It’s time to get spooky. Recipe corner returns!
A social distancing solution?
A ‘perfectly splendid’ review
The Haunting of Bly Manor
November 2020 - Edition 89
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Boo! In this edition: Sabb updates . . . . . . . 3-5 Find out what the sabbs have been up to
Hot school meals. . . . . . 6 Bucks Students’ Union stepped up to help this half term
Sport for Fun. . . . . . . . . . 7 We take a splash with SFF
Free activities. . . . . . . . 8 Recipe corner . . . . . . . . . 9 Movember . . . . . . . . . . . 10 BØRNS photoset . . . . . 11 Horror review . . . . . . . 12 The Haunting of Bly Manor
Events calendar . . . . . 14 Rusty recommends . . 16 Student survival!. . . . 18
Page 12 - A ‘perfectly splendid’ ghost story: Haunting of Bly Manor review Although October is over, the spookiness is seeping into November with the Bucks Student. We’re bringing you a round up of all the ghoulish goings on in the venue, a hellish Halloween recipe and we present a scary way to make sure everyone is social distancing. (See page 19 for more on that...) Look out for the 5 spooky scary skeletons hidden throughout this paper. If you can find all five, email editor@thebucksstudent.com with their locations to be in with the chance of winning £25...
look o ut for me The newspaper has never been easier to contribute to. With a faster release ! schedule, you can pick and choose which editions you contribute to. So if you have any content, articles, images, interviews or achievements you’re proud of, drop an email to editor@thebucksstudent.com to get started with contributing to the newspaper! It can be a great thing to add to your CV, as well as great experience if you are in any of the creative or marketing industries.
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A handy tool to help with social distancing
Race Equality . . . . . . . . 20
Simon McDowell simon.mcdowell@bucks.ac.uk
Bucks Award. . . . . . . . . 22
Oli Gunson oli.gunson@bucks.ac.uk
MyBucksCareer . . . . . 24
Nellie Hughes nellie.hughes@bucks.ac.uk
Employability. . . . . . . . 25 Badminton. . . . . . . . . . . 26 Rugby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
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By Tamsin Grainger
President update Hey all, I hope you are all staying safe and well. As its coming to the end of October I hope you had a fabulous Halloween and attended some of the great Halloween events the Students Union put on this year. Just a short update from me this month, I had the pleasure of going to the Brighton Beach clean and attending some of the Sport for Fun activities such as Wakeboarding and kayaking. Tamsin Grainger - President
It’s time to cycle out period poverty. So please, help yourself. - Love from We know that times can be tough and money can be tight at University, but we want to make sure that no one is missing out on their education or University life on account of their period. If you’ve got it all under control, why not consider leaving any spare products for someone else in need? Thanks, we owe you one!
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I have spent a lot of this month planning campaigns which I cant wait for you all to see, the one that will happen first will be a campaign al about period poverty where we will be providing free sanitary products in as many of the university and SU bathrooms as we believe no human should ever have to feel uncomfortable about their time of the month. Along with this we will be having a Pads & Prosecco evening when you can learn how to me eco reusable pads that you can keep or donate to woman’s aid… all over a free bottle of prosecco per table. Next will be a campaign about hidden disabilities which I am very passionate about, but I will update you more on that next month.
As I am sure you have seen the Students Union has been super busy with the free hot meals, we have been handing out to children. We cannot say thank you enough to everyone that supported us through this time whether that be donating money, volunteering your time or spreading the word we are so so grateful. We originally set out to raise £300 and managed to hit £8150 the last time I checked which is incredible and will all go towards making sure a child never has to go hungry again. Seeing how the Bucks community came together to help those in need makes me so proud to be a part of Bucks.
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VPEW update
The Bucks Student By Tash Neal
VPEW update Hello Everyone, Another edition of the Bucks Student already you may ask !? With so much going on throughout October and November these fortnightly editions are great for letting you all know what we are doing and the exciting opportunities that you can get involved in over the weeks ahead.
Tash Neal – VPEW
Wow… I would like to start this edition by saying a massive thank you to all of the 122 of you who took part in the Break The Stigma Quiz. I am so proud to see so many of you getting involved in our quiz. Our social media campaign is now well under way and we hope you have learned something new from the myth and facts information about the different mental health conditions. We also have a newly set up mental health support page on our website with contact details for both our internal and external support organisations. Please don’t forget to use ‘#BucksWellbeingMonth’ in all of your posts as we continue to raise money for a student focused activity with Mind the Mental Health Charity.
