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Elections 2014: Being a UDSU Officer

Elections 2014: Being a UDSU Officer. Objectives. Understand the benefits of being a UDSU Officer. Name the responsibilities of being an Officer Trustee and Part Time Officer. Represent students . Achievements. Responsibilities. Providing opportunities. Develop employability skills.

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Elections 2014: Being a UDSU Officer

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  1. Elections 2014: Being a UDSU Officer

  2. Objectives Understand the benefits of being a UDSU Officer. Name the responsibilities of being an Officer Trustee and Part Time Officer.

  3. Represent students • Achievements • Responsibilities • Providing opportunities • Develop employability skills • Confidence Core benefits of being a UDSU Officer

  4. Representing Students • You would represent 23,530 students registered for courses at the University of Derby. • You will be running in the elections to be their voice, to protect their educational interests and welfare of it’s members and provide them with opportunities to develop lifelong skills.

  5. Day to Day Responsibilities Meetings – Staff/Student Talking to StudentsE-mails Conferences Training Challenges Representation One to one Listening to Students Feedback Campaigning

  6. Confidence “Being an elected officer of the Students’ Union has given me so much self-confidence in myself and the work I do, I am so lucky to have been given this amazing opportunity which has set me up for life” - Hollie O’Connor, Students’ Union President, 2013 - 2014

  7. Providing opportunities Programme Reps d:oneRAG dusted Union Societies Athletic Union Help & Advice Liberation Groups

  8. Achievements • The points on your manifesto will be the measure by which your time as a UDSU officer will be judged. • If you can demonstrate that you have delivered all or most of your campaign promises, that will be an achievement!

  9. Making a difference to students • Street lighting around Markeaton Street. • Working with the Ashbourne Road Community. • Working with local schools and sports facilities for AU fixtures. • Providing shops at all campuses. All of this has been achieved by UDSU officers lobbying on YOUR behalf!

  10. Employability Skills • By running in an election, whether you are successful or not, you will have gained key employability skills which employers are looking for. • Communication • Team work • Flexibility • Initiative • Organisation • Problem solving • Working to deadlines/to pressure/time management • Numeracy • Negotiation • Positivity

  11. Things to do take away! • The more you put into a role, the more you can get out of it. • Remember the benefits:- • Represent students • Responsibilities • Confidence • Employability • Achievements

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