Hiya! I am going to take you through what a day in my life as VP Wellbeing & Diversity looks likes. However, a day is never the same in the world of Students’ Union so my day to day life can look very different but here is an example
Hiya! I am going to take you through what a day in my life as VP Wellbeing & Diversity looks likes. However, a day is never the same in the world of Students’ Union so my day to day life can look very different but here is an example 😊
8: 50 – 8:55 walk to work
9:00 – 9:10 eat coco pops!!
9:15 – 9:20 create a to do list for the day and check emails
9:20 – 9:25 post on Instagram
9:30 – 10:00 121 with Laura our fabulous Student Voice manager
10:00 – 11:00 campaign planning
11:00 – 11:10 quick stop at Boilerhouse café to get a smoothie with Bana
11:10 – 11:30 blog writing and Community Officers 121 prep
11:30 – 12:00 121 with Mohan out LGBTQ+ Students’ Community Officer talking all things manifesto and about a really exciting campaign that coming soon in LGBT+ History Month
12:30 – 13:00 lunch time!! I try to meal prep as much as I can but today consisted of food from the SU market day
13:00 – 13:30 wellbeing walk and talk
13:30 – 13:45 visited Sharanya at her Drug & Alcohol Awareness Week SU on tour
13:45 – 14:00 emailing wellbeing secretaries from Student Groups
14:00 – 14:30 121 with Naomi out Students of Faith Community Officer talking all things manifesto
14:30 – 15:30 Gender Equality Group – as VP Wellbeing & Diversity you sit on all of the university’s equality groups
15:30 -16:00 meeting with Callum our Senior Design & Digital Coordinator
16:00 – 16:30 catch up the SU Advice Centre about wellbeing workshops
17:00 – 17:30 popped in to see Adam for Active Lifestyle and Sport for their Women’s Learn 2 Lift
17:30 – 22:30 ended my day with great food, lovely people and a film night
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My favourite thing about being VP Wellbeing & Diversity:
I think my favourite thing about my job is seeing the positive impact that I have on students whether this is from a campaign or something I have implemented. Also, the people I work with they are all just incredible and make my job 10x more enjoyable including my other Sabbs, teams at the university, teams within the SU and my incredible Community Officers.
The hardest thing about being VP Wellbeing & Diversity:
I think the hardest thing for me is feeling like I do not have enough hours in the day to do everything I want to do in my time as VP Wellbeing & Diversity. I think discovering a work life balance is something that is really important and something that I do not aways get right but I am working on it.
My advice if you are thinking of running to be VP Wellbeing & Diversity for 25/26:
My biggest advice is just to go for it and believe in yourself because you will learn so much throughout the process of campaigning that you will never look back and regret doing it. I absolutely love my job and would recommend it 100 times over.