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The latest installment of the UCSU magazine, the best place to find all you need to know about what's current in your University.
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503/2012 free
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Submit your artwork for our front cover
each cover of The Scene has
a theme, the next issue’s is the
number 6. If you feel you can
illustrate the number 6 in an
interesting and creative way,
or if you have any existing work
that loosely ties in with the
theme then please email it to
and you could be featured on
the cover as well as inside the
magazine. It is a great chance
to have your work viewed by
13,000 of our members, as well
as getting a hard copy of The
Scene for your portfolio.
Last Call for Nominations
Success Awards Short Lists
National Student Volunteering Week
Are You ‘fit to Sit’?
Hold Your Course reps to Account
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UCSU is now on
@Cumbriasu
@Lorricumbriasu
@RachelUCSU
@Liamcumbriasu
@Tomcumbriasu
Follow Your SabbsYou can now follow your Sabbatical officers on twitter to know
exactly where they are and when you can talk to them. You
can also contact them through their twitter accounts to make
suggestions on how they can help you!
follow UCSU on facebook at facebook.com/CumbriaSU
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Success doesn’t just happen, you make it
happen! By putting yourself forward and
making a difference you make success
possible. Time is running out to volunteer to
be elected as a Students’ Union Officer.
Last caLL for NomiNatioNsPut yourself forward for the uCsu eleCtions
What is your passion, what do you want to
change, who do you represent! Put yourself
forward and make it happen. You are the
Success. Stand up and be counted (and do it
quickly). Visit www.uscu.me to get involved.
noMinations Close 13th MarCh 2012
other iMPortant datesCaMPaigning starts
14th March 2012 to 30th March 2012
Voting oPens
19th March to 31st March 2012
Last caLL for NomiNatioNsPut yourself forward for the uCsu eleCtions
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aND tHE sHort Lists for tHE sUccEss aWarDs arE... During the first phase of our Success campaign
we called for nominations for our 2012
Success Awards... WOW! We had almost 300
nominations from across our campuses and
across our courses. This is a testament to the
calibre of the people here at the University of
Cumbria. We are pleased today to announce
the short list!
The awards ceremony will be on the 22nd
of March. All Short listed candidates should
have already received their invitation and are
welcome to bring up to 3 subsides guests along.
The ceremony will feature a speech by Vice
Chancellor Peter Strike. for more information
please contact [email protected]
or visit our website www.ucsu.met
Nss aWarD
Shortlisted nominees:
education Placement office
Tower Hamlets campus facilities management
Jen Hutton
University NSS Group
Carolyn reade
oUt of sigHt aWarD
Shortlisted nominees:
Dave Hurn
Jane Barker
Bev Graham
Claire O’Hara
Vikki Brown
ELEctED stUDENt officEr of tHE YEarShortlisted nominees:
Alex Walker
Lewis Walker
rahul Mehrotra
Matt Tennant
John Sharp
LEctUrEr of tHE YEarShortlisted nominees:
Chris Buxton
Jen Bibby
Alison Buckley
Graham Hallet
Ken Beesley
VoLUNtEEr of tHE YEarShortlisted nominees:
Katy Wainwright
Lee Jones
Jonathon Dawson
emma Pilgrim
robbie George
stUDENt acaDEmic rEp of tHE YEarShortlisted nominees:
Zoe Heathcock
Hannah Glancy
Lizzie Simpson
Sabina Yasmin
elaine Breen
commUNitY aWarDShortlisted nominees:
Jane Barker
Paul Nedved
Sam riches
Stuart Hyde
stUDENt groUp mEmbEr of tHE YEar Shortlisted nominees:
Clarissa Sorlie
Jon Daynes
Laura rowell
Sian Lucas
Tom Southern
Daniel Manning
Ben Patrickson
sUpport staff of tHE YEarShortlisted nominees:
Claire Clarke
Lucy roberts
Sajad Hoffman-Hussain
Peter Dixon
Helen Milroy
Lesley Harding
pErsoNaL acaDEmic tUtor of tHE YEarShortlisted nominees:
Jane Dixon
Victoria Torrance
Nicola Bishop
Laura Baxter
Ken Beesley
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Student led sessions on drawing, painting, embroidery and photography. If you’re interested
contact Tom Underwood on Tel: 01524 590817 or Email: [email protected]
WEEKLY SESSIONS BEGINNING WEDNESDAY 8TH FEBRUARYAT THE BRAMPTON ROAD CAMPUS
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EMILY REDUCED THE COSTof everything for Uni, from her laptop to a new mobile,her course books, a winter coat and an alarm clock
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Students from the University of Cumbria have been working with community groups as part of National Student Volunteering Week.
The university students from the Carlisle,
Penrith, Ambleside and Lancaster campuses
joined students from all over the country
who were making a difference to their local
communities through events organised by the
Students’ Union.
