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AGENDA Student Assembly Date: Thursday 2nd May 2019, 5:30pm – The Venue

1. Attendance and Apologies

2. Minutes of the previous meeting – Thursday 14th March 2019

None

3. Matters Arising None

4. Elections a. Ratification of continuing Student Trustee; Jonathan Fernandes

5. Motions to change Bye-laws

a. Motion to change Bye-laws to improve accountability b. Amendment: Strengthening the accountability of student assembly members, with

regards to lack of attendance.

6. Motions

a. Motion to lobby the University to provide child friendly spaces on campus b. Motion to provide suitable activities in Freshers week for Mature Students and Families c. Motion to support the implementation of mandatory USV React Training for all

University Staff

7. Officer Reports a) President Report - None b) Vice President CHLS Officer Report c) Vice President CEDPS Officer Report- None d) Vice President Student Activities Officer Report- None e) Vice President CBASS Officer Report- None f) International Students Officer - None g) Community Campaigns Officer h) BME Officer- None i) LGBT Officer Report j) Disability Officer Report k) Environmental and Ethics Officer- None

8. Student Matters

a. 'outgoing speech from LGBT officer

9. Urgent Business

Attendance and Apologies

UBS Student Assembly Minutes

Student Assembly Date: Thursday 14th March, Venue.

1. Attendance and Apologies

Members in Attendance

President Ranjeet Rathore

Vice President Student Activities George Wardle

Vice President College (CBASS) Anvitha Paruchuri

Vice President College (CEDPS) Peri Sherif

Disabled Students Officer Sean Cullen

LGBT + Officer Finn Grice

International Students Officer Om Sai Jaman Jyothi

Environmental and Ethics Officer Anastasia Walters

Black and Ethnic Minorities Officer Iqbal Miah

Community Campaigns Officer Sohaib Arshad

Chair of Student Assembly Sahil Hamid

Student Assembly Community Members Abir Khan

Student Assembly Community Members Anusha Adil

Student Assembly Community Members Awais Khan

Student Assembly Community Members Garvit Gupta

Student Assembly Community Members Hamza Hamad Arif

Student Assembly Community Members Malik Kamran

Student Assembly Community Members Moin Asghar

Student Assembly Community Members Muhummad Amun Masud

Student Assembly Community Members Pritesh Milan Shah

Student Assembly Community Members Ridhima Malhotra

Student Assembly Community Members Safdar Anvar

Student Assembly Community Members Vasundhara Seth

Student Assembly Community Members Tamanna Miglani

Assembly Rep for LBIC Vaibhav Agarwal

Electronic and Computer Engineering Department Representative

Jason Francis Xavier

Education Department Representative Donna-Marie Holder

Arts and Humanities Department Representative

Jake Pointer

Brunel Business School Department Representative

Kanishq Batra

Life Sciences Department Representative Mohammed Fidow

Team Brunel Committee Sam Johnson

Non-Members in Attendance

Student Juror Danyal Ahmed

Student Juror Ieva Valantiejute

Student Juror Charlotte Dingle

Student Juror Rashmi Rangika Perera Duwage

Student Ayesha Waseem

Student Adiya Jafn

Student Noorulain Auram

Student Mustafa Altaf

Student Caz Grasmeder

Apologies Sent by

Vice President College (CHLS) Maria Valada

Team Brunel Committee Niamh Coyle

Absent

Student Assembly Community Members Manjyot Singh Kalara

Student Assembly Community Members Unaiza Rizwan Kazi

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department Representative

Mars Burke

Law Department Representative Priscilla Peralta

Economics & Finance Department Nathaniel Befekadu

Social and Political Sciences Department Amanda Martins Harrison

UBS Staff In Attendance

Student Voice Manager Rebecca Davies

Student Voice Intern Sophie Charlotte

Chair accepts all apologies 2. Minutes of the previous meeting – Thursday 31st January 2019

Passed Indicatively. 3. Matters Arising No matters arising.

4. Elections None.

5. Motions to amend bye-laws

a) Motion to Change the name of the Sports Federation Committee

George Wardle, Vice President Student Activities: This will be quite straight forward. Team Brunel

was established a few years ago, and now everything on campus that is sport-related has been

rebranded to Team Brunel. However, the Sports Federation Committee has not yet changed to

be consistent with the other broader changes. This motion is to change ‘Sports Federation

Committee’ to ‘Team Brunel Committee’.

Sahil Hamid, Chair of Student Assembly: Does anybody have a speech against the motion? Or

Questions?

Sean Cullen, Disability Officer: Are there any plans to change the Society’s Guild name, to

be in line with this?

George Wardle, Vice President Student Activities: No, because societies are entirely

separate from sport. Team Brunel rebranding simply applies to sports at Brunel.

Motion Passes

6. Motions a) Motion of No Confidence in the Community Campaigns Officer (Sohaib Arshad)

Sahil Hamid, Chair of Student Assembly: Before we start with this motion, Ranjeet would like to

say something.

Ranjeet Rathore, President: Thank you Chair. There have been some rumours that I am the one

who put this motion of no confidence forward against Sohaib. I would like to make a point of

clarification, I did not put the motion forward. It was Peri Sherif, if I had something against Sohaib

I would have addressed it one-to-one. I am not that kind of person. Just for clarity, that is all.

Peri Sherif, Vice President CEDPS: I have put this motion of no confidence forward because there

is no point having a Community Campaigns Officer who is not doing their job, and has taken this

position to simply put it on their CV. I have spoken to Sohaib at the exec meetings that we have

both attended, and have asked him previously what his plans are. He said that he would commit

to campaign activities, but appeared confused as to what that actually meant. It is now mid-March

and he has not started anything. We are now almost at the end of the year. His first idea was to

introduce the students to our Officers. The students are now obviously familiar with us, given that

it is March. He has attended just two of our executive meetings, so ultimately I believe that is

appropriate to submit this motion of no confidence.

Sohaib Arshad, Community Campaigns Officer: I do not feel that your judgement is fair or

accurate. I have participated in campaigns and assisted other officers in their objectives. I was not

able to attend training in the summer for legitimate reasons, it was Ramadan and I was fasting. I

was able to attend a later training session in December. My first manifesto point was to create an

anonymous online blogging platform for students to express issues or complaints. I discussed this

first with Ranjeet and was made aware that a similar platform exists – ‘Report and Support’.

Another manifesto point was to increase engagement with union activities. I believe this has been

achieved and reflected in the rise of participation in this year’s Spring Election. I was also a lead

in the Diwali event, and worked on IAM charity week. This motion is not accurate. The Union has

a Campaigns Coordinator, why does the union necessarily need both this role and a Community

Campaigns Officer? I have been involved in on-campus campaigns, and I believe this vote is

unnecessarily and her complaints are unfounded.

Rebecca Davies, Student Voice Manager: Can I please remind everyone that it is not appropriate

to discuss Union staff members. Avoid this, you are here to discuss your leadership as students –

not the role of staff.

