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Monday, December 04, 2006
Sorry it's been a long time coming. Time has gone quickly there is far too much that can be put down into blog words I’m afraid. However here are some things that have happened in my world of KCLSU and that are coming up on the radar.
Student survival day
College held a student survival day held yearly in the Great Hall on Nov 22nd. I assisted in the organisation of this but didn’t manage to get them to see that a martial arts demo to ward off attackers would be an audience attracter. Something about health and safety and detracting from the point, I don’t know. Anyway there were members of the Metropolitan police force there to offer advice and property marking, along with Endsliegh Insurance, the Health centre, Campus Watch (special constables who were signing up interested parties to patrol university campuses) and KCLSU. All in all it was a pretty successful day aimed at raising awareness of student safety and giving out freebies and information to guide students through their years at university.
Course reps
We had a successful bout of course rep training that myself and our Academic Advice Co-ordinator conducted, feedback was great apart from a couple of people that commented the sessions were too long. Really? We only kept you for and hour or so, have you guys never heard of two hour lectures?! It’s changed since my day. Anyway thank you to all that came and shame on all that didn’t attend. Not really if you are a rep and need some guidance look to our website or drop me a line and I’ll send you the slides.
I hope the reps that attended are now ready to take on the world of KCL academics and if you are one that needs a bit of help with something you feel is going nowhere just let me know. Although this is a College run system we are here to support you so will live up to our promise.
We’ve tried to instill among all reps the fact that we are here to help anyway we can. All the issues raised in training has given me a ton of teaching quality issues to get my teeth into and coming from different angles and raising the same issues in meetings will highlight these problems that need to be changed. So keep them coming, and good luck.
Non-traditional students
The change in Governance at KCLSU means we now have no part-time officers whose job it is to represent the needs of non-traditional student groups. The phrase “non-traditional” incorporates international, black minority ethnic, postgraduate and widening participation students. At KCLSU envisaged using fora, which were to be requested by any student with any issue they wished to raise through Student Council however there has been a lack of interest in this area. Why I hear you cry? Answers on a postcard please.
It could be for a number of reasons such as students feel they will not gain anything from setting one up, it would take a lot of resources and time and a lack of publicity and process to create a heightened awareness of creating a fora. All of the details are on the website although this has proved insufficient. If you would like to create a fora on any issue and need help setting one up then get in contact with us. An example of one that I’m trying to get off the ground at the moment is the “Graduate Student Forum” working in partnership with the director of the Graduate School. The 2nd one is on Wednesday in the Postgraduate common room, Hodgkin Building, Guys campus at 5pm. There will be refreshments available and there you can talk about any issue you have living as a Post-grad at King’s so if you think that affects you then come along. I’m hoping the success of this will snowball and we can use the same kind of formula for any other fora that is looking to be set up.
Representing non-traditional students is increasingly important for the fact KCL is a multi-cultural, multi-national and diverse institution. The student body is reflective of this and as we pride ourselves on our mission statement “Student Life Support” we need to ensure all students have a direct feed into the way KCLSU functions and anything hindering their time at KCL is dealt with to the best of our capabilities.
”Go Green"
The People and Planet campaigns group are planning a “go green” week in January so all students with new years resolutions can get on board and join the recycling train…. that was rubbish I know.
A lot of time and effort is going into the planning of this and KCLSU, KCL and People and Planet are working together to ensure our institution is one that takes environmental sustainability seriously. It doesn’t take much to put a piece of paper in the green bin opposed to the black one or to switch off a light if there’s no one in the room. So….. please take an interest in what the guys have to say over the new year and maybe join in if you want to help. No one is saying you have to convert to bio-degradable bed sheets or anything (however if you wash them at a cooler temperature you’re helping the cause) but there are little things we can do in everyday life that if we did them collectively could help the environment a lot.
Till next time,
Jo
xxx
p.s. I’ve now taken up hockey, dance and darts and if I can find the time to fit these in (though not regularly at the moment due to the full diary) I’m sure you can. Clubs, societies and volunteering groups always welcome new members so get involved. If you’re free KCLSU are holding re-freshers fayres on the 25th and 26th of January. They are aimed at postgraduates but everyone is welcome! Details will follow soon so check your emails and publicity around the campuses.
posted by VP Representation at 3:54 PM
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