ANNUAL REPORT 2015-2016
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team SABBATICAL OFFICER
isaac leigh SU PRESIDENT
charlie hindhaugh EDUCATION OFFICER
luke pilot WELFARE OFFICER
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nat panda POSTGRADUATE OFFICER
george creasy SOCIETIES OFFICER
oliver rice DEMOCRACY & DEVELOPMENT OFFICER
alex roberts SPORTS OFFICER
contents PRESIDENT’S STATEMENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
introduction
CHIEF EXECUTIVE’S Review of the Year . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Warwick Students’ Union is a registered charity which exists to benefit students at the University of Warwick through:
MISSION, VALUES & STRATEGIC AIMS 2015-2019 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Promoting the interests and welfare of students during their course of study and representing, supporting and advising students;
THEME One Students Shaping their Education and the World Around Them . . 8
THEME Two Students Navigating the Challenges of Student Life . . . . 12
THEME Three Students Shaping the Future they want for Themselves . . . 14
THEME Four Students Meeting New People, Sharing New Experiences and Building Communities . . . . . . . . . . 16
Being the recognised representative channel between students, the University of Warwick and any other external bodies; Providing social, cultural, sporting and recreational activities and forums for discussions and debate for the personal development of its students.
We do this primarily through the provision of support for clubs and societies, representation on academic issues and issues affecting students’ lives (e.g. housing, transport, wellbeing, welfare & advice services and campaigning support), as well as food & drink facilities and social activity. All the income generated by our commercial services (The Copper Rooms, The Bread Oven, The Dirty Duck, Curiositea, The Terrace Bar and Xananas) is directly reinvested back into services which benefit students, such as the support for our 70 sports clubs and 250 societies, the Advice Centre and academic representation.
THEME Five Delivering an Effective & Sustainable Membership Organisation . . . . . . 18
OUR YEAR IN NUMBERS . . . . . . . . . 20 FINANCIALS . . . . . . . . . 22
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President’s STATEMENT
2015-16 was a particularly challenging, hectic but exciting year for Warwick SU. In addition to dramatic changes to the national Higher Education landscape and ever-rising student expectations, the SU’s Sabbatical Officer and staff teams worked tirelessly to represent 25,000 Warwick students on a range of issues from study space to public transport.
One particularly notable achievement was finally securing 24/7 opening hours for the campus library all year round. Warwick was previously the only top 10 institution not to have this facility, and we are delighted to have successfully lobbied the University to change this. Students, after all, are primarily here to study: a fact we recognised in our campaigns to move towards universal recorded lectures and the introduction of Rate My Module, a student-led initiative equipping peers with the information they need to navigate their degree successfully. University is also becoming an increasingly expensive proposition, and as a Union we take the stance that no prospective student should look at Warwick and think they could not study here due to the high cost of living. Securing a freeze in rent prices for 1000 Rootes rooms will make a difference to the lives of so many students - a success achieved through our Rent Rants campaign, in which we gathered compelling evidence from students to show the University how difficult it can be to make ends meet. Alongside this, we successfully lobbied for significant financial support for postgraduate students, including the scrapping of a £250 accommodation application fee and the introduction of £500,000 in widening participation bursaries. Of course, this short summary barely encapsulates the brilliant year that we had as a Union. We always strive to do better, and are unerringly critical of ourselves when we make mistakes; however, it is important to acknowledge just how hard the entire organisation works to deliver the best possible experience for students. It is humbling to have worked alongside such a warm group of people, and I look forward to seeing the Union continuing to fearlessly confront the challenges that current and future students will face.
