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Hello!
My name is Rebecca, and I am your UWS Student President for 2022-23. I am excited for you to experience this years’ Freshers. We have so many great events planned for you over the next couple of weeks and I cannot wait to experience it with you!
This guide is a whistle-stop tour of all the exciting events planned over the coming weeks and all the things we do for you as a Students’ Union. The guide will give you a basic understanding on how we represent your ideas and views to the university, how the union can offer advice and support when things do not quite go to plan, and how we support societies and student groups. These events, whether they be online, or in-person will be a great opportunity to meet new faces and to enjoy ourselves. I hope that this Freshers programme will be an exciting opportunity for us all to reset in order to learn, adapt and keep moving forward through celebrating the new academic year.
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Welcome to your 2022 Freshers Guide!
Rebecca Grant Union President 2022/23
The past few years have been interesting for us all! To be accepted under such difficult circumstances is a phenomenal achievement, during such a challenging time is a huge accomplishment. I would like to say congratulations and hope you have an amazing time even if you are a familiar face or this is your first year... So welcome!
I will be working on issues that affect our student body at UWS. To provide leadership training to our elected student leaders to further develop their skills. Develop an all-inclusive programme of events that tailor to the diversity of students at UWS. Review our core messages to ensure it is clear what we do for you as YOUR Students’ Union and all students are aware of our services. Engage the university management in ensuring that lectures are recorded and made available to students as is done in some other schools. This will assist students during preparations for coursework and exams. Support the mental health awareness program of UWS by encouraging all UWS students to take advantage of the UWS commitment to rendering support to students with mental health issues. Furthermore, I strongly believe that the welfare of students is key to attaining academic excellence. WHAT WAS THE FUNNIEST THING YOU'VE SEEN RECENTLY ONLINE? I currently follow Viva La Dirt League on Facebook and the funniest video I have recently seen was ‘Awkward Speech at a Funeral.’ Employee Adam has passed on, and Alan, Rowan and Ellie need to come to terms with his death. However, his funeral doesn't quite go as planned. Rowan gives a speech about employee agreement about dying without proper notice. Everyone believed he was joking, but he was legitimately pissed off. Great comedy.
WHAT’S THE MOST AMAZING NATURAL OCCURRENCE YOU'VE WITNESSED? My husband and I went on a trip to Vienna one winter. I was fortunate to witness the river Danube frozen over to the extent that you could see bubbles frozen in place. I had never seen such a natural occurrence before and hope to do so again. It brought the community together, 100s of people were out communicating, skating, and enjoying themselves. It was wonderful to see.
WHAT PETS DID YOU HAVE GROWING UP? I had a pet goldfish and a cat called Bubbles when I was 7 years old.
6 PRESIDENT SHE/HER YOUR SABBATICAL OFFICERS REBECCAREBECCAGRANTGRANT HI! MY NAME IS REBECCA, AND I’M YOUR PRESIDENT FOR 2022-23. BEFORE I STARTED AS PRESIDENT, I WAS IN MY FOURTH YEAR OF STUDYING PERFORMANCE AT AYR CAMPUS. I LIVE IN GLASGOW WITH MY HUSBAND, TWO CHILDREN AND TWO GUINEA PIGS. I HAVE HAD EXPERIENCE IN FILM AND TV. I LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING STUCK IN AS YOUR NEW PRESIDENT! EMAIL GET IN TOUCH WITH REBECCA UWSStudentPres@UWSStudentPres PRIORITIES FOR MY TIME IN OFFICE
7 2022-2023 HELLO EVERYONE, I AM SUBUOLA ELUFIOYE AN INTERNATIONAL STUDENT FROM NIGERIA IN THE MBA CLASS AT THE LANARKSHIRE CAMPUS.
Over the past few years, as a project manager, I have led multiple projects in Nigeria where I developed strategies that resulted in timely completion of projects while ensuring the wellbeing of staff associated with the projects.
sure that WHERE ARE FIVE PLACES YOU REALLY WANT TO VISIT BEFORE YOU DIE? Seychelles, Greece, Maldives, Italy and Norway. WHAT'S YOUR IDEA OF A GREAT DAY? Sightseeing with good conversations. WHAT ARE TWO OF YOUR FAVOURITE SNACKS? Doughnuts and crisps. VP EDUCATION SHE/HER SUBUOLASUBUOLAELUFIOYEELUFIOYE EMAIL
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I am a real estate/construction professional with a Bachelors in estate management and a Masters in international project management.
