Meet the Phase 1 Interns

 

 

Who are you and what is your role title in Peer Support?

 

Lucy, Autumn, Chris and Siobhan – Student Engagement Graduate Interns.

 

Describe your role in one sentence?

 

Our role is to support the students and staff who run the Peer Support schemes for their programme in both PASS and Peer Mentoring and also to contribute to wider student engagement initiatives within the University as a whole through events, communications and additional opportunities for students.

 

Tell us an interesting fact about yourself?

 

I’m a beauty school drop out! I did an evening Beauty Therapy course during Sixth Form and loved it but had to drop out because my final exam clashed with my A-Level exams! – Lucy

 

 

 

I bought two cars for £375 but still have yet to drive a car or have a lesson! - Chris

 

 

 

What has been the highlight of your Peer Support experience so far?

 

Running training sessions has been an amazing experience, there has been real energy in some sessions and it’s great to see new PASS Leaders and Peer Mentors being creative and getting excited for the next year in role. - Autumn

 

My highlight has been running the AskMe Campaign events for Peer Support. Our Setting Up for Success event just before Welcome Week had a great turnout, and I enjoyed putting together and running an event with the team, even after only being in role for two weeks! Seeing everyone come together to support the work we do and the impact that it has was something really special, and I am looking forward to doing even more of this! - Siobhan

 

 

 

Where is your favourite place on Campus?

 

As I am a Music graduate, my favourite place is the Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama to go and see live music performed! Both professional artists and the University’s Music Society put on excellent performances, and many of them are free to attend over lunchtime. - Siobhan

 

 

 

My favourite place on Campus is probably the Old Quad – it’s lovely to sit in and eat lunch and it looks pretty all year round! - Lucy

 

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Campus Cam

Recently the Peer Support Interns have been out and about on campus as we have been attending a wide variety of university-wide events to spread the word about Peer Mentoring and PASS. This has included the Orientation Event for new International Students, Open Days and the Start of Year Fair.  We also ran our first ever ‘Setting Up for Success’ event as a part of the AskMe Campaign, and it was a huge success! It was great to see so many Student Coordinators get together before Welcome Week and start planning ahead for the semester.

 

At the event on Friday 15^th September, just before Welcome Week, we gave Student Coordinators a chance to get together and discuss their ideas for Welcome Week and further into Semester One. It was a huge success, with representatives from a good mix of schemes. We also handed out AskMe badges and promoted upcoming competitions and events. We then held our annual AskMe Thank You Event in Week 4, to which we invited the Head of Student Communications and Marketing - Paul Govey, to speak and thank our volunteers for their hard work and announced the winner of the AskMe photo competition. We also collected the badges back in, and ran a competition to see who could collect the most back in (winner is announced below)! The event gave Student Coordinators another chance to network and talk about any future events and collaborations they would like to pursue. It was amazing to see so many active and engaged volunteers from the programme sharing their thoughts and ideas at both of these events!‌

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