YOURSTUDENTS’UNION IS RUNBY STUDENTSFOR STUDENTS

We have seen anincrease of 25%in the number ofrecorded lecturesavailable onlinein directresponse to yourfeedback.

We agreed aminimum ratefor jobs oncampus throughincreasing thelowest rate ofpay to £6.19 perhour.

We havesupportedincreasedprovision ofelectronicsubmission ofwork, with over10,000 itemshaving now beensubmitted online.

WORKING WITH THE UNIVERSITY:

We movedSports andSocieties to Level2 and created anInformationPoint to improveaccess andvisibility.

We opened aStarbucks andintroducedhealthy menuoptionsin The Plugin direct responseto your feedback.

We havelauncheda new Hall Repsscheme topromotecommunity oncampus.

drinks

New to The Plug!

NOW SERVING STARBUCKS -

C ff H t Chocolate

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IN THE STUDENTS’ UNION:

We campaignedto improvestandardsto studentaccommodationwith the “Rate YourRental” survey.

We lobbiedagainst sharedhousingrestrictionsproposed as partof the “Article 4Direction”.

Your voiceour housing

Did you know that as a student, this could:

� Restrict your housing choices and limit your right to rent where you want

� Increase rent prices

� Force you to rent properties in parts of Bath with fewer bus services and fewer

amenities

� Bring a lower quality of housing standards due to less competition

� Endanger students and force us to walk home further through potentially

unlit areas

� Force students to live in expensive

purpose built accommodation instead

of experiencing real independence

� Also affect graduates, workers such as

nurses and teachers on low income and

anyone else sharing a house

� And more…

WHAT CAN YOU DO TO STOP

THIS DISCRIMINATION?

• Sign the petition:

BathStudent.com/article4

• Get your friends to sign the

petition by sharing the link on

Facebook and Twitter!

• Come along to Question Time

with Bath MP Don Foster and

other key political figures - Friday

26th October 5:15pm EB 1.1

We continued towork with the buscompanies toincrease busprovision at peaktimes, and havenow secured adirect bus servicefrom OldfieldPark.

IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY:

We organised acoach for Bathstudents to Londonfor Demo2012,a nationaldemonstration tosupport the futureof Higher Education.

We have lobbiedMPs across thecountry aboutinternationalstudent visas andthe problems thatBath studentshave faced overthe past year.

News6 Monday 5th November 2012

Question Time with Ben Butcher & Helen Edworthybathimpact Reporters

On Friday 26th October, lead-

ers from the local commu-

nity and the student body

came together to debate some of the

most contentious issues facing young

people, ranging from tuition fees to

changes in housing policy. A crowd of

around 50 students, as well as a few

members of the local council, were

present to listen to local Bath Lib-

eral Democrat MP, Don Foster, Con-

servative councillor for Lansdown

Anthony Clarke and Pete Mercer, Na-

tional Union of Students (NUS) Vice

President for Welfare. Joining them i

constantly reminded the audience

that although some people backing

the policy were supporting it for the

wrong reasons, there is nothing in-

herently ‘anti-student’ about it. Both

Mr Mercer and Ms Wade strongly re-

butted that a lack of housing, scram-

bled bus routes and an increase in

rent would not affect only students

but also the ‘low paid workers’ Mr

Foster had previously aimed to pro-

tect.Mr Foster’s weakest moment in

A4D’s success in other regions. Mr -

AT A NATIONAL LEVEL:

We organised adebate on campuswith the NationalCommunitiesMinister andNUS Leadersabout Bathstudents’ concerns.

4,365

studentswere helped inthe Advice &RepresentationCentre

719

studentssoughtadvice abouttheir housing

816

studentsreceived adviceon educationalissues includingacademicappeals

ADVICE & SUPPORT

5,000

hours of timehave been givento supportcommunityprojects

4,200

students weremembers of 47sports clubs

4,217

students weremembers of 85societies andthree mediagroups

ACTIVITIES

340

AcademicRepresentativesrepresentedyour views onacademic issues

90

Universitycommitteeshad studentrepresentation

35,415

votes werecast in allthe studentelections

REPRESENTATION

290,000

drinkswere soldin The Plug,helping fundyour Union

1,075

studentsattended 139Skills Trainingsessions

2,500

studentsfound workon campusvia Joblink

SERVICES

Is one of onlyfour in the countryto get a GOLD SUEIAward a mark ofquality to show wegive you the bestpossibleexperience.

Has been ranked byBath Students asone of the top ratedstudents’ unions inthe UK.

Had 87% of Bathstudents say theyhad a good overallexperience of theStudents’ Union.

YOUR UNION