put plans in

place for events to happen at the start of next year. Watching each officer grow in confidence throughout the year and using their passion to run events and campaigns that matter to Lansdowne students has been inspiring. I am very proud of everything they have achieved this year and have enjoyed working with every single officer.

Olivia Tuckerman, Lansdowne Exec Officer

WELFARE COUNCIL

The Welfare Council consists of 12 part-time officers from supporting minority groups.

The officers aim to have a positive impact on BU students and this year the council has done increasingly well in promoting equal opportunities celebrating diversity and looking after general wellbeing of Bournemouth University students.

This year we ran a number of successful events such as One World Day with 22 different

societies getting involved celebrating diversity, encouraging students to experience different cultures and educate others in their own.

We also ran several ‘Find a housemate’ events for undergraduate students with an extra room in their house for students looking to find new housemates for shared accommodation the following year.

Georgia Rose, Welfare Exec Officer

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STUDENT REPS Sep

693 Student Reps elected by their peers.

Oct

80% of Reps given specific training for their role.

Nov

Speak Week saw Student Reps gather 883 specific pieces of feedback from their peers.

Special You’re Brilliant! Awards were presented to 5 ‘Most Outstandingly Brilliant’ staff members at the ViceChancellor’s Awards.

Feb

SUBU’s first RepFest!

SUBU takes 14 Student Reps to the national course rep conference in London.

Mar

Introduction of Academic Advisors

Senior Rep Officers lead the second Speak Week with particular success at the Lansdowne Campus.

Apr

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The Rep Awards celebrate the success of our Student Reps throughout the year.

REP TRAINING 555 Student reps were provided with training this year, with 249 of them attending the Essential Rep Training day at the Executive Business Centre. Reps were offered the opportunity for further training with the Rep Development Scheme, this year delivering around 100 hours of seminars and workshops, including new additions of using Outlook, and Project Management.

REPFEST RepFest was a brand new opportunity for Student Reps to re-engage with SUBU after Christmas. A series of sessions set them up for the new term and they were invited to a social to conclude the day.

ACADEMIC ADVISORS A suggestion made through SUBU’s ideas system became a reality with support from the Senior Rep Officers. Bournemouth University has committed to making an Academic Advisor available to every student to support them in their studies.

I’ve found becoming a student representative fulfilling and rewarding on every level.

During my time as a Student Rep, I’ve had the pleasure of becoming a Year Rep and a Senior Rep Officer, which has allowed me to take part in Education Council meetings.

Furthermore I’ve been given the opportunity to take part in events like Speak Week, Repfest and the Student Shout. These opportunities have allowed me to achieve gold in the Rep Development Scheme.

Some of my highlights over the last 8 months were having the opportunity to work with senior individuals like Tim McIntyre–Bhatty, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor of BU to discuss the future of a key aspect of my course.

Another highlight was the opportunity to take part in the Service Excellence Conference, showing staff within the university just some of the positives and amazing stories of service excellence that we as students have received from staff.

Ben Sansom, Faculty of Management

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ADVICE Oct

Money Matters launches, offering students budget and finance advice.

Nov

Our annual campaign ‘Don’t Rent Yet’ begins, encouraging students to wait until they’re ready before starting house hunting for next year.

Jan

Alexis Drayson starts as the new Advice Manager.

Feb

Advice launches a new and revised Feedback Survey for it’s customers.

Ready to Rent is launched, following on from Don’t Rent Yet with practical housing advice for students.

Mar

Recruitment began for two new members of the team, Neil and Anne.

Apr

Awareness campaign launched in collaboration with Events students.

May

The total amount of money saved for students by SUBU Advice reaches £177,337 SUBU Advice reaches 750 clients helped for this year.

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NEW MANAGER A long-time member of the SUBU Advice team, Alexis, came back from maternity leave this year as the new SUBU Advice Manager

FEEDBACK SURVEY More responses were gathered than ever before in this year’s Advice Customer Feedback survey and 92% of respondents said the general level of customer service was excellent. One customer said ‘I walked out of the room as if a huge weight had been lifted from my shoulders. She was also friendly, competent and extremely knowledgeable.’

WISH I HAD KNOWN What’s the one piece of advice you would give to a new student? You’ve been there and done it, so pass it on!

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@ SUVPCAMPAIGNS@BOURNEMOUTH.AC.UK Send us your best one liners and win a £10 (SUBJECT ‘ADVICE’ & INDICATE IF YOU WISH TO BE NAMED) SUBU Shop Voucher! The best nuggets of advice ESSENTIAL ADVICE FOR CHOOSING OR TWEET WITH HASHTAG: #WISHIHADKNOWN will be used in a SUBU Advice Poster Campaign.