isaac leigh SU President, 2015-16 4
chief executive’s
Review of the Year It can hardly have gone unnoticed that the Higher Education sector is in a state of reinvention (or turmoil, depending on your perspective!) - the Higher Education and Research Bill 2016 is currently progressing through parliament and, however it emerges, there is no doubt it will have a lasting impact on HE, on students, on Students’ Unions and on society at large. In the midst of all this, life goes on for our members, whose major concerns are academic quality and success, post-University employment, mental wellbeing, relationships, money (cost of living, fees etc), housing and transport. Though the Strategic Plan we launched in 2015-16 was informed by these issues, ultimately the fundamental mission of the SU remains unchanged: to build community, to support students, to provide support for student representation and leadership, and to empower students to change their lives. We continue to work hard on being an effective and sustainable membership organisation. We are excited about our plans to transform the services we provide to our 260 societies and 70 sports clubs and about our drive to improve the quality, relevance and accessibility of our communications. While we may not be able to afford to redevelop our buildings themselves, we can make various changes to make them more accessible and welcoming. Throughout all this, we strive to demonstrate our commitment to equality and diversity: playing our role in establishing a safe and respectful organisation that values all contributors is a 24-Hour Library | Rate My Module | task we are facing head-on. Recorded Lectures etc. Ultimately, none of this happens without the contributions of our members: students who get involved, have ideas, tell us what they Rent Freezes | Rent Rants Campaign think, try things out and act selflessly for the benefit of their peers. We have a vast array of talented staff (many of whom are students), TeachHigher trustees (the majority of whom are students) and volunteers (all of whom are students!) who work incredibly hard for our members. I The SU’s 2016 Strategic Plan outlined five am hugely proud to have the opportunity to strategic themes for the next five years, setting work alongside them all, and I thank them for out the things we will work towards along with their contributions to both the year just gone major projects we need to deliver on to help and the year to come. us achieve our vision.
TOP 3 AREAS OF ACHIEVEMENT THIS YEAR:
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ACADEMIC REPRESENTATION:
2 ACCOMMODATION: POSTGRADUATE WINS: 3
jacqui clements SU Chief Executive
In the following sections of this publication, we will outline how the SU’s work during the 2015-16 academic year contributed to the development and delivery of these strategic themes. 5 5
MISSION AND STRAT
2015-
our mission...
Positively impacting students’ lives at Warwick and beyond
our values...
This is how we do things at Warwick...
STUDENT FOCUSSED
We put students at the heart of everything we do
our vision... Every Warwick student unlocking their potential
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DEMOCRATIC
We are representative, ethical, transparent and accountable
WELCOMING
We are supportive, helpful, inclusive and value diversity
N, VALUES TEGIC AIMS
-2019
the plan... Our Strategic Themes
who we are... We are a democratic, membership charity
ENRICHING
We nurture students’ aspirations and help them develop
INDEPENDENT
We are the independent voice of Warwick students
...we are a Union for all students
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Theme One
Students Shaping Their Education and the World Around Them Theme Two
Students Navigating the Challenges of Student Life theme Three
Students Shaping the Future They Want For Themselves theme
Four
Students Meeting New People, Sharing Experiences and Building Communities theme Five
Delivering an Effective and Sustainable Membership Organisation 7 7
THEME One
STUDENTS SHAPING THEIR EDUCATION AND THE WORLD AROUND THEM
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The SU had a particularly successful year campaigning on issues designed to enhance the academic experience and give students the best chance to succeed.
ACADEMIC MANIFESTO Following the highest-ever turnout at an All Student Meeting, Warwick students voted overwhelmingly in support of a 24-Hour Library on campus. After gathering evidence from students on its benefits, the Sabbatical Officer team submitted a full report to the University which led to this long-awaited service’s approval from the start of 2016-17. In light of a motion passed at Term 2’s All Student Meeting, we launched our Recorded Lectures campaign, which aims to make the use of lecture-capture technology the norm amongst departments across the university. The collation of widespread student feedback on this service led to several departmental pilot schemes being introduced which we are hopeful will become standard practice over the coming years. Following a call for feedback on students’ academic modules which drew hundreds of responses, Education Officer CHARLIE HINDHAUGH launched the Rate My Module portal, designed to showcase students’ academic recommendations and increase the range of information available to help students make the right choice.
CUT THE COSTS CAMPAIGN As part of the NUS’s ongoing Cut the Costs campaign, Warwick SU took part in a National Day of Action on 18th September. A Twitter Thunderclap initiated by Sabbatical Officers saw 100+ students achieve a social reach of over 85,000 people, while SU President ISAAC LEIGH and Welfare Officer LUKE PILOT met with Chris White, Member of Parliament for Leamington Spa, to discuss the proposed abolition of maintenance grants for students from low-income backgrounds. As part of the SU’s ongoing commitment to reducing the hidden costs associated with student life, Sabbatical Officers later secured a commitment from the University that outstanding fee-related debts will no longer be used to prevent a student from graduating.