The University of Cumbria students took part in
various activities, including IT sessions for retired
local residents in Lancaster, art workshops for
community members at the Brampton road
campus in Carlisle and conservation work at
Heathlands in Carlisle, part of the Glenmore
Trust.
The Lancaster IT sessions were led by Lauren
Lloyd. Lauren said: “I was a basic volunteer
last year and this year I am the project leader.
I am running the IT sessions for the elderly
residents and we are helping them with their
basic computer skills. As well as helping the
residents learn a new skill, we are portraying
a positive student relationship with the
community.”
Community volunteering reaps rewards for all
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The volunteering week also included the
second Community Arts project session in
Carlisle. The student led project invites local
residents onto the Brampton road campus to
try their hand at different creative arts such as
drawing. Twenty members of the community
are already involved.
Student Volunteer Danielle Spratt said: “Some
of the local residents who attended the
session had never drawn at all so we taught
them different skills. It’s rewarding and fun. I’m
getting to interact with people who aren’t my
own age and it’s just a bit different.”
To finish off the week, ten student volunteers
carried out conservation tasks at Heathlands,
near Harker, Carlisle. Chopping, digging and
sawing tasks were carried out at the inclusive
day centre for adults with learning disabilities
to improve access to the garden area
for the members.
Kati Brown, Students Union Volunteering
facilitator for the Students’ Union is pleased
with how the week went. She said: ‘It’s been
great to see so many different students getting
involved and giving volunteering a go. Some
of them have taken part before but some
people got involved for the first time.
“It’s also great that we can bring together
the community. As well as volunteering at
Heathlands, we were able to support five
of their members who are attending our
community art sessions as part of their OCN
qualification in art.”
“There are many volunteering opportunities
available to students and we want to continue
to raise the profile so that more students get
involved in volunteering in their community,
giving them valuable and rewarding
experience that will have a positive impact on
other people.”
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Many students find that they encounter difficulties during their time of study which can have a serious impact on their coursework and examinations. For many students though, problems can be easily remedied if you ask for help before your situation gets worse.
There are many means of support within the
Students’ Union Advocacy & Advice Service
and the University Support Services (LISS) to
help you through these difficult times, seeking
help as early as possible is always advisable.
If you are experiencing difficulties and
have genuine reasons, you can apply for
extenuating Circumstances (eC’s) up to 5 days
after the submission date of your assessment.
The University considers extenuating
circumstances to be “serious and exceptional
circumstances outside the student’s control”
which are “normally unforeseeable and
unpreventable”. essentially the University may
consider the following to be extenuating
circumstances:
everyday occurrences such as colds or
known conditions such as hay fever will not
qualify unless the effects are unusually severe.
Avoidable situations such as printer or travel
issues will not be deemed to be valid. To apply
for eC’s, fill out a form that you can download
from the university website, UCSU Advocacy
& Advice Service have produced some
guidelines that can be found on our website. If
you are struggling to fill out the form, contact
a Student Advisor; they will be happy to help.
evidence must be submitted with eC’s forms
for them to be considered, you will not know
whether your eC’s have been accepted
until after the eC’s board has met and their
recommendation has passed through the
University Assessment Boards. evidence that
can be included:
Serious ill heath (not already covered by
special, pre-arranged examination provision).
Personal accident or injury.
Death or serious illness of family members
or close friends.
Major household problems e.g. fire.
Acute personal or emotional trauma,
e.g. acute anxiety or depression, family
breakdown or the breakdown of close
personal relationship.
Major and unplanned changes to
employment circumstances or patterns of
employment (eXCePT full Time Students).
If an examination or an assessment
performance is affected for medical
What can UCSU do to help?UCSU Advocacy & Advice Service is available
for you to discuss your circumstances in
confidence either in person, over the
telephone or via email. A Student Advisor can
also help you to prepare a statement and
support you through the process.
UCSU Carlisle: 01228 616253
UCSU Lancaster: 01524 590810
reasons then you should try to seek a
medical appointment on the day/a.s.a.p.
and attach a medical certificate/Doctors
letter/Prescription to your form.
Where extenuating circumstances are
personal the University recognises that
providing some sort of ‘official’ evidence
may be more difficult. In those exceptional
cases the University will accept evidence
in the form of statements, and detailed
discussions with your course leader etc.
Are you ‘Fit to Sit’?
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Many students find that they encounter difficulties during their time of study which can have a serious impact on their coursework and examinations. For many students though, problems can be easily remedied if you ask for help before your situation gets worse.
There are many means of support within the
Students’ Union Advocacy & Advice Service
and the University Support Services (LISS) to
help you through these difficult times, seeking
help as early as possible is always advisable.
If you are experiencing difficulties and
have genuine reasons, you can apply for
extenuating Circumstances (eC’s) up to 5 days
after the submission date of your assessment.