A massive thank you also to everyone who has volunteered some time this week to support providing free school meals for children in need during their half term break. You are all helping a fantastic cause and helping so many grateful families. I can’t believe Halloween is only a few days away! I am sad that we won’t be able to have the usual silent disco and scare maze as part of the spooky celebrations. However, we can still all get dressed up and I am sure DJ ONE F will make the Social Bubble House: Halloween Event a night to remember. I will definitely be giving Hocus Pocus a re-watch as part of my Halloween traditions this year. Please don’t forget we are always here to help so please feel free to reach out if you need anything on my socials: Facebook: BucksVPEW Twitter: BucksVPEW Email: natasha.neal@bucks.ac.uk Speak soon,
By Tom Featherstone
VPSI update I hope you all have settled in well and enjoying being a part of this university and taking part in as much as possible. Just a quick reminder that it is never to late to join a club or society! Just jump on the SU website and under the different clubs or societies it’ll have all the contact details that you will need.
Tom Featherstone – VPSI
To raise money for Movember, we’re selling Gilette razors to help you brave the shave! Come along to the Students’ Union reception to pick one up.
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This month brings an end to our Black History Month celebrations as well. But this is certainly not the end of pushing for a change. We are going to be looking to set up a focus group which is going to talk about the many different ways and ideas that we may be able to change and do things going forward, as well as beginning to lay out the plans for Black Futures Month which is coming in February 2021. If this is something that you would be interested in taking part in and helping with then please email me; tom.featherstone@bucks.ac.uk
Coming up between now and the next paper from me is the start of MOVEMBER! Later, in the paper is a great article written by one of the Movember ambassadors for this year! The Movember Foundation was founded to try and support men through many different health issues, they look at issues from testicular cancer to men’s mental health. (But more to read later in the paper) But it will be great to get as many people as possible growing a Mo and getting involved. Its gutting this year that Halloween won’t be spent in the silent disco with a snakebite in hand and enjoying the night. But there are many different great events on offer as well the last day if the Six Nations. I hope everyone has a great Halloween and Enjoy what ever you get up to!
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HOT SCHOOL MEALS FOR ALL. Last week over the October half-term, the Students’ Union opened up their doors to provide free hot meals to all school aged children in response to the Government’s recent vote to not extend the free school meals programme into the holidays. The community response was incredible. We raised over £8,000 through our Just Giving page in just under a week which is an outstanding amount and will all go towards ensuring we can continue to deliver free hot meals to those who need it. The local community were so supportive with their donations and spread the message far and wide so that families were aware that there was support available for them if they are going through difficult times. Our Bucks students and alumni were just as wonderful in rising to the occasion and volunteered their time to come down to campus and serve meals, snacks, and drinks, and to welcome visitors with a friendly smile and point them in the right direction. Our menu for the half-term included Gluten Free pasta, sausages and chips, tomato soup and a selection of fresh fruit and yogurt pots. A local Tesco has also been wonderful and donated pasta, sauce and sausage rolls to make sure we didn’t run out and could provide a meal for everyone. Kieran Langston, a manager at the store, made sure we had everything we could need and donated a £100 gift voucher to spend on food in store.
We also knew that not everyone could make it into the centre of town and thanks to our genrous student volunteers, we were able to take these hot meals out into the community to make the meals as accessible as possible to the families who needed them. We’d also like to say a special thank you to Brian Keers from Impact Food who drove over two hours to drop off storage boxes so that we could keep our meals hot when delivering them. Tamsin Grainger, Bucks Students’ Union President, said, “No child should suffer for something they can’t control, so as a community I am so proud to see that we all came together to make sure that no one goes hungry.” With special thanks to:
By Tamsin Grainger & Daniel Lawrence
Wet ‘n wild activities! “I went to 4 events with the Student Union, Kayaking and Paddle boarding, Liquid Leisure Aqua Park, Rush trampolining, and Wakeboarding, all of which were amazing experiences that I’d do again, it was especially good as my flatmates also booked some of these, and we’ve managed to bond better because of it!” - Robin What is Sport for Fun? Well it’s a chance to get involved with your friends and take part in a variety of recreational sporting activities, most of which are free of charge thanks to the Big Deal.
