This week on the Membership Services Show Alan talks to Newcastle University SU about its bursaries for participation, SOAS SU about the way it’s tackling issues around sexual and gender based violence, and the University of Nottingham SU about the way it supports Part-Time Officers.

There’s more detail about Membership Services Conference - Wednesday 14th to Thursday 15th August 2024 at The Union MMU - right here.

NUSU

Participation bursaries

SOAS

Enough is Enough

Nottingham

Part-time officers

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This week on the Membership Services Show Alan and Livia talk to Newcastle University SU about working class student representation, Leeds Beckett SU about its work on strategy, and the University of Manchester SU about research.

There’s more detail about Membership Services Conference - Wednesday 14th to Thursday 15th August 2024 at The Union MMU - right here.

Newcastle

Working Class Liberation Officer

Leeds Beckett

Your SU is changing

Manchester

Insight and Research

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This week on the Membership Services Show (which will be online at lunchtime on Friday) Alan talks to Bournemouth SU about data and dashboards in advice, UCL about their gender expression fund and UEA SU about social policy.

Registration for the 9th Membership Services Conference is open.

Taking place at The Union MMU on Weds 14th and Thurs 15th August, this is the conference for staff working in clubs and societies, advice, student reps, democracy, governance, campaigning – anything within membership services and the delivery and management of those services. The big news is that at the event, OfS’ Director for Fair Access and Participation John Blake will launch the regulator’s new strategy on student engagement. Register now.

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This week on the Membership Services Show Livia talks to Durham SU about how they're transforming advice.

Plus Alan talks to Hallam SU about how they've changed how they support advocacy, and Livia talks to Aber SU about a new partnership approach on student careers support.

Registration for the 9th Membership Services Conference is open.

Taking place at The Union MMU on Weds 14th and Thurs 15th August, this is the conference for staff working in clubs and societies, advice, student reps, democracy, governance, campaigning – anything within membership services and the delivery and management of those services. The big news is that at the event, OfS’ Director for Fair Access and Participation John Blake will launch the regulator’s new strategy on student engagement. Register now.

Durham SU’s ASK service

Hallam SU

Aberforwards

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This week on the membership services show Livia chats to Dan from the Open University Students’ Association about the creation of their Manifesto for Lifelong Learning, and quizzes Tom from Citizens UK about what to do once you’ve registered students to vote. Plus Alan chats to Ben from NUS UK and the National Society of Apprentices about what on earth they mean by a “reverse husting”.

Voter registration qualification

Community Organising Residential for SU Officers & Staff - 2024 (actionnetwork.org)

Community organising can make a difference in local action

Getting the student vote out with Citizens UK

What should SUs do with a summer election?

Apprentice General Election Hustings - National Society of Apprentices

OU Students Manifesto

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This week on the membership services show Alan talks to Strathclyde SU about its food bank and pantry, and Livia talks to Lincoln SU about its care packages. Plus Alan catches up with Students Union UCL about the Russell Group SUs manifesto.

RGSU manifesto

Lincoln Advice centre donations

Strathclyde Pantry

Strathclyde Foodbank society

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This week on the membership services show Livia and Alan talk to Lincoln Students’ Union about their housing accreditation scheme, and to UCL Students’ Union to hear about the future of their iconic active bystander program.

Plus Alan chats to Salford Students’ Union about how they managed to get their hands on some lottery funding to support their cost of living work.

Salford lottery funding

UCL Active Bystander

Lincoln Housing Accreditation

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This week on the Membership Services Show Livia chats to Bath Spa SU who have been developing their approach to student networks as a means to protecting and developing some of their student groups.

Plus Alan hears from Aber SU about how they have spent the last few years working on their approach to engaging neurodiversity across the union, particularly within their own recruitment - and Livia catches up with UCLAN SU to learn about supporting students who need to follow medical diets while at university.

Aber SU

Neurodiversity Celebration Week

Bath Spa

Student Networks

UCLAN SU

Is it coeliac disease?

CoL report from Coeliac UK

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