My major priority as your Vice President Education is about enhancing our learning experience at UWS. To achieve this, first, I will ensure that the university is committed to putting the learning and education of students at the forefront of its decisions. Secondly, I will work with all reps (School, divisional and course) and use their feedback and complaints to ensure that the university is aware of the problems being faced by students and is actively working to solve them. Finally, as we will be returning to school post covid and adopting a more blended, hybrid style of learning, I would like students to understand that I am their representative on all things Education relating to UWS and I am available to help as and when necessary. I will help with issues such as: assessments and feedback from assessments, timetable, learning resources, academic support, teaching processes and everything education So,related.let’s work together to make UNIONVPE@UWS.AC.UK
I am a jovial, people-oriented, and friendly person who generally offers support to help people achieve their life goal. I am here to help you to achieve your educational goals
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The pandemic was a really deeply and widely felt tough experience for everyone; one of the impacts of this experience is how it has caused some form of social inactivity amongst students. This year I will be focusing on community-based inclusive social events and workshops to get everyone together and have fun. In other words, I am your go-to-guy for fun and social activities. There are lot of activities lined up for you to learn in a much more fun way together. I will be presenting you with opportunities which you can take advantage of as well as provide resources and training that will help you maximise opportunities when they present themselves. I can't wait to meet you and see all the beautiful things we can achieve in the coming months as we Dream, Believe, Achieve and Repeat.
WHAT KIND OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES DO YOU LIKE DOING? I enjoy creating and organising activities that get people together to share ideas, execute some, positive energy and have a sense of belonging – a community. I love travelling (not the process involved in packing e.g. packing and unpacking bags, e.t.c) and new adventures.
I am a bit of both. Though I have nothing against cats, I am a lot more drawn to dogs than cats. Dogs are intelligent, loyal, and funny. From experience, a dog’s unwavering devotion, loyalty and Dogs possess a strong range of emotional intelligence and can read the emotional states of humans and other dogs. Dogs willingly place themselves in danger just to protect their owners and are such great companions. Cats are quite interesting, funny, can take care of themselves and will always be cute like YOU!
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HI BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE AND WELCOME TO UWS IN SCOTLAND. I AM VOKE ADAMS ADAMATIE FROM NIGERIA AND I WILL BE REPRESENTING YOU IN THE CAPACITY OF VICE-PRESIDENT, STUDENT DEVELOPMENT.
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I HAVE MY FIRST DEGREE IN COMPUTER SCIENCE, AND I AM CURRENTLY STUDYING ADVANCED COMPUTING AT THE UWS PAISLEY CAMPUS.
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Three words to describe me would be creative, ambitious and adventurous. Before recently joining UWS, I strategically led the marketing and branding arm of cryptocurrency/ blockchain based start-up in Nigeria. I have also worked in the B2B tech-sales sector involved in product launches, marketing, and sales for big tech companies such as Microsoft, Samsung and Cisco. @UWSunionVPSD MY TIME OFFICE
WHAT TOPIC COULD YOU GIVE A 20-MINUTE PRESENTATION ON WITHOUT ANY PREPARATION? Without prior preparation I can give a presentation or a speech on Blockchain and its applications, with a focus on cryptocurrencies primarily because it has the most use cases and is not so difficult to comprehend unlike other complex applications/use cases.