Student, Question: Peri, you said that Sohaib had attended just 2 meetings. Out of how many?

Peri Sherif, Vice President CEDPS: This was out of 5 meetings. For exec catch-ups, he has

attended just 3. During a recent meeting I confronted Sohaib about his campaign plans,

and he seemed very confused about his role and was very unclear about his ideas.

Sohaib Arshad, Community Campaigns Officer: My current campaign will officially launch

today. It will be to collect money for Ramadan.

Student, Question: What was your contribution to the campaigns you assisted on?

Sohaib Arshad, Community Campaigns Officer: I have significantly assisted with One World

Week, Diwali and IAM Month. Honestly, I do think there need to be clarity between my

role and the Campaigns Coordinator.

Rebecca Davies, Student Voice Manager: If you are going to continue talking about staff, it is only

fair that I explain the description of the job so there is no confusion between a ‘Community

Campaigns Officer’ and a ‘Campaigns Coordinator’. They are two different things. I will do so to

defend my member of staff, if they are being discussed in an academic arena. The Campaigns

Coordinator’s job role is to essentially support officers in the delivery of their campaigns. They do

not necessarily run their own campaigns. An Officer will simply tell the Campaigns Coordinator

that they wish to run a campaign and their job is to then help the Officer to create a campaigns

plan and deadlines for each step. The Officer is the person who generates ideas and essentially

runs the campaign. I hope that clarifies the situation.

Peri Sherif, Vice President CEDPS: I would like to add, it is not the primary role of an Officer to

help other Officers with their campaigns. The primary objective is to run their own campaigns. It

takes initiative, and if all you do is assist, you have the same role as any volunteer. An Officer is

elected and has far more responsibilities. If you attended meetings, you would know this. You

should have been more proactive.

Anvitha Paruchuri, Vice President CBASS: I do agree with Peri to a certain extent, although I would like to add that I have found Sohaib to be particularly helpful in his assistance and support. He did help.

Student, Question: Do you feel that you wholly understood your role when you started and what was expected of you?

Sohaib Arshad, Community Campaigns Officer: Yes I do feel I understood the role.

Student, Question: All of your activities seem to be simply cultural or religious, exclusively benefiting a particular section of the student community at Brunel. You have had no involvement in LGBT+ History Month, Disability Awareness Week or woman’s events. Could you not have worked with RAG or any other cause? Also, if you understand your role, how come all of the other Officers have successfully run at least a month or a week-long campaign on their own, while you have done nothing?

Sohaib Arshad, Community Campaigns Officer: I have been involved in other activities that are not cultural or religious. I participated in a Mill Hall accommodation-based campaign, and lobbied on behalf of students.

Sahil Hamid, Chair of Student Assembly: Collaborative Officer work and teamwork is valued and

should not be diminished.

Finn Grice, LGBT+ Officer: Teamwork is important sure, but I did actually coordinate an

entire Pride month pretty much on my own.

Anastasia Walters, Environmental and Ethics Officer: In reference to teamwork, we have a Union

WhatsApp group chat. I have asked before in this chat if any Officers would be available to help

me on various projects. You have never replied. You say you help people, but you have been

actively ignoring me when I have asked for help.

Sohaib Arshad, Community Campaigns Officer: I apologies for this. Honestly, I am generally

not that active on social media or WhatsApp.

Student, Question: You said you sought to set up a blog for students to voice their concerns. What

happened with this?

Peri Sherif, Vice President CEDPS: It never happened, and ‘Report and Support’ exists. It is

not a blog and isn’t actually consistent with his manifesto point. It is not a discussion forum

to discuss problems, ‘Report and Support’ is a platform used to report incidents that have

been experienced or witnessed. It is completely different to what you wanted to achieve.

Student, Question: Why did you just speak to Ranjeet and not research this matter yourself? Did

you actually check for yourself?

Sohaib Arshad, Community Campaigns Officer: Do you not think I trust my President? I

do.

Student, Question: As others have raised concerns about the quality of your participation, what

have you done to response? Did you try to resolve this?

Sohaib Arshad, Community Campaigns Officer: The only time this was brought to light was

when Peri brought it up in an exec meeting. The situation was dealt with poorly. Most of

the exec committee agreed that I had been effective.

Finn Grice, LGBT+ Officer: That is literally not true.

Peri Sherif, Vice President CEDPS: Om Sai (International Officer) was the only Officer that

supported you.

Finn Grice, LGBT+ Officer: I appreciate that you believed Ranjeet and took on board what he said.

However, you could have researched the area broadly and created an alternative project closer

to your manifesto aims.

Sohaib Arshad, Community Campaigns Officer: I was satisfied with Ranjeet’s response and

chose to focus on other campaigns.

Peri Sherif, Vice President CEDPS, summation: Ultimately, I think I have made my points clear. I

believe Sohaib has lied and I do not accept any of his excuses. I believe all the evidence supports

my motion, that Sohaib should receive a vote of no confidence.

Sohaib Arshad, Community Campaigns Officer, summation: My campaign work has been

successful, I have contributed to a demonstrable rise in student engagement, especially in Student

Elections. My work for Diwali and One World Week has been valuable. I am excited with my new

Ramadan fundraiser, and I hope to continue.

Motion does not pass

8. Officer Reports

Chair of Student Assembly, Sahil Hamid: We do not have time for report summaries, so we will

simply allow questions and vote on the reports

a) President Report

Passes

b) Vice President CHLS Officer Report

Passes

c) Vice President CEDPS Officer Report

Does not pass

d) Vice President Student Activities Officer Report

Passes

e) Vice President CBASS Officer Report

Passes

f) LGBT Officer Report

Passes

g) Disability Officer Report

Passes

Close

Motions to change Bye-laws

Title: Motion to change Bye-laws to improve accountability

To: Student Assembly

Meeting: 2nd May

From: Peri Sherif, VP CEDPS

Date: 12/04/2019

Union Notes

1. No members of Student Assembly have attended the Union accountability sessions

2. Some Members of the Executive and Student Assembly have failed to send adequate apologies

to a number of meetings they are required to attend as part of their role.

3. There is a lack of accountability for both Executive Officers and Student Assembly members.

4. Attending democratic meetings linked to your role as an elected representative is a requirement.

Union Believes

1. There needs to be adequate representation of the student body in our decision making

meetings. When members fail to fulfil their role this has a negative effect of our ability to ensure

our members are represented.

2. Student assembly members have a responsibility to hold the Executive Officers accountable, as

such attendance at the Accountability meetings should be a requirement of the role.

3. Executive Committee members are required to attend a number of meetings in their role as an

Officer. Failure to send apologies to any of these meetings on 3 occasions should result in them

being considered to have resigned.

4. Bye-elections can be run as and when needed throughout the year to ensure, that in the event of

a resignation, we can quickly fill any gap in representation.

5. All apologies to Student Assembly meetings must be accepted by the members present.

Union Resolves

1. To update the following: Bye-law G: Student Assembly, Clause 9; If a non-jury member fails to

submit unapproved apologies for an absence three times in a year then that member is

considered to have resigned from Student Assembly.

