Professional Documents
Culture Documents
REPRESENTATION - Better representation for all departments of all schools and targeted incentives for Student Reps
I want the Student Representatives to be more active than ever before, most students I have spoken to do not even know who their School Representative is, this needs to change. Representatives should be as easily recognised and as easily contacted as any member of staff. They should be the voice for their courses and be first point of contact for lecturers trying to understand frustrated students. I hope to add an incentive scheme to the Student Representative initiative to make Reps more active and better motivated on their job. It will also be a Representatives job to promote new academic schemes to their school.
RESOURCES Make the most of our currently under-used resources, especially Blackboard
The Blackboard service needs promoting as I feel it is an under-utilised facility. With the recent update making Blackboard even more powerful, new features include dynamic content embedding - such as videos; more social interaction, no more lost and unanswered emails; and the possibility of online assessments with faster grading. I want more happening in Blackboard and want it to become an integral part of digitally-enhanced learning for students and staff. Lecturers and students need to be able to fully understand and use the exciting facilities we already have for peer-to-peer learning and beyond.
REJUVENATION - Maintain and improve library standards and other academic facilities
As a frequent user of the Library, I am mostly impressed by how extensive our Library can be, but I am often confronted by missing books or lack of information in key areas. I want the process of applying for new books in the Library to be easier for each school, with the ability to suggest books missing from the e-catalogue using ISBN numbers online; book relevancy would then be assessed by appropriate staff. The 24-hour opening times are handy, but sometimes arent in affect at key times of the year for some students. I would like the Library to have a better understanding of assessment dates and - when the timetable is particularly congested - extend Friday and Saturday hours past 5pm in specially selected weeks. As someone who has helped a handful of overseas students with their written English on essays, I also understand the troubles of doing a course in a second language and hope to improve support for overseas students if and when they need it. I also want to encourage collaboration on projects across departments and schools in the University. My predecessor has done a fantastic job maintaining a high profile at Brunel and I am committed to being just as easily contacted and easy to talk to. I am here to listen to YOUR views on YOUR subjects; its my job to then go talk to relevant people to find satisfying solutions for everyone.
ON THE CAMPAIGN
I want this to be our campaign. A social campaign. A campaign that you can share, like and be a part of. I want to create a campaign that allows me to prove that I am definitely the man for the job. I will not disappear after elections; I am here to be a major part of University life - to be reliable and resourceful in Brunels representation and rejuvenation.