Since the start of the academic year the Students’ Union activities team have been working tirelessly to put together a set of amazing activities for you to take part in. Even though this year is a little different, the Students’ Union has still put on some amazing activities for you to get involved in, where there is always something for everyone.
From wakeboarding to trampolining our students have taken part in lots of different activities. The fun doesn’t stop there, we will be running more activities throughout the year as a part of our Sport for Fun programme so if you want to book yourself onto any of the activities, head over to the Bucks Students’ Union website and check out the ‘What’s On’ page. “Activities that the Students’ Union run are incredible! It has been, and is, an amazing way to try new things, have a break from the stress of uni life and to meet and have a laugh with other students. I’ve signed myself up for Rush, roller skating, watersports, first aid, you name it! The Union really does put the student experience first.” Anita Pascoe
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Free activities
The Bucks Student By Emily West Whether you need some time out to relax or meet new friends, are thinking of enhancing your employability prospects with one of our skills sessions to add to your CV or just want to get involved,
we have something for you and we want you to take full advantage of all the amazing opportunities offered by your award winning Students’ Union, all FREE courtesy of the Big Deal!
We are now in the final week of our wellbeing month, but there is still plenty you can get involved in and nearly all our opportunities are now online, meaning you can enhance your CV and improve your wellbeing from the comfort of your own home! Maybe you have something different in mind? If you have an activity or skills session that you would like to take part in, please do not hesitate to get in touch! We love hearing your ideas and providing opportunities that you want! Contact us at surecactivities@bucks.ac.uk and we will do our best to help.
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We are also running a 10 week course of FREE Spanish lessons! Following the same format with 5 before and 5 after Christmas, this is again a course aimed at beginners, where you can build a solid foundation in Spanish to work from. Speaking a second language is a key skill often sought after by employers so why not put yourself ahead of the rest and start learning another language this year!
Join this FREE and certified course, essential for anyone working in a bar or restaurant. Once completed, candidates will hold a licensing qualification with which they can apply for their personal licence. You will learn all the essential law behind being a premises supervisor as well as the duties and responsibilities, as well as learning about the effect of alcohol on your body!
As requested! We are now running a 10 week course of FREE Japanese lessons! With 5 happening before the Christmas break and 5 after, this is a great chance to learn the fundamentals of an important language, especially relevant if you are entering the international business world, but just as important if you fancy a trip to Japan in the future!
You can book onto any activity through our website so be sure to keep an eye out on the Bucks SU ‘What’s On’ page – don’t miss out by not reserving your place early on! If you need any support to enhance your academic experience, pop into one of the Students’ Union offices and we will be more than happy to help wherever we can.
You can book onto any activity through our website so be sure to keep an eye out on bucksstudentsunion.org ‘What’s On’ page – don’t miss out by not reserving your place early on!
By Janet Gladstone
Mummy peppers! Ingredients: 4 peppers (red or yellow) 8 sundried tomatoes (or 8 salad tomatoes) fresh basil (8-10 leaves, roughly torn) 225g feta cheese olive oil (to drizzle) black pepper (to taste) couscous (optional) black olives (optional), halved 1 packet of puff pastry Sliced Mozzarella Balls (for the eyes)
Method • Prepare the couscous if using • Halve the peppers lengthways through the stalk and remove the seeds • In a separate bowl mix the tomato (sundried or normal), some basil, the feta and couscous. • Divide the mixture evenly between the halved peppers • Drizzle each one with olive oil or a little of the oil from the tomatoes and cheese • Season with black pepper • Roll out the pastry and cut into long strips. Wind these round the peppers. • Bake in a hot oven (180c) for about 20 minutes or until golden. • Add the eyes – a slice of Mozzarella and a piece of olive, and serve • Garnish however you fancy!
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Movember
The Bucks Student
By Honor Fletcher
WHAT IS MOVEMBER?
WHAT IS BUCKS DOING?
Movember is an annual event which involves growing a moustache during the month of November. This is to raise awareness of men’s mental health issues, such as prostate cancer, testicular cancer and men’s suicide. The goal of Movember is to “change the face of men’s mental health.”
Both me and Josh Fake as your Movember ambassadors have planned various events throughout the month of November to raise as much money as possible for this amazing charity.