To Bye-law G: Student Assembly, Clause 9; if a member fails to submit approved apologies for an absence three times in a year to any meetings linked to their role as a student assembly representative, then that member is considered to have resigned from their role.

2. To update the following: Bye-Law I: Executive Committee, Clause 3.3; If a member fails to submit

apologies for an absence three times in a year then that member is considered to have resigned

from their role Executive Committee.

To Bye-Law I: Executive Committee, Clause 3.3; if a member fails to submit apologies for an absence three times in a year to any meetings linked to their role as an Executive Committee Member, then that member is considered to have resigned from their role as an Officer.

3. To update Bye-law S: Accountability Open Forum, update membership to include:

Clause 4; Student Assembly members are required to attend this meeting as part of their role.

4. These rule changes will apply to all the incoming representatives for the 2019/2020 academic

and all future elected representatives.

5. For clarity; “meetings” in the new statements above refers to the Democratic meetings of the

Union as outlined in the constitution and Bye-laws. For example; Student Assembly, General

Meetings, Executive committee, appointments committee, democracy committee, etc…

Proposer: Peri Sherif, VP CEDPS

Seconder: Finn Grice, LGBT Officer

Amendment

Title of Amendment: Strengthening the accountability of student assembly members, with

regards to lack of attendance.

Motion Amending: Motion to change Bye-laws to improve accountability

To: Union Meeting

Meeting: Student Assembly, 2nd May 2019

From: Sean Cullen

Date: 12/04/2019

Action: Add,

Add the following to Union resolves:

To update Bye-law G 9.1 “Apologies must be approved by a vote at the beginning of each Student

Assembly”

To

Bye-law G,

“9.1 Apologies must be approved by a vote at the beginning of each Student Assembly. All apologies

must be received at least 48 hours prior to the meeting.

9.1.1 Apologies may be received later in exceptional circumstances, and it is the responsibility of the chair

to decide if the apology will be put forward to the meeting for approval.”

Proposed by: Sean Cullen, Disabled Students Officer

Seconded by: Peri Sherif, VP CEDPS

Motions Title: Motion to lobby the University to provide child friendly spaces on campus


Meeting: March 14 2019

From: Una Brown, President of the Mature Student and Carers Society

Date: 4 March 2019

This Union Notes

1. It has been noted in previous meetings that there is lack of provision on Campus for children of students and staff, this was evidenced by the fact there were no changing facilities available and the union actioned the request of a student to petition the university to remedy this situation.

2. Further, during school holidays and other times of high stress, parents need occasionally to come to Campus and bring their children with them. Currently there are no child friendly places where students can study, access to the library or have a meeting with tutors or peers with children present.

3. Mature students, parents and carers make up a significant proportion of the student faculty at Brunel and more needs to be done to ensure this population feel welcome, know their needs are understood and that provision is made to alleviate the difficulties faced in accessing higher education.

4. Providing a child friendly space where children can enjoy campus safely with their parents will help alleviate the challenges parents face, particularly around deadlines and busy times.

This Union Believes

1. More should be done to help parents and carers manage their dual responsibilities while studying at Brunel.

2. There is lack of provision and accommodations made to meet the needs of this group of students and facilitate their continued participation.

3. Providing a room where parents can study and collaborate with other students with their children is a simple means of providing support for parents who are studying.

4. Ensuring parents and children of students have a positive experience of their time at Brunel furthers the agenda of increasing access to under-represented groups in higher education.

This Union Resolves

1. To work with the Mature Students and Carers Society to lobby the university for this provision. 2. To provide a workable proposal to the next Student Assembly meeting to be actioned before the

new academic year – September 2019 3. To identify a room in a central, accessible and convenient location, near the library. 4. To propose that on one afternoon/ evening per week Student Ambassadors facilitate stories or

games to enrich the experience for families. 5. Nots that this is not a space for parents to leave children unattended.

This Union Mandates

1. Student Union to identify and make available a suitable space to be allocated. 2. The Committee of the Mature Students and Carers Society to lobby University for the space and

provide suitable resources. 3. Student Union and Mature Student and Carers Society to provide further details to next meeting

with a view to mandating the actions required.

Proposed by: Una Brown

Seconded by: James Farmer

Title: Motion to provide suitable activities in Freshers week for Mature Students and Families


Meeting: March 14 2019

From: Una Brown, President of the Mature Student and Carers Society

Date: 4 March 2019

This Union Notes

1. It has been noted in previous meetings that there is lack of provision on Campus for mature students and those with families. This is particularly true during Freshers week where the focus of attention is on young students and the activities they might prefer.

2. Many mature students, and those with caring responsibilities begin their academic career feeling isolated and find engagement in extracurricular activities difficult for a multitude of reasons. If we provide good quality, high profile events and drop-in venues during Freshers week, Headstart week and perhaps week 1 of the new term, this issue may be alleviated and give a basis of friendship and support from the beginning of their time at Brunel. This opportunity will have a significant impact on their engagement, enjoyment, success and wellbeing throughout their time studying.

3. Mature students, parents and carers make up a significant proportion of the student faculty at Brunel and more needs to be done to ensure this population feel welcome, know their needs are understood and that provision is made to alleviate the difficulties faced in accessing higher education.

This Union Believes

1. More should be done to help parents and carers settle in well to Brunel without feeling isolated. 2. There is lack of provision and accommodations made to meet the needs of this group of

students. 3. Providing additional events during Freshers, Headstart week and the beginning of term will help

mature students and carers more successfully integrate into student life. 4. Providing better support for this student population will significantly enhance their success and

wellbeing at Brunel. 5. Personnel and finance should be allocated to this endeavour from the Freshers week budget. 6. The Student Union Officers should work closely with the mature student and carers’ society and

the Widening Participation Team to ensure a successful events calendar is provided during Freshers week and beyond.

7. Ensuring parents and children of students have a positive experience of their time at Brunel furthers the agenda of increasing access to under-represented groups in higher education.

This Union Resolves

1. To work with the Mature Students and Carers Society and the Widening Participation Team to provide an appropriate, effective and meaningful timetable for mature student and families during Freshers Week and other key times t the beginning of term.

2. To speak to mature students and parents in order to identify the most beneficial activities and timings of events.

3. To explore successful activities and ideas used at other universities and identify impact of this provision.

4. To provide proposals to the next Student Assembly meeting to be actioned before the new academic year – September 2019.

This Union Mandates

4. Student Union mandate to include events for mature students and families in the Freshers Week Programme.

5. The Freshers Week officers to work with the Committee of the Mature Students and Carers Society and Widening Participation Team to design an appropriate programme.

6. To allocate a budget to facilitate the programme. 7. Student Union and Mature Student and Carers Society to provide further details to next meeting

with a view to mandating the actions required.

