“It’s halfway through what has been an extremely exciting term in office for the Sabbaticals. To mark the new year, the Sabbatical team are writing mid-term reports to update you with what we’ve been up to and the sorts of things we’ve been dealing with, as well as the plans we have for the remaining [...]

“It’s halfway through what has been an extremely exciting term in office for the Sabbaticals. To mark the new year, the Sabbatical team are writing mid-term reports to update you with what we’ve been up to and the sorts of things we’ve been dealing with, as well as the plans we have for the remaining [...]

I think its fair to say that Performing Arts within the University of Southampton have been knocking about for a long time. However they have not always operated in the impressive way they do at present. Before I started in my role they were known as the PAU (Performing Arts Union) and were supported by SUSU through the Societies [...]

. 2- A Warm Welcome . It’s the second day of Christmas and number two on the countdown of successes has to go to our JCR Committees and Freshers Reps who did an outstanding job at welcoming over 4000 students to the University and to becoming a part of the SUSU community. Despite some of the worst weather [...]

On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me Twelve Naked Months, Eleven Standing Committees, Ten new JCRs Committees, Nine pairs of performances, Eight new societies (plus 5), Seven Zone Members, Six Student-a-leaders, Five New Websites, Four RAG Raids, Three All Nighters, Two incubator rooms, And a bunfight in a freshers week! [...]

  Lol. Just Kidding, but now I have your attention… In the last few months i have been tasked to undergo a sites review, which, when completed will be some form of document that tells us more about our Sites students, in regards to who they are, what they do, what they already have from SUSU, [...]

Societies Committee is meeting now to consider the affiliation of 18 student groups that want to affiliate themselves to SUSU. 15:10 – Socs Officer (Jade Head) briefs the committee as to how this will go down. Each group will get 3 mins to present why they should be an affiliated society, there will then be [...]

So… After getting proposed at Union Council last year, going through several open consultation sessions over the Summer, coming back to the last Union Council and being a regular part of my dreams / nightmares… here’s the low-down on the Standing Committee Review that’s coming to Union Council on 3rd December. So you can read [...]

For years, students have highlighted that feedback on assessment as the major issue they have with the quality of their University experience, and has always been a major focus for Sabbatical Officers past and present. I want your help in addressing this, by giving your thoughts on feedback. In the past year, the University has [...]

We’re almost a third of the way through the academic year: first year students will have now reaped 3K’s worth of education. Or have they? Were these last two months worth as much as a second or third year’s whole year of study? Or is an entire generation of students paying a disproportionate amount for [...]