HOW CAN I GET INVOLVED? If you are an individual that is able to grow a moustache within the mouth of November (this tends to be the guys) then simply create a go fund me page and start sharing this around with friends and family to raise as much money as possible. Notify your Movember ambassadors that you are taking part, so they can support and share your funding page as well. If you can’t grow a moustache you are still very much involved in this movement. Try and be involved with supporting your peers that are taking part and look out for events and fundraisers around the university to get involved in.
Movember ambassador Josh Fake
We would like to encourage as many guys to take part in Movember this year as it is a fun challenge for a really important cause. But also want to encourage as many people to come to our events and take part in the fundraisers we have planned. To stay updated with when these events are, follow our Instagram, Bucks_ movember2020 to see the latest news and events that are in the line-up! We can’t wait to see all your tashes begin to blossom over the next couple of weeks! Stay calm during this time and GROW A MO!
Movember ambassador Honor Fletcher
By Zuzanna majewska
BØRNS photoset
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BØRNS
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Horror review - Bly Manor
The Bucks Student By Jessy Clark
A ‘perfectly splendid’ ‘The Haunting of Bly Manor’ review: A ghost story that takes you down a winding path of twists and turns, full of questions and conspiracy, The Haunting of Bly Manor is another major entry into Mike Flanagan’s growing horrorography. If you’re a horror fanatic as much as I am, or perhaps enjoyed Flanagan’s other works such as Hush, Doctor Sleep or Ouija: Origin of Evil, you’d be pleased to know that his unique style of direction and storytelling doesn’t fall flat in this mini-series. Flanagan is also the mind behind The Haunting of Hill House, the first entry within the Haunting anthology series; Bly Manor is a follow up series making it the second entry but it is worth noting that there are no plot ties to Hill House, aside from reappearing cast members. Nonetheless that doesn’t mean Netflix viewers aren’t expecting thrills alike, especially given its release in time for Halloween.
So, the story takes us to 1987, following Dani Clayton, (Victoria Pedretti) an American teacher applying for the role of an English family’s au pair. During her interview, we meet Henry Wingrave (Henry Thomas) looking to find a replacement after an au pair’s tragic death, to look after his orphaned niece and nephew in their manor in Bly. Dani is soon driving deep into the country with the assistance of Owen (Rahul Kohli), the estate’s chef, who loves making dad puns and seems too perfect to be working in such an isolated and eerie mansion, let alone a desaturated horror. Next we find Hannah (T’Nia Miller), the housekeeper, who is very notably spacey from time to time, sometimes very worryingly as we first see her looming over a well before being snapped back to reality when Dani introduces herself. Brash and blunt is Jamie (Amelia Eve), the gardener; and then there are the children, Flora (Amelie Smith) and Miles (Benjamin Evan Ainsworth).
Not soon after settling in, Dani begins to experience strange occurrences and a grim, unwelcoming history starts to unravel. Keep a look out; In almost every scene from Dani’s point of view there are ghosts in the background! It varies between a full ghost, only a head, hands or a face…
ghost story... What are my thoughts? Well, as much as this series is expected to be a horror, it isn’t quite that- Bly manor focuses on the stories surrounding the distressing grief of the ghosts and apparitions eternally imprisoned at the estate. It’s also much more than that; The Haunting of Bly Manor is very much a love story with a slow build, atmospheric and poignant. That being said, the love story element doesn’t follow just one pair of lovers destined to meet a dark end, but three; and obviously none of them ending well.
The overall plot is dragged out but in a slow deliberate pace; my only complaints of the season surround the first three episodes which I would argue could easily be put into one, but after episode five the pace quickly accelerates and questions begin to form and answer themselves at the same time. The formation of this anthology, Bly Manor’s layout especially, parallels with the confusion American Horror Story pulled me into, throwing background and characters, disbeliefs and intrigue all in at once, before drawing the story together mysteriously right at the end of the season for you to wrap your head around.
If you enjoyed The Haunting of Hill House, Ratched or American Horror Story, The Haunting of Bly Manor is right down your street.