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ADVICE AWARENESS In collaboration with a team of students from BU’s Events Management course, a scavenger hunt campaign was launched to raise awareness of Advice in its new home in the Student Centre. The successful campaign saw Facebook likes for SUBU Advice triple.

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Talbot Campus

RESEARCH Sep

Research work starts on a number of projects.

Oct

The 2014 Arrivals Survey launched - results inform major change to BU’s induction period for next year.

RESEARCH BEGINS Research and Information exists to provide SUBU with evidence of what the student experience is like at BU. Its findings and analysis are shared with SUBU’s Officers, Staff and the University to help influence and make change.

SOS SURVEY RESPONSES 800

Nov

Jan

SOS end-of-term reports are produced Postgraduate Research Experience survey for PhD students - results inform first set of changes.

SOS SURVEY The Student Opinion Survey is reported around the end of each term to University Faculties. Its findings have helped us identify the top 6 issues for students at BU.

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POSTGRADS SURVEY

Mar

A range of research activity supports SUBU’s development of Academic Societies.

May

How’s SUBU for You? Survey launches

Faculty Management SciTech HSS Media & Comms

This survey marks the first time SUBU has focused research on PhD student feedback and is teaching us a lot about the issues affecting them. The research informs the first steps of a representation structure for Postgraduate Research students.

HOW’S SUBU FOR YOU? SUBU’s annual How’s SUBU for You? Survey is instrumental to informing SUBU’s approach for the following year and this year we have fed the previous 4 years’ feedback in to a major BU research project looking at the experience of students from non-traditional backgrounds.

SUMMARY A primary function of Research Information is to provide Full-Time and Part-Time officers with research and evidence to inform their work on student issues.

Current work includes: - Keeping Wednesday afternoons free of teaching - The fairness of marking group work - BU’s introduction of academic advisors - An increase in anonymous marking.

- The quality of the BU Bus service

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ACTIVITIES Aug

RAG sends volunteers to Kilimanjaro, Machu Picchu and Vietnam

Sep

Activities Leadership Training Scheme introduced to offer students more development opportunities.

Oct

SUBU Volunteering’s ‘The Big Feed’ sees teams of students collect 2.2 tonnes of food in one day.

Let’s Go is launched to promote new opportunities to students.

Nov

RAG’s annual charity hitchhike across Europe raises £12365.90 for charity.

SUBU Activities offers a new firstaid course to Clubs & Societies committee members.

Dec

SUBU Activities starts a brand development project with the Communications team.

Jan

Becky Taylor, Community Events Coordinator, secured matched funding from Santander on selected RAG events.

THE BIG FEED The Big Feed sent teams of Students to various supermarkets in the local area to collect donations for Food Banks. The response was amazing, and with 2.2 tonnes collected at this event the Big Feed has gathers more than 4.5 tonnes of food to date.

LET’S GO Let’s Go was an initiative launched this year in order to encourage students to get involved and try something new. A week long programme of taster events saw Activities engagement rise.

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ACTIVITIES REBRAND With the idea to make it more accessible, work started with the comms team this year to develop SUBU Activities to one involvement led department, rather than split in to RAG, Volunteering and Clubs & Societies. The project involved look at how the department defines itself in 2 words, coming up with ‘Do More’.

SUBU ACTIVITIES DO MORE

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11-3PM IN THE ATRIUM

ARCHAEOLOGY BAKING BOOKS & BEYOND CLIMBING COMMERCIAL AWARENESS EUROPEAN FILM GREEN HEALTH & FITNESS KAYAK & CANOE LAW NERVE NORDIC PARKOUR & FREERUNNING ROCK & INDIE SAILING SNOWRIDERS ULTIMATE FRISBEE VOLUNTEERING WINE AND MORE THROUGHOUT THE WEEK!

Feb

BU Whovian Society hosted a national Doctor Who Convention.

Rag Hitch Coordinator, Shannon Knight, relaunches Lost after 2 years of the event not running

BOURNEMOUTH INVASION The Bournemouth Invasion was the BU Whovians Society’s national Doctor Who conference, held on Talbot Campus, it welcomed fans of the show and also people involved with it to Bournemouth and received a lot of media coverage.

LOST RELAUNCHED

RAG ran a ‘rehome a duck’ day, selling rubber ducks to raise money for our core charities.

After 2 years RAG relaunched Lost, where participants had to get back to BU from an unknown location without spending any money. Always a popular event, it enjoyed a successful return to RAG’s calendar.

The new Activities Administrator started, which was the first of 2 new roles within the activities team.

Mar

Our newest RAG event saw students taking part in the Barcelona Marathon, raising £5976.86 so far.

