The Conservatives love FocSoc!

By chance I just found a blog by Deirdre Alden, Conservative Parliamentary Spokesman for the Birmingham Edgbaston constituency, talking about Guild Awards and raving about FocSoc:

"It was also good to see FOCSOC (Freshers off Campus Society) win the "outstanding residents' association" award. More and more students are living off campus, and I believe an organisation like FOCSOC is vital to help make such students feel fully part of university life, even though they don't live on campus".

Love it!

Welcome Week '09

A few weeks ago myself, Michaela (FocSoc President) and the Guild's Marketing and Communications Manager had a meeting with two members of Student Life's Projects Divsion regarding their plans for their Staying Local event for this year's Welcome Week. The event is going to be pretty similar to the one that was staged during Welcome Week '08 although there are a few changes planned thanks to the feedback that Student Life have received both from students and ourselves. The University are working to a tighter deadline than the Guild and so wanted some answers from FocSoc and the Guild regarding our plans for the Week. However, FocSoc are still in the planning stages for Welcome Week and so we couldn't give the Uni any definite details.

No doubt we'll have another meeting once exams are over, so if anyone has any suggestions for improving the Staying Local event then let me know and I'll blog any updates too!