Tuesday 08-12-2020 - 14:55

 

📦 Food deliveries for self-isolating students. 
Students volunteered to help those who were self-isolating by bringing them food. 

 
🗳️ Autumn Election.  
You elected 22 students into roles to represent you: from Trustees to Part-time Officers to NUS delegates. Look out for spring elections coming up in the new year. 
Read The Blog Post
 
 
🎁 Mr X Christmas Appeal 
Students and staff at UWTSD helped make Christmas magical for over 150 children in South Wales - thank you.
Read The Blog Post
 
 
👥 New Team Members 
This term we welcomed Taz, Euan and Richard to the team. They helped to grow our Membership services team.
Read The Blog Post
 
 
🏠 Housing Advice Overhaul.  
Tammy led an overhaul of our housing advice, and we have created a useful digital form for comparing properties when you are house hunting. 
Read About The Campaign
 
 
🤔 Lampeter Accessibility 
Lampeter Part-time Officer Emily, and Tammy, are working together to ensure Lampeter campus is accessible to all.
Read About The Campaign
 
 
💭 Launch of the Big SU Survey 
Your feedback will contribute to the writing of our 5th Academic Quality Report (AQR). This year we are asking you about your experience with online and a mixture of online and in-person learning.  
Learn About The Big SU Survey
 
 
🍆 Sex with Brook 
Brook is a charity, not a person, and they have delivered several webinars on sex. Brook will return in the New Year with more free webinars for students and staff.  
 
 
😌 Mental Health Week 
Back in October, we run a dedicated Mental Health Awareness Week, from food and mood to lockdown life and how to deal with it. 
 

✋ Recruited Student Voice Reps 
We recruited 8 Student Voice Reps who are working hard to better your student experience:

 Learn About Student Voice Reps
 

💻 Digital Pop-Up Union for London.
Nasabba led our very first digital London Pop-up Union, a chance of London students to catch up and talk about campus life. 
 

🏳️‍🌈 Launch of Liberation Groups 
At the start of the term, we launch our new liberation groups. Free for member and allies to join. 
See Our Liberation Networks
 

💡 Campus Councils 
We have nearly run all our campus councils for this year, giving students the chance to tell us their thoughts in the run-up to Union Council.
 

👋 Welcome Week 2020 
This one was a bit different this year, but we run our virtual events to help you get settled in. 
 

🍻 Y Llofft Refurb 
Y Llofft is having a complete makeover to make it the go-to place for students on our Carmarthen campus. 
 

🎃 Halloween Competition 
You embraced the Halloween spirit and won some goodies from the Union. 

  

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That's it for this term. We hope you all enjoy your Winter break and we'll see you in the new year.