You can find the horror drama: ‘The Haunting of Bly Manor’ on screens near you on Netflix
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Horror review - Bly Manor
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Events calendar | 2 Nov – 8 Nov
The Bucks Student
The Venue and The Lounge at Bucks Students’ Union are open seven nights a week. If you don’t see an event listed below, check online nearer the time; bucksstudentsunion.org/whatson
Monday 2
Wednesday 4
Sunday 8
Tuesday 3
Have an idea for an event, want to arrange a takeover, or feedback for our events team? You can get in contact with the team by dropping an email to; events@buck.ac.uk
Monday 9
Tuesday 10
Wednesday 11
Friday 13
Sunday 15
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Rusty recommends
The Bucks Student
Rusty recommends Happy Bucksoween! Halloween may not be the same this year but here at Bucks Students Union we’re not letting you miss out! Over the Halloween period we’ve been working non-stop to bring you varied and new events, from a Horror Workshop learning Special FX makeup with professionals to help prep some gory Halloween costumes to the ultimate Pumpkin Carving workshop AND a Carn-evil scare show with a live scare maze (socially distanced of course) with some Spooktacular actors AND a Halloween themed quiz!
One of our favourite resident DJ’s is back this Wednesday, you can join DJ OneF for a night of music, games and prizes! Weekly OneF has been known for his FREE Domino’s theme, donut eating competitions and so much more!! Join us in The Venue every Wednesday from 6pm to see what he has planned! We will also be continuing DJ OneF’s Wednesday social bubble events virtually - so keep an eye out for those over lockdown!
We’ve also been working on exciting events for all to enjoy, following on from our successful Wine & Cheese night along with the Prosecco & Strawberries we’re now bringing a Gin Club to Bucks! Every month you can enjoy some unmissable deals on different Gin’s with some free treats for you to snack on throughout the night. Kicking off as soon as we can with some Whitley Neill Gin favourites this is going to be a night out you want to be at!
By Seana O’Reilly
Had a great time at one of our spooky events?
Why not let us know and write about it! Email editor@thebucksstudent for details.
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Student survival guide
The Bucks Student By Toluwa wellbeing coach
Student survival guide 3 top tips to survive your year at University This year has been challenging and we have had to adjust very quickly to the ‘new normal’ but if history has shown us anything- it is that as humans we are built to be resilient and each of us has the capacity to thrive even in unprecedented situations. So, let’s dive into 3 hacks to surviving life as a student. 1. Set a goal:
2. Give yourself a break:
3. Have a support system:
The reality is, life is not as it used to be. You are not as you used to be. You can choose to acknowledge it, or not. But this is the reality. So, what I have found useful in these unprecedented times is setting a goal. This could be daily or weekly but what matters is you set a goal. This gives you a purpose for the day, an achievement to celebrate at the end of the day, or quite frankly just having something to do for that day/week, that would have added value to your life. This could be anything from- working out to researching business ideas for that business plan that has been sitting in your mind for months now.
When the lockdown started, I wanted to keep busy. A lot of my events had been cancelled so I had lots more time on my hands. But, the fact is I wanted my days to still be like how it was before the lockdown, so I took on anything and everything at oncejogging, Spanish lessons, painting, puzzling, joined online classes, zoom sessions- yes, you guessed it, it was EXHAUSTING! And the more exhausted I got, the less time I had for what really matteredchecking up on myself, checking up on my family and friends. With everything I had taken on in the space of 14 days, I had forgotten to give myself a break. It’s ok to be more irritated, or more frustrated, or more exhausted at this time. Our minds are adjusting, this IS a different environment for us. So, in sum- if you feel you are doing too much or even doing too little at this time, give yourself a break- go back to the drawing board and ask yourself- “what is the one thing I would really want to get out of this unprecedented situation?” Focus on that - your gut hardly ever lies.
This may seem like an unnecessary tip, but it goes without saying our fears, insecurities and worries hide in darkness and thrives in secrecy. There would be a lot on your mind at this time, find people you trust to talk to and don’t stop talking, don’t stop sharing and don’t stop checking up on your friends. We all need each other at this time if we really want to thrive during and after COVID-19.
The important thing here is you are adding something to your daily routine, which is very helpful in creating a healthy mental wellbeing.
