| Date and timings |
Name of session |
Session description |
| 09/09/24 1-2pm |
Wellbeing 101: looking after yourself and your members |
This session is focused on your well-being as a committee member and how you can support the wellbeing of your group members. We will go through how to be a well-being champion for those around you as well as sharing valuable information on the processes in place to support you through signposting and reporting disclosures. |
| 09/09/24 2-3pm |
Building membership: Welcome Week and beyond |
In this session we'll help you to generate ideas to grow and maintain your membership, from top tips for attracting new members within welcome week to keeping people interested throughout the year. This session will also include details and guidance or student groups participating in a societies fair. |
| 10/09/2024 3.30-5pm |
Media Law training |
Facilitated by David Banks Media Law Consultancy, this session focusses on the issues around student groups' use of social media. This includes issues such as copyright - using photos you don't have rights to etc; privacy - taking care of members private information; libel - what we shouldn't post about other people and organisations; and how to tackle online abuse and trolling when it happens. |
| 11/09/2024 1-2pm |
Employability and skills development |
Facilitated by the University of Birmingham Academic registry and Careers Network departments, this session will introduce you to the ways in which your committee experience can help you develop your employability and skills for the future, and resources in place to help you achieve this at the University. |
| 11/09/2024 2-4pm |
Anti-semitism awareness training |
Facilitated by the Union of Jewish Students (UJS), this session covers the history of antisemitism, understanding the British Jewish community, antisemitism on campus and how best Students’ Unions and Universities can support their Jewish students. Training will take place online, with places for this session limited to 25 people. |
| 13/09/2024 2-3pm |
Activities Dashboard training |
Join us for an introductory session on how to use the new Student Activities department Activities Dashboard. This is the new way in which student groups are being asked to notify the team about their activities, and complete the majority of forms/processes, via the Guild of Students website. |