SU Executive Meeting Minutes 23/01/2023
Attendance – Toby Corbett, Tolu Osamolu, Chrissie Telling, Eric Broten, Andrey Awosika, Oyejide Arojojoye, Fay Fareed, Eleanor Stevens
Sabbatical Updates/Points for discussion
Toby
- Elections to be held in February
- From 1st Feb, holding by-elections
- Environmental & Ethical, Buckingham Campus & Mature student
- Aim to complete elections by end of Feb
- Hoodies, Sweatshirts, or anything else?
- Badges – to wear everyday
- EB suggests quarter zips, JJ seconds – TC to look into costs
- Social this Thursday at 6:45 – 8:15
Chrissie
- Draft of the new structure of Societies
- CT to email Sabbs + PTOs protected communities and events to allow for input
- JJ suggests a requirement for Crewe society events every term, CT to consider & discuss furhter
- Potential removal of revision sessions in Med Societies
- FF suggests recording sessions for accountability
- Must be free to everyone not just members to remove barriers
- SU to attend as many revision events as possible, random drop bys
Tolu
- Student Council
- PTOs more involved in SC meetings
- Should PTOs be required to attend SC meetings?
- Raising issues with SC as a group can be used as evidence when pushing an issue forward
- JJ – do PTO lose their individual identity as a student at a SC meeting, as they are representing the SU? TO – would be there as a representative, bringing issues identified within the student body
- TB - Will all PTOs attend every meeting? TO – not mandated, but invited to every meeting
- Meetings held 3 times per term
- JJ - Only held 1 meeting in Crewe, TO – projected to hold meetings twice per term
- FF – Previous SU execs often said they would schedule a Crewe SC meeting at a later date but seemingly never scheduled
- TO to confirm Anita Wises job title
- Survey Calendar
- Shared spreadsheet – All officers to fill in how many surveys you’ve received over the past year, over from the University only. Due end of week.
- Aim to reduces number of surveys, increase quality
Order of Updates from PTOs (if applicable)
- Fay
- JJ
- Medical calendar changed to align better with other students
- To meet with Liz about Library
- WSD now on campus in Crewe
- SU bar – now has a coffee machine
- New projector in Lecture Hall
- 80 new first years, more than ever before
- New deputy dean in Crewe
- New SU staff - Mari
- Audrey
- Planning a meeting with Wellbeing team – this week
- Eleanor
- Had first BSU meeting
- Planning BSU Fresher fair
- Setting up BSU member of the month – recognising more individuals
- Reaching out to other Uni’s, collaborations on events
- Reviewed charity events for two clubs and will push for more clubs to get involved with charities
- Will met with Crewe sports clubs individually
- Erik
- Better feedback from students needed
- Working with TO about getting more feedback from students
- To discuss with CT about societies on feedback