SU Presidents Vac round-up Hilary term '26

SU Presidents’ Vac round-up 

We hope you had a restful Vac period and are ready to begin Hilary term. While Oxford may have been a bit quieter without its students, your SU Presidents have continued to work behind the scenes and prepare for the term ahead. Here’s a roundup of what we’ve been up to over the Vacation. 

We made sure that your voices continued to be heard in collegiate University Committees: 

• APP (Access and Participation Plan) Reporting Group 

• Environmental Sustainability Subcommittee 

• Information and Digital Committee 

• Joint UG and PG Admissions Working Group on AI 

• Planning and Resource Allocation Committee 

• Proctor’s Committee . 

We did lots of bigger picture strategic work to build a stronger SU: 

• Strategic planning day as a staff team to determine the long-term direction of the SU based on student consultation. 

• Attended the SU Trustee Board meeting, supporting good governance and management of the organisation. 

• Transformation Committee which reports on the status of the SU post-transformation. 

We continued to develop mechanisms for engagement and representation:  

• Seun facilitated an Academic Skills workshop with Alisa to ensure student voice remains at the centre of the dialogues around supporting the development of students’ academic skills. 

• Wantoe recorded a podcast with a Junior Proctor, you can listen to it on the Oxford Student Voice webpage. 

• Alisa loaned out some bikes to students in need via our Bike Theft Support Scheme. 

• Shermar and Wantoe represented Oxford SU at the Russell Group SU winter residential in Leeds. 

• We all planned for Hilary term and undertook impact reporting for MT 25, and attended a pre-meet for Council happening in week 1, to make sure we’re prepared as we can be. 

• We analysed the feedback we gathered over Oxmas so we can better understand the students we represent. 

We continued to build good relationships with key staff: 

• Shermar met with the Warden of All Souls, had a meeting at Principal’s Office at St Hugh’s, and a meeting at Presidential lodgings of Magdalen College. 

• We all attended the Bodleian strategy meeting with the Head of the Bodleian Libraries. 

•  We met with the Vice-Chancellor. 

• Wantoe met the Pro-Vice Chancellor for Education to help set the agenda for Education Committee’s for Hilary Term 

Lastly, we engaged in some festive fun ... 

• We attended the SU Staff Christmas Lunch. 

• Went for drinks at the Chief Diversity Officers Christmas do. 

• We were even invited to the Vice-Chancellor's Christmas party! 

That’s everything for now, we’ll be back again next week to wrap up week 1. 

Thanks for reading!  

• Your SU Presidents.