The last couple of weeks have been interesting to say the least, particularly with the general election – and I write this as the country remains in limbo, we do not know who will form a government and we do not who will be the next Prime Minister. Whilst I will refrain from commenting on individual candidates and parties on this blog, I do want to say one big thank you.
A big thank you to all those students who registered and got out to vote! I recognise that we could have done a bit more in this election to help, but hopefully we’re on the right track to showing that the student vote does matter in Lincoln.
Aside from national politics, this week has been quiet as it has also been deadline week for my course, but last week was a little more interesting.
I attended NUS’ International Students Conference in Nottingham, where I represented our community of international students and also started to learn in detail about the issues facing international students on a national level, ready for taking up my post of VP Academic Affairs on June 21st.
I have put together a report on the conference, with feedback on the event and a number of recommendations for the Union to consider implementing. This report will go to a meeting of the Executive Committee and will then be made public on lincolnSU.com along with the other papers from the meeting.
Improving the international student experience, and recognising EU students in that, is a big political priority for me next year and it’s one that will hopefully benefit a number of students directly.
Looking forward; my course will be practically finished by next Friday, and after that it also gets quiet in the Union for me, which is why I’ll be using the time to properly review what we have achieved and learnt this year from the projects that I have been involved in, so that we can build upon it next year and start to see ‘the fruits of our labour’.
Until then, bye!
