My Manifesto
25 May 2007
As an education rep, it’ll be my job to listen to your thoughts and comments, and then present them at the faculty level and get results for you. Faculties are just below the whole University management, so this is quite high up!
I have come up with the following list of pledges which make up my manifesto:
More “social spaces”
I’ll campaign to get more “social spaces” set up in and around the University - spaces where you can meet up with friends to do group work or socialise with a good range of facilities, including wireless network access and comfortable seating.
Improvements to the library
The library is going through a stage of improvements, and this is a good time for you to tell me what you’d like to see in the improved library.
Improvements to the Personal Tutor system
Personal Tutors are a very helpful asset, but sometimes the system doesn’t work. I know people who haven’t seen their tutor since the first term, and I’ll work to resolve this.
Improved teaching of career management skills
Some of you will be learning career management skills, but are the things being taught really relevant to your life? Tell me what you think would be good to learn.
Listening to you
If at any time you think of the next great idea, or you just have a small suggestion, then as a rep, I’ll be available to listen to what you have to say and do something about it.
Remember: as always, my priorities are influenced by you, the students. If there’s something I’ve missed off or you think that one of my pledges is a little off, please do tell me. If I’m elected then I’ll be representing you, so make sure you tell me what you want the University to know!
One thing that I’ll do no matter what is to always keep you informed. I’ll continue this blog if I’m elected and write regular updates so that you can always see what I’m up to.
Comments
Can you expand on what you mean by "career management skills"?
Posted by bob on 27 May 2007
I'll be expanding on each of my pledges in the coming days, but just to give an overview of "career management skills", it is a module taught to second year students which helps them with years out in industry and finding a job after graduation. It involves learning how to make a good CV, how to approach interviews and so on.
Posted by Ruben Arakelyan on 27 May 2007