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Issue 4 25 Nov 13
LEGGIT WINNERS REACH SAHARA
BUNIQUE WEEK STARTS
MS PR & COM SOCIETY
VP EDUCATION ON JOB HUNT
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THISWEEK
All the latest from the world of SUBU this week
SUBU Volunteering are getting into the festive spirit with a charity Christmas Carol Concert at a local care home. To sign up, visit subu.xvs.org.uk When: 27th Nov Where: Streets Meadow Care Home, Wimbourne
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For one week only, SUBU Activities take over the Atrium to showcase the very best they have to offer. It’s never too late to participate and this is your chance to sign up to the ones you fancy! When: 25th-29th Nov Where: The Atrium
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Part - Time Officers are heading out for training at the NUS & UKCISA International Students Conference and the NUS Black Students’ Winter Conference to learn how we can best improve the BU experience. When: 27th Nov & 30th Nov-1st Dec Where: Sheffield SU and Institute of Education, London
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Going away on placement this year? BU are hosting a placement conference with speakers, skills workshops and advice on securing a great placement on the road to that dream job. When: 27th Nov, 2-6pm Where: Kimmeridge House
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Sexual Health should be a top priority for young people and the LGBT Society invite you to join them for a group testing event in a comfortable environment with food, drink & music. When: 26th Nov, 4pm Where: Over The Rainbow Centre, The Triangle
SUBU Volunteering are keeping up the festive spirit by spreading Christmas cheer with a holiday themed volunteering bonanza! When: 28th Nov, 11-2pm Where: The Atrium
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mad DAYS Following the success of The Big Feed back in September, SUBU Volunteering are back with another Foodbank collection in supermarkets to help those in need of a helping hand. When: 30th Nov Where: Across Bournemouth & Poole
WORLD AIDS DAY Held since 1988, this worldwide campaign unites people in the fight against HIV to show their support for people living with the disease and commemorate those who have died. When: 1st Dec Where: Worldwide
HIV support organisation Body Positive & Over the Rainbow GUM clinic will be on campus talking specifically with our HSC students about ending discrimination of HIV patients & encouraging you all to get tested. When: 28th Nov Where: Bournemouth House
UNSUNG HEROES Celebrating the hard work and success of the students that make SUBU the hub of activity it is
LEGGIT WINNERS REACH SAHARA
Clubs Q&A This Week Jordan pollock
PR & Comms Soc PRESIDENT
What can students expect from the PR & Communication Society this year? Our Society has loads of exciting things happening this year as we look to create a presence on campus. We have guest lecturers, student led workshops for all years and fortnightly socials What are you looking forward to this year? I’m most excited about watching the society grow and bringing together a sense of comradeship amongst PR students and people interested in PR! I’m also really looking forward to the Christmas ball as it gives everyone a chance to let our hair down and celebrate! What’s left on your BU Bucket List? I’d love for the society to be massive and the Christmas Ball to become a tradition! The PR & Comms Society are co-hosting their very own Media Masquerade Ball on 2nd December. Buy tickets at subu.org.uk/events
BECOME A HERO
If you’ve got something worth shouting about, we’d love to share it on this page. Simply email sumedia@bournemouth.ac.uk or come up and see us in the SUBU office (above Dylan’s bar)!
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he winning team for this year’s Leggit travelled an incredible 4700km to reach Western Africa in just 36 hours. Rag’s charity hitchhike, which gave students 36 hours to get as far away from Bournemouth without spending a single penny, saw over 150 willing hitchhikers venture out into the wilderness to raise over £12,000 for charity. Gav Topley and Jack Osborne trekked the distance of 45,000 football pitches to clock their final destination in Western Sahara, armed only with their powers of persuasion and the travel donations of those they met. Including a flight to Malaga and a camel ride into the Sahara Desert, it was this part of the journey that stood out the most. "We were greeted by our Bedouin hosts who took mint green tea with us, cooked for us and then entertained us with music and singing around the fire before we retired to our handmade tents. The night sky in the desert was pretty awesome too." Alongside grit and determination, the pair claimed your imagination (and visa restrictions) were the only limits, and the key to their success was remembering the aim in supporting the chosen charities. "Believe in what you are doing. That will come across in the way you communicate with potential helpers." Other teams reached destinations such as Austria, Poland, with one student even surprising her family by visiting them in Germany. A huge congratulations to everyone that took part in Leggit. The money raised will go a huge way in improving conditions in Rag’s chosen charities.
