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amsuConferene 2010

Welcome from your host Students’ Union.

James Pidgeon Students’ Union President

Sean O’Donnell Students’ Union General Manager

The Students’ Union at Royal Holloway, University of London (SURHUL) would like to extend a warm welcome to everyone in attendance at AMSU Conference 2010 including keynote and guest speakers, delegates, exhibitors and support staff.

We are delighted that you are able to join us at Royal Holloway and we are also very honoured to host this important event within our sector. Many of the SURHUL staff have attended AMSU events over the years and it is a real pleasure for us to ‘return the favour’ in our magnificent campus environment.

We have been working with the Conference Planning Team over the past twelve months to help ensure an enriching and rewarding experience for our conference guests. Our aim has always been to build on the previous high standards from earlier years and we have a truly amazing range of keynote speakers, a lively social programme, participation from key specialist groupings and the largest educational programme AMSU Conference has ever seen.

We truly hope that this will be the first of many visits to Royal Holloway for you all, but for now we wish each and every one of you an enjoyable and inspiring stay with us.

Welcome from trusteesThis will be a defining year for the future of AMSU (whatever happens at the AGM) and Conference 2010 is set to match that in its quality and content.

This year promises to deliver more sessions than in previous years, high profile speakers and a good quality social programme. We are really pleased to see so many of the AMSU groups working with conference to provide their own sessions, helping to make this event the showcase and climax of the AMSU year.

What our members hold dear about AMSU (as the Trustees have confirmed this year) is: networking, exploring new concepts for the movement, helping SU professionals to be prepared for the future and individual development through professional training and peer support. All of these are embodied in this year’s conference.

Welcome to conference and please make the most of your time here.

Jane Whalen Daryl Ormerod Ian Robinson Jaki Booth Anthony Blackshow

Royal Holloway College, originally a women-only college, was founded by the Victorian entrepreneur Thomas Holloway in 1879. The Founder’s Building was designed by William Henry Crossland and inspired by the Château de Chambord in the Loire Valley, France. Now Grade I listed, it was officially opened in 1886 by Queen Victoria. October 1887 saw the arrival of the first 28 students at Royal Holloway College. It later became a constituent of the University of London in 1900, as did Bedford College. Almost 100 years later, Royal Holloway merged with Bedford College, another pioneering institution founded in 1849 by Elizabeth Jesser Reid and with which Royal Holloway College would eventually merge.

Elizabeth Jesser Reid and Thomas Holloway both played crucial roles in the development of equality in education through the creation of two colleges for women, Bedford College in London, and the Royal Holloway College in Surrey. Their foresight and philanthropy have ensured opportunities for many generations of students.

Thomas Holloway was a self-made multi-millionaire whose fortune had been made in patent medicines. He founded Royal Holloway College I after initiating a public debate inviting suggestions as to ‘How best to spend a quarter of a million or more’. It was his wife Jane who suggested a college for women as the means by which Holloway’s money might effect ‘the greatest public good’.

Founders Building epitomises the wealth, optimism and spirit of philanthropy so characteristic of the Victorian age. It continues to provide a home for the Royal Holloway Collection - a Picture Gallery of Victorian art that was the final touch to Holloway’s generous endowment.

Both Bedford and Royal Holloway admitted male undergraduates for the first time in 1965, but their

commitment to women’s education remained. The newly merged Royal Holloway and Bedford New College was inaugurated in 1986 by Her Majesty The Queen as a ceremony in the College Chapel. The merger provided more academic diversity and strength. It also preserved the pursuit of innovation and excellence which characterised the Founders of the two parent colleges.

The land has also been put to productive use as a source of food during the College’s history. Pigs, kitchen gardens, asparagus and potato patches were kept down where the International and Student Union Buildings are now.

However, there were attempts to sustain the Victorian social hierarchy within the workplace. The tunnel that runs from underneath the Founder’s building to the Boiler House was built so that the delicate sensibilities of the girls would not be upset by the sight of menservants and their carts.

Brief history of Royal Holloway University of London

“I was told that I must have pyjamas by Gladys (fellow student), who told me that if you come down the fire-escape you come down in a canvas chute, and that if you came down with a nightie over your head it would be very undignified! So that was one of the reasons why we wore pyjamas.” - Interview with Ruth Miller, RHC student 1955-62 RHC RF/132/6

Only female staff were allowed to reside at the College, with male staff having to live off campus. Students were not allowed to have men in their rooms without a chaperone. On the 1960s female students were still forbidden to be away for the College at night without permission. This posed a dilemma for some students.....

“Dear Lady Holloway,I am going out with a boy who loves long car rides so that I invariably return to College later than 12.55 and consequently have to climb in through a pantry window. Unfortunately I keep on laddering my stockings! Can you suggest a cure?” - Chateau, vol.1, no.3, 7th March 1968RHC RF/200/48

“They [men] ran over the buildings like mad things. They got into every nook and cranny. We spent a fortune on locks that year to stop them running about.” - Richard Hardy, Secretary to the Governors from 1963 RHC RF/132/5

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Ed Byrne is our Gala Dinner speaker. As an observational standup Ed is unrivalled. Ed has played in major comedy venues across the UK and Ireland and his tours are always hugely popular and well received by the critics. Ed is a former VP from Strathclyde University and also recently presented a BBC Radio 4 production about students’ unions.

