The beginning...

I've now been in post for three working days and I'm already incredibly motivated to get on with projects and start making tangible changes that benefit you. To update you on the end of our training since my last blog we've been going through a really intense two weeks. Our NUS Regional Officer Emily Cannon did some in-house training which really got us thinking and we were all really appreciative of the work she did with us. We went through some more 1-2-1 handover and I met the different halls of residence site managers interspersed with presentations from the university.

Our two-day vision setting session facilitated by Barry an outside consultant crystallised my aims in my mind and I now know definitively what I want to achieve for students and I know my parameters for success. There are certain priorities - more important than others - and I know exactly what I need to do to be successful. The session was very useful for me and it also allowed the team to develop a calendar for the year relating everything back to our Officer Group's personal mission statement. Finally on the last day in July we travelled to Alton Towers on a fun Sabbatical day out after a hard month. Myself, Mark and Hollie won some prizes - Rich and Tom were hopeless at the games and Jen gave me possibly the funniest moments of my life on 'Air'. On the first we moved into the offices and yesterday had a day-long presentation from Academic services.

I would like to thank Naush for a fantastic handover and for being an amazing friend over the past year - you have always been there for me and I will miss you so so much - I can never live up to what an incredible VPHC you have been. I leave you with some more pictures again; the first is me in the new office. The next is a picture of me and Naush from the Guild Awards and the last symbolises the end of handover - me and Mark leaving Alton Towers with our winnings.