STRONG SSLCS In a bid to maximise the impact of the SU’s 700 Course Reps, CHARLIE HINDHAUGH and the Education team compiled a comprehensive SSLC Report for the University which collated information from the minutes of last year’s meetings and made recommendations for improvements.
HIGHER EDUCATION BILL In response to students’ concerns around the impact of proposed changes to Higher Education, the SU submitted a strong rebuttal to the government’s HE Bill. This was in addition to the collation and submission of a range of responses from students following the government’s axing of the Disabled Students Allowance, as well as compiling a strong oppositional response to the government’s consultation on freezing the student loan repayment threshold.
CHANGES TO DEMOCRACY A new SU democratic structure was introduced at the start of the academic year, giving students a greater say on specific areas of the SU’s operations through the establishment of elected SU Executive Committees. A new online Officer Questions function was also created to simplify the process of submitting questions to elected officers and increasing accountability, while the passing of Term 3’s Democracy Review later introduced new rep positions while strengthening the SSLC provision in specific departments. Fronted by billboards featuring SU president ISAAC LEIGH, we also ran several voter registration drives throughout the year to encourage students to get involved in local and national elections, together with the EU Referendum.
UNIVERSITY/STUDENT CONSULTATION In the wake of various tensions between students and University senior management, the SU brokered a series of initiatives designed to give students more of a say on key issues. Widespread outrage at the outgoing Vice-Chancellor’s farewell pay bonus led to the establishing of a petition on behalf of students and staff, which was later followed up by meetings with the University’s Remuneration Committee to voice these objections. In response to demand from the student body, SU President ISAAC LEIGH secured regular ‘Question Time’ sessions with incoming Vice-Chancellor Stuart Croft for students to participate in, while the SU led calls for student nominations during the recruitment of a new Chancellor, in order to better reflect the diversity of Warwick’s community. One particularly successful collaborative project saw the SU team up with the University to sign a joint letter calling for greater provision following the refugee crisis, leading to the establishment of 10 full scholarships for recent immigrants.
STAND-ALONE
FRESHERS WEEK The Sabbatical Officer team added new momentum to the longrunning campaign for a lecture-free Freshers/Arrivals Week, making several presentations to senior University committees throughout the year.
FRESHERS
2015
We are hopeful that University approval will be granted and we are working towards this being in place for the start of the 2017-18 academic year (with a fallback of 2018-19).
POSTGRADUATE ENGAGEMENT The SU continued to build on the momentum of previous years in the representation of Postgraduate student interests. A campaign by Postgraduate Officer NAT PANDA saw the opening hours of the popular PG Hub increase from 9am-midnight, Monday to Friday, while we successfully negotiated for the abolition of a £250 application fee for postgraduates looking for off-campus housing through Warwick Accommodation. After many months of negotiation and lobbying from PG Officer NAT PANDA, the University announced £500,000 of Widening Participation Bursaries to provide financial support to postgraduate students from lower-income backgrounds. An area which the SU has campaigned consistently on during the last few years finally bore fruit as it was announced that Postgraduate student loans of up to £10,000 will now be available to those under 60 seeking to pursue postgraduate study. Though there is still some way left to go on this issue, this was undoubtedly a welcome development which provided students with more options than were available previously. In response to student feedback, we also relaunched our PG social space The Graduate to provide a more vibrant community environment for postgraduates. This is now home to a range of PG-centred events such as Board Game Nights and a weekly Pub Quiz, all run in conjunction with the PG Hub.
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PG TERMS & CONDITIONS Having firmly placed the issue on the local and national agenda in recent years, the SU continued to lobby for improved, fair and consistent terms and conditions for postgraduate students who teach. Widespread student and staff discontent ultimately led to the abolition of the University’s proposed pay scheme, TeachHigher – following which we held meetings for postgraduate students who teach about the departmental pilot scheme (the Sessional Teaching Project) mooted as its replacement. As part of this, Postgraduate Officer NAT PANDA assisted the HourlyPaid Teaching Working Group by urging postgraduate teachers to fill out an online diary of their week’s activities. Elsewhere, the SU’s Officer team also led the fight with our Medical Students against the Government’s proposed changes to Junior Doctors contracts.