By Charlotte and Blue
Eau de Distancé Sociale Local students invent creative new social distancing tool! You’re down the shops. You just want to buy dinner for your Saturday night in, but you’re met with a challenge. A sea of COVID-spreading shoppers bashing trolleys and fighting over toilet rolls. What are you going to do? Never fear, Eau de Distance Sociale is here. Presenting ‘Merde’. This is an idea from 2 Bucks New Uni Creative Advertising students, Charlotte (left) and Blue (right). And trust us, no one will want to be anywhere near you with this bad boy on.
For a university brief, we were told that we need to get ourselves famous by creating a product that would get people talking. So we created a perfume that encourages people to respect social distancing - it doesn’t have the most pleasant of smells and therefore guarantees people to give you space! The inspiration came from famous 80s perfume Georgio Beverly Hills which was also known as an ‘airborne toxic event’. Whilst they didn’t intend to create a perfume with a bad smell, we do. Our scents could vary from fish, poop, body odour, etc.
Wear it or spray it in the air... however you choose, it’ll keep the bugs away! Would you try it to keep people at distance? Let us know via Instagram @charlotteandblueads And if you want to look up where the name ‘Merde’ comes from, a little French research will tell you all you need to know.
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Eau de Social Distancé
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Race equality at Bucks
By Matthew Rogers
Bucks’ New University’s Race Equality at Bucks: Have your say survey is now live and will run until Friday 30 November. We want to hear your views on studying at Bucks and how you think our University can advance racial equality and address racial discrimination. The survey will take no longer than 10-15 minutes to complete and the survey results will help us to identify key priorities for improvement, as well as highlighting areas of good practice at the University. The survey is completely confidential and your response will be anonymous. The University will donate £150 to be split between the RAG charities The Julius Little Foundation and Florence Nightingale Hospice if 1,000 students complete the survey. You can access the survey at bucks.ac.uk/ recsurveystudent or by scanning the QR code below. You will also be receiving an email with this information. If accessing the survey by smartphone and you have not logged in to Microsoft Office (e.g. Outlook) on your phone before, you will need to enter your Bucks email address, which is your studentID@ Bucks.ac.uk, followed by your password.
Get your voice heard and make a difference The survey is part of a wider piece of work to help us understand more about our University’s culture and advance race equality. The results of this survey – and a similar one staff are doing – will be included in our Race Equality Charter application. If successful, the application will be published on our website. The survey is just one of the ways you can be involved. We’ll be communicating regularly to keep you up to date with the race equality work we’re undertaking and seeking your views to inform our future actions. The surveys and our Race Equality Charter application are being overseen by a self-assessment team (SAT) comprised of a diverse group of staff whose role it is to understand issues of racial identity, racial experience and racial inequality. Our SAT will be representative of our Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic staff and students. Once we have identified areas where we need to improve, our SAT will form a University-wide action plan to address these issues and drive improvements. If you would like to be involved in any of the University’s race equality work, please include your contact details at the end of the survey. Tom Featherstone, Vice President Student Involvement, said: “The Race Equality Charter (REC) survey gives you the opportunity to share your feedback on how you feel within the Bucks and local community. The University have committed to donating £150 if 1,000 students complete the survey, so make sure you complete it!”
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Bucks Award
The Bucks Student By Sarah Jackson
BUCKS AWARD Acknowledging commitment & celebrating success
Creating a CV from scratch can seem like a daunting task, whether you are applying for part time work to help support you through university or whether you are starting to look for jobs in your industry once you leave university. This is where the Bucks Award can help you! Every time you participate in an activity with us, be it volunteering, a skills session or securing a committee role, we have a record of it and are now able to collate these records to really showcase your involvement through the Bucks Award. The Bucks Award is divided into sections with the idea that by the time you leave university you have something in every section – a completely achievable goal due to all the free opportunities you have access to thanks to the Big Deal. So when it comes to writing your CV, when you are looking for skills that really demonstrate your ability to communicate, manage your time and your attention to detail, you will have a ready-made list of transferable skills to include.
The Bucks Award can be used as an ongoing reflective tool to identify any areas you feel we can help you develop – maybe you have accrued many volunteering hours but would like to secure a leadership role or maybe you’ve attended lots of skills sessions and would like to use those skills working for us. Even if you don’t have every element covered, we want you to be able to talk about your experiences in an effective way that can be relatable to the career of your choice. When writing your applications and attending your interviews, it is important that you are using everything you have from your experience to demonstrate how you meet those particular criteria the employers are looking for. For this reason, we also offer Bucks Award sessions, where we are able to produce your Bucks Award on request and use this self-reflective session, to really help you understand all the skills you have gained from your involvement with our activities and how each of these can be transferred into the workplace. These sessions can be booked directly with the Training and Development team, by emailing sutraining@bucks.ac.uk. Although it is recommended all meetings are virtual at the moment, if you would prefer to meet in person, we can currently offer meetings in person with a maximum of 2 attendees, so please just let us know in your email!