The University considers extenuating
circumstances to be “serious and exceptional
circumstances outside the student’s control”
which are “normally unforeseeable and
unpreventable”. essentially the University may
consider the following to be extenuating
circumstances:
everyday occurrences such as colds or
known conditions such as hay fever will not
qualify unless the effects are unusually severe.
Avoidable situations such as printer or travel
issues will not be deemed to be valid. To apply
for eC’s, fill out a form that you can download
from the university website, UCSU Advocacy
& Advice Service have produced some
guidelines that can be found on our website. If
you are struggling to fill out the form, contact
a Student Advisor; they will be happy to help.
evidence must be submitted with eC’s forms
for them to be considered, you will not know
whether your eC’s have been accepted
until after the eC’s board has met and their
recommendation has passed through the
University Assessment Boards. evidence that
can be included:
Serious ill heath (not already covered by
special, pre-arranged examination provision).
Personal accident or injury.
Death or serious illness of family members
or close friends.
Major household problems e.g. fire.
Acute personal or emotional trauma,
e.g. acute anxiety or depression, family
breakdown or the breakdown of close
personal relationship.
Major and unplanned changes to
employment circumstances or patterns of
employment (eXCePT full Time Students).
If an examination or an assessment
performance is affected for medical
What can UCSU do to help?UCSU Advocacy & Advice Service is available
for you to discuss your circumstances in
confidence either in person, over the
telephone or via email. A Student Advisor can
also help you to prepare a statement and
support you through the process.
UCSU Carlisle: 01228 616253
UCSU Lancaster: 01524 590810
reasons then you should try to seek a
medical appointment on the day/a.s.a.p.
and attach a medical certificate/Doctors
letter/Prescription to your form.
Where extenuating circumstances are
personal the University recognises that
providing some sort of ‘official’ evidence
may be more difficult. In those exceptional
cases the University will accept evidence
in the form of statements, and detailed
discussions with your course leader etc.
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UnisexHoodies£24.00 or
£21.60with an nus extra card!
Ladies Hoodies£28.00 or
£25.20with an nus extra card!
Hoodies and much more available in The Shop on Lancaster campus. You can also purchase hoodies from your local Students’ Union office or online at www.thestudentsunion.org.uk/shop.
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Toilets
Entrance
SmartiesLounge
The UCSU debated increasing the role of
course reps at their Annual General Meeting
on Dec 12, with talk of compulsory
attendance at SU talks.
The subject was debated, during discussions
of the Democratic Structures review Motion,
proposed by Tom Underwood, who called
on students to ‘hold your Course reps to
account’. He said: “if your course rep on your
course isn’t attending these sorts of things they
should be…we push things through the course
‘HoLD YoUr coUrsE rEps to accoUNt’ su deBate greater role for Course rePs
an article by andy hamilton
Student SubmissionsWe love celebrating the successes of
our fellow students here at UCSU.
One way we do that is by publishing work
from across the Uni. To see your work
featured in The Scene send examples to
reps, so hold your course reps to account. They
[students] put them forward for your course so
they should be telling you these sorts of things
as well. We try to do as much as we can but I
cant be in every classroom of every campus.”
robbie George, Student Trustee and Sports
Officer argued that course reps should be
obliged to attend meetings, saying
“apparently we’ve got 518 course reps and
how many of them are here? I’d say if every
single one of them came down that would
be what you could call truly representative.
Does that need a motion passing to make
them more accountable?” However Lorri
Millar, Academic Sabbatical, argued against
making attendance mandatory. She said
that: “It would be absolutely brilliant if every
course rep was here, but students have other
commitments, you’ve got assignments coming
up round here and you’ve got your course,
so for me I think course reps work incredibly
hard on the stuff that they do already. I think
by making it compulsory to make them attend
these things I don’t think that’s the right way to
go about it”
The subject was brought up during discussions
of the Democratic Structures review Motion,
which aims to make meetings more
representative of the large UoC student
population. The motion reads: “Attendance
has been poor both at General meetings and
Assemblies with a maximum attendance of 46
at a singular assembly. Policy states 30 people
can pass policy in a general meeting and 25
through an assembly. This is less than 3% of the
student body and could be seen as
un-representative.”
UCSU has taken on the management of
Student Academic reps (SArS) over the past
2 years and there is now a dedicated member
of staff to mange and support the SArS.
Debra robinson representation facilitator
said “We have been really encouraged by the
increased involvement of reps this year. Being
a Student Academic rep is a really great way
to get involved with UCSU and make a real
difference to your course”.
UCSU has a number of assemblies coming up
in March and would encourage anyone who is
interested in getting involved to come along.
Activities MeetingMon 19th March - 17:00
Academic MeetingMon 19th March - 18:00
Inclusion MeetingTue 27th March - 17:00
All meetings are streamed via VC to Lancaster,
Brampton road, fusehill St. and Penrith.
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