INCLUSION PROJECTS
PT Officer Widening Participation Bursary 2019/20
Based on feedback from the Black Student Experience Panel, NSU have been working hard to increase widening participation and diversity within its leadership roles, and will be launching a PT Officer Widening Participation Bursary for 2020/21. Elected Officers could be entitled to a £300 Bursary from our partners Future Finance, who have funded the Bursary.
To find out more, please CLICK HERE
Black Student Experience Panel 2019/20
In 2019/20, Newman Students' Union replicated the panel for Mature Students, to tackle the Office for Students requirement to stop the Black Attainment Gap in Universities.
Reflecting on the previous year, NSU felt that the panel needed more support to deliver the project, so recruited an external consultant (Alan Roberts, formerly of NUS) to train and coach the panel prior to the meetings.
This year, the panel will be meting many more groups of people, from more specific departments, and will make up to four recommendations PER GROUP/DEPARTMENT. These recommendations will be sent within three working days of the meeting taking place, rather than at the end of the year, and will be followed up three weeks after that.
This will then create lots more recommendations, specific to the department which will create wider change project on the Black Attainment Gap.
The FINAL REPORT will be available HERE.
Campus Accessibility Report 2019/20
Newman Students' Union conducted a "walk around" on Campus with students to note all the accessibility issues on site. Your Vice-President for 2019/20, Liam Rogers compiled the information into a a report for the University.
The Report and UPDATES on the progress of recommendations can be found HERE
Emergency Accommodation Project 2019/20
As the Union is part of the Retention and Success Task Group, NSU received £2,000 to run retention based projects for students. While £600 of the project was spent on sending Staff and Officers to "Creating Equity at Work Training" which focuses on Race Equity within the Union, £1,400 has been reserved for students who require Emergency Accommodation.
To find out mor eon how you can access Emergency Accommodation from the Union, please CLICK HERE.
Mature Experience Panel 2018/19
In 2018/2019, Newman Students' Union ran a Mature students Experience Panel to tackle the statistic of 1 in 5 Mature Students dropping out of University at Newman.
The panel consisting of four mature students met with a number of University departments to have an open and honest conversation about the struggles of University life for Mature Students. At the end of the project, the panel made four recommendations to the University .
Click HERE to READ THE FINAL REPORT.
Based on feedback from the Black Student Experience Panel, NSU have been working hard to increase widening participation and diversity within its leadership roles, and will be launching a PT Officer Widening Participation Bursary for 2020/21. Elected Officers could be entitled to a £300 Bursary from our partners Future Finance, who have funded the Bursary.
To find out more, please CLICK HERE
Black Student Experience Panel 2019/20
In 2019/20, Newman Students' Union replicated the panel for Mature Students, to tackle the Office for Students requirement to stop the Black Attainment Gap in Universities.
Reflecting on the previous year, NSU felt that the panel needed more support to deliver the project, so recruited an external consultant (Alan Roberts, formerly of NUS) to train and coach the panel prior to the meetings.
This year, the panel will be meting many more groups of people, from more specific departments, and will make up to four recommendations PER GROUP/DEPARTMENT. These recommendations will be sent within three working days of the meeting taking place, rather than at the end of the year, and will be followed up three weeks after that.
This will then create lots more recommendations, specific to the department which will create wider change project on the Black Attainment Gap.
The FINAL REPORT will be available HERE.
Campus Accessibility Report 2019/20
Newman Students' Union conducted a "walk around" on Campus with students to note all the accessibility issues on site. Your Vice-President for 2019/20, Liam Rogers compiled the information into a a report for the University.
The Report and UPDATES on the progress of recommendations can be found HERE
Emergency Accommodation Project 2019/20
As the Union is part of the Retention and Success Task Group, NSU received £2,000 to run retention based projects for students. While £600 of the project was spent on sending Staff and Officers to "Creating Equity at Work Training" which focuses on Race Equity within the Union, £1,400 has been reserved for students who require Emergency Accommodation.
To find out mor eon how you can access Emergency Accommodation from the Union, please CLICK HERE.
Mature Experience Panel 2018/19
In 2018/2019, Newman Students' Union ran a Mature students Experience Panel to tackle the statistic of 1 in 5 Mature Students dropping out of University at Newman.
The panel consisting of four mature students met with a number of University departments to have an open and honest conversation about the struggles of University life for Mature Students. At the end of the project, the panel made four recommendations to the University .
Click HERE to READ THE FINAL REPORT.
