The Student Opportunities Digest collates blogs, news stories and useful resources
Last Friday, Students’ Union UCL invited me to London to judge the final presentations of the UCL Consultancy Challenge. I spent the afternoon enjoying presentations about sustainability in urban gardening, social media solutions to volunteer engagement, redesigning training programmes, and designing new fundraising initiatives for charities. As their consultancy specialist judge I sat alongside senior staff from UCL and we had to decide on the winning project.
Read MoreSummary of our session delivered in August 2023 at Membership Services Conference
Read MoreA summary of students' union and university approaches to academic societies in 2021.
Read MoreWe exist to challenge the image of what a trustee should look like and to empower organisations and individuals to see the value of young people. This is something our movement has in common with Students’ Unions, and particularly student opportunities teams: every day we see the value of young people, and have full faith in their ability to add valuable insight to important discussions.
Read MoreHands up if you’re worried about the future of student opportunities in your university or college? Yes, we are too.
There’s usually a ‘turnover’ of student opportunities every academic year. Different societies, volunteering projects and campaigns come and go based on student interest. As we move into handover season this year though, we are seeing even more clearly how the actions taken to manage the pandemic have overwhelmed everyone involved in opportunities.
Read MoreResearch covering student opportunities doesn’t happen often, which is why we were so excited to see The Sutton Trust release The University of Life and Covid-19 and the University Experience in February. Not one but two pieces of research to get stuck into.
Read MoreIntroducing anti-racism training with Osaro Otobo
Read MoreNo, it’s not the name of a new emo band.
Read MoreWe stand in solidarity with the black community, in the UK and across the world, as well as the wider BAME community. The unjust murder of George Floyd has been a catalyst in shaking the world and awakening an acknowledgment that things need to change.
Read MoreGuest blog from Alan Roberts about how academic societies work in Scandinavian countries, and what we can learn from them
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