Proposed by: Una Brown

Seconded by: James Farmer

Title: Motion to support the implementation of mandatory USV React Training for all University Staff


Meeting: 2nd May

From: Sophie Charlotte

Date: 21st April

This Union Notes

1) Sexual violence is a reality on university campuses. Its prevalence is demonstrated in a recent collaborative report from Revolt and The Student Room. The research found that 62% of students and graduates have experienced sexual violence - as per the definition used by Rape Crisis. This includes groping, harassment, unwanted touching, coercion, sexual assault and rape. A shocking 8% of female respondents said that they had been raped. Only 6% of respondents reported their experiences to their university; only 2% felt both able to report and satisfied with the reporting process. Sexual assault can have a severe impact on an individual’s physical and mental health.

2) From 2016 to 2018, Brunel led ‘Universities Supporting Victims of Sexual Violence’ with 7 partner Universities across Europe. It was a research project aimed to develop innovative training tools that would help universities address sexual violence on campus, to both prevent sexual violence and respond appropriately when it occurs. The training is to adequately equip university staff to respond appropriately to disclosures of sexual assault, enhance care for victims and to encourage a positive cultural shift around how sexual violence is viewed – especially to avoid victim-blaming or discrimination. A specific programme was developed for Brunel staff.

3) Currently, this training is mandatory only for staff working within university bars, security and halls.

This Union Believes

1) The staggering prevalence of sexual violence on campuses warrants greater attention and resources. No young person entering higher education should have to fear or experience these things. Brunel has a safeguarding responsibility to all students and must take all necessary steps to both prevent sexual violence and respond sufficiently to any student who makes a disclosure of abuse.

2) The fact that this exceptional training, led by Brunel, is not mandatory for all University Staff is unacceptable. It is fair to say that students are more likely to disclose this personal information to someone that they have an established relationship with, and this may be a personal tutor or member of academic staff. Right now, this is not mandatory for them. The lack of training is resulting in ill-informed responses and secondary victimisation. Vulnerable students are being let down by Brunel and need our support. Brunel cannot claim to be an institution that cares about victims of sexual violence until each member of staff can adequately respond to disclosures of it.

This Union Resolves

1) To lobby the University to implement USV React training as mandatory for all University Staff, especially all tutors, lecturers and Division/Department leads.

2) To be zero-tolerance against sexual violence on campus at Brunel and commit to substantial campaigning in the 2019/20 academic year, encompassing SV myth-busting, affirmative consent and anti-victim blaming.

3) To ensure all members of Union Staff and Student Officers undertake the USV React training, with implementation starting with immediate effect for the 2019/2020 academic year.

Proposed by: Sophie Charlotte Seconded by: Peri Sherif

REPORTS

Ranjeet Rathore (President) – No Report Submitted

Maria Valada (Vice-President CHLS)

Objective/Manifesto point: CHLS Contact list

Project Plan What’s done? What’s next? Context Ach %

List all key contacts

for the students (10%)

Contact all services

and confirm their

details (50%)

Finalise the document

and send it for

approval from CHLS

SMT (60%)

Send the document to

all the students via

TPO (100%)

Contact all the

services to

confirm their

contact details,

appointment

hours and

webpages.

Ensure the

document will be

updated every

academic year.

Request to retire

Overview:

Life Sciences students received the document on 18th January

Clinical Sciences students received on w/c 28th January

It is not clear for some students

about the different services the

university offers. This document

aims to facilitate signposting and

empower students to look for

these services independently and

according to their specific needs.

100%

Objective/Manifesto point: LBIC Buddies Project Plan What’s done? What’s next? Context Ach %

Initially discussion with

Manager of Student

Services (20%)

Meeting with Brunel

Volunteers (50%)

Discussion and Action

Plan for the project

integration into Brunel

Buddies, including

recruitment and student

matching (75%)

Delivery (100%)

Initial discussion

with both Brunel

Volunteers and

LBIC, on how to

implement the

scheme.

Formal meeting

on how to

differentiate the

students during

recruitment.

(Meeting with

LBIC Student

experience

manager and

Brunel Volunteers

Manager on the

9th January)

Request to retire

Delivery is now with

Brunel Volunteers and

LBIC.

This objective is part of the

year plan to improve LBIC

students’ integration/

transition to Brunel

University. The idea is to

add an option to the already

existing Brunel Buddies

scheme, with the

functionality of matching

former LBIC students with

the new ones.

100%

Objective/Manifesto point: Body Positivity Week Project Plan What’s done? What’s next? Context Ach %

Plan the key activities of

the week, and how to

promote the campaign

(20%)

Confirm Student

Activities plans for the

week (to avoid overlap

with Varsity and Sports

Ball)

(30%)

Schedule of the week

(50%)

Advertisement plan with

Yasmin and Comms

(80%)

Recruiting volunteers for

the campaign

(85%)

Delivering campaign

(100%)

Mind-map with

campaign ideas

Meeting with

Yasmin to plan

the campaign

(15th January)

Meeting with

Comms to

organise

campaign and

ensure everything

is scheduled to

avoid overlapping

with Varsity and

Team Brunel Ball

(early February –

date TBC)

Schedule

photoshoot for the

main campaign

promo.

Cancelled due to

Officer Sick Leave

This campaign is part of the

Annual campaigns schedule.

Previously titled “eating

Disorders awareness week”,

I have decided to rebrand it

in order to attract more

students, and also talk about

some social problems briefly

mentioned during Mental

Health Week (e.g. society’s

perception of social media

and the influence of the

Media)

Scheduled for:

25th to 29th March 2019

Cancelled

70%

Objective/Manifesto point: Uni Mental Health Day


Plan the key activities of

day, and meet with the

Student Welfare team to

run simultaneous

activities

(30%)

Schedule of the day

(50%)

Edit interview about the

impact of social media

on mental health (60%)

Advertisement plan with

Yasmin and Comms

(70%)

Recruiting volunteers for

the campaign

(80%)

Delivering campaign

(100%)

Interview with Peter

Eldred, counsellor

from Brunel

Wellbeing (October

2018)

Meeting with Student

Welfare team (early

February – date TBC)

Meeting with Comms

to schedule social

media and edit Peter

Eldred’s interview.

Request to retire

Great support from

our Wellbeing

Advocate, who

delivered the

afternoon session

(colouring wall)

University’s annual day on

Mental Health. Lead by

student services and the

welfare team, which they

usually use to advertise their

services, workshops and

extra support available

during exam session.

Scheduled:

7th march 2019

100%

Objective/Manifesto point: CHLS Academic Societies


Project proposal to

Heads of

department (10%)

Draft/edit the

society’s

constitution for

academic societies,

with a specific

committee structure

(30%)

Draft new academic

societies funding

criteria (40%)

Meeting with Paul

Hellewell (Vice-

provost and Dean

for CHLS) to

approve the

proposal with the

list of Academic

Societies and

discuss funding for

next academic year

(50%)

Recruit students for

the committees

(70%)

Discussion with the

Societies Guild

committee about

new societies

approval (80%)

Finalise funding

criteria with the

College and

Student Activities

(100%)

Idea was mentioned

in the November’s

CMB, and

discussed with both

Heads of

Department

Proposal with a

list of societies, and

changes to the

society’s rules (to

ensure continuity)

Meeting with Paul

Hellewell to discuss

the project and

funding (1st March)

Contact students

via TPO and/or

student reps, to

form committees

for new societies.