Social ProgrammeIn order to ensure an enriching and rewarding conference experience for our delegates, we have a lively and engaging social programme at AMSU 2010. Whether you are primarily interested in informal networking, informative visits to local attractions or the fun events that can go on until the wee small hours, we are sure you will find something of interest to you.

Sunday evening

Tales from a Bedouin Tent (Storytelling Session) ........... 6pm to 8pmBuffet at Medicine with Giant Games.............................. 6pm to 9pm

Monday

Visit to the Magna Carta & John F Kennedy Memorials at Runnymede Meadows.... 2pm

Historical Tours of Founders Building.............................. from 3.30pmDinner at the Hub and then............................................. 7pm to 8.30pmSalsa Lesson at Medicine............................................... 9pm to 10pmLatin Disco at Medicine................................................... 10pm to 2am

Tuesday

Visit to the Magna Carta & John F Kennedy Memorials at Runnymede Meadows ... 2pm

Historical Tours of Founders Building.............................. from 10pmDrinks Reception/Performance atFounders Picture Gallery................................................. 6.30pm to 7.15pmGala Dinner (with live Prize Draw & Ed Byrne)............... 7.30pm to 9.00pm‘Say Cheese’ Afterparty ‘ It’s all about the anthems’ ...... 9pm till latePoker Tournament........................................................... Timings TBC

Association of College Unions InternationalThe History of ACUI:As one of the oldest associations in higher education, ACUI dates back to 1914 when it was founded in the Midwestern United States by a group of students. Over its storied history, it has evolved to the knowledge-based association for campus community builders. Our members are students and professionals working in college unions and student activities throughout the world.

Mission statement: The Association of College Unions International supports its members in the development of community through education, advocacy, and the delivery of services.

Core values: ACUI’s essential and enduring tenets are core values - a small set of timeless, guiding principles that do not require external justification. They hold great intrinsic value and importance to Association members, staff and key stakeholders. Core values are so fundamental, they seldom change—if at all.

• Unconditional human worth • Joy• Learning• Caring community• Innovation• Communication• Integrity

Core purpose: To be the leader in advancing campus community builders.

Code of ethics: The Association is dedicated to assisting members to make significant contributions to the total campus environment for learning and to the development of persons within the academic community. One of the precepts of ACUI is to recognize and foster high standards of performance, service, and professionalism among its members. This Code of Ethics and Core Values are expectations of professional behavior that extend to all Association members and volunteers and their interactions with one another at all Association functions, including regional and annual conferences, tournaments, meetings, workshops and seminars, and all official business events and activities conducted by the Association.

ACUI Quick Facts:Number of member institutions: 581Number of professional members: 3,161Number of undergraduate students: 994Number of graduate students: 266Number of faculty members: 54Number of associate members: 107Number of institutions outside the U.S.A.: 30Number of Historically Black Colleges and Universities: 16Average institutional full-time enrolment equivalent : 9,216

Key Note Speakers & Panel Guests

Baroness Diana WarwickMonday 10am

Baroness Warwick is currently Chair of the

Human Tissue Authority. The HTA is a watchdog that

protects public confidence by licensing organisations that store and use human tissue for purposes such as research, patient treatment, post-mortem examination, teaching, and public exhibitions.

She recently retired from her role as CEO of Universities UK, where she was responsible for representing the interests of 130 universities to government, the media, the public, internationally and was accountable for an annual budget of £6 million. In this role she restructured and rebranded the organisation with the desire to make Universities UK the collective voice of all UK universities.

Prior to taking up this challenging role in 1995, Baroness Warwick’s career was in the public sector and education, spending almost a decade as the CEO of the Association of University Teachers (AUT). She served several years as Chair of VSO covering the period of successful restructuring. Baroness Warwick makes regular media appearances and is widely quoted for her views. She is a Member of the House of Lords and has been a Labour life peer since 1999.

Matt HydeMonday 10.50am

Matt Hyde has been Chief Executive of the National Union of Students since 2007. Prior to NUS, he was General Manager of Goldsmiths College Students’ Union, Deputy General Manager of KCLSU and President of the University of London Union. He is a Director of NUS Services Limited and observer at Endsleigh Insurance Limited Board. Matt has worked in the voluntary sector over a number of years as consultant and board member (of the Poetry Society and Student Volunteering England), is a Patron of UNLOCK (the National Association of Reformed Offenders) and Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts.

Mike JohnsonMonday 3.30pm

Mike Johnson is a leading commentator, consultant and researcher on the Future of Work, Talent Management, Corporate Communications and How to Work as an Independent. He is the author of twelve books on business and management issues and a regular presenter on conferences around the globe. He has written several series of world-of-work studies for both The Economist and the Financial Times, as well as over 100 global and Europe-wide studies for international corporations and institutions.

