Wow,
So the week that Brighton Students' Union builds up to every year has finally been and gone, and as Vice President of Academic Affairs I have landed back down to the Brighton ground with an almighty thump.
What an amazing, intense, crazy, hectic, mind blowing week!
Now, I'm sure we all hope that the Freshers AND returning students had a great 7 days of fun and frolicking, but I'm sure we are all aware that now the hard work really has to start.
So we need to ask ourselves, as a Students' Union, how do we work together with the University of Brighton to support our students, new and returning, to the full extent that they deserve?
Whether this is on issues of finding rooms and lectures, helping students understand their timetables, or making sure students feel empowered to take part and enjoy their degree as much as possible we must work as a coalition to ensure that there is an effective service provision and signposting of information so that every students feels comfortable and included in their learning environment.
Luckily here at Brighton we have some very good guys on board with Student Facing issues and now the concept of the 'Student Experience' is fast becoming the new buzzword of the Academic Year!
But personally, I think the main question we need to ask ourselves now is should we really be using the term 'Experience' or should we move towards a concept of 'Opportunity' instead?
As, let's face it... A Students' Experience of University is only as good as the Opportunities offered to them whilst they are here!?