Additional
WINS FOR STUDENTS Addressing a long-running student bugbear, we teamed up with the University to offer students free, ticketed and secure storage for their personal possessions during Term 3’s Exam Season. To make note-taking more convenient during lectures in the Arts Centre Cinema, Education Officer CHARLIE HINDHAUGH secured clipboards for student use during Term 3, while also successfully lobbying for free charging lockers for electronic devices in the University’s new teaching and learning building.
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THEME Two
STUDENTS NAVIGATING THE CHALLENGES OF STUDENT LIFE
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The SU is committed to making sure that students have access to the support they need when they need it, as well as making sure that life as a student is as affordable as possible. Our work in this area encompassed the following:
IMPROVING TRANSPORT SERVICES Despite the SU’s repeated relaying of concerns raised in last year’s Bus Survey, many students continued to experience issues with local transport services this year. Having received multiple reports of over-subscribed buses and inadequate service in the local area, an open letter from SU President ISAAC LEIGH to the head of Stagecoach UK led to the SU brokering emergency meetings with National Express and Stagecoach in a bid to resolve these issues. Isaac kept students updated on the progress of these ongoing meetings throughout the year, with 5 buses ultimately being added to the peak-time schedule and a range of more flexible payment options now under review. In response to student concerns, the SU also communicated information regarding the University’s new road layout on central campus, while Disabled Students Officer JENNY WHEELER worked to improve awareness of allowances needed for students with visual impairments. Elsewhere, we followed up on last year’s Taxi Safety campaign by running an additional survey to see which areas still needed improvement.
A SAFE AND RESPECTFUL CULTURE In association with SU Women’s Officer JOSIE THROUP and the NUS, we facilitated I Heart Consent training and ran workshops for clubs and societies to embed sexual consent training into their collective ethos. To support the Kick Homophobia Out of Sport campaign, we also sold hundreds of pairs of Rainbow Laces during Pride Week, marking a great turnout of support for equality and diversity from our Sports Teams.
SUPPORTING BETTER MENTAL HEALTH It’s
OK
FEEL GOOD
Building on the success of previous campaigns centred around making the transition to University life as stress-free as possible, Welfare & Campaigns Officer LUKE PILOT introduced a new campaign at the start of Term 1, It’s OK, designed to help students adjust to their new circumstances, regardless of their year of study. Our Term 3 Feel Good campaign was later revamped to give students a wider range of information on study tips, self-care, exercise and useful resources during Exam Season, while Mental Health Awareness Week provided a week of events, screenings, talks and de-stress opportunities to help students maintain good mental health and raise awareness of this increasingly critical issue.
HOUSING QUALITY, COST AND CAPACITY Following the latest round of bursary and grant cuts, we ran a wide-ranging survey among students to collect anecdotal evidence to the University on the affordability and quality of campus accommodation. Our Rent Rants evidence was then presented to various University committees – leading to SU Officers securing a freeze in Rootes rent prices, a reduction in Cryfield rents by £6 per week, and a discounted rate for Postgraduates living in Claycroft. They also reduced a proposed increase in Westwood, together with reductions in other campus rents. The SU once again teamed up with Warwick Accommodation and local community organisations for our flagship Housing Day event in Term 1. This year we gave thousands of students advice and information about their off-campus accommodation options, as well as busting various key myths about student housing. In addition, the SU again worked alongside Warwick Accommodation to deliver support and advice to incoming postgraduate students left without accommodation, ultimately helping to house 172 students during the first few weeks of the new academic year. In response to a student letter protesting adverse conditions at Study Inn accommodations, Sabbatical Officers and the Advice Centre team assisted students in their complaints against the company.
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THEME Three 14
STUDENTS SHAPING THE FUTURE THEY WANT FOR THEMSELVES The SU prides itself on providing a range of activities and schemes through which students can develop their transferrable skills, develop cultural awareness and maximise their potential. We continue to work closely with the University in helping to compile students’ HEAR Transcripts, which detail their extra-curricular activities for prospective employers.
We ran several comprehensive training programmes for Officers and Club/Society Execs throughout the year, covering key areas such as how the SU works, financial procedures, equality & diversity, effective campaigning, use of social media, duty of care, data protection, first aid and more. These courses received a 100% satisfaction rate from those who attended. In addition, student members of our Trustee Board also received training related to financial reserves and MSL, and elected NUS Delegates received additional training ahead of attending this year’s conference.