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MyBucksCareer
The Bucks Student By Emily West
MyBucksCareer Royal Phillips
Marks & Spencer
With graduate placements available in marketing, HR and business transformation and commercial, this is definitely one to look at! Applications close on Thursday 31 December so if you are interested, make sure to get your application in before then! You will be offered a competitive salary, generous annual leave entitlement and comprehensive graduate programme exposing you to several different areas of the business, so you can decide which one you would most like to work in!
Retailer Marks & Spencer has just started recruiting for 6 different graduate schemes. Opportunities range from Store Management to Womenswear Design and Clothing Buying. Offering a competitive salary and comprehensive training programme, if you are interested in this opportunity applications close on Wednesday 2 December.
N Brown group
My Bucks Career is available to all students while studying at Bucks New University but also once you have graduated! There is one particular section that we wanted to highlight to you, the latest graduate and student opportunities! If you are in your final year this will be particularly relevant, but whatever year you are in it is always worth looking at graduate schemes, to get an idea of what is available, what they are looking for and how you can meet each criteria in the job description. There are currently a range of great graduate placement opportunities open for applications and please read on for a few examples!
N Brown Group is an online retailer. It has 12-month student placements on offer at its headquarters in Manchester, including a Merchandising Operations, Corporate Social Responsibility and Product Innovation programme. With several placements particularly suitable for fashion students, this is an opportunity not to miss! The deadline for these placements is Wednesday 11 November, so apply quickly! Unisys Unisys is a global information technology company that builds high-performance, security-centric solutions that can help change the world. Enhancing people’s lives through secure, reliable advanced technology is their vision. They have several placement opportunities open, with deadlines on Wednesday 31 December!
These opportunities are regularly updated and this is not all that’s on offer at MyBucks Career. It is a great one-stop resource for a range of employability needs. You can browse current jobs and future graduate schemes, use the CV builder to start your CV and practice your interview and assessment centre skills so that you are ready when that perfect job is advertised. The Careers department are currently operating remotely, but if you do need one to one advice, you can book an appointment with them by dropping an email to careers@bucks.ac.uk. The Students’ Union is also here to support you, so please email sutraining@bucks.ac.uk with any questions you may have.
By Sarah Jackson
A warm welcome to our Employability Ambassadors! Working closely with your School Officers, they will be coming up with ideas for course related employability activities, at times and dates to suit you as well as promoting all the course-wide workshops and training events that we run all year, absolutely FREE thanks to the Big Deal! Katie Jedrek says: “Hi, my name is Katie and I am currently a second year Accounting and Finance student. I will be your Employability ambassador for the Business, Law & Computing School, Media & Creative Industries School, and the Nursing & Allied Health School. I am hoping to bring an interactive and unique approach to learning new skills, testing your strengths and weaknesses, and stepping outside of your comfort zone. As an Employability Ambassador it is my job to help promote workshops, talks, or experiences which may suit a specific course or the courses as a whole; I will be helping you to get involved in these activities to open your eyes to new possibilities relevant to your career. If you have any questions or any you feel may benefit you, please do drop me a message and I will be happy to look into them!”
Gabriele Sakalyte says: “Hello everybody! My name is Gabriele and I am first year Sports Therapy student here at Bucks New University and I cannot be happier being a part of that! Originally I am from Lithuania but came here to study, gain experience and just challenge myself. My biggest passion in life is dancing (especially Hip Hop and Latin), so you could often find me in one of the dance studios creating things and dancing. This year I was very lucky to get an opportunity to be an Employability Ambassador! I am responsible for Health Care & Social Work and Human & Social Sciences Schools and I will make sure you will not miss any important and relevant activities within the university! I believe these years in a university are amazing and full of opportunities, and students should take every single one of them! Let’s graduate with a massive package of learned skills, completed trainings, contacts of inspiring people and many experiences and memories!”
