One of the points on my manifesto is about transparency and
visibility.
As we all know “full time course” really does mean full time
at Central so it is difficult trying to juggle your studies and remain visible.
The reason I wanted President so badly last year was because I would have so
much time to dedicate to the SU and I, rather naively it turns out, thought I would
easily get all of the things done that I wanted and be really visible and accessible
to everyone most of the time.
Not exactly.
I have spent this year learning the ropes and they haven’t
been the easiest of ropes to learn. And so much of work goes on behind the
scenes because it has to. I work with a lot of students in a range of ways and
that, for obvious reasons, has to remain confidential and discreet. A lot of
the work goes on in meetings and a lot of it ends up being much duller than I
want to bore you with. Sometimes it feels like I have bureaucracy coming out if
my ears.
But I have already started working really hard this year on
finding ways to ensure that the important bits get to you and that we are more
visible and more accessible. I wrote a motion to remove the role of publicity
officer and am now working with Vicky, our part-time member of staff, to
develop her role to include publicity and engagement. This means that
communication will be much more consistent, and it will be so much easier to
engage with the union in a range of ways. Vicky and I will be working on this
for the rest of this term ready for her to take on next year but I want to see
it through and support this huge change.
I also plan to carry on this blog so that people can see what
I am up working on. I will encourage officers to write posts for this so that
their hard work is communicated effectively and so that you can hold us to
account.
I would also like to work much more closely with the course
reps so that I can get feedback about the union straight from course committees
and be able to keep you updated on any changes we have made as a result. This
worked really well with 3rd Year TPs this term and I would like to
encourage other course reps to feel they can do the same.
I am very proud of all the work I have done this year and I
know that if you re-elect me I will see these plans through and next year you
won’t be able to miss us.
Don’t Back Down, Back Nat
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