Campaigns

Financial Security Campaign- Increased the Students' Union Operational Block Grant from £15,800 to £24,800 which is a £9,000 increase, ensuring a significantly increased Campaigning budget to fight for students.

Sexual Health Campaign- Introduced HIV testing and Sexual Health Advice across all major campuses through partnership with the What?Centre providing regular drop-ins.

Turn Up Campaign- Lobbied the college to introduce Opt-in Voter Registration to automatically register students when they enrol, simplifying the process, making it more accessible.Dudley College is one of the first Colleges to implement this and only 1/3 of Universities have it.  Asked for registration links to be added to Induction surveys and democratic education to be included in PIP Sessions. 

My Present, Our Future Campaign- puting together a Local and National Student Manifesto, telling politicians want students need from the next Government. Hosted a Big Conversation on Education and launched a What Students Think page on the Duldey SU Website. Jack also spoke on behalf of Further Education in the Houses of Parliament, Westminster.

Politics Made Better Campaign- hosted the first Union Parliament since Covid which is an oppotunity for students to have a say in the direction of the Union, vote on motions and hold Leadership Members accountable. Did a major push on Leadership Elections introducing enhanced support and running a 'Vote for a Coke' election drive.

Israel-Palestine Conflict- Lobbied for increased support for all students affected by this Humanitarian Crisis and demanded College took a pro-active approach to tackling Hate Crime.

Transgender inclusion- Strongly influenced the national student response to the Transgender Guidance released by the Government and supported in putting an FE (Further Education) inclusive campaignign together. 

Students Rights Campaign- worked with the National Union of Studnets (NUS) to camapign for key rights for students such as including students in the renters rights bill and abloshing guarntors, as part of the campaign we attended the NUS National Lobby Day where Jack lobbied Dudley MP Sonia Kumar and discussed key issues for students such as transport, votes at 16 and BTEC Cuts. 

NUS Democracy Reform- worked with the National Union of Students and other Students' Unions in the UK to make the democracy of the national student movement work for students leading to the creation of NUS England and reform how NUS enage with Unions and how they are accountable to students. 

Key Actions

SU Leadership and Participation Reform- Created brand new Leadership roles that targeted the specific needs of students, centralised and consolidated the Liberation Networks and Introduced the SU Crew initiative as a volunteering space for students who want to be involved with the SU but don’t necessarily want to take on a Leadership role and re-branded the Big Student Get Together (Studnet Council) to Union Parliament. 

Strategic Oversight- Introduced the Students' Union Strategic Plan, which focuses on the priorities of the Union for its development and implemented a Policy focused approach especially regarding Club/society management.

National Policy- Submitted a policy to the National Union of Students (NUS) National Conference around accessibility for Further Education (FE) in National Campaigns and NUS spaces, Jack spoke in front of over 700 Delegates and the Policy successfully passed, guaranteeing a minimum Delegate entitlment for FE Unions of 2. 

National Elections- Ran a strong camapign to become the National Union of Students (NUS) Vice President for Further Education to represent and fight for College students and Apprentices across the UK. Jack only fell short by 1 vote. 

Digital Student Noticeboard- successfully lobbied and worked with the college to introduce a master team where every student is auto-enrolled onto so everyone has an equal oppotunity to access the same information at the same time, ensuring effective communication. 

Leadership Elections- Oversaw the biggest election in SU history supporting 18 candidates across 6 different exec roles, continuing enhanced support resulting in over 1,000 induvidual students voting and over 6,000 votes cast. 

Media and Marketing

Branding Tools- Introduced and designed new SU Marketing tools including 2 pop-up-shops and 10 pop-up-banners- this is vital for the SU to engage and provide services to all students who find it difficult getting to Broadway.

Social Media Presence- Increased content creation across SU socials to boost digital engagement and solidiy the SU's brand.

Get Involved Campaign- Launched this campaign to get students involved in SU activities and oppotunities all starting with the Student induction talks, speaking to 3,000 students across 1 week, the SU's key branding message was all about getting involved, we had a major spike in engagement and had over 100 students fill out an interest form. 

Projects

Zen Den Project- lobbied the college to re-start the project and ensured a suitable design was approved to create more social spaces for students, this space is designed for studnets to connect with nature and de-stress. As Project Manager Jack oversaw the implementation of the project from start to finish and managed contactors to to ensure an effective delivery.

Skill Development

Leadership & Management Qualification- started a Level 5 Leadership and Management Qualification with the Chartered Managment Intitute to develop leadership skills and learnb how to better manage an organisation.

Lead & Change- attended a 3 day training event at the University of Birmingham SU, networking and leaning how to build student power.

Small & Specilist Lead & Change- this training was specifically for College SU's and was hosted at Dudley SU 2 years in a row. 

SU Leadership Team- Year 1

Vice President & Chair- Areej Amir

Assistant President of Union Development- Usman Shahid

Assistant President of Education- Neve Fraser

Assistant President of Sustainibility- Ross Pennington-Greatbatch

Assistant President of Media & Outreach- Estina Munzwa

Inspired Campus leader- Kaynat Ahmad

CAT Campus leader- Kyle-James Handley

Dudley Sixth Campus Leader- Favour A-Matthew

Broadway Campus Leader- Duncan Barnett

BAME Liberation Leader- Muhammad Shahid

SU Leadership Team- Year 2

Vice Preident- Usman Shahid

Assistant President of Union Development- Miriam Guadalupe

Assistant President of Education & Vice Chair- Atifa Saftari

Assistant President of Sustainibility- Madina Morton

Assistant President of Media & Outreach- Goodness Kanu

Assistant President of Communities- Elizabeth Gado Johnson 

Assistant President of Liberation- Anthonia Abakporo

Student Governor & Chair- Deborah Ibojo

Inspired Campus leader- Kaynat Ahmad

Dudley Sixth Campus Leader- Aishat Olabode

Evolve Campus Leader- Dominic Loveridge

LGBTQ+ Liberation Leader- Remi Miles