1. Speak Week: Lessons of Partnership Building
Tom Spare

2. Objectives I want to explain: What Speak Week is
How the Students’ Union has developed Speak Week
How the results have affected the University – Union partnership

3. About us…
In 2015/16 our total number of student engagements stood at 52,000
We are based across two sites – our main offices in Park Place and a smaller collection of offices at the Heath Park Campus
Seven sabbatical officers, ten campaign officers
Offer a diverse range of services – Student Activities, Venues, Hairdressers, letting agents etc.

4. Student Voice Department created in summer 2014
Student Academic Representative system formerly run by Cardiff University now led by Cardiff University Students’ Union, in partnership with Cardiff University
Soon to be three full-time staff, one administrator (10 hours a week) + three interns

5. Speak Week
A week long campaign, campus-wide, to gather feedback from students about their student experience
Takes place in the first full week of February
Students are asked to fill out a Speak Week card, stating their name, school and whether they are PG or UG

6. The engagement stats 2013/14 – 350 2014/15 – 800 2015/16 – 2,200
2016/17 – 2,900

7. What are the big issues on campus?

8. Working with the University
School level
College level
Communications
Senior Management

9. Year One - 2015 800 cards collected Speak Week Conference
School involvement
Volunteer engagement

10. Year Two - 2016 2,200 cards collected Speak Week Carnival
Speak Week Conference
School stalls
Volunteer engagement

11. Year Three - 2017 2,900 cards collected Volunteer engagement
School stalls
Speak Week Conference

12. Lessons of Partnership Building
University Union Partnership Meeting
Student Written Submission
School interest
College interest

13. Objectives I have explained: What Speak Week is
How the Students’ Union has developed Speak Week
How the results have affected the University – Union partnership

14. Q&A’s