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Jessica Small - Postgraduate Officer

Hi, I’m Jessica, your Postgraduate Officer. Postgraduates make up 50% of the student body here at Birmingham and it's my job to make sure that they're well represented, supported and provided for during their time with us. I will fight for a better deal for postgraduate students, ensuring your voice is heard loud and clear. I’ll work closely with the PGMSA to deliver dedicated postgraduate events and develop the PG community at the Guild. If you are a postgraduate taught or research student and have any concerns or questions during your time at Birmingham feel free to email me, find me on Facebook or meet me for a coffee.

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Jessica Small - Postgraduate Officer Election Manifesto 2018-19

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Officer Action Plan - Progress Reports

Manifesto	Key Actions	Outcomes	Comments	Progress (%)
Widening Participation	Research best practice at other Universities; Make a case for the introduction of means tested bursaries for students; lobby for a widening participation strategy at the university	Introduction of bursaries for PGT students; a more inclusive environment at Birmingham	Widening Participation is looking to be included in the universities new postgraduate strategy; Research into the use of bursaries has been completed and will now form a plan to put to the university.	60%
PG study space	Find spaces on campus for ring-fenced PG study space Lobby the University to introduce these	More PG study space Ring-fenced PGT spaces	Have met with the various staff from the university graduate school and library services; the university are looking to introduce some form of physical or virtual space on campus for postgraduates in the future	40%
Accountability and transparency	Review the current accountability structures Edit bye-laws Introduce office hours	More PG study space Ring-fenced PGT spaces	Accountability structures have been reviewed with the introduction of the scrutiny panel put forward for the next term; office hours will be introduced in term 2	80%
PGR mental health	Research best practice at other Universities Review the schemes in place at Birmingham Talk to DAMSA to discuss issues affecting students	An improvement in how both the guild and the university treat pgr students and approach their mental health; an understanding of the unique issues	Met with university around this issue and attended meetings around PGR mental health; University have made a commitment to a counsellor within westmere for a few days a week; guild have produced a report into PG and International mental health; looking into doing a wellbeing week in term 2.	60%