Freshers Guide 2016 AUBSU
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Welcome Welcome to the Arts University Bournemouth. As Students’ Union President (Lauren Housego) and Vice President (Ismini Blak), we are here to represent your voices as students and provide the best possible experience for you, here at AUB. We have so much planned for this year and cannot wait for you to join us on numerous projects and fun activities. Most importantly, we want to hear about any new and exciting ideas you have. Find us in our SU Office all day Monday to Friday, and we will try our very best to help you. If you have any questions or suggestions please feel free to come and visit us. Our door is always open!
Lauren and Ismini AUBSU President & Vice President 2016/17
Make sure to check out our website and social media:
aubsu.co.uk
facebook.com/aubsu
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twitter.com/aubsu
instagram.com/aubsu/
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Contents Your Officers
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Exec Team
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Bi - Elections & getting involved
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Course Reps
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Freshers Calendar
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Freshers info
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Clubs and Societies
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Activites
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BUMF
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BUMF: Gallery
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NUS
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Freshers tick-list
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Notes
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Useful Contacts
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Your Sabbatical Officers
AUBSU President: Lauren Housego
AUBSU Vice president education welfare: Ismini Blak
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What does AUBSU do? When you enrol at the Arts University Bournemouth you automatically become a member of the Arts University Bournemouth Students’ Union. The Students’ Union is here to provide advice and information for you and is run democratically by students for students, adhering to the AUBSU constitution.
Who runs AUBSU? The Students’ Union is run by the executive committee, which is made up of two full-time, paid sabbatical officers, the President and Vice President, and, up to 20 part-time unpaid executive committee officers which are positions open to run for annually. This year’s President is Lauren Housego and the Vice President is Ismini Blak. Six indispensable members of staff in the office also support us.
Representation The main purpose of the Students’ Union is to represent and support AUB students - within the University, locally and nationally.
Support and advice AUBSU operates an open door policy and we welcome any questions, queries or comments regarding any aspect of your experience here at AUB. Even if we are not able to help you directly, we will always do our very best to refer you to someone who can. aubsu.co.uk/advice
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Exec Team The AUBSU Executive Officers work closely together and with the Sabbatical Officers. Each officer is responsible equally for the oversight of the Students’ Union and accountable for the running of it operationally on behalf of the student body they were elected to represent.
Giorgia Garancini
The Events Officers will organise and develop the annual events already run by the SU as well as organise new events that appeal to AUB students.
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Alice Conway
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Chloe Harty
The International Officer will work with AUBSU to promote the interests of the growing number of international students we have at AUB.
Rory James
Alice Pomfret
From updating the website to helping prepare BUMF publications, the Communications Officers will develop existing and new lines of communications.
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Davina Gilbert
The Green Officer will develop green campaigns and encourage students to become involved with environmental issues.
Eng Zyan Keh
The Sports Officer will work with the SU to develop existing and new sports clubs and encourage participation and engagement of students in sport.
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Isobel Jones
Rhiannon Street
LGBT+ Officers ensure that members of the LGBT+ community are well represented and supported through their time at university.
Jessica Mountfield
The RAG officer will encourage volunteering opportunities amongst the students and develop charity fundaising for the chosen charities of the year.
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Nominations 3rd - 7th October
Elections 10th - 11th October
How can I get Sports Officer Students with Disabilities Equalities Officer Race Equalities Officer Mature & Postgraduate Student Officer Prep HE Officer Halls Officer Communities Officer O Societies Officer Gender Equalities Officer Volunteering Officer
involved? Getting involved with AUBSU is a fantastic way of making the most of your time at University, and can help boost your CV. If you would like to know more about how to stand for one of the executive positions or how to become involved in any other way then please pop into the Students’ Union office. aubsu.co.uk/your-union/ your-voice
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Course Reps As a Course Rep at the Arts University Bournemouth you will play an important role as a voice of your fellow students; relaying issues, concerns and queries to both course teams and the Students’ Union. As a Course Rep you may also occasionally have the opportunity to discuss specific matters with the University Management Team (UMT). If it is your first time as a Course Rep then you may be unsure about some aspects of the role, and so will probably have some questions – head over to aubsu. co.uk/representation/course-reps to answer some of these and help you to understand how to make the most of the role. As a Course Rep, you will be offered training and support from both the Students’ Union and the University to ensure that you feel as supported as possible in your new position. An initial mandatory induction and training session, which all new Course Reps attend, will set you off on the right foot and also give you the chance to meet other new Course Reps and discuss any questions
Corse Rep elections will
that may not have been answered.
be organised by your
Feel free to email or phone AUBSU if you have any questions in the meantime, our contact details are at the back of the handbook.
course tutor during your first few weeks of term, make sure to ask them for more information.