Send a notification

to societies with

the criteria for

funding

application.

Produce a

document with

criteria and CHLS

specific

information for

next academic

year.

.

Students need more networking

opportunities, including a platform

that can help them build social and

professional connections.

Academic societies will stimulate

the student’s contribution to the

college and their student experience,

by empowering the students to

organise their events and freely

express their interests, creating great

management and CV building skills

60%

Objective/Manifesto point: Academic feedback


WiseFlow

Training for

academics and

admins (20%)

WiseFlow

regulations on

feedback criteria

for all courses

(policy) (40%)

WiseFlow

induction

documents for all

Following the

Lifesciences DMB

meeting, it was

minuted that all

programme leads

should remind all

academic to take

register for the

August trainings

with the WiseFlow

team (I have

already confirmed

with Claudia Cox-

the university’s

College focusing

on the

implementation of

Wiseflow, which

can either help or

delay this point.

Likely to be a

yearlong objective.

CHLS is introducing WiseFlow as

their online coursework submission

platform, and potentially the

platform for digital assessments.

Academics need to be trained on

how to use the programs, and

because BBL will be restricted to

classroom resources only.

This new college project is the

perfect timing to introduce my

manifesto point on ‘Academic and

Student feedback’, as it is possible

to digitally establish the criteria

80%

students – ready for

Welcome Week,

along with an email

or letter from me

explaining the

changes and the

gains from the

service. (65%)

Agree with ADSE

and Vice-Dean

Education on a

system or platform

to monitor the

academics feedback

quality and

effectiveness

(100%)

Digital assessment

adviser responsible

for WiseFlow- that

the majority of LS

CHLS academics

have signed up)

Use the CHLS

Education catch-up

meetings to discuss

a possible feedback

framework for all

the CHLS courses.

Use the NSS results

as evidence for the

discussions with the

College and Vice-

Provost of

Education

consistency and effectiveness of the

academic feedback on coursework

or assessments. This is also a strong

point of interest from the ADSE,

who is whiling to make the all-

necessary changes to the briefing

and feedback regulations of the

departments, especially life sciences,

during the next year.

Objective/Manifesto point: BTEC attrition rate and student engagement


Education

Exchange project

with the Uxbridge

College (25%)

Action plan with

the ASK , based on

the data from the

past years (50%)

Collaboration with

CHLS departments

and the Academic

Skills department,

on extra workshops

designed for the

transition, and

better

advertisement of

the ASK week.

(60%)

Meeting with the

Life sciences DTL

to plan the extra

support and how to

embedded into the

different modules

(70%)

Student Focus

groups to discuss

these sessions

(80%)

Met with members

of staff from the

Uxbridge College

from both Applied

Sciences and Sport

Sciences to discuss

the structure of the

classes and

coursework criteria,

and also to compare

the new BTEC

framework (RQF)

with the old

framework (QCF).

Meeting with the

LS DTL.

Ask the College

Education Manager

to help with data

collection and the

focus groups.

Contact level 1

coordinators and/or

UG Divisional

leads to identify the

key modules

students struggle

the most and how

to implement and

advertise these

sessions.

Unsuccessful first

round of Focus

Create an informal

drop-in session and/or

online chat days, for all

students to directly talk

to me about their

academic problems and

opinion on the extra

help they need.

Meeting with the key

academics and ASK to

discuss the

implementation and

delivery of the sessions

for next academic year.

I will finalise planning

and data collection, but

the project will be

delivered by the next

VP CHLS

As part of the Student Success

project and all the plans to fight

the attrition rate, the university

is finally investing the talking

the differences between the

BTEC students and a-level

students, and their struggles

when adapting.

The meetings are led by Katie

Osmon, the transition project

manager from the Academic

Skills department, and the short-

term goal is to differentiate the

RQF and the QCF when

applying to university. However,

there are no plans to change the

offers policy relating to the type

of BTEC for 2018/2019 and

2019/2020 – Andrew George is

in conversation with Pearson,

but does not agree it is a relevant

concern.

The College LS DTL is involved

in the project as well.

75%

Produce document

with data analysis

and project plan

(90%)

University entry

requirements

differentiation from

RQF and other

BTEC, and

implementation of

“Study Skills Lab”

for the next

academic year

(100%)

Groups

(inconclusive data)

Joint projects with another Officer/Chair/Liberation officer

Joint with: VP SA George Wardle and Student Centre (Well@Brunel)

Objective/Manifesto point: Mindfulness Month


Plan the key

activities of the

week

(20%)

Meet with key

stakeholders to

discuss the

collaboration with

the main university

services, including

resources

(30%)

Contact external

companies for

activities University

and Union cannot

do

(50%)

Campaign

timetable;

Devise weekly

schedule with

activities and get

Freshers Fayre type

guide printed

(65%)

Advertisement plan

with Yasmin and

Communications

(80%)

Recruiting

volunteers for the

campaign

Planned a rough

guide of what

activities we want

Started to meet up

with key

stakeholders, met

with some W/C 4/02

and then meeting

more W/C 11/02

Contacted an

external contact

with regards to the

Petting Farm

Met with key

stakeholders and

external companies

(with the help of our

Advertising and

Fundraising

Administrator)

Finalise timetable of

activities (will

potentially include

Re-fresher’s

information)

Submit Comms

ticket to ensure

artwork/promo is

produced in time.

(Especially for the

Mindfulness Month

guide)

A 4 week programme covering

various elements of student

wellbeing and study support. This

will be the last campaign of the

year, and probably one of the most

important ones, since directly links

to student wellbeing, managing

stress and academic performance.

Scheduled:

29th April to 24th May 2019

60%

(90%)

Delivering

campaign

(100%)

Joint with: Student Centre and BME Officer (Iqbal Miah), LGBTQ+ Officer (Finn Grice), and Disability

Officer (Sean Cullen)

Objective/Manifesto point: Report and Support review


Initial meeting with

the student services

(20%)

Review the

literature (50%)

Group discussion on

the changes the

union wants to

present – circulate

document to cabinet

and executive

committee (75%)

Presentation of the

suggestions to the

Student Centre and

lobby for the

changes to be active

next academic year

(100%)

Meeting on the

4/12/2018, with

Stephen White and

the “Culture Shift”

(software provider)

representatives.

Review the

literature by the end

of January

Compile everyone’s

feedback and send it

to the Supporting

services.

Changes will be

implemented next

academic year,

when the second

version of the

software goes live.

Report and Support is a wellbeing

platform designed to report a

concern, either anonymously or

with contact details, so that student

can receive support from the

wellbeing team and/or security.

