FRESHERS REPORT FRESHERS’ WEEK ACTIVITIES average rating /10
rating of events welcome bbq
%
open mic night the big freshers’ quiz mega all day karaoke & bandeoke
0
10
6.2
6.8
7.7
WELCOME BBQ FRESHERS QUIZ
7.8
OPEN MIC NIGHT ALL DAY KARAOKE
how did you find out about the events? Posters - 56.5%
1.
5. volunteer crew - 29.8% 1
facebook - 56.5%
2.
6. Line-up leaflets 2 19.4%
word of mouth - 39.6%
3.
43%
7. twitter 15.3% 3
website - 32.3%
4.
did you meet any of the sabbatical officers during freshers’ week?
8. other 4 %
23%
34% how useful did you find the fairs? percentage of responses vs. opinion no
50
yes
don’t know
if you did meet and of the sabbatical officers during freshers’ week, where/when did you meet them?
23%
21%
20%
17%
4%
induction talks
events
in the su building
welcome weekend
around accomodation
0 very
fairly
not at all
didn’t attend
couldn’t attend
freshers fair sports & activities fair
did you buy an nus extra card during freshers’ week?
no - 65%
yes - 35%
if you have joined a club or society did you find the process of joining easy?
5%
59%
no
yes
36% haven’t joined
FRESHERS REPORT how helpful did you find the freshers’ wolunteer crew?
if you arrived before freshers’ week (i.e. international students, nursing students, pgce students ect.) how useful did you find the information and support you received?
12%
0%
not helpful
15.1%
had no contact with them
31%
fairly helpful
54%
very helpful
33%
very useful
55% somewhat useful
not at all useful
if you re a first year studnet, did you find the electronic newsletters send by the sabbatical officers useful? yes - 34% no - 12% didn’t read them - 13% didn’t receive them - 41%
Freshers week 2014 was a success overall and worcester students’ union has noted pointers for AN EVEN BETTER FRESHERS‘ WEEK next year. different events will be considered including freshers mini festiVAL, SPEED FRIENDING, FAMILY FUN DAY AND ICE-BREAKER EVENTS. MORE INFORMATION WILL BE AVAILABLE VIA DIFFERENT SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS AND WORCSU.COM. WE WILL RETURN TO USING A LARGER MARQUEE. TRANSPORT FROM CITY CAMPUS FOR ST JOHN’S CAMPUS EVENTS PLANNED.
for the full report, visit: worcsu.com