Sabbs Update – 21/03/25
Lawrence Coomber, Union President What happened this fortnight? Student Sustainability Forum, with Guest Speaker Jo Campling from Students Organising for Sustainability (SOS) and a presentation from the Palestine Solidarity Network (PSN) on the University’s investment portfolio. Continued work on SUSU Governance. Leadership Elections of Course! The Student Sustainability Forum saw our Guest Speaker, Jo, explain in detail […]
Sabbs Update – 07/03/25
Lawrence Coomber, Union President This fortnight, I attended the University Council on the 4th March. It was held at the Science Park, which was the first time I had been! It’s a small business estate just above the motorway on the way to Winchester, which houses small start-up businesses that have come from “spin-outs” from the […]
Sabbs Update – 21/02/25
Lawrence Coomber, Union President This fortnight saw our second Housing Fair of the year on the 7th, which was hosted in Building 42 on the Concourse, it focused on helping those who haven’t found housing yet. It was great to see so many of you and we hope that speaking to the charities, private student accommodation and our very own accreditation […]
Sabbs Update – 07/02/25
Lawrence Coomber, Union President If you haven’t already seen, our SUSU+ App was launched on Friday! It was great seeing so many of you at the Refreshers Fair for this, and all of you who loved to see our duck QW! It was a fantastic day with an incredible turnout; we had over 1000 downloads on the first […]
Sabbs Update – 24/01/25
Lawrence Coomber, Union President This fortnight was very busy for me! The most exciting part was visiting Belfast with Rebecca, our VP Education and Democracy, for the second Russell Group Students’ Union Conference of the year. It was hosted at Queen’s University Belfast, where we shared best practices among other Sabbatical Officers, heard talks from […]
Sabbs Update – 13/12/2024
Lawrence Coomber, Union President This fortnight saw the beginning of the festive season for us at SUSU, with Father Christmas (possibly me) turning on the Christmas lights to mark the occasion! It was fantastic to see so many of you there enjoying the celebration and the myriad of street vendors we had selling all the […]
Sabbs Update – 29/11/2024
Lawrence Coomber, Union President This fortnight saw myself, and the Vice Chancellor sign the Relationship Agreement between the University and the Student’s Union, an event that happens every year to demonstrate our shared values and commitment to working with each other to better the student experience. We also had our first meetings of two of […]
Sabbs Update – 15/11/2024
Lawrence Coomber, Union President This fortnight has been made up of less exciting but just as important work for me as President: The working group has been formed and has met for the Joint Honours project, hoping to set out and improve the experience of students whose course has modules from more than one School, […]
Sabbs Update – 01/11/2024
Rebecca Would, VP Education and Democracy Hi everyone, I’ve been slightly quieter lately as I’ve taken a rare bit of leave to spend some time in Wales – and catch a cold, oops! Make sure you are keeping well as the term keeps getting busier by drinking water and getting enough sleep. In the time […]
All Student Vote – Sports Pass Update
Following the November all-student vote, we have been in ongoing talks with University colleagues to negotiate changes, ideally the removal or reduction of the sports pass fee that was reintroduced this academic year. The conversation was challenging, but the student voice was always at the forefront and the outcomes of the negotiations are: Southampton Sport […]