Student Group Approvals 

Business Society – Not approved pending further clarification 

Policies 

 Student Group Sponsorship Agreement – Approved   

 Student Volunteering Network – Approved  

 Students’ Union Refund Policy – Approved with edits  

 Wellbeing Policy – Approved pending edits 

 

External Mental Health Update 

SCP met with Wellbeing PTO and agreed to support them with goals for the year by connecting them to different departments  

Wellbeing Department catch up to discuss future collaborative projects such as the co-opt project 

Sabbatical Officer Update  

 Group President  

• Your Voice, My Ear sessions undertaken.   

• Vending machines in IICL to secure meal deals for students   

• Request to make vending machines accessible to wheelchair users as the pay pad is too high – resolution is to remove legs of the vending machine to make it smaller   

• Issues around accessibility on Birmingham campus as Quay Place is on an incline – solution is to work with staff to undertake training in order to assist students with mobility issues  

• Lift out of service for 4 days - working with the University on a back up plan 

• Printer being made more accessible in Birmingham, ongoing discussions with IT to resolve  

• Looking to travel more to the Birmingham campuses as students report feeling under-represented.  

• Disability Awareness Month progress is underway with resources already being purchased and/or rolled out including banners and TV adverts.   

• Finalising details for the LGBTQ+ History Month and Womens History Month which will be submitted to Project Board.   

  

 Lampeter Campus President  

• Trying to get video reels completed for the Lampeter Campus campaign – looking to get 3 reels posted this week  

• Continuing to put the finishing touches on the Wellbeing week campaign which has been moved to the week of the University decision regarding Lampeter Campus. It will act as a support and have specific things for the possible outcomes in alignment with mental health, wellbeing and support.   

• Time is now being largely consumed by student activity around the Lampeter campaign and fielding queries as well as capture feedback and create a survey.    

Swansea Campus President   

• Survey for cost of living survey completed and approved by the Wellbeing department and added extra resources to the survey.  

• Bags have been ordered ready for a soft launch and then a roll out launch to all Welsh campuses in January  

AQR 2025 

Officers updated that AQR needed more refining, with involvement from Voice 

Scrutiny on questions being more applicable to students and not specific groups 

Questions had been narrowed down to include the ones which would yield the most impactful data 

SMT will support Officers to focus on 3 main areas  

 

Democracy-related Updates / Democracy Review    

 On hold due to complications with Lampeter campus future  

• Updated Excel spreadsheet with Gantt Chart  

• Highlights in Red and Green due to term dates  

• After the decision is made and communicated the SU will have 2-3 days to make a response before beginning and approach via AGM and from there, the outcomes of democracy review into elections  

• Elections is most likely going to be rescheduled