Student Activities Network  Welcome to the Student Activities Network This is the place to share information and best practice and test ideas in student development related work – including clubs and societies, sports, personal development planning, employability, training, effective partnership building and student activities management.
Lisa Widdows ; NUS Student Development Network Manager
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The views and opinions expressed in these posts are those of the individual author and do not reflect the policies or practices of NUS.
Social Space/Communal Areas
“ Our University campus lacks any communal/social spaces where students can meet informally to talk, eat and generally socialise in a relaxed way. There is of course the SU Bar and the University provides a refectory, but there is no communal space which is not centred around food or alcohol.
I am keen to establish whether your institution provides a social/communal space on campus. I hope your feedback will allow me to apply some pressure to the University about what other institutions provide!” Dawn Easy, Anglia Ruskin Students’ Union
“Can I also have any replies to this sent to me? Lack of 'informal' social
space is a big issue on campus at the moment although space generally is a
big problem with lecture theatres etc being totally over subscribed.” Jess Saunders; University of Bath Students’ Union
“Not sure if this helps as we are an FE college but we have two social areas between our six sites which are across the city. We need more, one in every centre ideally.” Alison Cottenham; Liverpool Community College
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Nightline
“ Right now, we have 'suspended' the service until we go though a formal
review process, and I am in the procedure of collecting info about how
other Nighlines run to present to the group. We had great difficulty in the past and struggled to develop a
relationship where we could work closely with the volunteers. We were
also aware that they had trouble recruiting members; resulting in
nightline only being open for 3 nights a week.” Gabriella Sholk
“We have a very sucessful nightline system here at Lancaster, we've also
launched an e-listening service. There is a good relationship between
nightline and the students union. There is a lot more information on the
website www.lusu.co.uk/nightline and you can contact the admin people
who run it for more detailed information from there...they're the
experts!” Becky Heard; Lancaster University Students’ Union
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Lisa’s Recommended Sites
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British Universities Sports Association (BUSA) - Currently there are 151 Universities and Institutes of Higher Education in BUSA membership. The Association provides an inter-university championship programme in 49 sports as well as a representative programme and at the representative level teams are entered in the World University Games and World University Championships.
Student Activities Safety Association (SASA) - This website is designed to give all you students out there all the information you'll ever need to plan and carry out activities safely. It offers a continually developing resource to help you plan your trips, activities and events.
Student Zone - This site aims to meet the information needs of students on and off campus. The ten main collections of information resources are shown by the buttons on the left. Together they cover many of the varied interests of students from finding out where you can study certain subjects, to finding your Student Union site or organising a trip abroad during the holidays.
Subscriber Watch
 Student development related issues – including clubs and societies, sports, personal development planning, employability, training, effective partnership building and student activities management are dominating the network at present. However, the network can only continue to be a success if you use it to ask questions, share resources and links and to network with your colleagues.
Resources
NUS produces and maintains a variety of key student-activities resources for union officers and staff. They can be accessed from this page at the links below. The latest student-activities resources are on sponsorship, marketing and sports and societies. E-mail the networks team if you have any resources which you would like to share with your colleagues.
Sponsorship
Gaining Sponsorship for Student Activities - A briefing from Staffordshire University Students’ Union. A must for all unions seeking funding.
Marketing
Marketing Student Activities - Marketing is everything we do to make our activities as focused and successful as possible.
Stadia Marketing involvement in Student Activities – Recruitment, Retention, Regeneration - The marketing mix, also known as the 4P's: Product, Price, Promotion and Place.
Marketing Your Training - Some key principles and ideas involved in marketing.
Are you meeting the requirements of the Disability Discrimination Act?
Disability Awareness presentation PowerPoint - The University of Nottingham Students’ Union looks into the Disability Discrimination Act and asks you to look whether your group or society is meeting the requirements of this.
Sport and Societies
Giving Societies A Sporting Chance - Societies Have Never Had as Much Support As Sports; But We Can And Should Level The Playing Field.
Sport for All - Within the student movement, student sport has always been an important aspect of the activities organised by students’ unions on behalf of their membership.
Clubs and Societies Handbook
- The NUS Clubs and Societies handbook contains all you need to know about starting a new club or society, how to get new members, developing publicity, holding events, running activities and important health and safety advice.
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