Recent books include Winning the People Wars and Talent Magnet, both for the Financial Times, The New Rules of Engagement and The Independent Consultant’s Survival Guide for the CIPD. His latest book Starting up on Your Own: How to Succeed as an Independent Consultant or Freelance was published in November 2009 by the Financial Times. Mike is the founder of the FutureWork Forum, an independent, international think-tank and consulting network of business professionals. Founded in 2003, FutureWork Forum works with CEOs and HR Directors to help them anticipate the future of work.

Amnesty InternationalTBC: Monday 6.20pm

Amnesty International was founded on the belief in the power of ordinary people to make extraordinary change. It campaigns on a wide range of human rights issues including: violence against women, arms trade, death penalty, advocating an adequate standard of living for refugees, and dealing with the human rights issues surrounding terrorism and security.

‘’We have over 2.8 million members, supporters and subscribers in more than 150 countries and territories actively fighting for human rights. We also have over 7,800 local, youth, specialist and professional groups that meet in hundreds of communities across the world’’.

Those who support Amnesty International come from many faiths, cultures, ages and occupations. And they contribute in different ways: some write to governments; some campaign in the streets; some donate money. All adds up to massive public pressure to protect human beings everywhere. Because of this pressure, prisoners of conscience have been released. Death sentences have been commuted. Torturers have been brought to justice. Governments have been persuaded to change their laws and practices.

We are ordinary people from across the world standing up for humanity and human rights. Our purpose is to protect individuals wherever justice, fairness, freedom and truth are denied.

Steve SmithWednesday 9.30am

Professor Steve Smith has been Vice-

Chancellor and Chief Executive of the University of

Exeter since October 2002. He was previously Senior Pro Vice-Chancellor (Academic Affairs) and Professor of International Politics at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, as well as Head of the Department of International Politics, and Director of the Centre for Public Choice Studies at the University of East Anglia.

Professor Smith is a graduate of the University of Southampton and holds a BSc in Politics and International Studies, an MSc in International Studies and a PhD in International Relations. In August 2009, Professor Smith took up the Presidency of Universities UK (UUK) – the representative body for the executive heads of UK universities and umbrella group for the University sector. He is also a member of the UUK England and Northern Ireland Council and a member of the UUK UK Board; Board member of the 1994 Group of Universities; Member of the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) Advisory Group.

Professor Adam TickellTuesday Panel Debate

Adam Tickell has been Vice-Principal (Research, Enterprise and Communications) since October 2008, having come to Royal Holloway first as Dean of History and Social Sciences in 2007 from the University of Bristol, where he was Research Director for the Faculty of Social Sciences and Law.

He is Professor of Geography and has published extensively on the geography of finance, the making of the neoliberal common sense, regional development and urban politics. He has been an ESRC Research Fellow and was Honorary Editor of Transactions, Institute of British Geographers. An Academician of the Academy of Social Sciences, Adam is currently Vice Chair of the ESRC’s Research Grants Board and a member of their International Advisory Committee.

As Vice-Principal, Professor Tickell is responsible for research, enterprise and communications.

Debra Allcock-TylerTuesday 10am

Since 2001, Debra has been the Chief Executive of the Directory of Social Change, which works towards an independent voluntary sector at the heart of social change. DSC seeks to help voluntary and community organisations become effective agents of change. DSC has contact with some 30,000 voluntary and community organisations every year, through its training, information and publishing programmes and earns over 85% of its revenue enabling it to speak with a truly independent voice.

She is a member of the Charity Commission’s SORP Committee, Chair of the Small Charities Coalition and a member of the Advisory Panel for the MSc in Voluntary Sector Management at Cass Business School, City University. She was a member of the Buse Commission for self-regulation in fundraising.

She is an internationally published author of several books covering topics such as leadership, management, communication skills, personal development and time management and writes a regular column for Third Sector magazine.

Aaron PorterMonday 10.50am

Aaron Porter is the President-elect for the National Union of Students (NUS) having previously served as their Vice-President (Higher Education) for two terms. In this post, Aaron is responsible for leading representation and campaigns for students in UK higher education. His term begins in July 2010.

Alongside this role, Aaron is also a Non-Executive Board Director for the Universities & Colleges Admissions Services (UCAS), the Higher Education Academy (HEA), the European Students’ Union (ESU) and Foundation Degree Forward (fdf). He is also a member of the Burgess Implementation Steering Group and the HEFCE Online Learning Taskforce.

As Vice-President (HE) he served as a Non-Executive Board Director for the Office of the Independent Adjudicator (OIA), as a member of the Academic Council of the Higher Education Academy (HEA), and the National Student Survey Steering Group.

Prior to this, Aaron graduated with a BA in English from the University of Leicester in 2006, and then spent 2 years as a sabbatical officer and trustee of the Students’ Union. During this time he was the Deputy Chair and a Board Member for NUS Services Ltd, the commercial arm of NUS. He also founded and was elected as the first Chair of Unions94 (the Students’ Unions of the 1994 Group of Universities) and chaired the Student Loans Company Student Consultative Group. As a student, Aaron was editor of ‘The Ripple’, the student newspaper for the University of Leicester.

