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We're Doing It Again!
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Union On Tour
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A Special Message from the Department for Education
Are you passionate about inspiring others and helping to shape future generations? Then teaching is the career path for you. Every day is a reward that is always worth the challenge.
Let your interests spark your students’ pursuits, and pass on valuable skills that will kickstart their journey. Encourage young minds to realise their potential and give them a head start with their passions. Take your chance to enrich classrooms with your enthusiasm, influence their stories and make a difference.
Helping to shape the youth of today will help to shape the future, as well as creating positive and memorable experiences for years to come. There’s a reason we never forget the teachers that guided us.
Turn your passion into a career. Teach.
For more information, check out the Get Into Teaching website:
http://linkbam.uk/t/d4eU64
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SASS (Sex and Staying Safe) Week, beginning on the 16th November is an advice campaign run by the Students' Union with the intent to educate our students and provide a safe space for a healthy discussion surrounding safe sex, consent and healthy relationships, with special consideration for the LGBT+ community.
Throughout this campaign, we will be open about what healthy relationships and consent actually entail, with the Elected Officers releasing videos discussing this topic. Furthermore, we will be discussing sexual health, the importance of using protection and getting tested regularly. This is an informative yet exciting campaign, with quizzes, interactive posts and sign posting to any support services people need.
Keep your eyes on our social media from Monday 16th November for more info and activities!
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Education Update
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The last month has been busy for your VP Education Jack Rankin. Students began lectures, some for the first time and all in a very unfamiliar environment. From the outset, Jack felt it was important to get students' views on their academic experience and that is exactly what he did. Jack gathered feedback from across faculties, departments, and campuses and then collated this information, creating a report which has been shared at the University Deans’ Group, Student Experience Committee and to members of the University Senior Executive Team.
Jack also met with University figures to discuss Personal Academic Tutors, classification regulations and academic experiences. He has worked alongside CSU’s Academic Representation Coordinator Chloe and Democracy and Insight Coordinator Susie to facilitate the first online Course and Department Rep elections. This has been a great success so far, with over 200 Course Reps recruited and over 50 students having nominated themselves to be Department Reps. It’s been great to see students wanting to put their own and their peers’ voices forward in such difficult times.
Training for Course and Department reps will take place during November and will be entirely online. Jack and Chloe have also already begun discussions around our annual 1839 Awards, which celebrate staff who have gone above and beyond to give students the best experience possible.
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Student Council & Warrington Roundup
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Our first Student Council meeting saw the first Big Ideas passed and made policy. The first was to create and run a Disability Campaign and the second was to create a Lecture Capture Policy, that would see all lectures recorded. These were ideas submitted by YOU, and passed by YOUR Student Council. This is the impact your voice has in shaping our policy and priorities. To submit a Big Idea click here. Don’t have an idea? You can vote on others too!
VP Warrington Sam has had a really busy month! There has been a wide variety of activities to which he and Interim Head of Advice and Representation Sam Stewart have organised. This included a Find the VP Scavenger Hunt, Mocktail Making, Card Trick Lessons and more!
The 27th October also saw Lantern Making take place in one of the marquees, along with Pumpkin Carving on the 28th!
For November, make sure you keep your eyes peeled for regular updates on events that will be taking place, including the start of Satellite Campus Wars! Sam and Shrewsbury VP Adam will go head to head starting in from 2nd November with exciting challenges weekly! Also, be sure to keep an eye out for our Movember campaign.
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Need Advice or Assistance?
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Here to Help
The CSU Advice Service offers free, confidential, impartial advice on a whole range of problems you might face while at University. We can help with Hate Crime Reporting and House hunting, and advise on Academic issues such as Academic Integrity, Mitigating Circumstances, or Appealing results and outcomes.
We’ve just launched a brand new Live Chat Service on our website - this is available from 2-3pm every weekday. Simply head to www.chestersu.comand click on the Facebook Messenger logo in the bottom right corner, or send us a message via our Facebook page.
You can find out more about us at chestersu.com/advice
Think Before You Ink
October saw the launch of the Think Before You Ink campaign, where we encourage you to make sure you’ve considered all of your options before you sign your name on a housing contract for next year. This year it is more important than ever to Think Before You Ink, when you may be doing virtual tours of properties or spending less time with your future housemates. Keep an eye out on social media for top tips on house hunting, and what to look out for in a contract. We also have a handy house hunting article here: https://www.chestersu.com/articles/housing-top-tips-thinkbeforeyouink
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