Author
Alan Roberts
123 pieces
Newest first, since August 2017 · page 2 of 7
· SUs
Neuroinclusive, petitions, FE and HE
This week on Working for Students – the Membership Services Show, we’re exploring how SUs can design services and spaces that genuinely work for the students they represent.
With Livia Scott
· SUs
Basic needs, fast track, advice accreditation
This week on Working for Students (the podcast formerly known as the Membership Services Show), Livia and Alan reflect on the year ahead before diving into three interviews
With Livia Scott
· SUs
It is crucial that students know what their rights are and where to find them
In the final leg of the Wonkhe SUs Rhineland tour, the team explore the Netherlands’ distinct approach to student representation – where collaboration beats rivalry, and student-led reform is written into the structure
With Jim Dickinson, Mack Marshall and Mike Day
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They come up with ideas that we don’t have
On Day 4 of the SUs study tour to the Rhineland, the team visit Antwerp to explore how the city treats students not as problems or consumers, but as citizens — integrating them into urban planning with striking depth, ca
With Jim Dickinson, Mack Marshall and Mike Day
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It’s in our tradition here to remain a bit proud
On Days 3 and 4 of the SUs Rhineland study tour, the team finds that student experience is shaped not just by programmes and policies, but by mugs, matchings, mandates – and an infrastructure for connection
With Jim Dickinson, Mack Marshall and Mike Day
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A captivating experience that showcases the beauty of cultural exchange
What if student voice had legal weight? On Days 2 and 3 of the SUs study tour, the team reflect on a continental journey where student representation is not just heard, but hardwired into the system
With Jim Dickinson, Mack Marshall and Mike Day
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The most universally despised creature in France
On Day 2 of the Wonkhe SUs Rhineland study tour, the tean discovers how French student leaders are translating hardship into political leverage. – one poster, grocery shelf, and housing hotline at a time
With Jim Dickinson, Mack Marshall and Mike Day
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Taste the first strawberries from the garden
At the end of Day 1 of the Wonkhe SUs study tour to the Rhineland, the team finds a vision of student life grounded in public service, solidarity, local integration and sweet sweet honey
With Jim Dickinson, Mack Marshall and Mike Day
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Blankets are available
As the Wonkhe SUs Rhineland study tour begins proper, the tean uncover how Swiss students are resourced to reshape their universities – from tech solutions for module selection to institution-wide curriculum reform
With Jim Dickinson, Mack Marshall and Mike Day
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Students are the university’s best teachers
On Day 0 of the Wonkhe SUs study tour to the Rhineland, the team explores how German universities deliver high-quality, student-centred education at scale – and what UK SUs might learn from their example
With Jim Dickinson and Gareth Hughes
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The more colourful the better
On Day -1 of the Wonkhe SUs Rhineland study tour, the team examines how a student-led initiative in 1920 grew into a vast public institution, revealing an alternative vision of higher education support
With Jim Dickinson and Gareth Hughes
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We have never received a single complaint
On Day -2 of the Wonkhe SUs study tour to central Europe, Jim Dickinson and team trace the tension between memory, power and student voice from Munich’s snowy streets
With Jim Dickinson and Gareth Hughes
· SUs
In five years’ time: Five ways students’ unions might change … again
Alan Roberts reflects on a decade of the SUs Membership Services Conference, charting the sector’s evolution from siloed services to radical reimaginings of student life, identity, and influence
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Loneliness, 10 years of MSC
This week on the Membership Services Show, Alan and Livia dive deep into the complexities of change management and student engagement across the students’ union sector.
With Livia Scott
· SUs
Paying part time officers, power
This week on the Membership Services Show, Alan and Livia dive deep into the complexities of change management and student engagement across the students’ union sector.
With Livia Scott
· SUs
Safe spaces, student opportunities, joining SUs
This week on the Membership Services Show, Alan and Livia dive deep into the complexities of change management and student engagement across the students’ union sector.
With Livia Scott
· SUs
Representation, PGRs, Jim @ MSC
This week on the Membership Services Show, Alan and Liv explore how students’ unions are reimagining engagement and support for diverse student communities.
With Livia Scott
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Welcome, strategy
This week on the Membership Services Show Alan and Liv talk to Rachel from Highlands and Islands Students’ Association about insights on the pressures officers face within the current sector crisis and how universities c
With Livia Scott
· SUs
Welcome and social prescribing, trustee boards, media law
This week on the Membership Services Show Alan and Liv talk to Rachel from Highlands and Islands Students’ Association about insights on the pressures officers face within the current sector crisis and how universities c
With Livia Scott
· SUs
Officers, community organising, fast track senior leadership
This week on the Membership Services Show Alan and Liv talk to Rachel from Highlands and Islands Students’ Association about insights on the pressures officers face within the current sector crisis and how universities c
With Livia Scott