Author
Neil Mackenzie
Neil Mackenzie is Chief Exec at Leeds Beckett SU
6 pieces
Newest first, since August 2017
· SUs
Can SUs find creativity in chaos and crisis?
Last year I took part in the first iteration of the Wonkhe SUs New Rules event in Manchester. It brought together a variety of SU leaders (staff and elected students) to work through challenging organisational scenarios
· SUs
What did SUs learn from the Pandemic: Part 1
It’s not over yet – but as we gear up for the new academic year, what did we learn from the pandemic? We asked staff and officers from SUs across the UK to share reflections and learning from sixteen months of tea-time p
With Dani Payne, Janette Alvarado-Cruz, Luke Newton, John Abell and Tim Hewes-Belton
· SUs
#SUFutures – Academic representation? Drop the fixation
Reps aren’t the problem, our outdated fixation with representative democracy is. A culture of community organising, horizontalism and critical engagement with pedagogy is having a genuine impact at Sheffield. Ditch the s
· Comment
Building resilient communities rather than resilient individuals
Neil Mackenzie of Sheffield Students’ Union argues that we should shift our focus from developing “resilient” students to developing resilient university communities, instead.
· Analysis
Let’s go fly a kite: Who is HE for?
Top wonks from across the sector share ideas on who we think HE should be for
With Mary Curnock Cook and Gilly Salmon
· SUs · Members
Time to abandon ‘resilience’ as a concept?
In this piece Neil Mackenzie, Head of Advice & Representation at Sheffield Students’ Union, argues that the automatic acceptance of ‘resilience’ as an agenda may work against students’ interests in the long term.