9 2022-2023 HI GUYS, MY NAME IS OMOLEYE KEHINDE AWOLAJA, I AM IN MY FIRST YEAR AT UWS, STUDYING MSC INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT AT THE PAISLEY CAMPUS. I AM FROM LAGOS, INIGERIA.believethe diversity, equality and inclusion of our students is a strength not a weakness and I will aid in raising awareness and campaign for the change needed. People say I am blunt, but I hate to lie to people, so I tell them exactly how I feel. GET IN TOUCH WITH OMOLEYE UWSunionVPWW PRIORITIES FOR MY TIME IN OFFICE 1) For this year I will be prioritising the mental health of the students. 2) I will be raising awareness for the services that are available at UWS by making sure policies do not affect the wellbeing and welfare of students. 3) I will be working closely with the student voice team to develop the service and run campaigns on welfare issues. WHAT ARE THE PLACES YOU REALLY WANT TO VISIT BEFORE YOU DIE? I would like to visit the United States, Paris, Canada, Spain, Jerusalem. WHAT ARE YOU HILARIOUSLY BAD AT? I am bad at dancing. VP FOR WELLBEING AND WELFARE SHE/HER KEHINDEOMOLEYEAWOLAJA EMAIL UNIONVPWW@UWS.AC.UK KEHINDEOMOLEYEAWOLAJA
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Whether you just want a place to relax, eat, drink or have a coffee, your Union is the place to be! The Union is the host to a lot of major events such as paint parties, silent discos and the famous Pub Quiz! With a 165” projector screen, Your Union has the biggest screen in Paisley and is the best place to view Newlyfootball.renovated it is now a host to a new beer garden area at the front of the venue, perfect for relaxing in between and after class. Every penny spent in Your Union goes back into its services for students!
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PUT YOUR HANDS IN THE AYR! OPEN TUESDAY & THURSDAY, 8PM - LATE The Snug is our newly renovated bar built right in to the University Ayr campus. This is a perfect place to go to relax and socialise after class with your friends or have a game of pool! It has regular weekly events including a pub quiz and karaoke. We also have large TVs to enjoy the champions league. PAISLEY AND AYR HAVE NEW AND IMPROVED UNION SPACES FOR 2022/23, FEATURING: New comfortable seating areas; new TVs and projectors showing live sport; pool tables; table tennis tables; Starbucks coffee in Paisley; regular weekly social events; great drinks promotions; and new food menu and sweet treats! 14
FRIDAY 2ND HALLS HANGOUT FREE EVENT SATURDAY 3RD WELCOME WHITE TSHIRT PARTY! £3 ENTRY OR FREE WITH FRESHERS PASS SUNDAY 4TH SCOTTISH CEILIDH £3 ENTRY OR FREE WITH FRESHERS PASS MONDAY 5TH RETURN OF THE BIG PUB QUIZ! FREE EVENT TUESDAY 6TH FRESHERS KARAOKE! FREE EVENT WEDNESDAY 7TH FRESHERS MOVIE NIGHT FREE EVENT THURSDAY 8TH THIRSTY THURSDAYS: DRAG BINGO + DJ £3 ENTRY OR FREE WITH FRESHERS PASS FRIDAY 9TH PAINT PARTY! £5 ENTRY OR FREE WITH FRESHERS PASS MONDAY 12TH WEEKLY PUB QUIZ FREE EVENT TUESDAY 13TH KARAOKE FREE EVENTTHURSDAY 15TH THIRSTY THURSDAYS: BEACH PARTY £3 ENTRY OR FREE WITH FRESHERS PASSMONDAY 19TH WEEKLY PUB QUIZ FREE EVENTTUESDAY 20TH KARAOKE FREE EVENTWEDNESDAY 21ST SOCIETY AND SPORTS WELCOME EVENT FREE EVENTTHURSDAY 22ND THIRSTY THURSDAYS: ELECTRO NIGHT £3 ENTRY OR FREE WITH FRESHERS PASSMONDAY 26TH WEEKLY PUB QUIZ FREE EVENTTUESDAY 27TH KARAOKE FREE EVENTTHURSDAY 29TH THIRSTY THURSDAYS: HEADPHONE DISCO £3 ENTRY OR FREE WITH FRESHERS PASS SEPTEMBER EVENTSFRESHERS AND SEPTEMBER EVENTSFRESHERS AND UWSSTUDENTS’ UNION FRESHERS FRESHERS FRESHERS FRESHERS •SEP OCT• PASS PASS PASS PASS To nd out more about our events or to buy a freshers pass please visit uwsunion.native.fm Are you interested in: •FREE entry into all the events? •10% discount on food and drinks? •£2 Tennent’s all year round? •More discounts and free stu ? Buy a freshers pass foronly £25!!!
