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Student Life Zone (10th May 2017)

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Name of Committee Student Life Zone
Date and time 10th May 2017, 15:30
Place Students' Union (SUSU)
Present Members
(voting)
Vice President Welfare David Allwright
Housing Officer Louise Bellamy
Vice President Education Elliot Grater
George Middleton-Baker
Nightline Officer Tirzah Thompson
Absent with Apologies Union President Alex Hovden
Absent without Apologies Wellbeing Officer Shreya Vasu
1. Welcome and attendance
2. Minutes of previous meeting

The minutes were approved without amendment. 

3. Officer Update

Tirzah - Nightline has a new committee and currently conducting their handover. They have also made a partnership with Cambridge Nightline. The current top trends on their calls are Academic Stress, Sex and Relationsips and Sexuality. 

 

Louise - Nothing to report other than the annual housing survey will be coming out soon over the summer.

 

David - Working with Louise on housing, his Burst the Bubble Mental Campaign and adding more gender options to all Union forms. David reported that 2,445 people had attended the You Are More Than Your Exams meet the farm animals event including student parents, international students and postgraduate students. 

4. Burst The Bubble

David updated the committee on his Burst the Bubble mental health campaign. He explained the goal of the campaign was to help people reach out for the services they might need and to help people understand the challenges that mental health can present. 

 

5. Action plans

Elliot described to the committee the way that Union Policy is being replaced by Action Plans. These will be viewable online and will help to hold officers accountable for their plans. 

6. Any Other Business

There was no other business. 

Key: P (Papers Provided), PF (Papers to Follow)