13th April 2026

 
Matters for Discussion 
 

General Updates + Previous Meeting’s Actions  

• SL + AS recently elected since last meeting  

• Student Town Hall (Sabbs are looking to create a video on this in the coming weeks) 

KG 

SU President Updates 

• 4 term to 3 term change from next year September – communications will be sent out to students soon regarding this – faculties are currently reworking/renaming modules to fit with this calendar change  

• JM asked about how exams would affect this, each term would have exams at the end  

• 13 week terms, including 1 reading week and 1 exam week  

• Invigilators needed for exams, having postgrad students support with this would be great – NOTE FOR BB 

KG 

VP Student Voice Updates 

• Student Council: FCLP on May 18th, looking for academic reps to support with this, tours for council members etc, Note for all, especially GM  

• Coffee and chat for reps and liaisons: BB looking to host, JM asked about a timeline + date, sabbs to explore budget for this Action: BB, JM, GM + MB  

• Faculty board meeting and SALT: scrapped in FBHSS + FCLP, no way to get student feedback across to faculty, MB is planning on setting up student council  

• AI digital literacy project: met with Mike Foster (IT) + med faculty, talks of having discussions on how to use to support learning, how AI works, etc  

• Away days: unfortunately hosted during the break, 23/24th June officers to attend if available, looking to organise transport Action: LO to set up form for availability  

• Discount has been reviewed, students have to apply for this but will get approved CN to keep MB updated with this  

MB 

VP Communities Updates 

• Network Lead 1-1s: Sam + Uzo yet to book in  

• Social Media Accounts: Please use regularly, doesn’t always have to be own content, can be sharing what else is going on around the university  

• 50th Anniversary filming: Compulsory for all to get involved with this, thanks to those who have already booked in: Yet to book: GM, UOA, TDK, SL, SEA 

• Culture Fest: Encouragement to support with the events across the calendar, main event is Friday 22nd May 

LO 

Updates from Network Leads: Reflection on previous term 

• CN: events last term, was disappointed that no execs turned up for the IWD event, everything else was positive, worked with women’s football + co, supported with galentines, social media posts during IWD. Plans this term to either work with clubs/societies on female focused events or competition  

• MG: last term was okay, hosted coffee afternoon, discussed the difficulties of engaging with mature students, planning a sip + paint event for this term, Action: Sabbs to look at post highlighting networks/liaisons  

• UOA: absent  

• SEA: didn’t throw an event last term, but has come up with a few ideas for this term, event1: focusing around body positivity and how different cultures view beauty, event2: myth or fact (KG noted that this would be a great social media campaign), event3: games night / movie night (it was noted that some students have been taking the bar’s games out of the OTM) event4: art exhibition, during culture fest? Potentially an external speaker??  

• TDK: last term hosted a networking event that went quite well, had a survey displayed for international students, had a good range of students from faculties attending, planning to host something similar this term, destress type event  

• AS: absent 

CN, MG, UOA, SEA, TDK, AS 

Updates from Faculty Liaisons 

• JM: been in talks with GM, movie night + meet and greet? Had a complaint regarding his accommodation bond going missing. SEA noted that stealing is taking place again @Bateman, had issues with getting scan exam copies Action: MB to take a look at this   

• GM: absent but sent updates: For FCLP. In April, the NSS survey closes by months end. Another social media campaign & message to students on what the student union’s responsibilities are & has done would be great. I can do this with a poster & email if give green light. Otherwise, I have received a response regarding MCQ results, albeit unsatisfactory. If the students in other faculties on our board could tell me if they have normally receive questions & answers after MCQ’s that would be helpful.  

• SL: absent  

• BB: launching online webinar series for postgrad students, first one is soon (28th April), UALC meeting 29th April + will raise inability to access research resources/websites using email addresses  

JM, GM, SL, BB 

Sabbs Pop-up dates 

• Verney: 16th April (11am), 21st May (11:30am) 

• ADR: 21st April (10am), 12th May (11am) 

• Chandos: 30th April (12:30pm), 28th May  

• Support wherever possible for this if available, communicate to sabbs in advance if attending 

KG 

AOB 

• None to note 

ALL 

Matters for Report 

Date of the next meeting: 

Monday 27th April, 5-6pm, VB5/6