Priority 8 Update: VP Societies & Sport

The Sabbatical Officers are working hard on the RHSU Priority 8. Here’s an update from David, VP Societies & Sport, on his two priorities.  

OVERVIEW  

During the 2025 Leadership Elections, the Priority 8 replaced Officer manifestos and students ranked 20 issues impacting them to decide the final Priority 8. Of these priorities, I am working to have ‘More Student Friendly Timetables’ and ‘More Affordable SU Events’ . Here is an update about all the work I’ve done so far to drive impactful change for these two priorities, and I will be updating you over this year!   

More Student Friendly Timetables  

This priority will have a slow process to be achieved, because at Royal Holloway, timetables for the whole year are done in September, and the ones for the following year are planned from November. I hoping to be able to make timetable releases earlier, have less early mornings and late afternoons, and to also provide an alternative for students that cannot attend a Wednesday lecture. Check out the action plan here, to find out what I have done so far, as well as what I am working on.    

• I have also met with university staff, where we discussed how change can be done in timetables, and we thought that it would be very beneficial for students if we provided condensed timetables, so that is the next step I am working on.  

More Affordable SU Events  

For this Priority, I have had the privilege of working with the SU Venues team to ensure we can provide events for our students that are high quality and worth the money. The action plan for this priority can be seen here. 

• When it comes to quick wins, we managed to provide various free events for students to attend during freshers, which took place at Packhorse, and have now implemented 50 free tickets on the door for each night club, guaranteed until 10:30. 

• I am working on improving clarity on the use of generated funds. 

• The SU provides low-cost events that many people don’t know about, so I am working with the SU Marketing team to better highlight them. 

• For a more long-term vision, I am working on bringing a bigger variety and quantity of nights out for students to enjoy.  

• Through the year, we are also creating bundles for people that want to go to various nights out with discounted prizes, so depending on the interest on those bundles, we will create more. 

GET INVOLVED  

Go check out the Priority 8 Hub where all the Officers have action logs on our Priorities to keep up to date with our progress!  

If you have any questions or feedback on my priorities, always feel free to reach out to me on email or on Instagram @rhsusocsport. The more questions and feedback I get, the more I have to build my approach and make sure your student voice is heard!