Tuesday 29-11-2022 - 12:23

Hello there Derby College Students!

It's well and truly been incredible seeing how quickly the months have whizzed by - so a complimentary article from your Students' Union President discussing everything that's happened so far; allowing for you all to well and truly reflect on how this first Term has gone for you all.

Events:
We firstly had event wise - Freshers Fair!, to welcome all of those who have just joined us this year and provide you insight into the various offers by local businesses available to you all as Students, with various freebies also available to you all :D.

Following that, we then also had Love our Colleges Week - where several stalls present were set up by just a few of our many Clubs & Societies. With some examples, were that the Sci Fi & Fantasy Book Club had spreading the word of the worlds far far from our own to those that would take great interest or even those seeking a new experience from extracurricular activites. 
We even also had some Open mic music by some of our Creative Arts students being played and sang by them personally :O .



Clubs & Societies:
As far as the Clubs & Societies have gone - we've had many a new Club and Society be set up. We've had the Dungeons & Dragons Society - a place for those seeking to engage in mystical Roleplay as well as the use of dice to decide the success of your characters decisions made through you. There's also been the Sci Fi & Fantasy Book Club - providing those of you that take great interest in literature and reading to explore new worlds and tales from various different authors.
Furthermore, the last few new societies we've seen established have been Women in STEM - providing better opportunities for those of you as students to seek advice, gain insight and further understanding of what potential careers await you, then lastly has been   a more recently established Calcaholics for those of you with great interest in Mathematics. 

Social Action:
When it comes to Social Action - this has been lead by you as the Students and decided within your tutorials; so if you see any particular posters or flyers placed around spreading awareness or fundraising for a particular charity, then that's where and why you've seen them :) 

Awareness & Fundraising
Above all else, something that has remained ever crystal clear to both Staff and Students alike; is that when it comes to raising awareness - we can all unite under the aims of reaching a goal and increasing people's understanding of certain matters. Like from our end here at the Students' Union we try our best to ensure that there is a What's On? at the beginning of each month sharing what various national events are on or also what awareness month it its. But, the true progress does solely come from you all as students or staff - as without the support and suggestions from you, we truly would not be able to achieve as highly as we can. 

Student Voice & Reps:
As goes with the Student Voice - you'll have seen or may be familiar with the forms you'd filled out around feedback and more towards own experience, we just wanted to once again express our utmost thanks for the input you have all had.
This year again we have had the Student Reps' from each courses but with some new additions surrounding the roles available - thanks to the hard work and cooperation of Mark Rugman (the Union Development Manager for DCSU) and Pippa Lucas (your Student Voice Coordinator as well as founder of the Dungeons & Dragons Society). These extra roles as well as various opportunities to learn how you , as the students, can help shape and make Derby College a great place for all future Students as well as for yourselves.

They themselves would both be able to speak at further lengths on what this entails but one of the latest additions are Academy Reps. So, keep up the great feedback all and know that we here at the Students' Union of Derby College, continue to take immense pride in all the events that are success due to your participation.