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  • 9. Day events, sensory spaces, credit for activities

    34:26
    With the deadline for session proposals drawing nearer, this week on the Membership Services Show Livia chats to Amy at Beds SU about how they have shifted their events offer to respond to changes in taste, after finding students were not attending night time activities. Plus Alan catches up with Limerick SU, live in Vienna, to learn about their campaign to create more sensory spaces, and Livia catches up with the Union at Man Met to discuss how their partnership with the university allows them to award academic credit for extracurricular activities. Here’s how we’re switching up Membership Services for 2024 (plus how to submit a session proposal)Manchester MetRise projectBeds SUEvents programmeLimerick SUSensory Room

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  • 8. NSS hacking, new students, promoting officer work

    38:59
    This week on the Membership Services Show Livia talks to the University of Manchester SU about how they've managed to hack the NSS through detailed research.Plus Alan talks to Salford SU about their radical approach to promoting the work of officers, and Livia find out about how Durham SU is reinventing Freshers Week.Here’s how we’re switching up Membership Services for 2024 (plus how to submit a session proposal)DurhamHigh time to refresh our approach to FreshersManchesterThe secrets to improving your NSS score finally revealed
  • 7. Urban advocacy, contract cheating, students in teams

    35:31
    This week on the Membership Services Show as we inch closer to a set of elections in May, Livia catches up with the Greater Manchester Student Partnership to see how it's advocating for students on key urban issues.Plus Alan catches up with Aber SU to see how it promotes students working in teams to build belonging, and Livia catches up with City, University of London SU to discuss their work on academic integrity.Here’s how we’re switching up Membership Services for 2024 (plus how to submit a session proposal)ManchesterGreater Manchester Student Partnership Mayoral Election ManifestoThis is Greater Manchester we do elections differently hereAber SUSuperteam projectCity SUAcademic integrity
  • 6. Basic needs, candidate training, student events

    45:59
    This week on the Membership Services Show as concerns grow over student housing, food insecurity and health Alan interrogates a fascinating US initiative on student basic needs.Plus Livia rounds off our look at election season by chatting to Hull University SU about their candidate training initiative, and Alan chats to South Bank SU about an approach to supporting students to make events happen.Here’s how we’re switching up Membership Services for 2024 (plus how to submit a session proposal)London South Bank SU eventsRutgersBasic needs homepageAdditional resources, links to original research and survey when they set up the centreHullElections
  • 5. Peer support, elections, student staff

    35:25
    This week on the membership services show Alan talks to the Students’ Union Bath University where peer support is helping to build belonging and improve student outcomes.Plus Livia chats to the University of Manchester Students Union on their approach to elections and candidate quality, and Alan finds out how a student union in the USA is driving learning outcomes derived from the student staff experience.Here’s how we’re switching up Membership Services for 2024 (with link to session proposals)Bath Peer support at Bath Setting up a new schemePeer support detailsThe problem-solving peer support programme (ProSperS)West ChesterRISE: A Comprehensive Student Staff Evaluation ExperienceBlog: How to make being a student staff member educationalManchesterManchester’s election results
  • 4. Cost of living , student experience fund, elections

    28:24
    This week on the membership services show Livia talks to Exeter Students' Guild where cost of living concerns have led to fascinating and impactful new research on what students need. Plus Alan catches up with Imperial College Union on their student experience fund, and Livia finds out how Lancaster approached their elections this year.Here’s how we’re switching up Membership Services for 2024Money week at Exeter Students’ GuildStudents and jobsStudents and foodElections at LancasterCandidate InterviewsICU student experience fund
  • 3. Democracy, elections, communities

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    This week on the Membership Services Show, Alan talks to LSE students' union about how they use an interesting form of democracy for determining their policies. Plus Livia speaks to Lincoln SU about their record breaking election turnout, and Alan chats to Tampere SU (in Finland) about academic community building.Here’s how we’re switching up Membership Services for 2024LSE Student panels: https://www.lsesu.com/voice/student-panels/ Lincoln/elections 2024: https://lincolnsu.com/news/article/electionresults2024 https://wonkhe.com/blogs-sus/sabb-elections-are-almost-over-for-2024-what-happened/ Tampere/tutoring blogs https://wonkhe.com/blogs-sus/heres-six-headlines-for-sus-from-this-years-secret-life-of-students/ Students need to feel more connected: https://wonkhe.com/blogs/students-need-to-feel-more-connected-to-both-the-campus-and-eachother/When students are tutors belonging is built: https://wonkhe.com/blogs/when-students-are-tutors-belonging-is-built/ Study Tour Finland: https://wonkhe.com/blogs-sus/study-tours-2024-finland/