Date: 03/08/2026
Time: 17:00 - 18:00
In Attendance: Kamva Gcaza (KG), Students’ Union President, Maneeka Bhujun (MB), Vice-President Student Voice, Lydia Offei (LO), Vice-President Student Communities, Geremy Miller (GM), Faculty of Computing, Law and Psychology Liaison Officer, Joseph Munday (JM), Faculty of Business, Humanities and Social Sciences Liaison Officer, Christiana Ngochindo (CN), Women’s Network Lead Officer, Megan Gray (MG), Mature Student Network Lead Officer, Samuel Evans-Adeluka (SEA), Inclusion Network Lead Officer, Thisaga Dewjan Kadupitya (TDK), International Network Lead Officer, Ahmad Sindhu (AS), Sustainability Network Lead Officer
Apologies: Sangmin Lee (SL), Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences Liaison Officer
Absent: Blaise Bokor (BB), Postgraduate Research Liaison Officer,
Vacant Roles: LGBTQ+ Network Lead Officer, Men’s Network Lead Officer
Matters for Discussion |
1. | Previous Meeting’s Actions / Discussion Points Action: Sabbs to circulate strategy report with liaisons – LO will circulate this Condition of FCLP bathrooms – this will be raised with the estates team Student Fees Increase – MB has been in contact with finance, no increase for final year students | KG, MB, LO |
2. | Strategy Meeting Findings The key themes that emerged from the University’s Strategy Away Days were: - Clarity of vision and identity
- Financial resilience and growth
- Partnerships and external engagement
- A more data driven approach
- Student mix and market outlook
- Infrastructure and enablers
- People,cultureandengagement
| KG, MB, LO |
3. | SU President Updates - Working on Student handbook project - 101 how to be bucks students
- Possible Student Med Town Hall
- Update on Crewe Students Complaint
| KG |
4. | SU VP Student Voice Updates - Scaffoldingon VBmay come down by the end of this year
- Brought law lecturers drain to VC's attention
- I had enquired about the raise in fees for the final yearnon-med-no increase
- Mismark issue is being handled internally- no updates yet.
- Was on a voice panel withsabbatical officers fromAston,Warwickand CoventryUniversities- They all have recorded lectures for accessibility despite having same visa rule
- GMnoted that this would be good, butwould need to also have a better way of recording attendance
- They alsodo module evaluation in teams and in the middle of the term(anonymous)- thoughts?
- They map the students' support system and make them add SU/wellbeing to raise awareness of them on their campus- thoughts?
| MB |
5. | SU VP Student Communities Updates Network lead events Freshers events | LO |
6. | Liaison Officer Updates BB - absent GM – students are discussing that the lack of staffing across admin and lecturers in FCLP is impacting delivery. JM – faculty is going well, had a drop in from Deba to most final year business minor/majors, people raised issues with timetables (logging on to each Moodle page), issues with personal tutors, exam papers not being checked properly SL - absent | BB, GM, JM, SL |
7. | Network Lead Updates CN – hosting an event in end of august, women’s network roundtable event. Discussing what women hear, would like to see in the future, will try to invite incoming women’s network lead to this MG – hosting a mature student picnic on 12th, will try to get incoming msn to attend this SEA - absent TDK – along with AS, raised concerns about the law school 72-hour exam, legal drafting, transferred to exam, released 72 hours before and closed book – changed to 3-hour exam. Will students be assessed by memory power or by application? Will they be marked at the same as last year cohort? Will this be continued across lvl6 too? GM noted that change happens every year but he trusts decision. Sabbs will ask about this, KG also noted that change is normal AS – spoken with LO to do a clothes donation event to give to local charity shops. Will hopefully finalise details this week. | CN, MG, SEA, TDK, AS |
8. | AOB None | ALL1. |
Matters for Report |
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9. | Date of the next meeting The next meeting will be held on Monday 24th August 2026, VB7, 5-6pm |
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