The Membership Services Show

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 fundingUCL Active BystanderLincoln Housing Accreditation

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 SUNeurodiversity Celebration WeekBath SpaStudent NetworksUCLAN SUIs it coeliac disease?CoL report from Coeliac UK

This week on the Membership Services Show Livia chats to Sunderland SU about how they went all Wagatha Christie to combat essay mills. Plus Alan hears from Rhul SU about their regular research into the postgraduate taught student experience, and asks Manchester SU what they mean by marketing led membership services. Royal HollowayPGT Student Experience Policy InquiryIt is time for real and positive change in the PGT student experienceSunderlandDo(ugh)not Cheat!

This week on the Membership Services Show it’s the tenth episode, so at this important milestone Livia and Alan take a bit of time to reflect on some of the themes that have come from the guests of the show so far. Plus Livia talks to Brighton SU about how they’ve managed to double the number of student societies and learns about how York SU has been empowering student researchers to shape the union’s direction. Brighton SUStarting a societyWhy activities matterYUSU student researchersBAME LGBTQ+ lived experience research reportSU explainer

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

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

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

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