Celebrating Trustees’ Week with Our Student Union
We recently held our Leicestershire Student Union meeting, bringing our student representatives together with college leaders and staff to discuss everything happening across our campuses.
As we mark Trustees’ Week – our favourite time of year to celebrate the incredible people who work behind the scenes to guide our charity and champion our students – it was particularly wonderful to have the Chair of our Trustees, Julia, join us in person. Julia’s presence highlighted the vital connection between our governance team and our student community, reminding everyone of the dedication required to ensure our charity is well-run and acts in the best interests of those we support. At the end of the meeting, our Student Union members proudly presented Julia with a special thank-you package on behalf of the entire student body – a fantastic opportunity to hand over a token of appreciation in person before parcels arrive through the post this week for the rest of our dedicated Board of Trustees.
Alongside celebrating our governance team and the invaluable guidance our trustees provide, the meeting was packed with brilliant discussions led by Chairwoman Paige and members Luke, Edward, Vinnie, Joel, Eloise, Jessica and Deanna. Our representatives shared some wonderful feedback about the recent Diwali Party and Induction Week, while looking ahead to next week’s Transitions Week activities and the upcoming Power of Specialist FE campaign week.
The group also dived into some fascinating debates – including a lively conversation about the role of artificial intelligence, where everyone firmly agreed that AI has no place in art.
We also discussed student enrichment ideas and new clubs for the body, while hearing glowing feedback from across the term. Students shared wonderful remarks such as, “love my college and being with my friends” and “I am treated like an actual adult“, while noting how useful Personal Tutors have been in ironing out timetable queries.
Thank you to Julia for attending and representing the amazing work our trustees do for us, and well done to our Student Union members for such an engaging, collaborative session that truly highlights the best of Homefield!