Apr

The RAG and Volunteering recruitment took place to find the Leadership Teams for 15/16.

May

The second addition to the activities team started with the new Clubs and Societies coordinator.

With the help of student volunteers SUBU Activities ran the ‘Big Give’ project

THE BIG GIVE Led by student intern, Nikolas Farano, The Big Give gave students the opportunity to donate their unwanted items to charity at the end of the year, with vans going to Winton to pick up students’ donations. The event was run in partnership with BU and Bournemouth Borough Council.

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NERVE Sep

Issue 1 of Nerve Magazine Released

Oct

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ARRIVALS & NERVE FM

Nerve kicks off the year with Arrivals 87.9FM

More than 250 students recruited across Nerve Radio, Magazine, News, Online and Events.

NERVE MAGAZINE The Magazine team created 7 issues of SUBU’s Student Lifestyle Magazine, Nerve, this year, with a larger editorial team than ever before. It’s links with Nerve’s website grew and we were able to publish a wider range of great-quality student journalism.

Nerve Radio win 4 Student Radio Awards, including Gold for Best Entertainment Show

Nerve Radio’s FM broadcasts are an amazing opportunity for students to reach out to as wide an audience as possible, while offering SUBU more support for it’s events and campaigns.

Nerve DJs take over the Engine Room at Lollipop

Arrivals FM saw in the year in style, allowing Nerve to support new students through their first days here.

This year’s Nerve FM was the first in the brand-new studios in the Student Centre and ensure this year was one of Nerve Radio’s best ever.

Mar

Nerve News and Radio covered the Full-Time Officer Elections, hosting the results in Dylan’s.

Apr

Nerve FM showcased the best of Nerve’s student radio station.

May

The 2015/16 Leadership teams are recruited

The Nerve Awards celebrate Nerve’s achievements throughout the year.

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COMMUNICATIONS Sep

Our new Communications Coordinator, Rob, joins the team

Oct

Our student newsletter is rebranded to ‘SUBUpdate’

Dec

Jan

SUBU:TV begin to support SUBU with video production

SUBUPDATE With a refreshed style, a rethink of our content and distribution strategies and a brand new name, SUBUpdate, our newsletter was a vital tool for comms this year. 11 issues kept students up-to-date throughout the year and a special open day issue helped to inform potential students of what we do.

IN THIS ISSUE

Comms staff worked with BU to create a video for the NSS TOFS:TV began covering SUBU’s night time events for a brand new Youtube channel

Mar

SUBU’s Comms team attend the Youth Marketing Strategy 2015 conference, gaining valuable insight into industry trends.

Apr

The Summer Ball social media campaign was our most successful ever.

May

Work begins in collaboration with BU on the 2015/16 Student Arrivals campaign, with ‘belonging’ being the key theme.

TOFS:TV As part of a continued push for more co-creation in comms output, the new TOFS:TV and SUBU:TV teams gave students the opportunity to gain first hand video production and presenting experience with videos supporting SUBU events, campaigns and officers.

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SUMMER BALL Co-created with SUBU:TV students, our line-up video saw more social media engagement than ever before, reaching more than 20,000 on social media, and formed the centrepiece of a hugely successful social media campaign to support this year’s Summer Ball.

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COMMERCIAL SERVICES Sep

We played a key role in BU’s Arrivals program for new students.

The Freshers’ Fair connects local companies with 1000s of Students, increasing it’s revenue by 32%.

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The brand-new iSUBU Rewards App is introduced to students.

The Student Shop enjoys its most successful Graduation sales period ever.

BU ARRIVALS In partnership with BU, SUBU’s commercial services were one of the biggest providers of events designed to welcome new arrivals to BU across the two-week arrivals period.

This year there were more non-alcohol events than ever before.

ISUBU REWARDS SUBU has long felt a need to experiment with a loyalty and rewards scheme for it’s commercial areas. The iSUBU rewards app has been trialled and introduced this year to offer coffee, drink and ticket deals across all of SUBU’s commercial outlets.

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The Christmas Fair at Talbot Campus is a successful new way for students to interact with local business.

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Mar

The Engine Room at the Old Fire Station experiments with opening during the day.

The Student Centre opens, and with it two new cafés operated by SUBU. Tickets go on sale for our annual fundraiser The SUBU Summer Ball, the UK’s largest.

Apr

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With the opening of the Student Centre Cafés we say goodbye to the Loft café in Starbucks.

THE ENGINE ROOM In partnership with BU, The Old Fire Station opened up the Engine Room during the day from March, offering cakes and coffees in Lansdowne. SUBU is keen to begin creating spaces for a sense of community in Lansdowne to grow, and the Engine Room could become a key outlet for this.

