Meeting of the Student Union Executive
Date: 15thof July 2022
Location: Hybrid
Welcome and apologies-Meeting was attended in full in the usual hybrid fashion
Katy & General Updates:
- Crewe officer
- Katy and fellow execs welcome Maia to the fold
- Charlotte from Bucks New
- Execs and SU staff have been invited to see and visit Bucks New University.
- Execs to decide on a date to visit, date to be finalized but should be a Wednesday in August.
- Prevent meeting
- Jo Jackson to attend a future meeting to provide training.
- Duration 30 mins approximately
- Katy’s actions and aims
- Toby and Katy have found a garden space for the communal garden by Nortons Place accommodation.
- Is still battling Estates on getting recycling bins on campus.
- Ordered a mass amount of tampons & pads for both campuses.
- Girls Night Out is to happen next week
- Katy to talk to Maia, Karina, and Daye on how best to replicate in Crewe.
- Crewe Instagram
- Asked execs to follow and show support.
- Girls night out happening in Buckingham
Henry:
- Society application
- Henry explained reasons on initial dismissal
- Zaid to talk to med school to investigate further before final decision
- Society award shortlist re-evaluation
- Execs were happy with shortlist
- Issues raised by Awards Ceremony Team about qualifications were resolved unanimously
- Surgical society issues
- Zaid explains the current issues raised against the Surgical Society
- Execs were in full support of making the society dormant.
- Zaid voiced the concept of a one medical society system per campus, and Henry and Zaid looked into this system.
- Society will remain dormant for 4 months.
- Certain executives of society are not allowed to create and/or revive societies.
Karina
- This term's aims and goals.
- Mainly working on behind-the-scenes this term.
- Mental Health Charter.
- In Collaboration with Dee Bunker.
- Offering a student viewpoint.
- Alcohol awareness with Sharon Deeker.
- How to make students aware of all things alcohol.
- Pride Society reached out to put on an event w/ Daye and Karina.
- The meeting to happen soon.
- TED Event to involve Katy and Daye and Feminist Society.
- Karina to send details to Daye and Katy by the next meeting.
- Thank You, Day will now happen in August rather than July.
- WSD going to Crewe, potential to move it to August.
- Any updates
- Next term will be more events focused.
- Events to be discussed with Katy.
- TEDx from the first term will now be sent to TED.
- Karina to update Speakers about what has happened.
Adam
- This term aims and goals
- Chancellors’ Cup to happen
- In early planning stages
- Execs to let Adam know of what sports we may want to see
- Any updates
Maia
- This term aims and goals.
- Any updates.
Had to leave prematurely due to personal reasons
Zaid
- This term's aims and goals
- Still working toward creating a more positive atmosphere in med school
- Issues regarding sick leave to review with med school
- To focus on Crewe campus and students and disparity in teaching
- Improving societies to support med students as well as improve general sense of societies amongst med students
- Any updates
Toby
- This term's aims and goals
- Planning and running environment-related events
- Battle of the Bins was good, lots of litter was collected even though there were a few dropouts
- Battle of the Bins to occur more often
- Planning a world cleanup day to go clean up a local beach
- Earth Day style workshop but bringing in more externals who are environment focused/conscientious
- Creating a seed bank system from student leftovers to then use in the community gardens and more
- Estates were asked for a drying clothesline but the request was denied
- Any updates
Daye
- This term's aims and goals
- Host a Culture Day in August
- Potential to design posts or bring in workshops about micro-aggressions in regards to against race, sexuality, gender and more
- Look into of a potential cultural cook/bake off
- Any updates
- Email sent out to cultural societies last term gained responses about what they would do to express their culture more on campus
AOB
- Katy going up to Crewe next week Thursday, Zaid may go with.
- Henry and Katy to be unavailable during Graduation week.