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FAC REPS AND OPINION
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Faculty Reps work behind the scenes, sitting on University-level committees such as Faculty Boards and Senate, representing all students within their Faculty. They champion student feedback and create large scale positive changes
FRANCESCA DE MICHELE | SHE/HER/HERS | STRIVING FOR A BETTER EXPERIENCE FOR Sociology + Social Psychology | First Year ALL STUDENTS ACROSS THE SOCIAL SCIENCES How are you going to ensure that students engage with and provide helpful feedback to make positive, department-level decisions for students? Establishing weekly drop-in sessions where students can come and meet with me to discuss anything that is on their minds (also giving the option of alternative hours if we have conflicting schedules). Additionally, I would like to ensure that students are always able to get in contact with me by providing an email where they can reach me and an anonymous feedback form that each department will share with students. What should the University’s next merch line be? A cross word kind of pattern with all the different names of the colleges embroidered on the back of a sweatshirt would look really cool! Three Key Manifesto Points 1. Provide comprehensive information for first year students upon arrival at Uni. 2. Expand outreach regarding career opportunities for all students. 3. Create standardised feedback requirements on assignments.
LONGBOI’S IMPACT ON 2023 YUSU ELECTIONS by Katie Preston
S omething that will remain constant at the Uni-
versity of York amongst ever-changing student representatives is the infamous duck, Longboi. Whilst devising our set of questions to ask this year’s candidates, a thought suddenly struck me: in 2023, just how relevant is Longboi to students? Asking our candidates “what should the University’s next merch line be?”, I began a secret psychological test, waiting to see how many of
our candidates would suggest Longboi related items. The results, I’m afraid, were very Longboi-limited. Many students took the non-serious merchandise question in a very serious manner, meaning Vision had some brilliant, yet unexpected, answers discussing the diversity of merchandise needed to reflect the uniqueness of York’s student body. Whilst these answers were great, and hopefully implemented in the coming months, I was saddened by
the lack of Longboi-friendly answers. Vision only received two Longboi related merchandise ideas, from two of our NUS delegate candidates: Hannah Carley suggested a Longboi cuddly toy, a cute yet subtle representative of the famous duck. Hannah Nimmo said “Long Boi slippers, because that way you can be comfortable but in a very iconic way.” At long last, it seems that Longboi may be working his way out of students’ minds
and simply retreating to a life of quiet swimming in the lake. That hasn’t stopped YUSU continuously churning out Longboi related merchandise, however, with their Longboi scarf available at 2022’s Fresher’s Week. Whilst Longboi was featured on The Late, Late Show with James Corden in May 2021, the duck seems to have been replaced in students’ minds, so perhaps YUSU should rethink their next Longboi merchandise line.