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• Blog 20/04 - A blast from the past! From supres in Supres (183 days old)

  Monday brought with it some long overdue work for the Student Experience Group. For weeks i had been collating data and research and my folder was looking decisively full, sadly however it had mysteri… more

• Blog 30/03 - Annual Conference From supres in Supres (185 days old)

  NUS Annual Conference – Good, Bad or Ugly? When you think of Blackpool you probably think of Donkey Rides, the Pepsi Max and a mahoosive tower! I would doubt that “foundation of national student p… more

• Blog 23/03 - More elections? From supres in Supres (185 days old)

  With the Uni a little quieter it was time to knuckle down to some paperwork. From the portfolio i was putting together on campus development, to working with John and Beyram on the Student Experience … more

• Blog 16/03 - A slightly more relaxed week! From supres in Supres (186 days old)

  Much of Monday was taken up with filing (and tidying) all the things I should have done during election week, then in the evening myself, Leoni and Andy went along to the annual AU awards dinner. It w… more

• Blog 09/03 - Election Week 2009 From supres in Supres (209 days old)

  With campaign week in full swing i managed to fit in a couple of meetings with the University early on the Monday. Then at 12:00 we held our “Grill a Candidate” event in JC’s, where all the candidates… more

• Blog 02/03 - Democracy, Representation and Polar Bears! From supres in Supres (209 days old)

  With campaign week looming it was hard to stay focused on the day to day, but the work didn’t stop! On Monday I attended the Universities Council Away Day (surprisingly held in the Abbey?). The da… more

• Blog 23/02 - Community and Culture From supres in Supres (209 days old)

  On Monday i met with Rhys Dart (Regional Development and Training Officer -NUS Wales) and Scott Farmer (Interim Director - Nus Wales). It was a really positive meeting and a great chance to work with … more

• Blog 16/02 - A working group fix!!! From supres in Supres (264 days old)

  This week was a bit of a slow starter but as usual the pace soon escalated!!! Much of the early part of the week was taken up with meetings with some of our excellent support staff. From Edy our Ca… more

• Blog 09/02 – Why you wouldn’t want to take Leoni on! From supres in Supres (276 days old)

  Wow – I actually cant believe I have finally caught up on the blog! I must thank First Great Western for their unending encouragement whilst I sit on a variety of their trains! Up until recently I kne… more

• Blog 02/02 – SSHHing in the Snow!!! From supres in Supres (276 days old)

  On Monday the National Student Survey went live, this in an opportunity for final year students to have “their say” on their experience of Higher Education and most importantly of Swansea University a… more

• Blog 26/01 – Let the games begin! Silence please….. From supres in Supres (276 days old)

  On Monday Andy held the annual SU society refreshers fayre, another great opportunity for students to get involved in things that interest them and make new friends. Over the weekend I had the oppo… more

• Blog 19/01 – New Term, New NUS! From supres in Supres (279 days old)

  Whilst I’ve been back in work for two weeks now there hasn’t really been anything beyond the normal to report. Besides you all have exams so I didn’t want to give you too much distraction! On Monda… more

• Blog 08/12 – Tis the season to be jolly! From supres in Supres (287 days old)

  After a busy morning of meetings I made my way across campus to begin assisting on the student experience development for the University. It was a highly exciting group to be a part of; with a remit o… more

• Blog 01/12 – World Aids Day, Geography madness and visitors from Japan! From supres in Supres (287 days old)

  The first of December was world Aids Day, it was a great opportunity to see our societies taking charge of a highly important issue. The LGBT and Afro-Carribean societies ran an excellent stall in Ful… more

• Blog 24/11 – Happy 40th Xtreme- 40 years living the Dream! From supres in Supres (290 days old)

  Following another great elections working group I made my way down to Oceana to work with Xtreme station manager Will Long on the preparations for their 40th birthday celebrations. Xtreme has brought … more

• Blog 17/11 – Enough is Enough? From supres in Supres (293 days old)

  Monday started with a positive discussion with a friend of mine and a former radio colleague – Hash Piperdy. Hash left a year or so ago and is now deputy station manager at Afan fm – community radio f… more

• Blog 10/11 – Time for change? From supres in Supres (293 days old)

  On Monday I had foolishly tried to fit in a mammoth schedule of meetings – which would have been fine had I left enough of a gap between them. Hindsight - what a wonderful thing! Anyway I did make it … more

• Blog 03/11 – Recruiting students to a Union and awards with radio 1 dj’s! From supres in Supres (308 days old)

  On Monday morning I left at around 6am to go to Hanley Castle High School for my student recruitment mission! An interesting fact about this school in Worcester is that our wonderful womens’ officer L… more

• Blog 27/10 – Does a hi-vis jacket make safety sexy? From supres in Supres (308 days old)

  On Monday morning the Vice Chancellor held an open forum in the Taliesin with regards to potential campus developments. It was great to see staff and students leave the auditorium buzzing with excitem… more

• Blog 20/10 – My new coming – a professional tour guide! From supres in Supres (308 days old)

  On Monday Stuart and I took our first batch of victims (aka University Council Members!) around the Students Union and its Services. From JC’s to the Union Nursery, the advice centre to the radio stat… more

• Blog 13/10 – Training, Trustees and Trains!!! From supres in Supres (308 days old)

  As I sit writing this I am slowly making my way back on a train to my delightful hometown of Plymouth. It’s been a great week but boy am I tired! The week began well – on Monday we invited a number… more

• More meetings and more free nourishment 06/09 > From supres in Supres (394 days old)

  One of the hardest things about this job is having the time to be available in the office for students to drop in. Thankfully this week was an exception to the rule, with a number of students from soc… more

• In the deep end and fighting fires! 29th/09 > From supres in Supres (394 days old)

  I knew this week was going to be both fun and testing! On Monday I met with Luke as we prepared for our first executive meeting, not only with a virtually brand new committee but also with a brand new… more

• And so it beginneth.... From supres in Supres (419 days old)

  As you may have noticed i have finally caught up with the old blog! So now its up to you to read them (ok just look for the pictures!!) Its been a fantastic week - definately tiring but fantastic! … more

• Supporting our medical students (first back - first met!) 12/ 09 > From supres in Supres (419 days old)

  Well having flown back into Bristol late on Thursday i did still make it in on Friday -only to be met by the baying mob of sabbaticals whod assumed that i would rush back to office on Thursday!! Anyh… more

• Clearing my desk.... 18/08> From supres in Supres (419 days old)

  So i have finally got round to booking some time off and so from this weekend i'll be off for a few weeks in search of some sunshine! Whilst i was listening to the radio recently i heard the results … more

• Housing Housing Housing! 11/08> From supres in Supres (419 days old)

  With Leoni just back and Nick and I off from Tuesday we felt it was important to wrap up a few ideas and plan ahead. Our meeting was really productive and enabled us to agree our plans for freshers w… more

• Furthering links From supres in Supres (467 days old)

  From Monday am my calendar of events was pretty chocca! We kicked off with some planning in partnership with Hattie, Cate and Tash at the Met SU (http://www.metsu.org/). Being so geographically close … more

• NUS, NUS and yes more NUS! From supres in Supres (472 days old)

  Well Friday evening brought with it a random message from an extremely excited and “on fire” Leoni. By Monday morning she had lost none of her buzz and I could see her itching to debrief her training … more

• Represent Calendar!!! From supres in Supres (474 days old)

  Motivation has often been hard this week – with the unusual periods of sunshine often proving far too attractive. By Tuesday I had decided I would start at 8am in order to enjoy a little more of the s… more

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