I'm a very tired officer.
It's true, being an officer is physically exhausting and it doesn't help that I have no clue what is going on in my classes.
So what have I been doing today (apart from crying over my literature review)? Well, I stopped by the Student's Union for Jess' 'Big celebration' which was an event to celebrate the conclusion of her Black History Month events. There was lots of music, dancing, mingling and most importantly FOOD!
Of course, as officers, we have to check that Jess isn't trying to kill the student body off. It was a tough job but somebody has to do it.
When I wasn't scoffing my face, I was sitting in about 70 different meetings about my role and how the union should be restructured (Cough. Make a full-time PG officer. Cough, Cough. It's common amongst a lot of unions. Cough cough. I can't sort this all out on 2-3 hours a week. Cough cough. I need money. Cough cough).
I am also planning a thesis conference for the end of September, the vision is the have a residential experience that combines networking, the sharing of knowledge and a reward for all the hard work that they have done over the academic year. I look to have a variety of strands, team-building and social activities and would love to invite other Universities as well. So that is my current priority and work in progress.
I also got to see the beauty of united officers earlier. Now, if you haven't been on Twitter (get your ass on the site and follow me at @DSU_PG pronto), then you probably don't know that there is this new show called Sounds Like Friday Night or a shit version of Top of the Pops. So what was the issue? Well, Jason Derulo (the guy who sings about getting dirty and wiggling) was supposed to perform at Keele at the start of 2016 but decided that he wasn't going to sing and took £20000 with him. Now, I like Keele. Ieuan came down to visit over the summer (which you can read about here) and made me aware of some issues that I wasn't even aware of. So naturally, when I heard that he had done this to Keele, I and many other officers across the UK, were not happy teddy bears and took it upon ourselves to use the #SLFN hashtag and prompt Mr Derulo to pay back the money. You see Jason, a wise man once said 'Hell hath no fury like an SU scorned', clearly you must have missed that memo because if you hadn't you wouldn't have taken £20000 from Keele. Plain and simple.
I will now remind every other rich person that is invited to do a gig at our SUs that we are a CHARITY! ALL MONEY MADE GOES BACK TO STUDENTS. If you aren't going to be bothered to perform and disappoint people as a result, the least you can do is pay the money back. It really isn't bloody hard! We have enough people taking money from Students as it is, you guys don't need to make it any worse.
I shall try and write another entry next week but I do have a council and a 1000 word literature review todo, so we shall see.
Until next time,
toodle pips,
Kelly
It's true, being an officer is physically exhausting and it doesn't help that I have no clue what is going on in my classes.
So what have I been doing today (apart from crying over my literature review)? Well, I stopped by the Student's Union for Jess' 'Big celebration' which was an event to celebrate the conclusion of her Black History Month events. There was lots of music, dancing, mingling and most importantly FOOD!
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| I rate this spread a 9/10. The complementary Irn-Bru was a nice surprise. |
Of course, as officers, we have to check that Jess isn't trying to kill the student body off. It was a tough job but somebody has to do it.
When I wasn't scoffing my face, I was sitting in about 70 different meetings about my role and how the union should be restructured (Cough. Make a full-time PG officer. Cough, Cough. It's common amongst a lot of unions. Cough cough. I can't sort this all out on 2-3 hours a week. Cough cough. I need money. Cough cough).
I am also planning a thesis conference for the end of September, the vision is the have a residential experience that combines networking, the sharing of knowledge and a reward for all the hard work that they have done over the academic year. I look to have a variety of strands, team-building and social activities and would love to invite other Universities as well. So that is my current priority and work in progress.
I also got to see the beauty of united officers earlier. Now, if you haven't been on Twitter (get your ass on the site and follow me at @DSU_PG pronto), then you probably don't know that there is this new show called Sounds Like Friday Night or a shit version of Top of the Pops. So what was the issue? Well, Jason Derulo (the guy who sings about getting dirty and wiggling) was supposed to perform at Keele at the start of 2016 but decided that he wasn't going to sing and took £20000 with him. Now, I like Keele. Ieuan came down to visit over the summer (which you can read about here) and made me aware of some issues that I wasn't even aware of. So naturally, when I heard that he had done this to Keele, I and many other officers across the UK, were not happy teddy bears and took it upon ourselves to use the #SLFN hashtag and prompt Mr Derulo to pay back the money. You see Jason, a wise man once said 'Hell hath no fury like an SU scorned', clearly you must have missed that memo because if you hadn't you wouldn't have taken £20000 from Keele. Plain and simple.
I will now remind every other rich person that is invited to do a gig at our SUs that we are a CHARITY! ALL MONEY MADE GOES BACK TO STUDENTS. If you aren't going to be bothered to perform and disappoint people as a result, the least you can do is pay the money back. It really isn't bloody hard! We have enough people taking money from Students as it is, you guys don't need to make it any worse.
I shall try and write another entry next week but I do have a council and a 1000 word literature review todo, so we shall see.
Until next time,
toodle pips,
Kelly
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