Our Sector: A new Charity Governance Code
“However the major problems with the Charity Code are similar to those of its previous iteration- it is insufficiently mindful of what it means to be a democratic membership charity”
Our Sector: Successful Habits in Hiring, Onboarding, and Evaluating Student Employees
Campus jobs are, by nature, temporary. The individuals occupying them are here to focus on academics first. It’s unreasonable for me to expect perfection from a student employee; everyone makes mistakes. The question is, how many mistakes are acceptable and how many are unacceptable.
Elsewhere: From students’ unions to universities – reflections of a defector
My dress code has changed, I arrive at work at 8.30 and leave at 4.30, I rarely travel outside Liverpool, I have to book a meeting to see my manager, and nobody talks about politics (or Israel-Palestine) in the office. In other words, I now work in a relatively normal environment.
Our Sector: Gimme Gimme Gimme a student perspective on the OIA
In which Sophie Williams, CEO at Worcester and Board member at OIA introduces her role One of the most powerful things that Students’ Unions can do is help students with their complaints. Even the most benevolent HEI will defend itself when in a dispute with a student- so SUs that play an active role in […]
Quick Post: Is it true that there has to be an SU in an HEI?
It was a pet peeve of mine when I was NUS that colleagues and officers would peddle the myth that EA94 requires an SU- it doesn’t. It just creates regulation when there is an SU. However, all is not lost. Section 20 defines SUs. The Tories were so concerned that we’d wriggle round the legislation […]
Our Sector: Changes to data protection law
If your university shares student data with you, the basis on which they do that is about to change, with the introduction of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) from 25th May 2018. Other changes introduced by the GDPR will also have a significant impact on the handling of student data, and students’ unions […]
Our Sector: What should we be looking for in Uni Mental Health strategies?
As part of work at his institution, here changeSU editor Jim Dickinson notes down his findings from a review of UK guidance, student feedback and over 30 UK, Australian and US mental health strategies. Feedback, additions and suggestions would be welcome in the comments below. What we ought to see in a University Mental Health […]
Our Sector: Licensing update for SUs
This briefing from our friends at TLT solicitors is also available here Licensing briefing for Students_ Unions Alcohol Wholesaler Registration Scheme comes into full force April 1 saw the introduction of stage 2 of the Alcohol Wholesaler Registration Scheme (AWRS). HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) introduced the scheme to tackle alcohol fraud. Whilst the majority of […]
Our sector: Are SUs Mental Health charities?
Ed Moloney has recently caused some controversy by suggesting that all SUs are mental health charities, and that we should start treating ourselves as such. Given that this week is Mental Health Awareness Week [1] he’s decided to put pen to paper, and in this article he outlines why he thinks SUs already meet the […]
Elsewhere: International Students and Social Media
It has been more than a decade since Facebook was launched as a social networking service, and in that time the psychological implications associated with social media usage has become an expanding research discipline. In 2016, Hyunjin Seo, Ren-Whei Harn, Husain Ebrahim, and Jose Aldana of the University of Kansas studied the implications of social […]