I know, I know and I know!!

I’m getting really bad recently at updating my blog, I just seem to get distracted by so many things; uni, work, social life, Clare.

So anyway, in reference to the Student Union Awards Dinner held last night, I wanted to start off with a little take on the advert for Mastercard:

Suit £85
Haircut £19
Ticket £13
Losing again………priceless

Yup, you guessed it, I didn’t win in any of the awards that I was nominated for. I was nominated for Journalist of the Year, which I knew that I would not win (Simon Keens won that, who I think deserves it more than anybody). The other award that I was nominated for was the Student Representative of the year. This award is given to the person who shows dedication, commitment, and enthusiasm to the Students’ Union. They could have contributed to anything, be it committees, clubs, societies, course reps, student journalism, or all of them.

Okay, let’s put things into perspective shall we? I know, a check list would be a good idea:

  • Committees – Yes (Students’ Union Council)
  • Clubs – No (this is a sports club…..come on)
  • Societies – Yes (Jewish Society committee for 2 years) (Shock Radio a member of for 1 year)
  • Course Rep – Yes (Course Rep for 2 years, Rep trainer, School Rep to Union Council)
  • Student Journalism – Yes (Writer for Student Direct this year, with 6 articles under my belt inc. front page and centre pages)
  • Represented the Union at two NUS Regional Conferences as well as at NUS Anti-Racism Conference.
  • Volunteered at Students’ Union OAP Christmas dinner.
  • General all-round Union hack that dedicates a lot of time to the Union.
  • Just taken over as Students’ Union Rep to ISD committee.
  • Elected to represent Salford twice at NUS Annual Conference.
  • Represents Student Rep views at meetings and training sessions.

Right, so we have that all understood, now let’s look at the winners (Alan Bailey) shall we?

  • Committees – Yes (Union Council and E&D committee as LGBT rep on both)
  • Clubs – No
  • Societies – Yes (LGBT chair)
  • Course Rep – No
  • Student Journalism – No
  • Represented the Union at LGBT conference and one NUS Regional Conference
  • Won a position on the executive as a Non-Sabb at the elections.
  • Not much else, but dedicates time to fulfill roles.

Okay, now going over these lists, I would love to see the reasoning for me not getting the award. I know this all sounds petty and I do not do any of my Union activities for any awards, but I was thinking today that it would be nice to be recognised for the amount of work that I put in. This is now the second time I have lost something that I am more than deserving of and I just don’t know what else I should be doing. Unfortunately the upsetting thing is that I may not be that involved in the Union next year as my emphasis will be near enough purely on Student Representation (hopefully), so this was really the only chance (that I can forsee) for me to get any kind of recognition.

Ah well, it’s a nice kick in the teeth at least!!

Even better news today, one of my old friends from down south died today in a road traffic accident, so I’ve been on the phone a lot trying to consol friends that have been crying all day. At least the story got a mention in the BBC.

I think that’s enough from me for now. Hopefully on Friday I will be back on here telling you all if I got a new Student Representation role (fingers crossed).

Martyn :D