Selena Bolingbroke

Tuesday Panel Debate

Selena Bolingbroke is Pro Vice Chancellor Strategic Planning & External Development at UEL.

Previously she spent three years as Director of ‘Shaping Thurrock’, the Local Strategic Partnership, where she led the development of a Sustainable Community Strategy and Local Area Agreement plans, as well as revitalising the Partnership governance structure and performance management framework.

Selena’s connections with UEL date back to 1990, when she began a multi-subject diploma at the former Polytechnic of East London. Between 1992 and 1994, she served as Vice-President and President of the Students’ Union, before moving on to develop her career in higher education at the universities of Central England and Middlesex.

Selena returned to UEL in 2000 to take up the post of Senior Project Officer in the Vice-Chancellor’s Group. After a year’s secondment to the Thames Gateway Strategic Executive in the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, she was promoted to Head of Strategic Planning and Quality Enhancement at UEL in 2003.

Ruth FarwelTuesday Panel Debate

Ruth Farwell has been Vice Chancellor at Buckinghamshire New University since January 2006, having previously been Pro Vice Chancellor at London South Bank University with a portfolio covering academic planning and quality.

Ruth has a PhD in applied mathematics. She has published on higher education policy and her research is at the boundary between applied mathematics and theoretical physics, using the algebras of Victorian mathematician W.K. Clifford.

Ruth is Chair of GuildHE representing them on the Board of the Universities and Colleges Employers Association (UCEA) and serves onthe UUK Student Experience Policy Committee and Health and Social Care Policy Committee. In 2009 she was appointed to the Board of the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) and is a member of the HEFCE Teaching, Quality and Student Experience Committee. She is also chair of the Board of the South-East region Open College Network, and a member of the Board of the National Open College Network.

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Many thanks to

Monday

Extremism on campus: Understanding the Prevent Agenda. Kat Luckock, NUS/BIS 50mins

ACUI Session - 90 hot ideas for unions and activities.Geoff Coombs, ACUI 50mins

Border Management - balancing national security and facilitation.Paul McKeown, IBM

Vanessa Varvas, RHUL

50mins

The Big Deal – is it still big 18 months on? Mal Edgson, Bucks SU 50mins

Mission Groups 3 Nick Berg, (Consultant)

Jon Berg, Teeside SU

50mins

Scenario planning sessionDr Steve Reeve, Uni of Brighton

Business School 50mins

Do students’ unions have a social impact? Jane Whalen,

CEO Liverpool SU 50mins

Developing leadership skills through 360 degree feedback.Tony Peacock & Jenny Peacock

Peacock Training 50mins

10 Sacred cows and other change frippery. Jim Dickinson, NUS

50mins

ACUI Session - having your cake and eating it too: Understanding the dynamic expectations of current college studentsand finding ways to meet them.TBC 50mins

The Really Useful Research Guide - A practical guide to briefing and managing effective research.Ruth Bell, Curved Thinking

50mins

Managing effective campaigns in the students’ movement.Jean McLean, NUS 50mins

Improving the experiences of students of faith.Kat Luckock, NUS/BIS 50mins

Being a voice for students is not an end in itself. Discuss.Jim Dickinson, NUS 50mins

Managing student society / club communications and data. David Langer, Group Spaces

50mins

Dynamic SU Web ServicesSteve Green, SMG

50mins

How do we define (and increase) student involvement.John Abell, MSL 100mins

Achieving institutional relationships through good Governance/ Relationships - Survey Results.Karen Edwards, NUS 50mins

How equal opportunities monitoring for election candidates can open up democracy in your union.

Colina Wright, Sussex SU

50mins

Representation, training, advice, campaigning, fundraising, volunteering - is Age Concern a model we can learn from?Paul Coles, Age Concern 50mins

Successful governance - a legal perspective on the Charities ActTBC 50mins

Charities and TradingBWB (tbc) 50mins

Tasting the most Divine ChocolateSarah Jewell & David

Greenwood Haigh, Fair Trade

50mins

Summer Balls – fun in the sun not pain in the rainAlan Dove, Bournemouth SU

50mins

Spiral of PressureNick Berg, (Consultant)

Jon Berg, Teeside SU

50mins

The AMSU / NUS SurveyJon Berg, Teeside SU

50mins

How to develop new services in your SUJeremy Robinson, Housing

Hand 50mins

Sitting by Nelly - (or on the job training) Jenny Ainslow, Essex SU

100mins

Mind the Gap! Using Equality impact assessment to make a difference.Vanessa Boon, Energise

50mins

You can’t tell me off. I’m elected.Linda Walker 50mins

Using Diversity Survey Data to Plan for Change.Geraldine Smith, NUS & Gary

Loke, ECU 70mins

Key Note: Cresting the Wave by Aaron Porter (President) & Matt Hyde (Chief Executive) NUS 50mins

Key Note: From Education to Charity by Baroness Diana Warwick, Chair of HTA 50mins10.00

