Worcester Students' Union - SU Guide 2017

Welcome to your Students’ Union Academic Representation • Societies • Sports • Volunteering • Entertainments • Help & Advice

Representing and supporting students to develop and achieve

Welcome to the Students’ Union (SU). We are a separate organisation to the University and the recognised representative body for all students at the University of Worcester.

Once enrolled, you are automatically a member of the SU, for free. We are a charity (Charity No 1145192), run by elected students, for the benefit of students.

Euan Morrison Vice President Education

This guide introduces you to what we do – what support, opportunities, and entertainment we offer to help you get the best out of your time here.

We are your elected Full-Time Officer team for the year and have different responsibilities to ensure students are involved in the design and development of the academic and non-academic experience at Worcester.

We sit on all senior University committees to ensure your voices are heard but, most importantly, we make sure we talk to as many students as we can throughout the year.

If you want to find out more please take a look at our website: www.worcsu.com If you can’t find what you’re looking for, please do get in touch. Our contact details are on the back page of this guide.

We really look forward to meeting you.

Jade Haley President

Where to find us Sophie Glenny Vice President Student Activities

You’ll find the SU at the heart of St. John’s Campus next to Union Square. If you are based on City Campus, we come and visit you on a regular basis and are just a short walk away across the river! If you are at one of the University’s partner colleges, please do get in touch with us if you need help and advice or have any questions. studentsunion@worc.ac.uk

As well as us, your 3 Full-Time Officers, there are 8 Part-Time Officer volunteer roles and together we make up the Executive Committee (Exec). They are:

Ethnic Minority Students’ Officer International Students’ Officer LGBT+ Officer Mature Students’ Officer Sustainability Officer Student Disability Officer Welfare Officer Women’s Officer

The Exec develop the campaigns and student-focussed activities of the SU and report to Student Council.

To find out more go to www.worcsu.com

Student Council consists of student reps from across the University, its campuses, accommodation, and Institutes. It is the overarching policy maker and representative body of the Union.

We hold elections every October and March for the various elected positions so look out for those – you could be the next President of the SU or the Rep for a whole cohort of students.

Academic Representation Every course in every year group has a Rep who is trained and supported by the SU. They volunteer to represent their peers on their course, feeding back views to the SU and the University. They also work with Institute Reps (also students) who then liaise with Euan as the Vice President Education.

Course and Institute Reps attend University Committees and hold regular forums to communicate and feedback directly with the University.

Be a Part of Volunteering The SU helps students to volunteer Working us and and develop with their skills employability whilst at University.

There are opportunities with us in the SU (as one of our SU Support Crew) or within local and national organisations. You are accredited for any hours you do which really helps your future employability post graduation. To find out more go to www.worcsu.com/volunteer

RAG Committee RAG stands for 'Raise and Give' and that's exactly what this team does.

The Student RAG Committee organise fundraising events to support our nominated charity which is chosen annually by students. The SU can also support any student to fundraise for the charity of their choice. Find out more about how you can get involved at www.worcsu.com/volunteer/ ragcharities

Working with us The SU aims to employ students wherever it can and, in fact, couldn’t operate without its team of wonderful student staff. Students work behind the bar, on our Welcome Desk, as admin/student engagement support, and in our marketing department and are key to us continuously improving what we do. Look out for opportunities on www.worcsu.com/yourunion/ vacancies and social media.

Sports Play for fitness, fun, to try something new, or to compete in BUCS. We currently have around 40 sports clubs, with 38 teams competing nationally in BUCS, and others existing purely to have fun. Students run the clubs through committees, developing their own organisational, business and management skills. For competitive teams, the sporting year finishes with the annual Varsity against the University of Gloucestershire. Find out more at www.worcsu.com/sport

Societies Societies are a brilliant way to meet like-minded people or try new things. There are course based societies, those representing different student groups, as well as performing arts and special interest societies. They are also run by student-led committees and supported by the SU to grow and develop. There are currently 40 societies in the SU, so you’ll have no trouble finding the right one for you, or you can set up your own!

Find out more about current clubs and societies or how to set up your own at www.worcsu.com/ sports_activities Find out more about Volunteering, Sports and Societies at Worcester Students’ Union at our website: www.worcsu.com

Help & Advice The SU offers free, independent and confidential help and advice if you are facing problems or issues relating to life as a student - your academic studies, housing, money etc.

You can book an appointment with our Academic and Welfare Advisor really easily through the SU Welcome Desk – you can call 01905 543 210, email studentsunion@worc.ac.uk or book online at www.worcsu.com/helpandadvice

Other Support The elected Officers run many campaigns throughout the year to raise awareness of particular issues and highlight all of the support available to you. These cover different topics relevant to our students from housing or mental health to academic procedures.

To find out more about what your Officers are looking to achieve in 2017/18, please do visit www.worcsu.com/yourvoice

The Hangar is the place to come on campus to relax. The bar shows big screen sport and runs an entertainments programme throughout the year to make sure you have safe and memorable nights out. For up-to-date information about events, offers and promotions, like us on Facebook at @TheHangarSU or go to www.worcsu.com/thehangar Students can book downstairs in The Hangar for loads of different uses such as DJ sets, gigs, charity events, Zumbathons and more. To book or for further information please email us at sucommunications@worc.ac.uk

General contact information 01905 543210

President Jade Haley

Twitter: @worcsupres Facebook: Jade Haley WSU Pres Email: jade.haley@worc.ac.uk

studentsunion@worc.ac.uk

Vice President Education Euan Morrison

@worcestersu

Twitter: @worcsuvped Facebook: Euan Morrison WSU VPE Email: e.morrison@worc.ac.uk

@WorcesterSU worcsu worcsu

Vice President Student Activities Sophie Glenny

Twitter: @worcsuvpsa Facebook: Sophie Glenny VP SA Email: s.glenny@worc.ac.uk