BEHOLD THE STUDENT VOICE Student feedback is the lifeblood of any Students’ Union and we’re making big strides to blowing the dialogue wide open
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he past couple of weeks have been busy ones for us involving student feedback and encouraging you to speak up about your BU experience, so you can help shape the way SUBU represents you to the University. We hosted Speak Week which, with the help of our incredible team of Student Reps, gathered well over 1000 pieces of feedback from students on how to improve their courses. The week focused on issues such as assessment & feedback, placements & careers, keeping Wednesday afternoons lecture free for extra curricular activities, You’re Brilliant Awards and encouraging students to fill out the Student Opinion Survey. Afterwards, these were all fed back to each of the respective Schools to be acted upon. Secondly, we led The Student Shout last Friday (22nd November), one of the biggest democratic events SUBU run. The Shout received a record 32 ideas to be debated and voted on for a place on the SUBU agenda. From the need for University buses at the weekend, limiting flyering on
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campus, to banning lad mags in our student shops, the lively discussions showed exactly why democracy isn’t dead at Bournemouth University. And finally, we’ve recently introduced SUBooth, a roaming video team seeking your responses to one weekly current debate topic. It’s used to start getting students talking about the issues that matter and acts as a supplement to the token box questions in the Student Shops. We’re hoping these videos will act as a catalyst to spread the student voice and help inform how the Student Councils act on your ideas. So keep an idea out for our SUBooth around Talbot and Lansdowne campus, where we’ll be chasing your views! Now the new Student Councils are in place, we’re striving to continue empowering students to maintain an open dialogue with us, to help us better represent you. However, we’re always open to suggestions on how we can improve representing the student voice. If you’ve got an idea, submit it at subu.org.uk/ideas
‘You Said This Happened’ is our way to telling you how we’ve acted on your feedback clearer INFO that BU students get cheaper drinks with a student card at external gigs at The Old Fire Station
Disabled access in Dylan’s & The Loft needs to be improved ebc needs More vegetarian and international cuisine offered
Signs will now be put up behind the bar during such events
A job has begun with the University Estates team to install new doors
providers willing to offer more options, and are welcoming suggestions from students
Watch out for results of the SOS and Speak Week, which received well over 1000 pieces of student feedback!
ENTERING THE JOB HUNT
Your VP Education talks about why employment is hot on the lips of BU conversation
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wo weeks ago, I graduated alongside hundreds of other students at Bournemouth University. Before I made my way across the stage to receive my degree, I was presented with a view from the stage across a sea of robed students who would be leaving with me this year to enter the job market. It was at this point that the reality of the competitive job market struck me, most especially when you consider that there were thousands of students graduating from university across the UK this year. The truth is that employment of graduates is on the rise. A report by the Higher Education Statistics Agency reported that 87% of graduates were in employment three and a half years after university and two thirds said that their degree had given value for money. At BU, 91% of students are in employment six months after graduation. Students are still however, painfully aware of the tough employment landscape that awaits them post-university and are looking for higher education to prepare them for the world of work. Employability has become one of the key
themes of conversation, motivation and a tool for benchmarking at university during the recession era. A response to a poll from NUS/CBI proved that 79% of students go to university principally to improve their job prospects. Employers want experience, a sound degree and evidence that the student is well-rounded and has interests outside of studying. This university has committed to developing graduate attributes and employability by embedding the concept in the core of the curriculum and by offering the option of a year of work placement to every course. But what can you do? For a start you can make sure you have some extra-curricular activity on your CV. Get involved with a club or do some volunteering. Secondly, take steps to market yourself. Get on LinkedIn, which provides an opportunity to showcase yourself and your skills to employers, find new jobs and get some scope on the industry you’re interested in. Make sure you attend careers events, the careers advisors, and guest lectures throughout the year at uni, and let us know through the Student Opinion Survey what the university could do to better support you getting the career you want.
WEEK
NEVER TOO LATE TO PART I CI PAT E 25TH - 29TH NOVEMBER 2013
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BUnique Week is here! For one week only, we take over the Atrium for one massive showcase of all the great things SUBU Activities have on offer. Whether it’s witnessing the school spirit of the BU Falcon cheerleaders or impressing the Mary Berry’s of the Baking Society with their take on the Great British Bake Off , our clubs, media, charity and volunteering opportunities will guarantee to suit you somehow. With the importance of extra-curricular activities more important than ever, the aim is to remind you it’s never too late to participate. So once you’ve found the activities you fancy, just head along to the sign up desk or online and you’re there! Also, watch out for SUBU’s Activities Exec Harry England who will be diving into to as many activities as possible to show you just how easy it is to get involved.
MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY
FREE YOUR FITNESS PING PONG 12-2pm BU FALCONS CHEERLEADERS 2-4pm INDOOR BEACH VOLLEYBALL 6:30pm-8pm (TRANSPORT FROM SPORTBU AT 6.15PM) BAKING SOCIETY GREAT BRITISH BAKE OFF 10am-3pm FREE YOUR FITNESS GOLF & CYCLING 12pm-3pm RAG 9am–12pm MEYRICK PARK VOLUNTEERING 9am-12pm BU FALCONS CHEERLEADERS 11am-2pm FREEFALL CLUB 12pm-2pm
DANCE SOCIETY 10am-11pm CYCLING CLUB 10am-1pm KAYAK CLUB 10pm-2pm
BU FALCONS CHEERLEADERS 11am-2pm LGBT 9am-5pm
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