The first blog of Bird

Hello,

Six weeks into my role as VP Education and i have finally managed to set up a blog, so I am now part of the 'e-revolution' of communication at RUSU. Working as a student representative during the time of year when there are so few students around has been an odd start, yet i have been extremely busy, with training, meeting union and university staff and planning my work the next year.

A bit of background about me…..

Well, I’m from Burnham-on-sea, Somerset, i joined Reading in 2003 after my gap year which i spent in Sri Lanka, i studied Human and Physical Geography which i absolutely loved, i was an ambassador through which i visited schools in the area to spread the word about Geography and The University of Reading, i also took part in the CSV Learning Together programme. In my second year i was elected as JCR Treasurer for St Georges Hall and then became joint president in my final year.

All these opportunities led to my involvement in the union, and then through attending student council i really started to understand how much the union does for students, and i wanted to be a part of that - and so one grilling at hustings, one cold election week outside campaigning and one set of final exams and here i am!

I will be posting more about my role and plans shortly, so come back soon.

Ryan