We started the year with Welcome. This year we hosted 100 events with over 10,000 students attending them; from mingles to plant potting, street tours to club nights and everything in between. We welcomed over 13,000 students to our Welcome Fair and were delighted to host the Lord Mayor and Read more…
Along with the rest of the University community, we’ve welcomed new Vice Chancellor Professor Evelyn Welch to the University. We were pleased to host her at the Welcome Fair, join senior UoB staff members at their start of year residential, and are regularly meeting the Vice-Chancellor to raise student concerns Read more…
The University launched a consultation in November to seek views from students, staff and the public on whether seven buildings whose names are linked in different ways to the transatlantic trade in enslaved Africans should be renamed. Saranya, your Equality, Liberation and Access Officer, has been encouraging students to give Read more…
This academic year has seen industrial action from two different staff unions. Your SU Officer team have continued to speak to senior staff members at the University about the strikes and are committed to mitigating the impact on the educational experience of taught students, as well as supporting our staff Read more…
Working with S.E.H, your Sports and Student Development Officer Lucy has managed to secure a FREE shuttle bus each Wednesday throughout the day to Coombe Dingle Sports Complex from Tyndall Avenue. Now, whether you’re playing or spectating, student or staff, you can get to all the BUCS Wednesday home fixtures.
Bristol SU Lettings had its busiest launch yet at the beginning of December, supporting students during the current housing crisis to find safe and affordable homes. The team saw over 1000 students in person and responded to over 5000 emails in 24 hours. Our My Rent My Rights campaign has Read more…
Over 150 students and staff joined our Reclaim the Night march through the streets of Bristol against sexual harassment and gender-based violence. This was our first march since 2019!
In October we released the results of the Belonging, Connection and Community research that we’d conducted earlier in the year in partnership with the University. Over 1300 students participated in surveys and focus groups to provide necessary insight into how students make friends, what conditions strong student communities form and Read more…
One of our elected officer team priorities for the year is Cost Of Living and we were quick to pull together a cost of living support hub for students, working closely with the University, to update them on what we’re doing, and how they can access support. It included: • Securing Read more…