Happy holidays!
Posted 100 Months Ago
Written by Andrew Thornton
Happy Holidays everyone!
Can you believe the semester is over? Now winter is here and you have to wrap up head to toe just to go grab some milk from the shop. The exam session is also nearly over, just a few more days and you will be home free! I hope your exams have gone well this year and for those of you yet to finish, I hope you do really well! Don’t forget to eat at least some fruit and veg, having a cold or the flu during an exam is hellish! The Advice Hub is here for you, so please do use them, from help with a mitigating circumstances form to just having someone to talk to, they are just next to the shop!
I would like to thank each and every one of you who filled in ‘The Big Ask’ survey, your responses will enable us to make the changes you want, and to continue to ensure that the union is there for you, the students of Heriot-Watt. Further to this, we will be working on our commercial strategy to make it better. We will also be looking at the student union building and the options we have for it. We will be asking for your opinions on this in the new year so please do get involved! The Annual General Meeting of the Student Union is
Some good news for you postgraduate research students, the working group looking at PGR issues has produced its report, written in conjunction with the Student Union through Jonathan Kean (our previous PG Officer) to the university and the university has listened! They will be acting on a number of issues including pay conditions and visa issues, so do keep up the pressure, and let everyone in your department know what is going on!
For those of you who are Combined Studies students, there will be an open meeting in the Student Union on the 18th January from 2 to 4 pm (with some refreshments!) to discuss CS issues. Please do let us know what you need and want done, we want to ensure no student is left behind, especially those of you who are taught by many schools!
We are currently planning Refreshers Week and its looks great, so keep an eye out on the Facebook page and the website for what is going on!
For those of you staying on campus, we have a Facebook group so you can meet some people, have some hot chocolate together, and have a snowball fight if we are lucky to have some snow this year! You can find it
I hope you all have a great holiday break and I look forward to seeing you all in the new semester!
Cheers,
Diarmuid Cowan
President
