'The Snooty Local Councillor'

It's a rainy afternoon in Brum just like it was in Leeds for the rest of last week at the recent training course I attended run by UNIPOL and NUS. I can safely say this was the most useful training course I've been on so far and it was extremely informative. UNIPOL knows the student housing market inside out and provided a wealth of information on current trends in the student housing sector, legal issues, regulation, community issues, accreditation and students unions' relationship with the institution. I gathered many statistics and gained shared experience around housing issues that will be particularly relevant in the months to come. We even had a mock Community Forum when I was able to be the snooty Local Councillor that didn't like Students' Unions, which was nice.

Also, on Monday I attended a very productive meeting about the Landlord Accreditation Scheme when a complaints procedure was finally nailed down and will make the scheme a lot more robust when it comes to dealing with landlords who are not adhering to it's principles. It will also help when my idea of the one-stop shop for housing and community takes shape. This morning we're off to Action through Advocacy NUS Training for my third multiple day training course and I'm returning to the de Haviland campus at Hertfordshire Uni, which I think may be a slightly snooty name for a campus but never mind, see you soon!