10.50

Key Note: Talent Management - The Truth by Michael A Johnson Future Work Forum 50mins

Lunch 13.30 - 14.30

Sector Knowledge

Room: (W) 0-04

Leadership and Management

Room: (W) 0-03

Stakeholder Engagement

Room: (W) 1-05

Integrated Marketing Communications

Room: (W) 0-05

Democracy and Governance

Room: (W) 1-02

Commercial and Finance

Room: (W) 1-05

HR and Progression

Room: (W) 1-04

TBC: Key Note The Work of Amnesty and Student Involvement by Amnesty International 40mins

The Future of AMSU - Debate and presentation by AMSU Trustees

11.40

12.40

14.30

15.30

16.20

17.20

18.20

18.30 Diversity Action Working Group open meetingmon

day

‘The Students’ Union Evaluation Initiative (SUEI) has indicated

that virtually all of our conference sessions

match with at least one of the ‘key lines of enquiry’.

For the complete list of such matches, visit www.amsu.net for the session

plan in the education programme section’.

Monday

Extremism on campus: Understanding the Prevent Agenda. Kat Luckock, NUS/BIS 50mins

ACUI Session - 90 hot ideas for unions and activities.Geoff Coombs, ACUI 50mins

Border Management - balancing national security and facilitation.Paul McKeown, IBM

Vanessa Varvas, RHUL

50mins

The Big Deal – is it still big 18 months on? Mal Edgson, Bucks SU 50mins

Mission Groups 3 Nick Berg, (Consultant)

Jon Berg, Teeside SU

50mins

Scenario planning sessionDr Steve Reeve, Uni of Brighton

Business School 50mins

Do students’ unions have a social impact? Jane Whalen,

CEO Liverpool SU 50mins

Developing leadership skills through 360 degree feedback.Tony Peacock & Jenny Peacock

Peacock Training 50mins

10 Sacred cows and other change frippery. Jim Dickinson, NUS

50mins

ACUI Session - having your cake and eating it too: Understanding the dynamic expectations of current college studentsand finding ways to meet them.TBC 50mins

The Really Useful Research Guide - A practical guide to briefing and managing effective research.Ruth Bell, Curved Thinking

50mins

Managing effective campaigns in the students’ movement.Jean McLean, NUS 50mins

Improving the experiences of students of faith.Kat Luckock, NUS/BIS 50mins

Being a voice for students is not an end in itself. Discuss.Jim Dickinson, NUS 50mins

Managing student society / club communications and data. David Langer, Group Spaces

50mins

Dynamic SU Web ServicesSteve Green, SMG

50mins

How do we define (and increase) student involvement.John Abell, MSL 100mins

Achieving institutional relationships through good Governance/ Relationships - Survey Results.Karen Edwards, NUS 50mins

How equal opportunities monitoring for election candidates can open up democracy in your union.

Colina Wright, Sussex SU

50mins

Representation, training, advice, campaigning, fundraising, volunteering - is Age Concern a model we can learn from?Paul Coles, Age Concern 50mins

Successful governance - a legal perspective on the Charities ActTBC 50mins

Charities and TradingBWB (tbc) 50mins

Tasting the most Divine ChocolateSarah Jewell & David

Greenwood Haigh, Fair Trade

50mins

Summer Balls – fun in the sun not pain in the rainAlan Dove, Bournemouth SU

50mins

Spiral of PressureNick Berg, (Consultant)

Jon Berg, Teeside SU

50mins

The AMSU / NUS SurveyJon Berg, Teeside SU

50mins

How to develop new services in your SUJeremy Robinson, Housing

Hand 50mins

Sitting by Nelly - (or on the job training) Jenny Ainslow, Essex SU

100mins

Mind the Gap! Using Equality impact assessment to make a difference.Vanessa Boon, Energise

50mins

You can’t tell me off. I’m elected.Linda Walker 50mins

Using Diversity Survey Data to Plan for Change.Geraldine Smith, NUS & Gary

Loke, ECU 70mins

Key Note: Cresting the Wave by Aaron Porter (President) & Matt Hyde (Chief Executive) NUS 50mins

Key Note: From Education to Charity by Baroness Diana Warwick, Chair of HTA 50mins10.00

10.50

Key Note: Talent Management - The Truth by Michael A Johnson Future Work Forum 50mins

Lunch 13.30 - 14.30

Sector Knowledge

Room: (W) 0-04

Leadership and Management

Room: (W) 0-03

Stakeholder Engagement

Room: (W) 1-05

Integrated Marketing Communications

Room: (W) 0-05

Democracy and Governance

Room: (W) 1-02

Commercial and Finance

Room: (W) 1-05

HR and Progression

Room: (W) 1-04

TBC: Key Note The Work of Amnesty and Student Involvement by Amnesty International 40mins

The Future of AMSU - Debate and presentation by AMSU Trustees

11.40

12.40

14.30

15.30

16.20

17.20

18.20

18.30 Diversity Action Working Group open meeting

tues

day Key Note: From Education to Charity 50mins

AMSU/NUS Survey statistical report.Jon Berg, Teeside SU

50mins

(nb: this is a different session

to one with a similar titile)

