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Student representation & voice
Explainers and SU blogs on this topic, newest first.
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Getting students to turn up without threatening them
18/08/25
Coping with crisis means SUs have to adapt again
Team Wonkhe
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SU blog
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15/08/25
How can SUs get civic-al
Rosie Hunnam
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SU blog
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07/08/25
Reclaiming the power of student democracy
Ben Sanders
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SU blog
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05/08/25
Partnership isn’t a policy, it’s a practice – and it needs work
Dáire Martin
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SU blog
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16/07/25
How to surface and reduce the hidden costs of study
Eve Woodall
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SU blog
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08/07/25
Working together to map and transform the student experience
Joe Holmes
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SU blog
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01/07/25
From student to student voice, what this role really taught me
David Dada
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SU blog
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26/06/25
Using community organising to meet power on equal terms
Tom Snape
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SU blog
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26/06/25
A brief guide to “political” comms for student leaders
20/06/25
How to increase student participation, reflections from an officer about to return to the classroom
Gracie Otley
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SU blog
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19/06/25
Webinar archive
15/06/25
Parental Advisory: Why empowering parents might be central to SU campaigning
Lewis Wilson
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SU blog
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09/06/25
What happened at ESU’s last board meeting (and why it matters to UK SUs)
Jim Dickinson
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SU blog
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06/06/25
Reflections on leading a students’ union as an insider
Lauren Simpson-Smillie
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SU blog
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05/06/25
Celtic connections: Time for some new rules
Team Wonkhe
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SU blog
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04/06/25
Celtic connections: School plays sell out
Team Wonkhe
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SU blog
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04/06/25
Celtic connections: Building belonging is about starting small
Team Wonkhe
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SU blog
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04/06/25
Celtic connections: From data to humans
Team Wonkhe
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SU blog
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04/06/25
Celtic connections: Futurecasting can be fun and useful
Team Wonkhe
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SU blog
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04/06/25
Celtic connections: Do SUs need a new vision for the student experience?
Team Wonkhe
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SU blog
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04/06/25
Students’ views on AI vary more than you think
Thomas Tran
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SU blog
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03/06/25
It’s time for the university to give back to elected officers
Rachel Burn
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SU blog
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02/06/25
Getting past survey fatigue by going unfiltered
Faith Goligher
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SU blog
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22/05/25
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