Report from Your SRC President Mary-Pearl Chung WE SAY AFTER EVERY YEAR THAT WE WERE FACED WITH “UNPRECEDENTED CHALLENGES”. So, I feel that it would be a wornout way to describe 2020 into 2021, let alone an understatement. It is incredibly difficult to summarise the scope of impact that the pandemic has had and continues to have on our student community, especially when you consider its toll on physical and mental health.
passion and determination of our student body and our SRC team to fight for our education and student experience. Over the past year the SRC regularly scrutinised and challenged the University’s decisions surrounding invigilated examinations, SSAF (allocations, bids, review and student consultation process) and more recently the poor execution of virtual graduations.
possibilities of face-to-face events and days of action. However, as things begin to look up, we anticipate that our passion and work will become more visible. In our recent 2021 Strategic Planning meeting on the 29th of January, I raised the point that student representation and advocacy at WSU needs to become more “radical” and “fearless”. I believe that this is the year we really need to step up and demand from the University what we want as students, and
It is undoubtedly a time of loss and adversity. Amongst our WSU community, we’ve seen outrage against ProctorU, and we’ve seen disappointment towards the cancellation of face-to-face graduation ceremonies. Our international student cohort remains separated from their homes and their loved-ones whilst living through the pandemic. University staffing and funding cuts have adversely impacted the student experience, as staff are consequently overworked with restricted resources. Yet despite all of this, I look to 2021 with optimism. I am inspired by the
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2021 Executive Strategy Forum, student panel, 27th November 2020
In 2021, the SRC hopes to strengthen our presence in the wider WSU community and advocate for student needs. COVID-19 restrictions have limited the
if it means we need to rally, we rally. If tactful attempts to reason with executive staff fail, we should no longer sit idle with a defeatist frame of mind. It goes without