From NUS With Love - A story of idealism, solidarity and spies. NUS and its international work. Mike Day 50mins

Best practice in Supporting Trustee BoardsEmma Cox 50mins

Apocalypse Next - understanding and surviving the post fees review landscape.Graham Wise, NUS 50mins

Good practice in internationalising students’ unions.Joanna Purkis, NUS 50mins

Situational Leadership v Servant Leadership: Which is right for Students’ Unions?Judith Elliott, El Consulting

50mins

Leadership and development in small/medium sized charities.Ruth Lesirge &Hilary Barnard,

CASS Business School 50mins

Evidence based strategic planning - A Case Study.Redbrick Research/Leeds SU/

Royal Holloway SU 50mins

Foresight Planning Workshop.Mark Grayling, Nottingham Trent

SU 50mins

MentoringNick Berg Consulting & Helen

West 50mins

SUEI - Continuous improvement findings and future plansDiane Boston 50mins

What is restorative justice? Creatingcommunity in a disconnected world Helen West 50mins

Being Evidence Led Kate Wicklow/Alex Bols

NUS 50mins

Marketing StrategyTBC 50mins

Smart Phone applications - how they work in your union Stave Haugh 50mins

Mobile Trends 2010 - The year of the mobile?Martin Lewin, Staircase 13

50mins

Branding, Design and Identity. Paul Porral, John Lewis

Partnership 50mins

Charity Legislation Q & ATBC 50mins

SalesLee Bradshaw 50mins

Policy Analysis and Paradox.Jim Dickinson, NUS 50mins

The Future of Student Representation.Nick Berg Consulting 90mins

Educational Campaigns - The 10 point plan a year on.Matthew Kitching, Bucks SU

Prof RuthFarwell, VC Bucks SU 50mins

Governance - Where are we now Garry Hughes Payne 50mins

If you want to know the future of your bar - Create itTrevor Brown, Sure Stock

50mins

How to rob a bar and not get caught + Benchmarking your Bars performanceTrevor Brown, Sure Stock

50mins

Environmentally aware print buying.Tony Swift, Indigo Press 50mins

Social Enterprise: A Necessary Solution Uday Thakkar, Red Ochre

100 mins

Kent Union’s approach to HR Management and how it led to the Sunday Times 100 Best companies to Work ForJim Gardner, Kent SU 100mins

Talent Management - Developing front line talent in SU’s.Jonathon Day, Upskill 4 Life

100 mins

SU working with councils to improve student housing and community relations/inc HMO update Sam Wilkinson & Sarah

Wayman, University of

Nottingham SU & NUS 90mins

Introduction to Housing Contracts.Hilary Crook 50mins

Introduction to Housing ContractsHilary Crook 50mins

SU Lettings AgenciesCraig Stephens, Essex SU

50mins

SUM Conference Registration

Welcome to SUM Residential 40mins

Design Best Practice TBC 60mins

Q & A session with Endsleigh75mins

PRTBC 60mins

Business in the 21st centuryAmy Bailey, Mobile Sense 45mins

Copy Writing Gillian F Higgs 60mins

09.00

09.40RAWS Conference Registration

Panel debate on the changes in HE – impacts for Students and SUs 90mins

Advocacy skills for Education/AcademicAdvisors 90minsRebbeca Brown, Nottingham

SU 50mins

National Casework Statistics.Daniel Malcolm NUS &

Advice UK 50mins

Using Casework Stats to implement social policy.Paul Norman 50mins

The Pathways Report - what is it, what will happen next.Rob Behrens, OIA 50mins

Key Note: In praise of the odd shaped fruit by Debra Allcock Tyler, Chief Executive, Directory of Social Change 40mins

Lunch 13.30 - 14.30

Sector Knowledge

Room: (W) 0-04

Leadership and ManagementRoom: (W) 0-03

Stakeholder Engagement

Room: (W) 1-05

Integrated Marketing Communications (SUM)Room: (W) 0-05

Democracy and Governance (RAWS)Room: (W) 1-02

Commercial and Finance

Room: (ARTS) 1

HR and Progression

Room: (ARTS) 2

Advice and Well Being (RAWS)

Room: (W) 1-03 Room: (W) 1-04

10.00

10.50

11.50

12.50

14.30

15.30

16.30

Student Union Marketing (SUM)Room: (W) 0-02

Key Note: From Education to Charity 50mins

AMSU/NUS Survey statistical report.Jon Berg, Teeside SU

50mins

(nb: this is a different session

to one with a similar titile)

From NUS With Love - A story of idealism, solidarity and spies. NUS and its international work. Mike Day 50mins

Best practice in Supporting Trustee BoardsEmma Cox 50mins

Apocalypse Next - understanding and surviving the post fees review landscape.Graham Wise, NUS 50mins

Good practice in internationalising students’ unions.Joanna Purkis, NUS 50mins

Situational Leadership v Servant Leadership: Which is right for Students’ Unions?Judith Elliott, El Consulting