The categories include: bullying

and harassment, hate crime, mental

wellbeing, online harassment or

stalking, relationship abuse/ sexual

violence, and sexual harassment.

50%

Objective/Manifesto point: Motion to create the post of European Union (EU) Students’ Officer role

Successfully presented a motion, during General Meeting, to add an EU Officer to the Executive committee,

coming next academic year.

Retired Objectives/Manifesto points

Objective/Manifesto point Date of retirement

Sexual Health Week Campaign Request to retire (December)

Mental Health and Wellbeing campaign Request to retire (December)

Sexual Health Testing Week Campaign Request to retire (December)

LBIC Buddies Request to retire

CHLS Contact list Request to retire

Uni Mental Health Day Request to retire

Key meeting feedback

Date Meeting Feedback

Peri Sherif (Vice President CEDPS) – No report submitted

George Wardle (Vice-President Student Activities) – No report submitted

Anvitha Paruchuri (Vice President CBASS) – No report submitted

Om Sai Jaman Jyothi (International Students Officer) – No report submitted

Sohaib Arshad (community campaigns officer)

Objective/Manifesto point: To have more culturally diverse food on campus.


Investigate need

amongst students

for different food

options on campus

10%

Find out what halal

food options do we

have on campus

and what more is

required?

20%

Find out who to

contact within

University and

book meeting

30%

Set up a meeting

with Ranjeet (su

president) about

having halal food

options on campus

40%

To set up a Halal

food stall in

Islamophobia

awareness month to

assess students’

response and

demand for halal

food

70%

Make union and

university aware of

the demand we

have for halal food

on campus

80%

Reach an

agreement with

Chartwell’s to have

halal food daily in

social kitchen

90%

Investigated

already existing

food options on

campus to see

where an additional

one would be

needed

Ran a short survey

to investigate

whether students

supported the idea,

majority did.

Got the permission

from union to have

food stalls of halal

food on Friday 23th

November 2018.

Chartwells has

agreed with us to

have stalls of halal

food outside in

concurs on specific

days.

See what halal

options we can

have on campus

Have discussion

for halal food

options with

Chartwells

(company that

provides food on

campus)

To make sure

union and

Chartwell’s sign an

agreement

Its my third year on campus and I

have always felt that we do not have

enough halal food on campus.

We have more then 3 thousand

Muslim students enrolled in our

university and the only halal food

options we have for them are

1. Broosters: it’s a fast food restaurant but most of the Muslim students don’t go there because they find the food disgusting and they serve Alcohol which is forbidden in Islam.

2. Social kitchen serves halal chicken but on specific days.

This initiative is taken to ensure that

we provide equal facilities for every

religion and race.

Have halal food

stall in social

kitchen and

students can start

eating delicious

halal food from

there

100%

Objective/Manifesto point: To host Diwali celebrations event.


Decide the date and

Venue for the event

10%

Check who to

contact for booking

the venue and

arrange meeting

20%

Formally book the

venue (auditorium

in eastern gateway)

30%

Formulate an event

plan for instance

what the

performances

would be and who

would

be performing

40%

Invite south Asian

societies to perform

in the event as this

is south Asian

event.

50%

Meet Chartwells

and decide food

menu for the event.

60%

Get the tickets

printed for the

event.

70%

Initial fact finding

about if this event

should actually be

hosted by the

union.

Venue decided for

Diwali event

Food menu decided

Venue booked and

checked with all the

legal formalities.

Invited all south

Asian societies

from which eight of

them agreed to

perform

Made all necessary

management teams.

The work has been

completed and the

event was hosted

successfully. The

union and

university are very

happy with the way

we hosted the

event.

Diwali basically is a religious event

of Hinduism and the main purpose

to host this event is that we have a

big number of Hindu students

studying at Brunel and they should

not feel alone as most of them are

away from their homes. Diwali is an

event of light and hope so by

celebrating this event to showcase

the cultural diversity we have at

Brunel.

Brunel student’s union is hosting

Diwali from last two years, this

would be the third time we host this

event.

This time I am looking to organise

this event on a larger scale and we

have already learnt from our

mistakes we made last year.

Therefore, the chances are that we

will organise this event in a much

better way as compared to last two

years.

100%

Sell the tickets both

online and paper

tickets

80%

Make management

teams of volunteers

e.g stage

management etc.

90%

Execute the plan

and make it one of

the biggest student-

controlled event.

100%

Objective/Manifesto point: Boat party


Decide the date for

the boat party 10%

Set appointments to

view all the boats

and book the best

available boat.

20%

Negotiated the rent

to avail the best

price 30%

Get the price

quotation for 3

course traditional

food and avail the

best possible

option. 40%

Design the poster

and tickets and

send for printing

50%

Add all the costs to

calculate the break-

even number. 60%

Start selling tickets

70%

Create management

teams for the event

including ticket

Decided the date

for the boat party

after looking at the

exam time schedule

of students.

Finalised the boat

after considering

the rent and the

facilities provided.

Finalised the

caterers and food

menu.

Tickets and posters

designed and sent

for printing.

Added all the costs

to decide the ticket

price

Decided ticket price

£35 for total

capacity of 200

people.

Made all necessary

teams for the event

Executed the event

plan and

everything went

perfect.

Boat party is usually hosted by

Brunel Pakistan society but because

this year they do not have a very

active president so I decided to take

the lead and host the event to

promote cultural diversity by

inviting other societies to the event

such as Indian society, Bangladesh

society etc.

Pakistan has already hosted boat

party two times and it has a

reputation of hosting one of the

biggest student boat party in

London.

This year we are planning to host it

on a bigger scale and instead of

inviting students from other

universities we will invite other

societies to come to the boat party.

This boat party will enable students

from different nationalities to

interact with each other and get to

know more about each other’s

culture.

100%

checking team,

food team, security

team, etc. 80%

Invite local and

international media

to cover the event.

90%

Execute the plan

and make it a

successful cultural

event. 100%

Objective/Manifesto point: To organise Afghan new year (Nowruz)


To go and speak

with Afghan

society and

encourage them to

celebrate their new

year.

10%

Decide a Date and

time for the event

20%

Check the

availability of The

Venue and book it

for the event.

30%

To hold a meeting

with Afghan

society and discuss

all the financial

matter.

40%

Help Afghan

society to find a

food supplier for

the event.

50%

Print tickets and

start selling them.

60%

Hold another

meeting with

Afghan society to

discuss about

Spoken to Afghan

society and they are

very excited to host

Nowruz this year.

Date ad time

decided for the

event.

Venue finally

booked by Ariana

(President Afg soc)

The meeting went

really well as most

of the matters were

discussed and a

final strategy was

formulated.

Discussed

performances and

the entire event

plan.

Event got sold out.

Book The Venue.

Hold a meeting

with Afghan

society to discuss

the financial and

other important

matters

Find a food

supplier that can

provide us

appropriate cultural

food within our

price range.

Afghan society will

get the tickets

printed and we

have to sell as

many tickets as

possible.