Keep up to date with Course Rep info and dates and find useful links/resources on our website: www.aubsu.co.uk/representation/course-reps/
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WEEK 1
WEEK 2
Tuesday 13.09.16 AUB Halls Social - Maderia Halls
Monday 19.09.16 Freshers Fayre - AUB campus
2pm - 5pm
10am - 3pm
Wednesday 14.09.16 TBC
Tuesday 20.09.16 TBC
Thursday 15.09.16 Arts Bar Quiz - Arts Bar 2pm - 7pm
Wednesday 21.09.16 Bar Crawl - Starts at Eden 6.30pm to late
Friday 16.09.16 Transmission - The Winchester 10pm to late
Friday 23.09.16 Freshers Ball - Halo 10pm to late
Saturday 17.09.16 TBC
Saturday 24.09.16 TBC
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Freshers Information Fresher’s week Each year the Students’ Union holds a series of events spread over the first two weeks for new students (and old). Taking part in the wide range of events that take place provides a great chance to meet new people and settle into university life. These two weeks involve a whole range of activities, nights out, live performances and art events. Fresher’s Week also includes the Fresher’s Fayre, which this year will take place on the 19th September on campus. This is
For more information
where local and national businesses offer their services and
please contact the
products to students at discount prices – a great chance to get
Student’s Union Office
lots of freebies! This is also when you have the chance to sign up for sports, clubs and societies, which are a great way to explore your interests and make new friends. Fresher’s Week will start in the week prior to Induction Week and tickets for the events will be available to purchase on-line
Email: studentunion@aub.ac.uk Telephone: 01202363345
at store.aub.ac.uk Please be sure to check that any tickets advertised on-line are genuine AUB tickets, with links from the AUB and AUBSU websites - get in touch with us to check if you’re unsure. The official line up is displayed on page 5.
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Clubs and Societies University is the perfect time to meet like-minded people, start a new hobby or re-try something old. Our Clubs and Societies are groups run by students for students and there are plenty to choose from to get involved with. Whether you’re a cinephile, LARPer, or want to try Tae Kwon Do you are sure to find something you’ll enjoy. And if you can’t find a pre-made group that you love you can always start your own!
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Sports AUBSU asked students what activities they wanted more of and a massive 56% said sports. We’ve put together a huge, new program dedicated to getting AUB students active. We’ve got Social Sport, Competetive Teams, Specialist Courses and our Student-lead SU Sports for you to choose from. And best of all our new Give it a Go programme makes it really easy and cheap for you to get involved! If you’ve ever wanted to try a sport, get fit and active or make new friends AUBSU’s Give it a Go programme can help. All you have to do is buy your Give it a Go term 1 membership for £20 and you can attend as many of our social sports as you like until Christmas (normally £2.50 per session). If you attend just 8 sessions of any sport (or a mix) during the term, you can buy your term 2 & 3 membership for just £10. Give it a Go also offers you cheap access to sports courses. We’re offering massive discounts on 6 week courses in climbing and surfing, each person who books themselves onto a course will automatically get a Give it a Go term 1 membership card for social sports.
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Our Term 1 sports include:
Social Sports
Courses
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Competitive Sport
Costs
Do you want a chance to represent AUB in the sport that you
Team entry will cost £40 for the year and will include:
love? We want to celebrate your sporting talents and help you to perform at your best.
Team Competition There are currently two competitive teams for AUB: Football and Netball. Each team has a level 2 or above coach for
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Weekly training sessions with level 2 coach
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Entry into local league
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Free Give it a Go Social Sport Membership
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Training t-shirt
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Team photo
weekly training sessions. Trials will take place during week 1 and 2 of term, anyone not selected will be invited to join the social teams.