50mins

Leadership and development in small/medium sized charities.Ruth Lesirge &Hilary Barnard,

CASS Business School 50mins

Evidence based strategic planning - A Case Study.Redbrick Research/Leeds SU/

Royal Holloway SU 50mins

Foresight Planning Workshop.Mark Grayling, Nottingham Trent

SU 50mins

MentoringNick Berg Consulting & Helen

West 50mins

SUEI - Continuous improvement findings and future plansDiane Boston 50mins

What is restorative justice? Creatingcommunity in a disconnected world Helen West 50mins

Being Evidence Led Kate Wicklow/Alex Bols

NUS 50mins

Marketing StrategyTBC 50mins

Smart Phone applications - how they work in your union Stave Haugh 50mins

Mobile Trends 2010 - The year of the mobile?Martin Lewin, Staircase 13

50mins

Branding, Design and Identity. Paul Porral, John Lewis

Partnership 50mins

Charity Legislation Q & ATBC 50mins

SalesLee Bradshaw 50mins

Policy Analysis and Paradox.Jim Dickinson, NUS 50mins

The Future of Student Representation.Nick Berg Consulting 90mins

Educational Campaigns - The 10 point plan a year on.Matthew Kitching, Bucks SU

Prof RuthFarwell, VC Bucks SU 50mins

Governance - Where are we now Garry Hughes Payne 50mins

If you want to know the future of your bar - Create itTrevor Brown, Sure Stock

50mins

How to rob a bar and not get caught + Benchmarking your Bars performanceTrevor Brown, Sure Stock

50mins

Environmentally aware print buying.Tony Swift, Indigo Press 50mins

Social Enterprise: A Necessary Solution Uday Thakkar, Red Ochre

100 mins

Kent Union’s approach to HR Management and how it led to the Sunday Times 100 Best companies to Work ForJim Gardner, Kent SU 100mins

Talent Management - Developing front line talent in SU’s.Jonathon Day, Upskill 4 Life

100 mins

SU working with councils to improve student housing and community relations/inc HMO update Sam Wilkinson & Sarah

Wayman, University of

Nottingham SU & NUS 90mins

Introduction to Housing Contracts.Hilary Crook 50mins

Introduction to Housing ContractsHilary Crook 50mins

SU Lettings AgenciesCraig Stephens, Essex SU

50mins

SUM Conference Registration

Welcome to SUM Residential 40mins

Design Best Practice TBC 60mins

Q & A session with Endsleigh75mins

PRTBC 60mins

Business in the 21st centuryAmy Bailey, Mobile Sense 45mins

Copy Writing Gillian F Higgs 60mins

09.00

09.40RAWS Conference Registration

Panel debate on the changes in HE – impacts for Students and SUs 90mins

Advocacy skills for Education/AcademicAdvisors 90minsRebbeca Brown, Nottingham

SU 50mins

National Casework Statistics.Daniel Malcolm NUS &

Advice UK 50mins

Using Casework Stats to implement social policy.Paul Norman 50mins

The Pathways Report - what is it, what will happen next.Rob Behrens, OIA 50mins

Key Note: In praise of the odd shaped fruit by Debra Allcock Tyler, Chief Executive, Directory of Social Change 40mins

Lunch 13.30 - 14.30

Sector Knowledge

Room: (W) 0-04

Leadership and ManagementRoom: (W) 0-03

Stakeholder Engagement

Room: (W) 1-05

Integrated Marketing Communications (SUM)Room: (W) 0-05

Democracy and Governance (RAWS)Room: (W) 1-02

Commercial and Finance

Room: (ARTS) 1

HR and Progression

Room: (ARTS) 2

Advice and Well Being (RAWS)

Room: (W) 1-03 Room: (W) 1-04

10.00

10.50

11.50

12.50

14.30

15.30

16.30

Student Union Marketing (SUM)Room: (W) 0-02

wed

nesd

ayNUS Extra 40 mins

Marketing Social networksTBC 60mins

Membership development TBC 75mins

Making Scrutiny Work for SUs.Bethan Payne & Centre for

Public Scrutiny 90mins

Active social citizens Jo Bowery & Stuart Smith

Exeter Guild

50mins

Challenges facing democracy and representation in the near futureSimon To & Ruth Edgar 50mins

Looking after ourselves - dealing with the stresses of the job. Julia Crooks, Bucks SU

90mins

Understanding,Representing and Defending Postgraduates that teach. Debbie McVittey, NUS 50mins

Student Funding - An update on how students are funded.David Malcolm, NUS 90mins

Benefi ts for studentsDavid Malcolm, 50mins

RAWS Conference Registration SUM Conference Registration

Intellectual propertyOlivia Patterson 60mins

SUM Group discussion30mins

The Future of SU advice and advocacy Paul Norman 50mins

Future of UUK/HEI by Professor Steve Smith, President UUK 50mins

Lunch 13.30 - 14.30

Wednesday

Integrated Marketing Communications (SUM) Room: (W) 0-05

Democracy and Governance (RAWS)Room: (W) 1-02

Advice and Well Being (RAWS)

Room: (W) 1-03 Room: (W) 1-04

9.30

10.00

11.00

12.10

12.40

14.30

15.30

SUM

Room: (W) 0-04

AMSU Annual General Meeting

Room: Auditorium

END

AGM

The AMSU AGM is an important one in deciding the future direction for AMSU. It hosts a motion put forward by the Trustees which recommends dissolving AMSU and moving the work into the NUS.