Formulated

management teams

of volunteers for

the event.

Implement on the

plans made earlier

on the event day.

Nowruz is the traditional Iranian

festival of spring, which starts at the

exact moment of the vernal equinox,

commencing the start of the spring.

It is considered as the start of the

New Year among Iranians along

with some other ethno-linguistic

groups. The name comes from

Avestan meaning “new

day/daylight.

Despite having a huge number of

Afghani, Irani and Persian students

we hardly celebrate this event.

Nowruz was celebrated last year but

at a very small scale. This year we

aim to celebrate this event at a

bigger and better scale so that we

can provide homely environment to

international students and we can

send this message out that we are the

most diverse student union.

100%

cultural dance and

singing

performances.

70%

Form different type

of management

teams for instance,

ticket checking

team, food serving

team etc.

90%

Execute the plan

and make it an

successful Nowruz.

100%

Objective/Manifesto point: Ramadan campaign.


Investigate about

how has ISOC been

hosting Ramadan

until now.

10%

After getting the

feedback of

previous Ramadan

campaign, analyseit

and find out all

thepro’s and con’s.

20%

Hold a meeting

with ISOC

committee and

make them aware

about the analysis.

30%

In the same

meeting ask them

about their plans

for this year

Ramadan

campaign.

40%

Find out how much

charity do we need

to raise this year.

45%

Spoken to different

people of Muslim

community and

enquired about

services provided in

last few years.

Held a meeting

with ISOC and

discussed about this

year Ramadan

campaign.

Formulated final

strategy for

Ramadan

Have a meeting

with ISOC

committee.

Start raising charity

until first of

Ramadan.

Every year Brunel Isoc provides free

iftar to brothers and sisters on

campus.

This year, as being a community and

campaigns officer I have decided to

help ISOC in this camaign. This is

a very important service for us, for

so many reasons:

1. Many people live away from

family, or due to circumstance

would be alone during iftar time if

not for the opportunity to have iftar

together at brunel

2. Some people have financial

difficulty or don't have time to

prepare iftar

3. During exam period, students will

be busy revising, so iftar on campus

is a major convenience

4. This is a brilliant opportunity for

us to come together, eat together and

build stronger bonds and community

50%

Fond out new ways

to raise charity.

50%

Formulate the final

Ramadan strategy.

60%

Start campaigning

for Ramadan

charity.

70%

Find out Food

supplier that

provides us good

food within our

price range.

80%

Start making

management teams

that would

volunteer

throughout

Ramadan month.

100%


Joint with:

Objective/Manifesto point:






Iqbal Miah (Black and Ethnic Minorities Officer) – No report submitted

Finn Grice (LGBT+ Officer) Objective/Manifesto point: Produce pronoun badges for students and union staff to be given out in union

buildings. This will increase student inclusivity and promote the union as a welcoming

environment for transgender students.


Discuss ideas with Peri

5%

Find a Fairtrade compliant/fairly inexpensive printer

10%

Have idea approved by exec committee

50%

Design badges

60%

Have designs approved by exec

80%

Order badges 95%

Place badges in union reception

100%

Discussed with Peri

Contacted

Edinburgh

University about

their badges and

which printer they

used

Idea approved by

exec

Funding approved

by exec

Designed badges

Had designs

approved by exec

Ordered badges

Collected delivery

Placed badges in

Union reception

Edinburgh Uni was one of the first

universities to introduce pronoun

badges and received backlash for

doing so from tabloids.

Printing company

awesomemerchandise.com

100%

Objective/Manifesto point: Give out pride flag stickers to lecturers for them to stick to office doors to

express solidarity with LGBTQA+ students

Project plan What’s done? What’s next? Context Ach %

Find bumper sticker style pride flags for a reasonable price from a Union compliant seller 10% Speak to leaders of each University department and ask about distributing stickers among staff 25% Have budget approved by exec 50% Order

Researched where

to buy stickers

Contacted heads of

departments

Had budget

approved by exec

Ordered

Posted on staff

intranet

Gave out stickers to

staff and students at

events held in

LGBT history

month

Will now be distributed at stalls

during LGBT history month as well

100%

75% Put details of campaign on staff intranet 90% Hand out stickers 100%

Stickers have been

given to all

lecturers in Marie

Jahoda, Gaskell and

CHLS

Objective/Manifesto point: LGBT history month campaign


Events: Bake sale x 4

Film night

Zine launch Rainbow laces (in collaboration with Student activities officer) Arts @ Artaud concert Memorial service

Mario Kart Tournament Raffle

LGBT students in higher education panel Rainbow merchandise stall

Pride march

Set up zine email

and start taking

submissions

Write descriptions

of memorial and

pride for ticket site

Ordered all

catering, bake sale

items and flags

All events carried

out apart from zine

which had to be

cancelled due to

lack of engagement

Campaign

Evaluation

Announced winners

of the raffle

Collected raffle

money

Sent money to

Spectra

The campaign aims to increase

LGBT visibility on campus and

make Brunel feel more inclusive. As

well as celebrating LGBT students,

we want to focus more on education,

history and actual steps we can take

to improve the inclusion and

wellbeing of LGBT students at

Brunel.

Target: Engage 500 students, raise

£400 for charity, launch LGBT

society Zine

Met target of engaging 500 students,

but zine was cancelled. The total

amount of money will be around

£200 once the raffle is finished. For

more details refer to the campaign

evaluation.

Charities: Mermaids, Spectra,

Diversity Role Models.

Due to fundraising not being as

successful as was hoped, we decided

to focus only on Spectra

100%

Objective/Manifesto point: Halsbury building name change


Lobby the

university to

change the name of

the Halsbury

building.

This will be done

by passing a motion

in executive

Motion passed in

executive

committee

Met with Vice

Chancellor. Talked

to her about the

importance of

changing the name

Decide on new

name (this will take

place in the coming

academic year and

has been passed to

the LGBT officer

elect, Cayla

Martin)

The Halsbury building is named

after the 3rd Earl of Halsbury, Tony

Giffard. Giffard was Vice

Chancellor of Brunel from 196-

1997. He was also a peer in the

House of Lords, and during his time

in office, he introduced the private

members bill that later became

section 28.

100%

meeting in support

of the name change.

I will also work

with Mike Thomas

(Chair of LGBT

staff network) and

Ranjeet to

coordinate a joint

student/staff

response

for the LGBT

community on

campus, and agreed

her support

Proposal passed

through ethics

committee

Proposal passed

through Staff

Senate with written

statement from me

and Mike.

Name change

agreed by Council

Section 28 was an infamous

legislative article which

institutionalised homophobia in the

public sector. Giffard is quoted in

Hansard as saying ‘(Gay people) are

reservoirs of venereal diseases,

including syphilis, gonorrhoea and

AIDS’. He also referred to gay men

as child molesters.

The LGBT community at Brunel

feels that it is necessary to rename

the building in light of these

comments, and to signal clearly to

students and staff that homophobia

is not tolerated at Brunel. In light of

recent homophobic and transphobic

attacks, this action is clearly

necessary.