17 2022-2023 PAISLEY & AYR IN PERSON | FREE ENTRY Come along to our weekly puz quiz every Monday for a chance to win a guaranteed cash prize! Free Nachos for teams of 4 or more! WHAT IT’S ABOUT EVERY TUESDAY FROM 9PM IN PAISLEY & AYR UNIONS TOFINDOUTMOREANDSEEWHAT'SHAPPENINGVISITWWW.UWSUNION.ORG.UK/WHATSON WHEN IT’S HAPPENING MONDAYSTUESDAYSKARAOKEPUBQUIZ PAISLEY IN PERSON | FREE ENTRY Join us for our weekly Monday Pub Quiz!! Here to win? Here just for fun? Either way there is great music, amazing drinks promotions AND teams of 4 or more people get free Nachos!! Winners are guaranteed to get a cash prize!!! WHAT IT’S ABOUT EVERY MONDAY FROM 8PM IN PAISLEY UNION WHEN IT’S HAPPENING PAISLEY & AYR IN PERSON | FREE ENTRY PAISLEY £3 OR FREE WITH FRESHERS PASS Join us every Thursday for a party night filled with good music, fun and excellent drinks promos WHAT IT’S ABOUT EVERY THURSDAY FROM 9PM IN PAISLEY & AYR UNIONS WHEN IT’S HAPPENING THURSDAY’STHIRSTY WHAT’S ON
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Your student rep team are the most important student voice at UWS! As well as your Sabbatical Officers there are three different levels of student rep at UWS: School Officers, Divisional Reps and Course Reps. These students represent students at school, divisional, and course levels. They work together to gather student opinion, share those opinions with staff and work together with staff to find solutions, and then they feedback to students.Reps also have full voting rights on student council! Any student can stand to be a rep –and being part of the team is a great experience which can help you gain new skills and develop existing ones. You will get to meet people from across the University community and beyond, and it’s also a great co-curricular activity to show off to potential employers. THE DETAILS ON BEING A STUDENT REP BY VISITING uwsunion.org.uk/representation
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The Union Chair is an impartial person elected from the student body for a one year term who supports the running of Student Council and Chairs Council Theymeetings.arealso responsible for helping to hold the elected Sabbatical Officers to account for the work they do, ensuring they are representing your views and opinions effectively.
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WHY SHOULD SOMEONE CONSIDER BECOMING A STUDENT REP? If you are thinking of standing to become a student rep then absolutely go for it! My first year compared to my second year is like night and day. I feel as though I have really had the university experience and gained much more confidence to become part of societies.
WHAT’S THE FUNNIEST THING YOU’VE SEEN RECENTLY ONLINE? The person who attended court online with the cat filter stuck on!
Student Council is the decision making body of Your Students’ Union. It is the forum for UWS students to share ideas and create policy which shapes the direction of the Students’ Union and the University. Ideas can be about anything that impacts students – from improving student support to free access to drinking water on campus.
I’m Morgan and have just completed my 2nd year of my psychology degree. I became a Student Rep at the start of my 2nd year, and it was a saviour during the lockdowns as it forced me to speak to loads of people that I wouldn’t normally have spoken to, and it has helped me make some solid friendships. It also gave me a focus for all my energies and passions which in turn helped me gain the Leadership Award which was lovely!
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24 LIBERATION SOCIETIES Liberation societies aim to represent communities who have not yet achieved equality. They can organise campaigning, lobbying and social activities. The societies we are working to help students re-establish are: ACADEMIC AND PEER SUPPORT SOCIETIES We also help students set up societies based on their course or peer support groups. The aim of these societies is to help members meet new people and improve their learning experience. Some of the societies we'd like to help students develop are: WAN T TO GE T MOR E FROM YOUR TIM E AT UN I? EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT STUDENT SOCIETIES AT UWS Care PostgraduateSocietyExperiencedStudentsSociety Women’sGroupLiberationMatureStudent Society LGBT+ Society PT & DistanceSocietyLearnersBlack&Minority Ethnic Society Parents & DisabledSocietyCarersStudentsSociety
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WHAT KIND OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES DO YOU LIKE DOING? I like being active, so anything that means I don’t have to sit down. Except for cycling. I don’t mind sitting down while I’m on my bike. WHAT ’S YOUR FAVOURITE THING ABOUT THE AREA/CITY YOU LIVE IN? I’ve got lots of friends and family close by HOW OFTEN DO YOU DANCE? Whenever I don’t have my camera on in an online meeting.
