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UCA Students’ Union is working to ensure the voice of UCA students is heard and we have invited Vice Chancellor Simon Ofield-Kerr to hold an all-student meeting on Friday 25th November 2011.

I’ve come into office feeling more prepared than many sabbatical officers across the country could hope for; much in thanks to the support of my predecessor, Lee Gavin, but also with the help of a brilliant staff team at the Union.

But it wasn’t only this support that has left me in a reasonable position to represent student interests. The last year has been difficult and fraught with uncertainty both nationally and locally.

I went along to the student forum last week - basically an open discussion organised by the University giving course reps the opportunity to raise any concerns be it academic or non academic issues, with most of the departments in the Uni being represented on the forum to answer these queries. With all of this packed into one hour there is rarely the opportunity for in-depth discussions and often students leave having only scratched the surface of one of the various concerns brought forward as a student rep.