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Impact Report: 2023-24 Term 3

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2023-24 Term 3 Impact Report

Introduction

There is always lots going on at the SU in Term 3, as BUCS sports tournaments draw to a close, awards are distributed to recognise outstanding performance in Clubs, Societies and Student Voice & Impact, and we do our best to support students during the challenges of exams.

On top of this, we had our Summer Elections, a wide variety of student and officer-led campaign activity, and our venues and outlets were as busy as ever making sure you had great places to go with friends to enjoy the best value food, drink and events on campus.

Read on for a reminder of just some of the amazing things that Warwick students and the SU did together in Term 3.

Social Activities

Venues and Outlets

  • 1,088 Sports Ball tickets sold
  • 13,912 event tickets sold (Loud and Proud, Skool Dayz, Pop, etc.)
  • 996 curiositea weekly specials sold
  • 6,749 Burrito Bowls sold in The Food Station
  • The Dirty Duck sold 1,726 pizzas and 7,359 Burgers

Societies

  • Societies Awards
    • 11 categories, 9 for Societies as a whole
    • 56 Societies nominated, with 7 winners (310 nominations as a whole)
  • 55 society events, including 5 trips and 12 balls
  • Exec welcome was a great success with 700 attendees!
  • Society one to one sessions greatly received
  • Warwick Students Arts Festival (WSAF)
    • Over 2500 attendees across the 3 days
    • 70 events including workshops, dance, music and comedy

Sports Clubs

BUCS Performance:

  • Overall BUCS Points: 2541 (Highest ever score)
  • Overall League Position: 13th place (Highest ever place)
  • Medals: 8 Gold, 13 Silver, 11 Bronze (Highest medal haul)
  • Trophy Wins: 2x National Trophies, 1x Conference Cup
  • League Champs: 14
  • Play-off Teams: 9 (Highest ever)
  • Qualified Premiership Teams: 6 (Most qualified topflight teams ever)

Other Sports Tournaments:

Set up a West Midlands Regional Sport League that will sit underneath BUCS and give students the chance to engage with sport on a more recreational level. This is only for the West Midlands region and means lower costs on transport and reducing barriers to entry for individuals. The first tournament in the series will take place in late October.

Notable achievements by individual clubs or societies:

  • Our Combat sports have a few individual qualfied for the EUSA European Championships:
    • Jasmine Pomeroy (Karate)
    • Rory Edwards (Judo)
  • Joshua Bruyns (Climbing) has qualified for the Mens Speed Climbing Squad for South Africa in the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Representation

Student Voice

Summer elections

  • 69 candidates
  • 1,085 individual voters
  • 5,437 total votes

Union Awards

  • 143 nominees for the voice & impact Awards
  • 14 fantastic winners!

Campaigns

  • Trans Activism & Wellbeing Conference - 60 delegates discussing topics such as transness in academia, politics, health and the arts
  • Destresstival/Pressure Drop – Multiple events delivered in partnership with the University, including mug painting and a Destress Fair 
  • Liberation Conference – A successful series of events and talks on issues impacting liberation communities
  • Rate Your Landlord – 71 entrants for our competition to win a week’s rent
  • Culture Week & A2Z – Wide variety of events in collaboration with societies to celebrate Warwick's rich diversity

Support

Advice Centre

  • In term 3, we have opened a total of 263 cases. This is made up of 122 Academic, 32 Money, 83 Housing and 26 Health and Wellbeing.
  • This term the Advice Centre has supported a large amount of students through complex Academic Misconduct and Academic Appeal cases.
  • Positive Feedback:
    • "I was very happy with the service I received"
    • "The service was perfect!"
    • "You were so prompt with all your responses and never made me feel like I was alone. I felt like I had support and for that reason, I don't think that there was anything that you could do better"
    • "Thanks to the SU Advice Centre for their help, not only did they respond promptly but they also gave detailed and practical advice."
  • According to our latest feedback report:
    • 97% of the respondents were satisfied with the advice that they received
    • 97% of the respondents would use the Adivce Centre again
    • 94% of the respondents agreed that the advice empowered them to make informed choices
    • 97% of respondents would recommend the service to a friend
    • These figures have increased compared to this time last academic year.

Full-Time Officers

Anna Taylor - President

  • Co-wrote and delivered a paper to University Council on the University's ethical partnerships, resulting in the University beginning a full review of policy relating to this area.
  • Pushed for a wider breadth of student representation in University committee spaces, as part of the Academic Governance Review taking place at the University.
  • Presented proposals to the University regarding our grant submission and potential areas for investment in student experience.

Holly Roffe - VP Education

  • Consulted for and wrote up the APP student submission with support from colleagues in Membership.
  • Collected feedback/insight from students on the Term 3 exam season, and presented my findings to the University Education Committee and Examinations Committee.
  • Worked on planning and engaging in my handover with my successor, Muneeba.

Max Pike - VP Societies

  • Presented at Exec Welcome alongside Emma and other SU teams.
  • Successfully bid for £9k of funding for Warwick Student Arts Festival and Wickfest.
  • Launched a research project into society and sports club engagement with our Spring Elections and their impact on voter turnout.
  • Helped revise our approach to society grants allocation and begun evaluating grants applications.
  • Received feedback on the societies awards shortlisting process ready to implement next year.
  • Cut red tape on what societies can spend money on and launched a spending review with Student Activities into areas including: League fees, spend on food, travel and bursaries.
  • Reduced the Societies Federation Fee for 2024/25 for the second time ever by 20% down to £16 for undergraduates and £8 for postgraduates.

Vaishnavi Ravi - VP Postgraduate

  • Running a PG Picnic as part of the series of PG Connections events that have taken place throughout the year.
  • Supported the Education Strategy team in developing the education and student experience strategy with Holly.
  • Represented student views in the University's Academic Governance Review with Anna.

Enaya Nihal - VP Welfare & Campaigns

  • Presented the "Safer @ Warwick" Survey results to teams and committees across the University and Union.
  • Co-wrote the Demilitarisation paper to University Council on the University's ethical partnerships, resulting in the University beginning a full review of policy relating to this area.
  • Led the (Free) Breakfast Club campaign and contributed to campaigns like Rate Your Landlord and Culture Week from the Officer team.

Emma Birch - VP Sports

  • Supporting delivery of the Sports Ball, overseeing the Sports Awards nominations process, and distributing trophies to the winners at the event.
  • Worked toward reducing the Sports Federation Fee to help more students access sports clubs in 2024/25.
  • Helped co-ordinate the BUCS Conference, and presented a session on The Value of Sport.