Hi! I’m the staf f member who helps organise our societies and volunteering. I help students set up and develop their societies. I provide training to make sure you know how things work, what you can do and how we can support you. I enjoy getting to learn about all the dif ferent interests students have and helping them share these with others. I support our student volunteering team, which includes our Student Buddies and Freshers’ Volunteers.
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The society involves (apart from chess-duh!), interacting with other students from other courses and years, sometimes students from other campuses, which contributes to a nice wee break from studying and also contributes to socialising a bit
26 DO AMAZINSOMETHINGG,VOLUNTEER. WHY SHOULD SOMEONE WHAT’S THE BIGGEST ADVENTURE YOU’VE BEEN ON? CONSIDER BECOMING A VOLUNTEER? VOLUNTEERING IS A GREAT WAY TO HELP YOU MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR TIME AT UNIVERSITY. BUT DON’T JUST TAKE OUR WORD FOR IT, MEET JAMIE AND MARIA - TWO OF OUR FABULOUS STUDENT VOLUNTEERS!
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Notch!Navypublicultra-distanceAmericanItcheckforIGoggins“Can’tchess.club@uwsunion.org.ukat:HurtMe”,byDavidhavetosay–ifyouarelookinginspirationandmotivation,thatbookout!definitelysurprisedme!He’sanultramarathonrunner,cyclist,triathletespeaker,authorandex-sealofUnitedStates.Top WHY SHOULD SOMEONE CONSIDER JOINING A SOCIETY? WHAT BOOK HAD THE MOST SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON YOU?
I am Jamie Jennings, an Honours year Accounting Student at Lanarkshire campus. I am also the President of the Accounting Society. The Accounting Society holds events with academic and professional benefits (guest speakers, careers fairs, skills seminars, professional bodies links), and various social events. The society provides a platform for accounting students from all year groups to get together and share experiences. Set up in 2021, the society initially held all activities online due to COVID but it now meets regularly face-to-face. We will still continue to use online methods of communication, given the geographic spread of our membership. Our events have been well attended and received and I hope this continues. The Accounting Society recently won Student Group of the Year at the UWS Union’s Big Awards 2022.
MARIA PSARRA Chess Club President (est. Feb 2021)
Wefurther!want to create the spirit of a wee family, as we are all away from our parents here, so looking after each other is something we really Comevalue!byand say hello If you like chess, and you are of any level (or no level! we can teach you!) and you like meeting new people too, get in contact with us! Best way to start the conversation would be
Joining a society is a great way to meet new people, help develop key skills way and immerse yourself more into university life. In respect of the Accounting Society students from UWS and partner colleges are more than welcome to join. Each society is run by members, for the benefit of members and as such they can develop the society and the activities to suit their needs. I have thoroughly enjoyed being the President of the Accounting Society and I am very much looking forward to continuing my role into the upcoming academic year. With the wide range of societies at UWS there is something for everyone. In summer 2018 I toured the USA West Coast visiting: San Francisco (including Alcatraz), Yosemite, Death Valley, Las Vegas (including the Hoover Dam and Grand Canyon), Los Angeles, Disneyland and San Diego. I needed a holiday after tha I am studying Chemistry (BSc) and in 2022-2023 I will be doing my last year of the course! My campus is located at Paisley. I am also the president of The Chess Club society, which I started back in February 2021, during lockdown.
Chess Club won the award of Best new society for 2022!
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•4 elected Sabbatical Officers
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Together they ensure the Students’ Union remains legally compliant, financially stable and has robust future planning. The Board in conjunction with the Association’s senior staff team also set the strategic goals for the organisation.
•4 appointed student trustees
FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES BY VISITING uwsunion.org.uk/union/bot
THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
•4 appointed external trustees
The Executive Committee are your elected Sabbatical Officers for the year ahead and are responsible for the political direction of the Union – they look after campaigns, representation and enacting the policy set by Students’ Council.
The Executive Committee represents the diversity of the student body and ensures the University strive to give you the best experience.
The Board of Trustees are responsible for the management and administration of the Students’ Union, as a collective they are legally and financially responsible for the Students’ Union and its activities.
The Board of Trustees has 12 members consisting of:
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