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Further to the release in February on UCA’s plans to restructure the Academic Management Structure for September 2012, last week UCA internally announced further proposals for the reshaping of Professional Support Services.

These services include Faculty Offices, Finance, Academic Services (SDS, Library & IT), Widening Participation and Learning & Development and Learning & Teaching. Although UCASU Executive understand that there is a need for change here at the University for the Creative Arts to make all services provided for students ‘fit for purpose’, the Executive feel that not enough has been done to consult and discuss these changes with students.…

UCA announced on Monday that it will be restructuring the management of its academic provision over the coming months.

UCA Students’ Union met with the Deputy Vice Chancellor to discuss the plans last week, and have been fully informed of the coming changes. We were also informed that our ideas are welcome as part of the consultative process taking part this spring, which is something that we welcome.

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The defiance shown yesterday could be the spark that lights a new platform for student action across the country. Students at UCA must take up the baton (no put intended) and resist the policies that will wreck so much havoc on UCA, on arts institutions nationally, and on the creative sector.

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.