Objective/Manifesto point: Transgender Student Policy


To work with the Student Equality and Diversity manager to draft and implement a policy for transgender students.

Consultation with

staff and students

about what a policy

should look like

First draft approved

Second draft

approved

Approval of policy

in Staff Senate

Give speech at

launch event

Deliver training

with Henrietta over

the summer. In all

practical ways, this

agenda point is

finished.

Despite legislation on the issue

being 15 years old, Brunel has not

historically treated transgender

students with respect. This policy

will help staff understand the unique

issues transgender students face, and

how to best support them, both

practically and emotionally, during

their time at university.

100%

Objective/Manifesto point: London Pride 2019


To have a joint

student/staff group

marching at

London Pride 2019

This will increase

the visibility of the

LGBT community

at Brunel and bring

together staff and

students.

Dan Roberts from

the LGBT staff

network has been

attending planning

meetings in London

Submitted request

to University to

allow staff and

students to march

as one group

Last year, Brunel was represented

by two groups at London Pride: one

for staff and one for students.

100%

Got approval from

the university for

the joint marching

group

Received tickets


N/A


N/A



Sean Cullen (Disabled Students Officer) Objective/Manifesto point: Ensuring investment is spent wisely for accessibility issues


Secure the funding

10%

Meet with

department heads to

go through

proposed plans

30%

Arrange for

deadlines for works

to be completed

50%

Building works to

be completed 70%

Review changes

and evaluate

effectiveness 90%

The funding has

been secured and

some small changes

have been

implemented

already.

The area at the back

of the union has

been fixed

Remodelling of the

bridge has now

been completed,

and the bridge has

been greatly

improved.

To follow up with

estates and other

departments in

order to arrange

additional projects

Remaining issues

are soft issues

relating to training

and awareness

Last year the day in the wheelchair

campaign secured £200K to address

the accessibility issues on campus.

The plan for this year is to ensure

the proposed projects are

implemented and that all areas are

addressed and fixed.

75%

Objective/Manifesto point: Mental health peer support group


Get Student minds

trained facilitators

25%

Organise sessions

times and venues

50%

Hold the Term 1

sessions 75%

Review the terms

progress and

arrange for sessions

in Term 2 and next

academic year

100%

The student minds

sessions are all

booked in for

Mondays in term 1

at the meeting

house.

The introduction

session was

completed with 13

participants

The first term was a

partial success with

numbers dropping

nearer the end

The attendance this

term has dropped to

0.

Finish the course

for this Term and

review feedback

form attendees

The next set of

sessions are being

planned for

mindfulness

month.

Next sessions start

on the 29th of April

Student Minds is a charity that

Brunel has partnered with to provide

mental health peer support sessions.

The facilitators were trained last

year with funding from the

wellbeing team and union.

The group is now established,

despite taking some setbacks it is

functioning and progressing on to

help students.

75%

Objective/Manifesto point: parking project


Review parking

regulations at

Brunel 25%

Created and

overview report and

submit to senate

50%

Follow up with

departments to

ensure proposed

actions are

followed 75%

Follow long term

actions outlined in

report 100%

The parking report

was submitted to

the senate.

It was agreed that

the report would be

passed onto estates

and security for

them to action the

report

One of the estates

senior management

team has reviewed

the report .

Some parking

spaces have already

been repainted

inline with the

recommendations

(Halsbury bays)

I met with the

person from estates

working on this

project. It was

agreed that

additional spaced

would be allocated

by Mill hall over

the summer.

It was agreed that

communication will

be improved

between student

services and the

accommodation

centre to allocate

flats to students

included any access

requirements for

parking.

Continue

implementing

improvements for

the parking

Parking at Brunel is a sore topic for

disabled students.

Disabled parking bays are constantly

misused by students, staff, and

visitors resulting in lack of

availability for the students who

need them.

A report was collated which took

into account all the current parking

issues relating to disabled bays as

well as suggesting solutions to the

highlighted issues.

75%

Objective/Manifesto point: improving engagement


There is no set plan

for this as it needs

to evolve as the

year goes on to see

what the students

respond to and

what engages them

Dyslexia awareness

week was held and

highlighted some

areas for

improvement in

relation to

engagement.

Introduce more

digital engagement

platforms for

students to utilise

such as social

media campaigns.

Engagement from disabled students

is quite low, as students to not

identify as disabled, or it does not

play enough of a part in their lives to

be a defining factor.

75%

Engagement in the

Disability officer

FB page has

increased following

some posts

Engagement has

increased with

more people liking

the facebook page,

Student are also

having confidence

to message the

facebook page with

issues

Continue to

periodically update

the FB page with

news and current

events

Plans are being

made to create a

disabled students

society

The aim of this campaign is to find

the best way of engaging students to

learn more about disability and the

help available.

Objective/Manifesto point: Disabled toilet access


Speak with senior

management and

raise the issue 50%

Arrange for a

solution to the issue

75%

Check solutions are

implemented

properly 100%

The issue was

raised at the student

task force meeting.

Lease with student

welfare, DDS, and

estates to decide

the best option

Let the student

know when its all

sorted

Follow up with

estates to ensure

actions are being

taken

I received a message from a student

who was upset about the abuse of

disabled toilets.

This was highlighted to the students

when they could not access toilets

when needed twice in one week

because of abuse.

The student wanted something to be

done.

I have liaised with the student and

they are happy for the doors to have

an entry mechanism for disabled

students only, this will be difficult

but possible.

50%

Objective/Manifesto point: Mental heal provisions for recent graduates


Speak with senior

management and

raise the issue 50%

Arrange for a


75%

Check solutions are

implemented

properly 100%

The issue was


task force meeting.

The welfare manger

explained that the

additional funding

would be difficult

to get as the current

scope for

counselling is only

to provide help to

return to study not

for entire life

support.

Lease with the

manager of student

welfare.

Work out what can

be done to help

students in these

situations

Continue to attend

the senate

regulation review

committee to

review the fitness

to study procedure

I recently found out that unlike the

PDC there is no mental health

support for recent graduates.

I want to change this because it is

well known that transition year

students struggle with mental health,

and it does not seem right that when

we graduate we are abandoned.

I also want to extend this to students

on abeyance.

75%

Objective/Manifesto point: Report and support


Speak with senior

management and

raise the issue 50%

Arrange for a


75%

Check solutions are

implemented

properly 100%

The issue was


task force meeting.

Lease with the

manager of student

welfare.

Pass on suggestions

to VPCHLS

With the feedback

submitted, it is

recommended this

issue is put on hold

until the release of

report and support

2.0

The report and support website is

designed to be a place where student

can report mental wellbeing issues

for themselves or others.

At the moment the forms are not set

up for mental health issues, and

could lead to someone being in

crisis if take the wrong way.

75%


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Dyslexia Awareness week 05/10/2018

Sensory Room 12/10/2018



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