Individual Entry
Teams will be entered into local leagues with weekly matches
AUBSU are very busy developing sports at AUB, however,
every Wednesday. If you want to be part of the team but
there are some sports that we just aren’t able to offer yet. If you
matches fall during lecture/tutorial time don’t be put off, speak
are interested in competing in a sport that we don’t yet offer
to your course leader, they’re usually really helpful.
we can still help you with your BUCS entry. Email giveitago@aub.ac.uk for more information.
Kit Nothing screams “team” like a great kit. We’ve teamed up with Viper 10 to give you some of the best looking, top quality kit that you can be proud to wear. Your new team will be visited by a member of AUBSU during your first training session in week 3 for you to take a look at the kit you can get, try it on and place your orders.
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Activites Green
RAG
AUBSU’s dedicated team of student environmentalists have
With a Santa Skydive under their belt AUBSU RAG are looking
been working hard to encourage all students at AUB to be a
for their next fundraising adventure. Getting involved in RAG
little greener. As well as some exciting proposals for the new
couldn’t be easier. With two ways to participate you can
year the team have been helping cut with some really exciting
choose: how much time you’ve got to give.
things in 2016 like the AUBSU Tree Planing, SAS Big Spring Beach Clean with AUBSU and Wake-Up Wednesdays.If you’ve got some big ideas and want to join the team, or even if you just want to volunteer to help out we’ve got oppertunites for everyone.
RAG TEAM If you want to get stuck right in, help decide what charities to fundraise for, organise events and be at the heart of RAG then you can join the RAG Committee. The RAG Committee will
Green Team
be headed up by the AUBSU RAG Officer who will organise regular meetings for you to do all of your planning. If you want
If you’ve got an hour or two most weeks to spare and want
to learn more about event planning, fund raising, managing
to use that time to do some good for the world you can
volunteers, working with charities and organisations then being
join the Green Team. Headed by our Green Officer they
part of the RAG committee is the perfect opportunity.
work hard to come up with fun, interactive ways to get AUB students involved in saving the planet. Being part of the Green Team will give you experience in event planning, managing
RAG Fundraiser
volunteers, and we provide sustainability training too. If you’ve not got much time you can still be a RAG fundraiser. Volunteer 5 or more hours of your time in the year and you’ll
Green Volunteer
get a certificate and be in chance with winning the RAG “Fundraiser of the Year” award.
If you’d like to help out but don’t always have time you can sign up to be a green volunteer. Volunteer 5 hours or more at any of our green events and you’ll get a certificate at the end of the year, and be in with a chance of winning the Green Team’s “Volunteer of the Year” award.
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BUMF
BUMF: Gallery
BUMF is our very own art publication, with YOUR work in
BUMF: Gallery was established in July 2015 and is an
it, available for everyone, for free! Copies are handed out
exhibition space located on campus in the basement of
on campus once a term. There is also an online blog where
University House available for all AUB students and alumni to
students’ work is published regularly and everybody can
use.
submit their work. bumfmedia.co.uk We can always use more editors, designers and people involved with BUMF, so if you would like to find out more come visit us in the SU office.
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NUS As our Union is one of the many affiliated to National Union of Students (NUS), you will be eligible for an NUS Extra card, which you can use to gain discounts on a wide range of goods and services like Amazon, Topshop/Topman, Asos, and many others. AUB provides new first year students with an NUS card free of charge. Visit nus.org.uk/en/nus-extra to order your card using your free AUB voucher code.
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Freshers Tick List Secure accomodation Register/respond to application to secure place on course Book freshers tickets on aubsu.co.uk/FRESHERS Buy your AUB merch Add us on all of our social medias Timetable for induction week
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Useful Contacts AUBSU (Students Union)
NUS
General
President
studentunion@aub.ac.uk
Malia Bouattia
(01202) 363345
President (Lauren Housego)
Vice President Higher Education (Sorana Vieru) sorana.vieru@nus.org.uk
Lhousego@aub.ac.uk (01202) 363104
Vice President Further Education (Shakira Martin)
Vice President Education & Welfare (Ismini Blak)
Shakira.martin@nus.org.uk
Iblak@aub.ac.uk (01202) 363102
Activities & Communitites Co-Ordinator Karina Young kyoung@aub.ac.uk
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