This year, the SU also improved the availability of resources and communication through new Campaigns webpages and content, while our educational outreach project Warwick Inspire took students into local schools in a bid to raise aspirations among a total of 40 young people. We also held an Attainment & Employability Conference in Term 2 focusing on barriers to attainment and success, the political landscape these barriers exist in and the challenges millennials face accessing specific industries and sectors. These talks and workshops had a specific focus on the barriers that students from under-served and under-represented groups face.
WA RWIC K SU
ELECTIONS
Following criticism of the lack of diversity in this year’s Officer team, we ran several Thinking of Running For Election? events in the run-up to the 2016 Officer Elections, which gave prospective female candidates the chance to learn more about the process of standing as a candidate and its potential benefits for the student body as a whole. This year, 51.7% of candidates were female, with 4 female Sabbatical Officers ultimately being elected.
51.7% female candidates
48.3% male candidates
In partnership with the University’s Officer for Global Engagement, the SU’s Go Global programme offered students another opportunity to learn more about the various opportunities available on campus and beyond to globalise their education, with a special exhibition day hosted in the SU during Term 2. As part of the annual Exec Handover, 150 attendees took part in Skills Hub workshops which focused on leadership & delegation, marketing, charity fundraising and organising trips & tours. Our revamped Equality & Diversity training programme was attended by 517 members of Club & Society Execs, while we also teamed up with Fossil Free Warwick and People & Planet society to provide Direct Action Training for students, imbuing them with vital skills and knowledge before undertaking direct action. Media societies also received coaching on libel laws and legal requirements from an NCTJ trainer. Plans have been submitted by the University’s Estates department for a student-led sustainable Eco-Centre on campus to be used for social enterprise and environmental activities. The partnership has been working closely with the SU to shape what the student leadership of these projects will look like, as well as getting a wider section of students to feed into the Enterprise partnership to improve diversity of student voice and engagement. In readiness for the work the SU will undertake during 2016-7 on broadening the curriculum and lowering attainment gaps, attending the Race Equality Charter Mark Group meetings allowed us to assist the University in putting together their application. Staff members then delivered a workshop at the national NUS Conference for Students’ Unions to share good practice on how to implement the NUS Race Matters research recommendations, while our Chief Executive spoke at NUS’ Race Matters Conference about her research into senior staff diversity within the student movement.
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THEME Four 16
STUDENTS MEETING NEW PEOPLE, SHARING NEW EXPERIENCES AND BUILDING COMMUNITIES The SU continues to provide excellent opportunities for students to participate in club, society and social activities, as well as providing valuable support, guidance and training for student activity leaders. Some of our flagship initiatives this year included:
POSTGRAD EVENT PROGRAMME To further broaden the SU’s social provision for postgrads, we teamed up with the PG Hub team to host more events in our PG social space, The Graduate. These included a weekly Pub Quiz, Board Game Nights and a special PG Christmas event.
SPORTING DEVELOPMENT To make the annual Varsity sporting tournament more competitive, this was moved a First Team-only model. A successful collaboration with the University’s Marketing team increased the visibility and promotion of the new #TeamWarwick ethos in the lead-up to this year’s tournament, in which Warwick were ultimately victorious for the 26th consecutive year. To give students a greater say in the development of revamped sports facilities, we hosted consultation stands in the Library and SU, together with a survey lobbying the University to keep Wednesday afternoons free from lectures. Sports Officer ALEX ROBERTS also negotiated discounted access to Coventry University’s Sports Therapy Clinics, created a brand new ‘Club Christmas Advent Calendar’ to celebrate sporting achievements, and organised Sport In the Spotlight a professional sports speaker and guest coaching series.
SOCIETY PARTICIPATION In response to student demand, we abolished the Societies and Sports Federation fees for students studying on a year abroad in a bid to enable greater participation and maintain strong community ties while they are away.
CHARITY FUNDRAISING In response to feedback and growing student demand, we increased staff support and streamlined the Charity Fundraising process to maximise the number of bucket collections students could make, as well as selecting 10 ‘chosen charities’ for the SU to support.
