Hi,
I am Yetunde Adedipe, and l would like to be your Students' Union Vice President Academics!
As I embark on my second term as Vice President Academic, I reaffirm my commitment to improving a culture of academic excellence and innovation within our institution. Building upon the foundation laid during my first term, I present this manifesto outlining my vision, and key initiatives for the future.
Representation
- My aspiration is to ensure the student voice is heard and validated at committee and sub-committee meetings. I will represent students’ interests in the university committees and meetings related to academic policies and curriculum development if re-elected.
- I want a relationship with the university that fundamentally works and engages our disengaged students. More so, I will work in building a good relationship with the university which will recognise us for who we are and why we are here.
Accountability
- I will be committed to hosting regular ‘drop-in sessions’ with students to allow anyone from our student body seek support regarding any academic issues they might be facing.
- I will be committed to regular meetings with the school reps, course reps, and societies to reflect the views, values, and priorities of students from all sections of our vibrant student community here at the University of Wolverhampton.
Employability
- Our student body is diverse, dynamic, and full of talents, and there presently isn’t much done in rewarding excellent academic performance. I will establish a robust reward system that recognises students' hard work and outstanding academic performance and helps them progress in their chosen fields.
- Part of every student’s goal is to become employable after their studies, l will help build more bridges between the industry and academia to ensure more students get employment opportunities and contribute meaningfully through their diverse skillsets developed during their time at the university of Wolverhampton.
- Part of my goal is to see a student body that would not only be employable but will also be employers of labour. In that regard, I will work with the university to ensure our students are equipped with entrepreneurial skills to enable them create their own business upon graduation.
Improved Students’ Welfare and Engagement
- This role is about the students, their education, and their welfare. I will work with the university to ensure that every student has access to the requisite facilities needed to support their education and to improve their learning experience.
- I will lobby the university to ensure students get access to free scanning and printing across all the university facilities.
- Early access to timetable is essential in enabling students to plan a head of the academic year. I will ensure students get access to their timetables as well as get adequate support they need to navigate the tools necessary for their learning such as converse my WLV etc before the commencement of the academic year.
- I will work to sensitize students about academic misconduct, raising awareness about academic support students can leverage on such as Skills for Learning, Cite them right, Turnitin, etc would be a priority when re-elected.