Student messages 27 March
Students’ Union elections
Have you got a business idea?
Progressing onto Year 2?
Women into Enterprise Development Programme: 12-16 May 2008
The Royal Writing Fellow Easter Break
Foster Gallery space
Interested in sharing your Language & Culture with others?Car Hire Survey
Students’ Union elections
Students across all UCLan campuses are set to be hit with election fever in April when the annual UCLan Students’ Union elections take place.
This year is set to be a hard fought battle with four of the five sabbatical officer positions being contested and 17 candidates standing for six positions.
Students will be able to vote online this year as the Union moves to an e-voting system, ditching the paper format, in an attempt to get more students involved in the elections.
Every UCLan student eligible to vote will receive an email on Monday April 14 to their uclan.ac.uk account with a unique pin code that allows them to log-in and cast their vote.
Acting returning officer for the election, Karen McNicholl, said she was delighted to see so many candidates standing.
She said: "It is always the aim to have contested elections and this year is proving to be quite a contest with 17 candidates going for six positions, providing a real sense of importance and anticipation about elections, which we hope will raise the profile of what student officers do and potentially encourage more students to get involved with the Students' Union in the future.
“The elections are particularly exciting this year because it is the first year that we are going to run the voting part of the election online, enabling students wherever they are to have the opportunity to vote, so it completely opens up the process. “
This year’s sabbatical positions were reformed after students voted yes in a referendum to reduce the number of sabbatical officers from nine, six full-time and three part-time, to five full-time roles. The roles are now president, education officer, activities and participation officer, media officer and the newly created campaigns officer.
Sabbatical officers form part of the Student Affairs Committee who represent all UCLan students and act as trustees of the organisation.
There is one Student Council position in the April ballot, which is the black students representative.
To find out more information about the elections and to see the candidates vying for students’ votes visit www.uclansu.co.uk/elections08
Have you got a business idea?
Do you feel inspired to create a social enterprise?Have you longed to run your own business?Would advice, support and a little money help you make a decision? If you are a UCLan student or graduate of the UCLan College network you can take time out to develop your action plan with the support of our experienced business mentors. Apply now for a 12 week award of £960 Plus up to £2000 worth of support, including optional FREE use of office facilities in the Media Factory’s Business Incubation Space
You do not have to know about business, finance, tax or VAT - you just need an exciting idea. Visit our website and complete the short application form now - what have you got to lose? For more information contact:Shazia AfzalTel: 01772 895954Email: enterpriseawards@uclan.ac.uk Web: www.uclan.ac.uk/enterpriseawards Deadline for first round Entries: 18 April 2008 A number of these awards have been funded by the Centre for Employability Through the Humanities (ceth)
Progressing onto Year 2?
YOU need an elective... time to choose one! The Faculty of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences offers a diverse range of level 2 elective modules to choose from. Subject areas include: page layout for design & publishingcareer planningemotional intelligencestarting a businesssociologyeducation & policyrace, ethnicity & human rightspolitics & ideologiesglobal governancecitizenship & identityvolunteering & community leadershipIslamic law & uranic studiesEuropean unionsex & genderfamily history & history of familymilitary marauders & rogue traders: the British in Indiastate & society under the Tudors & StuartsVictorian Britainlearners with disabilities & learning difficultiesimages of deviancetheories & approaches to learningthe reflective practitionerEnglish as a foreign languagemodern languages (e.g arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Russian, Urdu, Turkish and many more)
For Further information visit http://www.uclan.ac.uk/other/sas/records/electives.htmor or email classhelp@uclan.ac.uk
Women into Enterprise Development Programme: 12-16 May 2008A highly interactive business development programme just for women. Ideal if you are interested in or have already set up your business and want to learn about the basics of business.
You will focus on personal, professional and business development.
The benefits of participating
Helping you to develop your business idea
Receiving feedback on your business idea
A forum for issues specific to women in business
Developing confidence in yourself and your business idea
Developing your personal skills and knowledge of business management
A chance to develop a network with like minded women/women who undergone the process of setting up a business
Indicative content for the programme as follows *
Finance – how to keep it legal
Creation of a Marketing Strategy
Confidence in presenting yourself
Know what makes your business tick!
Delivering exceptional customer service
Understand how to market your products and services
How to be more dynamic when selling to your customer
How to use problem solving techniques to reduce your stress
Discover the real you and review how your business is performing
How to add value by creating more time for planning, preparation and thinking
If you are interested in the programme, please download a registration form. All registration forms should be e-mailed or posted to the contact details below.
An application form will be sent to you within 7 working days of the submission of your registration form.
Places are limited: Apply Early!
Deadline for receipt of application forms: 11 April 2008Shazia AfzalNorthern Lights TeamKnowledge Transfer ServiceMedia Factory Room 408University of Central LancashirePreston, PR1 2HE
Email SAfzal1@uclan.ac.ukTelephone 01772 895954
* Please note that content may be subject to change and will be dependent on the final cohort of participants and their motivations/ideas.
Programme is free of charge.
The Royal Writing Fellow Easter Break Helen Farrall, the Writing Fellow, will not be available from Wednesday. March 12 until Monday April. However she will then be here two days a week (Monday & Tuesday) for 1:1 tutorials to discuss any aspect of writing. Just to remind you, she is a television screenwriter who has written over thirty hours of television, storylined many more and been involved in developing new series ideas. She has worked for various educational institutions teaching both undergraduate and post graduate programmes. Helen will be able to share her knowledge and expertise on academic writing with any students here at UCLan. She is based in the Fylde building Fy24 but for more details on how to make an appointment go to www.uclan.ac.uk/facs/class/studyskills/
Foster Gallery spaceAre you interested in displaying your artwork and/or products in Foster Building at the University? As Senior Tutor for CETH, I am making some important changes to the display space which we offer for free use. I am having two display cabinets moved into Foster corridor and am getting signs put up advertising the space. Students are helping me to create a leaflet advertising the space and I am investigating creating an online ordering system. I am also hoping to showcase the display space through an event scheduled for early summer. I currently have two large cabinets (approximately 2m tall x 1 m wide x 50cm deep) which I can offer free display space for you if you want to try and display your artwork. This are kept locked but customers can buy from them through me or directly from the artist. I can help you to merchandise your products and price them too (if you need that help)/ Please get in touch if you would like to use some of this space Ruth Sharpe: Senior Tutor: CETH: ME43501772 895069Email: Rsharpe@uclan.ac.uk
Interested in sharing your Language & Culture with others? The Department of Languages & International Studies needs native speakers of: FinnishDutchKoreanGreekVietnamese to work as Language assistants. Work will be on a casual basis assisting lecturers from LIS with the provision of taster sessions in the above languages. Training will be provided. For an application form please email LPTime@uclan.ac.uk or call Sarah on 01772 894240.
Car Hire Survey
Ever wanted to rent a car but couldn't afford it? Preston's first ever student friendly car hire scheme could be just around the corner. A group of MBA students are researching this business idea and need your help. Go online to help them get a picture of your needs as a potential customer at:
http://www.pmph.speedsurvey.com/
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