Notable
CLUB & SOCIETY ACHIEVEMENTS Our student-run clubs and societies went from strength to strength this year, in turn broadening the range of opportunities on offer to students from all year-groups. A selection of these successes were as follows: THE BOAR won 3 GE2015 NUS Awards for their coverage of the 2015 General Election. RaW won Best Sport for Tim Arstall at the Student Radio Awards.
A BROAD SOCIAL PROGRAMME: SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE!
The SU continued the enhancement of its entertainments and social programme by introducing a new regular house music event, Playlist, as well as hosting and facilitating a diverse selection of themed programmes throughout the year to mark Black History Month, Pride Week, Women’s Week, Climate Justice Week, Go Green Week and more. The Commercial Services team then ran an Entertainments Survey in Term 3 in order to better understand our members’ social preferences, with a view to revamping our ents provision for 2016-17. This year, the SU produced a guide to accessible venues in the local area, in order to broaden the range of opportunities on offer to students with disabilities. Sabbatical Officers were trained to survey venues and support Disabled Students Officer JENNY WHEELER in this endeavour, while window stickers were designed and used to promote venues which met the qualifying standards. Following meetings with Sabbatical Officers, Stagecoach also agreed to host free extra buses for Clubs or Societies hosting events in Leamington Spa which are expected to draw 40+ students, thus creating greater opportunities for student involvement in offcampus social events run by societies.
WARWICK LAW SOCIETY won ‘Best Overall Law Society’ at the inaugural national Society Awards. WARWICK TAP won ‘Most Improved Society’ at the national Society Awards. PRIDE was Highly Commended at NUS LGBT+ Conference for their ‘Query a Queer’ campaign. BIG BAND won a Platinum Award at the National Concert Band Festival nationals. WARWICK ARCHERY won the National BUCS Outdoor Championship. WARWICK SURF placed 3rd in the National BUCS Championship. In the area of fundraising, a second-year International Business and Spanish student, Alex Jundi, registered within the top 1% of all 83,542 fundraisers across the UK using the online giving platform JustGiving. He raised a magnificent £4,285.47 for Meningitis Research Foundation as part of his RAG Kilimanjaro Trek over summer 2015. Elsewhere, Classical & Modern Dance raised £2284 during Pink Week in Breast Cancer; Unicef On Campus raised over £8900 with their sponsored fast, while student clubs and societies raised an impressive combined total of £5455 during Movember. Jailbreak also raised £11,070 for Cancer Research. 17
THEME Five
DELIVERING AN EFFECTIVE & SUSTAINABLE MEMBERSHIP ORGANISATION
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Warwick SU is committed to providing students with the best value-for-money on campus, while building a sustainable and environmentally-friendly organisation. We are constantly looking to improve services for our members, with some of our major achievements during the 2015-16 academic year being as follows:
Thanks to the efforts of Democracy & Development Officer OLLY RICE and Ethics & Environment Officer MATT GREENHAM, an Environmental Sustainability Fund totalling £3000 was made available by the University’s Environmental Sustainability team, funded by re-investing the savings made from the Student Switch-Off Competition. The purpose of this fund is to provide financial support for student projects and initiatives that promote sustainability.
This year, the SU worked with the University’s Emergency & Sustainability team to inform students how they can tackle food waste and save money at work and at home. Meanwhile, student-run action group Rawkus led collections at the end of each term to gather and redistribute unwanted food and utensils to worthy local causes. Both these initiatives contributed to the SU being recognised at the NUS Green Excellence Awards as ‘Outstanding’ (85%+), which is the highest classification available.
Overall this has been an excellent example of tackling a big problem with a multi-faceted approach. The Excellence group has worked fantastically with all stakeholders and has a clear idea of what the future of the project will look like to ensure the hard work they’ve put in is not lost in subsequent years.
Our moving-out campaigns, Leave Leam Tidy and Keep Cov Clean, were further supported by posts from officers throughout the year about the importance of students leaving their neighbourhoods in good condition when vacating off-campus properties. In addition, the SU circulated information to students about recycling facilities in the local area.