Billy Blackwell is the Employability Ambassador for the Schools of Aviation and Security and Art, Design and Performance: “My name is Billy and I am the Employability Ambassador for the School of Aviation & Security and the School of Art, Design & Performance. My role as an Employability Ambassador is to enhance your skills and experiences and open you up to new opportunities at Buckinghamshire New University. If you are interested in exploring skills to enhance your CV or want to try new activities then please follow the dedicated Employability Ambassador Facebook page for your department to find the latest activities to take part in. School of Aviation and Security facebook.com/BucksEAAS” You can contact your relevant Employability Ambassador through their Facebook accounts or at katie.jedrek@bucks.ac.uk billy.blackwell@bucks.ac.uk gabriele.sakalyte@bucks.ac.uk
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Badminton
By Lucy Webb
Badminton Happy Halloween! We’re already into the sixth academic week of the year, so we wanted to give you all a Badminton update! Our Sport for Fun and Training sessions are still amazingly popular, even with the COVID changes, so thank you to everyone who is coming along! We really appreciate everybody being so patient with us while we follow COVID regulations. We’d also like to say a big thank you to those who wore pink to our sessions, for Wear It Pink Week (19th-23rd October) for Breast Cancer Now. They are an incredible charity that make life-changing breast cancer research and care happen, so thank you for everyone’s support! We are reaching close to our full capacity every session and it’s amazing to see everyone having such a great time! If you haven’t been to Sport for Fun before and you’d like to come along, then please join us Thursdays 5-7:30pm and Sundays 1:30-3:30pm. Don’t forget to get to the session as early as you can though, as we’re working on a first-come first-served basis. In terms of Team news, our Captains are very excited, as they will have announced both our Women’s and Men’s Teams by this week! If you’d like to come to Training (Tuesdays 5-7:30pm), then please come to Sport for Fun and speak to either of the Captains. Please be sure you can commit 100% to training and have some experience playing Badminton, whether that be outside the University or at Sport for Fun. Thank you again to everyone for coming to Badminton, we hope to see you soon!
Don’t forget to follow us on social media: Facebook- BNU Badminton Club Instagram- @bucks_badminton
By Joshua Fake
Bucks Men’s Rugby As the tree’s begin to turn and nights get considerably colder and wetter, you would be forgiven for thinking that the rugby season is back … but alas something is missing, something is not quite right. Rugby has been arguably one of the hardest hit sports due to COVID19, making contact and any other tradition rugby experiences either long distant memories or notably absent. However, as a club we are determined to getting through this pandemic with at least some of the game taking centre stage, demonstrating what rugby is all about – supporting each other and having some fun along the way (albeit begrudgingly more sensibly).
Off the pitch the team has also got stuck into the task at hand, volunteering at Marlow Rugby Club painting the entire interior of the clubhouse to celebrate Marlow’s anniversary year and aiding the Free School Meals movement hosted by the university. Although we may be small in number this year, the squad is as determined as ever to helping the local community and aiding the overall RAG total – with preparations well underway for rugby’s take-over event in the near future! (Note to self, organise first committee RAG meeting for take-over…). The squad is also looking forward to the Halloween social at the SU this Thursday for what will be only our second social this year. Costumes are being chosen as we speak, with some initial thoughts being most intriguing and importantly scary – although we keep insisting Brandon doesn’t need a costume for this time of year, the committee looks forward to seeing what will be worn by all. That is all from rugby folks! We look forward to the day where we can play in front of you all again but until then, take care, stay safe and grow a tash for Movember – if you can beat Toby’s facial hair I’ll buy you a pint!
This term has seen training take a different stance from normal play, mainly taking on the form of touch rugby and handling drills. The team have been working hard on getting our core skill back up to scratch after a long time away from the mud and sweat of training and this is improving with every session (even Josh Fake – our captain and scrum half - can vaguely pass a ball to a players vicinity now). Fitness is obviously an underlying factor once again, and through high intensity sessions and many, many drop ball forfeits later, the team are getting back to levels not seen since COVID-19 hit the sport – another promising sign. The squad has also seen the continued progress and inclusion of new players joining our ranks at the start term, from players who have never picked up a pair of rugby boots before, to those that are dab hands and going slightly grey – every aspect of the team is improving; all we need know is an opposition - (insert next game here?!).
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