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I’ve worked in Commercial Services since my first year of being at BU. Having bar experience, the SU seemed like the best place to work – and I was right. I got the perfect balance of uni, work & going out. Since starting in the bar, I have since moved into other areas of Commercial Services, such as The Shop and new Student Centre as a student Duty Manager.

SUBU has not only given me the opportunity to work while at uni, but also further develop other skills and talents. Thanks to hosting the weekly quiz in Dylan’s, I can now speak in front of crowd without feeling nervous.

However my time with SUBU has not been limited to Commercial Services ventures, this academic year I was a part of the student led Elections Committee – helping other students guide the election candidates through the rules and regulations of running for a full-time sabbatical position.

Graeme Carson, Student Duty Manager

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ACCESS, COMMUNITY & GREEN Sep

SUBU’s first Community Champions team recruited.

Oct

Be Heard event asked minority students how SUBU can help prevent them dropping out.

Nov

SUBU helped to support BU Green Week.

COMMUNITY CHAMPIONS Ensuring fair access to SUBU and BU’s opportunities is a vital part of what we do.

SUBU’s Community Champions are a team of 20 students, recruited from a range of different backgrounds, who had never been involved with SUBU, who ran fair access events and raised awareness.

GREEN WEEK

SUBU’s Culture Fest brought together the range cultures at Bournemouth University.

Dec

The Green Task Force repurpose unwanted Christmas Trees at SUBU’s Christmas Fair.

Mar

SUBU explores support for those who were the first in their family to go to University.

Community Wardens launch Who’s Locked Up? Campaign

Apr

SUBU awarded Investors in Diversity accreditation.

May

The 2015/16 Community Wardens team recruited.

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SUBU’s Green Task Force formed a partnership with the University to put on Green Week, focussing on environmental issues and running a number of awareness campaigns throughout the week.

WHO’S LOCKED UP? In partnership with Dorset Police and AUBSU, SUBU’s Community Wardens led the Who’s Locked Up Campaign to raise awareness of Safety and Security issues in the busy student residential areas of Winton and Charminster, visiting students homes and distributing information.

STUDENT CENTRE IN MARCH THE STUDENT CENTRE OPENED ITS DOORS AND WE MOVED IN TO OUR NEW HOME ON TALBOT CAMPUS.

WHAT STUDENTS SAID

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ELECTIONS & NEW OFFICER ROLE

My overall aim is to engage with the majority of students in the forthcoming year, as the new VicePresident Activities.

This year we saw 17 people running for the four available roles in the Full-Time Officer elections.

Our current President, Vice-President Education and Vice President Welfare were all successful in re-running for their roles.

With this role, I will work closely with all Clubs & Societies, Sport BU, Nerve, Rag, The Green Task Force and a range of International societies to ensure that everyone is getting the best out of extracurricular activities across both Talbot and Lansdowne campuses.

SUBU Activities is such a huge part of what we do, with a huge number of students engaged in it – from clubs and societies, volunteering, RAG, the Green Taskforce, Nerve and other student led events – by introducing a VP Activities SUBU will be able to better support those students and to help facilitate everything that goes on – to make student-led activities the very best they can be.

This should have a positive impact on the student experience, making the university journey more exciting for all BU students.

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The most contested role, however, was the brand-new position of Vice President Activities, which had 5 candidates.

AWARDS & SUCCESS

It’s been a really successful year for SUBU, and our departments have received some excellent awards and recognition throughout it.

In SUBU Activities the BU Boat Club were thrilled to be named ‘Sports Club Of The Year’ at the annual NUS Awards, while the volunteering team was given the "National Volunteer Service’ Award and former staff member ‘Lexy Browning was shortlisted for a lifetime achievement award from the National Student Volunteering Network.

Elsewhere, Rag was invited to present at Rag Conference in recognition of the best Hitch event of the year.

Nerve Radio saw significant success, winning their first four Student Radio Awards, including a gold for ‘Best Entertainment Show’, and their success continued with Station Manager Ryan Thrussell winning ‘Best Committee

Member’ at the I love Student Radio Awards at the SRA Conference.

The Representation department achieved Runner-Up in ‘Academic Representation Of The Year’ at the NUS Awards and internally they saw a great number of You’re Brilliant Awards presented to exceptional staff and students at BU. SUBU were also awarded Investors in Diversity status for the first time and signed the Time to Change pledge against mental health discrimination.

With such successes this year, thanks must go to all the full-time and part-time staff and students who made it all possible. We hope you enjoyed your time working with SUBU. Chloe, Ellie, Reece, and Peter (Full-Time Officers 2014/15) 19