The meeting will start at 10am on Wed 23rd June in the Windsor Building. Registration to pick up your voting card will start at 09.30am and if you are carrying a proxy vote this can be collected at the same time (for more details on proxy votes please see the AMSU website). Further information can be found on the front page of the AMSU website.

NUS Extra 40 mins

Marketing Social networksTBC 60mins

Membership development TBC 75mins

Making Scrutiny Work for SUs.Bethan Payne & Centre for

Public Scrutiny 90mins

Active social citizens Jo Bowery & Stuart Smith

Exeter Guild

50mins

Challenges facing democracy and representation in the near futureSimon To & Ruth Edgar 50mins

Looking after ourselves - dealing with the stresses of the job. Julia Crooks, Bucks SU

90mins

Understanding,Representing and Defending Postgraduates that teach. Debbie McVittey, NUS 50mins

Student Funding - An update on how students are funded.David Malcolm, NUS 90mins

Benefi ts for studentsDavid Malcolm, 50mins

RAWS Conference Registration SUM Conference Registration

Intellectual propertyOlivia Patterson 60mins

SUM Group discussion30mins

The Future of SU advice and advocacy Paul Norman 50mins

Future of UUK/HEI by Professor Steve Smith, President UUK 50mins

Lunch 13.30 - 14.30

Wednesday

Integrated Marketing Communications (SUM) Room: (W) 0-05

Democracy and Governance (RAWS)Room: (W) 1-02

Advice and Well Being (RAWS)

Room: (W) 1-03 Room: (W) 1-04

9.30

10.00

11.00

12.10

12.40

14.30

15.30

SUM

Room: (W) 0-04

AMSU Annual General Meeting

Room: Auditorium

END

AGM

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AGM Agenda

Annual General Meetingof the Association for Managers in Students’ Unions 2010

Windsor Building – Royal Holloway University of London, Wednesday 23rd June 2010.

Registration opens at 10:30am – Meeting starts at 11:00am

1. Welcome and apologies JW 2. Approval of the Minutes of the Last AGM AS 3. Matters Arising from Minutes of the Last AGM and reports back on previous motions> Casework Statistics Project (Advice Pro) 2007 AS> The Future of AMSU Trustees> The inclusion of member union Trustees AS> AMSU Alumni AS

4. Consideration of the AMSU Annual Report including reports from Specialist Groups and Regions - including> Consideration of the Financial Report JB i. latest audited accounts 08-09 ii. Estimates for 09-10 iii. Financial budgets for the forthcoming year 10-11> Confirmation of auditors details JB

5. Debate on any motions referred from Trustee Board>Future of AMSU motion Trustees 6.Debate of Members’ motions > Constitutional Change

7. Any Other Business

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Sportsfields

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Ascot M3Camberley and

Windsor Great Park

To Sports Centre by car

To Huntersdale

Main CampusRoyal Holloway, University of LondonEgham, Surrey, TW20 0EX T: 01784 443045www.rhul.ac.uk

Kingswood HallRoyal Holloway, University of LondonCoopers Hill LaneEgham, Surrey TW20 0LGwww.rhul.ac.uk

Conference campus plan

Conference & banqueting areas1 Founder's Building1a Picture Gallery1c Founder's Dining Hall 1d Main Lecture Theatre 2 Windsor Building 12 Moore Building 13 Moore Annexe 15 International Building, Cafe Jules 16 Arts Building 17 McCrea Building20 Horton Building (upper floor)

23 Students' Union 31 Bourne Laboratory32 Munro Fox Lecture Theatre35 Queen's Building 41 The Hub 50 Jane Holloway Lecture Hall

Accommodation1 Founder's Building 3 Butler Hall9 Tuke Hall40 Williamson Hall41 The Hub 42 Reid Hall43 Runnymede Halls 1&247 Wedderburn Hall48 Gowar Hall (incorporating Sang Il Lee)

55 Highfield Court56 Penrose Court (Houses) 61 Penrose Court (Flats)

Other facilities1b Chapel4 College Bookshop 5 Laundry, Muslim Prayer Room6 College Shop7 Natwest Bank10 Computer Centre 45 Medicine and Stumble Inn 46 Sports Centre

Pedestrian access only

Deliveries

Catering areas

Information

Wireless Zone

Non-accessible buildings

Accessible parking space

Accessible route

Car parks (1-17)

Conference areas

Key

Gravel car parks

Zebra crossing

Gradient direction

Accommodation

Highfi eldReception

Founder's Reception

The Hub

A more detailed guide to the practical nature of the College's accessible routes for the mobility impaired is available through the Educational Support Offi ce (based in the Founder's Building)

Conference campus plan

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