A Go Green Freshers Fair was held for the first time in Term 1 to provide students with opportunities to get involved with environmental issues and campaigns from the start of the academic year. To support Climate Justice Week, the SU hosted a week of student-led events leading up to the international COP21 conference on climate change, while Go Green Week was another success. In recognition of the important role our staff and officers play in the SU and our commitment to their ongoing development, we introduced a new online Staff Development Review process and made improvements to performance management processes. Following the NVCO Report on pay in the third sector, the SU’s remuneration policy was revamped and a new Staff Wellbeing Strategy also developed.
To provide an insight into students’ experience of our outlets with a view to making service improvements, our Mystery Diner Scheme launched in Term 3, while we also welcome several new lay and student members to our Board of Trustees. Finally, the SU the implemented new policies around data security and launched a more accessible and easier-to-understand complaints policy for student and visitor use.
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OUR YEAR 690
Number of individual student CASES
Number of elected course reps
5750
ÂŁ102,228
(just short of a 1/4 of Warwick students and the highest turnout in these elections for 3 years)
through SU Advice Centre casework
397
24%
handled by the SU Advice Centre
Total number of votes cast IN SU ELECTIONS
Quantifiable amount saved for students
Number of visiting speakers
Total % of student population voter turnout
11,132
25,289
involved in one or more society
each term in The Bread Oven
ÂŁ59,860
10.9%
by student fundraisers
in the SU Officer Elections
welcomed by societies
Number of individual students
Amount of money raised for charity 20
at Warwick
in Officer Elections
Average number of baguettes sold
% increase in voters
16
Numb student co
plan
26
Number undefeated
following tournamen
30
Numb students
at Warw
18
Numb student fundr
supported throu
18
numb student roo
in a new o accommod
in numbers
6
46
146
ber of onferences
Number of student balls
Number of student exec members
6
4759
116
nned
of years in varsity
g another nt victory!
00
ber of employed
wick SU
89
ber of raising events
ughout the year
87
ber of oms secured
off-campus dation block
hosted
who took part in I Heart Consent workshops
Number of individual students
Number of student tours
ÂŁ426,973
9
involved in one or more sports club
Total amount of money raised for charity
organised
Number of promotions secured
through RaG fundraising
by Team Warwick sports teams during Term 2
5
32,636
to Leamington negotiated with Stagecoach in Term 2
All Student Meetings this year
4
7,000,000
ultimately elected (up from 0 the previous year)
during the Team Warwick campaign
Number of extra peak-time buses
Number of FEMALE SABBATICAL OFFICERS
Number of votes cast in
Number of social media impressions
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INCOME
(IN THOUSANDS)
COMMERCIAL
£4,681
F&B: Food and drink Outlets Venues & Ents: The Copper Rooms Other Commercial Activity
£2,709 £ 924 £1,047
Premises Rental Marketing, Media & Sponsorship Other Central Services
£ 63 £ 202 £ 68
SocsFed Membership Fees Societies Other Contributions Sports Clubs Other Contributions
£ 1 32 £ 6 £ 17
Annual Recurrent Grant Warwick Sports Annual Grant Non-Recurrent Grant
£2,426 £ 333 £ 57
OVERHEADS
£ 333 MEMBERSHIP SERVICES
£ 155 UNIVERSITY GRANT
£2,816 22
EXPENDITURE
(IN THOUSANDS)
COMMERCIAL
£3,873
F&B: Food and drink Outlets Venues & Ents: Copper Rooms Other Commercial Activity
BEFORE OVERHEADS
£2,2 1 8 £ 703 £ 952
OVERHEADS
£2,565
Premises (HLWP, Cleaning & Maintenance) Building Rent Marketing, Communications & Branding Other Central Services (IT, HR, Finance...)
£ 535 £ 437 £ 355 £ 1 , 238
MEMBERSHIP SERVICES
£1 , 188
Advice & Welfare Services £ Democracy, Representation & Student Voice £ NUS Affiliation £ Student Activities, Clubs & Societies £ SocsFed Grants & Awards to Societies £ Warwick Sports & Grants to Sports Clubs £
164 250 51 304 77 34 1
SURPLUS
£ 359
Reserves for future investment
£ 359 23 23
thank you We would like to thank all the staff, officers and students who contributed to another successful year here at Warwick Students’ Union we couldn’t have done it without you!
Charity and Company Details can be found on our website: warwicksu.com/companydetails