Oxford Brookes Students Union

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Oxford Brookes Students Union 13th May
Management Conference VISION 2011 Strategic
Plans Developments
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Introduced by Antoinette Kyuchukova OBSU
President
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The SU Executive Team 2007-8 Sabbs Antoinette
Kyuchukova - President Bryony France - VP
Academic Affairs Jason Manning VP Commercial
Development and Communication Mared Evans VP
Activities and Development Louise Golden VP
Welfare and Equal Opportunities Non-Sabbs Andrew
Whiting LGBT Officer Anna Corbet Women's
Officer Orla Rodgers International
Officer Takao Noguchi Mature Students
Officer Gwen James Disabled Students
Officer Weiss Tahmas Left Office in April
Ethnic Minorities Officer
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OBSU Mission Oxford Brookes Students Union
exists to provide representation, support and
inspiration for all its members throughout their
student experience.
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OBSU Values In all of its dealings the union
will be professional. It will be accountable to
its members. It will be democratic and forward
thinking and will seek to add value in all of its
transactions. These values will be at the heart
of the organisation
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• The SU future
• Vision 2011
• Professional
• Accountable
• Democratic
• Forward thinking
• Adding value

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• Useful Facts
• i. Education Act 1994
• The 1994 Education Act defines a 'students'
  union' as-
• (a) an association of the generality of
  students... whose principal purposes includes
  promoting the general interests of its members as
  students or
• (b) a representative body ... whose principal
  purposes include representing the generality of
  students ... in academic, disciplinary or other
  matters relating to the government of the
  establishment.
• Part II, Section 20
• ii. University Expectations 2003

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• Achievements
• Student engagement making a difference

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• The SU future Vision 2011
• Background
• Current Position
• Unpacking the Principles

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OBSU Principles This means that we will 1. be
autonomous with a strong separate identity 2. be
democratic in everything we do 3. put students at
the centre of University and Union decision
making 4. have a visible presence at the heart of
every campus 5. ensure support is accessible to
all our students 6. provide and promote
opportunities for involvement and personal
development 7. have strategic and operational
control of diverse welfare, retail and leisure
facilities and services 8. have a professional
and motivated workforce 9. be socially
responsible and caring for the environment 10. be
central of Universitys student recruitment and
retention strategy
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• SU principles Strategic Plans 2008-2011
• Required Resources
• Key resources
• ? Change Management support and development
• ? Democracy and Representation Support Unit
• ? Online Information Database Management System
• ? Media Technology
• Further developments
• ? Innovation, Information and Environment Unit
• ? Buddying / Culture Centre

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• Change Management support and development
• Key objectives / benefits
• to support the SU staff and students through the
  transitional period of the campus redevelopment
• to develop clarity and understanding of the
  Masterplan vision and strategy
• to complement and support the delivery of the
  Union and the University strategy
• to enhance the cultural development of the
  organisation
• to inspire open, transparent and positive
  communication and collaboration within the Union
  and with University
• Required Investment
• Consultants fees for a min of 6 days a year
  6000
• Staff costs to enable the commitment of 60 staff
  members to training 6776
• Total Costs per annum
  12, 776

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• Democracy and Representation Unit
• Key objectives / benefits
• -to promote effective and equal representation
• - to ensure consistency and quality of support to
  all student representatives
• - to facilitate the delivery of the Union
  strategic plan, union and team objectives
• - to support the work of elected officers
• - to strengthen the collection, processing and
  provision of reliable student information and
  feedback
• to shape a much stronger image of Oxford Brookes
  Students Union

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• Democracy and Representation Unit
• Required Investment
• Option 1
• increase the support given to Representation by
  employing 1 additional staff member
• create 3 supervisors positions (Advice Centre,
  Representation and Activities).
• support to Halls Reps and Union Council.
• The organisational structure would be
• i. Marketing Communications
• ii. Advice and Activities
• - Advice Centre
• - Representation
• - Societies, STAX external and
  internal volunteers (Safety Bus)
• Total Costs per annum
  35, 000

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• Democracy and Representation Unit
• Required Investment
• Option 2
• Staffing
• 2 Academic Reps co-ordinators
• 1 Halls reps Co-ordinator
• 1 Elected officers support post
• 1 post-graduate student support post
• 1 post to support School level committees and
  provide general admin support.
• Option 2 The organisational structure would be
• i. Marketing and Communications
• ii. Advice and Activities
• - Advice Centre
• - Societies, Volunteering STAX, Safety Bus
• iii. Democracy Support Unit

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• Online Information Database Management System
• Key objectives / benefits
• Ability to further develop the diversity of the
  union
• Incredibly dynamic reports providing real time
  data for the analysis of student activity.
• This data can be used by the Students Union to
  focus our campaigns and marketing activities
  around representation and support
• This data can also be shared with the university
  as a compliment. This could help to identify
  trends and habits without the need for dedicated,
  lengthy surveys.
• Streamlining of processes and a reduction in the
  use of paper and other resources in bringing
  processes on-line. This fits with both the union
  and the universitys environmental aspirations.
• Required Investment
• Total Costs per annum
  45, 000

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• Online Information Database Management System
• Key objectives / benefits
• Ability to further develop the diversity of the
  union
• Incredibly dynamic reports providing real time
  data for the analysis of student activity.
• This data can be used by the Students Union to
  focus our campaigns and marketing activities
  around representation and support
• This data can also be shared with the university
  as a compliment. This could help to identify
  trends and habits without the need for dedicated,
  lengthy surveys.
• Streamlining of processes and a reduction in the
  use of paper and other resources in bringing
  processes on-line. This fits with both the union
  and the universitys environmental aspirations.
• Required Investment
• Set-up costs
  15, 000
• Costs per annum
  30, 000
• Total Costs
  45, 000

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• Media Technology
• Key objectives / benefits
• - to support the development of a students media
  centre as part of the Democracy Unit
• - to offer sufficient technology to set the start
  of the development of a students media centre
• - to offer a creative, flexible student space for
  students to pursue their skills development
• - to support the creation of an
  information/knowledge hub for students
• Required Investment
• Media technology Costs (x iMacs)
  2, 000
• Space and Refurbishment costs
  not estimated
• Total Costs
  

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• Further developments
• ? Innovation, Information and Environment Unit
• ? Buddying / Culture Centre

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Thank you for your time