'Lovely Bunch of Foakes'


Today has been a really productive day. For the last two weeks I have felt a little stagnant in the work I have been doing. Whilst its been nice to to catch up on the e-mails and admin it hasn't really fed my soul and I don't feel like I've been doing the work that really matters. Having recently come back from Cardiff this has all changed and I'm feeling energised and a bit more motivated.

Pupils from Hersden School in the CSR
Studio Red Based At University of Kent's Canterbury Campus  

Today I helped to move some shelving units into the Foakes Room which is a room in Eliot college near CSR studio Red which has until recently been derelict and used as a room for storing technical equipment whilst the new Studio blue was being built at Canterbury Christchurch University. As a C.Y.S.M. (CSR's Board) member and as a Kent Union student representative I'm very excited about this new development as it will mean a greater involvement from students at the Chirstchurch campus due to ease of access (not being keen to trek up to Kent's Canterbury campus for everything) which will ultimately mean more variety and output for listeners and more opportunity for students to get involved in this amazing community project.

CSR's Studio Blue based at Canterbury Christchurch

In addition this means that now the work is complete on the new studio that there will be room to move Inquire, Kent Union's student newspaper into the Foakes room. This will mean more independence for the Inquire volunteers as well as more space and better computing facilities to be able to do their work. In addition, the space will be shared with CSR volunteers increasing communication between the two groups and even closer  collaboration in the future on projects. The space will also be set up with presentation and training facilities in order to help volunteers develop new skills. We are starting to make baby steps
towards the improved facilities that I would like to see for our volunteers. Check out the http://www.inquirelive.co.uk/ website.

Mel Lewis, we're so lucky to have
a student media specialist staff member .
She is not the Beebs... and she is not
good at lifting heavy things

In other news, I am currently reviewing the Kent Union society handbook, updating it with more accurate and up to date information. I also intend to make it a bit prettier than it currently is as it doesn't exactly make riveting reading. The way we train our society committees and student led volunteer groups is also being reviewed with the most exciting  suggestion being a multi-stream training day where volunteers will all be shown the core information but will then be free to select the more specialised training that refers to their individual role.

That's it for now, I hope you all have a fantastic weekend.