BCU Student Council Meeting ‘A Success’
Students expressed their honest opinions and their voices were heard at the Birmingham City University’s Student Council Meeting.
The meeting was held at 5pm on Tuesday 17th November at the university’s City Centre Campus in Millennium Point.
Various topics were raised by current BCU students and the university’s student officers were on hand to answer to any queries raised. Some of the issues that were discussed included:
BCU Student Council Meetings run several times throughout the academic year, however significant changes were made; making this Student Council session more successful than the last.
Asghar Khan, Chair of Council, says: “The second student council session was significantly better than the first for a number of reasons.”
“Thanks to the help of Thomas Clarke, we were able to improve upon the first session and deliver a session that was valuable to students by taking their feedback and acting upon it.”
Khan says: “In terms of agenda, council members in the first session felt that we spent an undue amount of time lingering on officer reports and other administrative details.”
“They felt we kind of diverted from the main reason they attended the council in the first place - the opportunity to voice their opinion on an open, listening floor.”
Khan stated that: “To address this, the agenda was rearranged for the second session such that all administrative details were dealt with at the start of the session in a strict thirty minute window, allowing plenty of time for an open floor for voices to be heard.”
“This change in format was the most positively received judging from the energy in the room, and there was a marked increase in participation among students”
Khan added that: “Before students were leaving the session prematurely or otherwise acting disinterested. I think this time around, students felt that their voices were being heard”
A new online voting system was also introduced to the Student Council Meeting, which Khan admits: “we had not quite figured out all the quirks of the platform by the first session.” But that: “The second time round was much smoother.”
The BCU Student Council Meeting was a definite success and Khan suggests that it was due to: “being prepared the second time around, and also taking on board the feedback we received from students at the end of the first session.”
Students expressed their honest opinions and their voices were heard at the Birmingham City University’s Student Council Meeting.
The meeting was held at 5pm on Tuesday 17th November at the university’s City Centre Campus in Millennium Point.
Various topics were raised by current BCU students and the university’s student officers were on hand to answer to any queries raised. Some of the issues that were discussed included:
- Lack of Scratch Media Space
- Hidden costs within courses
- Issues surrounding healthy eating
- Shuttle bus services between the City North and City Centre campuses
- Lack of space in the Curzon Library, etc.
BCU Student Council Meetings run several times throughout the academic year, however significant changes were made; making this Student Council session more successful than the last.
Asghar Khan, Chair of Council, says: “The second student council session was significantly better than the first for a number of reasons.”
“Thanks to the help of Thomas Clarke, we were able to improve upon the first session and deliver a session that was valuable to students by taking their feedback and acting upon it.”
Khan says: “In terms of agenda, council members in the first session felt that we spent an undue amount of time lingering on officer reports and other administrative details.”
“They felt we kind of diverted from the main reason they attended the council in the first place - the opportunity to voice their opinion on an open, listening floor.”
Khan stated that: “To address this, the agenda was rearranged for the second session such that all administrative details were dealt with at the start of the session in a strict thirty minute window, allowing plenty of time for an open floor for voices to be heard.”
“This change in format was the most positively received judging from the energy in the room, and there was a marked increase in participation among students”
Khan added that: “Before students were leaving the session prematurely or otherwise acting disinterested. I think this time around, students felt that their voices were being heard”
A new online voting system was also introduced to the Student Council Meeting, which Khan admits: “we had not quite figured out all the quirks of the platform by the first session.” But that: “The second time round was much smoother.”
The BCU Student Council Meeting was a definite success and Khan suggests that it was due to: “being prepared the second time around, and also taking on board the feedback we received from students at the end of the first session.”