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SU officers & leadership
Explainers and SU blogs on this topic, newest first.
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Working in a students’ union is a real job
Scott Farmer
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SU blog
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11/06/20
How can officers end the year when it’s all beginning again?
Chloe Salins
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SU blog
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01/05/20
#SUFutures – Is it time to bin off the SU strategic plan?
Ed Marsh
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SU blog
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06/03/20
#SUFutures – Neither a bird nor a plane – the rise of the super rep
Katie D’Arcy
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SU blog
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14/02/20
The powerful question every university meeting needs to answer
Bee Morgan
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SU blog
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31/01/20
Jump on the roller coaster and raise your arms in the air
Sanni Lehtinen
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SU blog
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10/01/20
Are we setting sabbs up to fail?
Phil Pilkington
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SU blog
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06/12/19
Why do SUs need officers anyway?
Demi Smith
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SU blog
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29/11/19
Lobbying and policy work isn’t real campaigning – or is it?
David Kernohan
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SU blog
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18/10/19
Should SUs elect a working class officer?
Nick Glover
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SU blog
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01/08/19
Student officers need support and training when it comes to the media
Omolade Adedapo
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SU blog
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04/07/19
If I knew then what I know now
Team Wonkhe
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SU blog
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01/07/19
The pain, potential and promise of university policy
Samuel Dedman
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SU blog
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03/05/19
What a comedown – SU officers in the departure lounge
Annie Gainsborough
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SU blog
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26/04/19
Supporting outgoing elected officers
Andy Winter
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SU blog
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26/04/19
Advice on exiting from former sabbs
Jim Dickinson
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SU blog
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24/04/19
They thought it was all over. It isn’t now
Jim Dickinson
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SU blog
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12/04/19
Half time at NUS Conference 2019
Jim Dickinson
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SU blog
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10/04/19
Trustee Boards can be more exciting than you think
Nick Smith
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SU blog
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05/04/19
Being a students’ union CEO (for 11 months)
Andy Moorwood
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SU blog
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30/07/18
Its lonely at the top
Ben Vulliamy
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SU blog
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10/10/17
SU managers and mental health- strictly private & confidential?
Steve Coole
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SU blog
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18/09/17
50 tips for supporting sabbs
Team Wonkhe
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SU blog
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05/09/17
Making student led scrutiny work
Jim Dickinson
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SU blog
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04/09/17
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