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Every year, four full-time Executive Officers are elected to represent USW students for the forthcoming academic year.

Full-time Exec Officers are USW students that have taken a year out of their studies or have recently graduated and are responsible for making high-level decisions for the Students’ Union.

This year’s Officer Team comprises of President Mishan Wick, who will have oversight of three Vice-Presidents: VP Education and Welfare (Cardiff and Newport) Niall O’Reilly, VP Student Activities, Rhys Pewtner and returning VP Education and Welfare (Pontypridd), Liam Powell.

In their roles, the Education and Welfare VPs will provide peer-to-peer support and advice to students and can offer representation at academic appeals or misconducts. The VP Student Activities will work closely with clubs and societies to improve provisions and activities.

The Officers begin their roles on 1st July 2018 and will remain in post until 1st July 2019. The Officers will split their time between the three campuses but are also contactable by telephone or email.

As well as representing the student body, each Officer has a manifesto (statement of intentions) which shapes their remit for the year ahead. You can read the Officer’s manifestos by visiting the Exec Officers’ profiles on the Students’ Union website.

Previous activities and campaigns delivered by Students’ Union Officers have included the Safe Taxi Scheme, Mental Health Awareness Week and Pet a Pooch.

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Whether you like to party, have an appreciation for the arts and culture, live to explore the great outdoors or sample fine foods, South Wales and the surrounding areas offer you plenty of opportunities to enjoy yourself this summer.

Caerphilly Big Cheese Festival.

June

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Final year student? Sort out your IT.

During your time at the University we hope that you have benefited from the IT and library facilities that have been provided to assist you in your learning.

As part of this support you have had access to unilife, email, Blackboard and FINDit systems through your UNI account. Unfortunately we can only provide you with access to this account whilst you are a student as we need to comply with the terms and conditions of our suppliers.

As a result of this requirement, your account will be disabled and closed 120 days after the end of your course.

In particular you will lose access to your university email account and any forwards that you have put on this account will cease to work. We recommend that you update any subscriptions you may have sent to this address, and forward any existing important emails to a personal email account so that you do not lose this information.

If you have any questions about your USW IT account, or library facilities in general, please contact our IT Support Services team. They can be reached by telephone on +44 (0) 1443 482882, online at https://www.southwales.ac.uk/customersupport, or in person in Treforest Library or Glyntaff 140.

During term time, they are open Monday-Friday 08:30-19:00. Out of term, they can be contacted Monday-Friday 08:30-17:30.

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Whether you like to party, have an appreciation for the arts and culture, live to explore the great outdoors or sample fine foods, South Wales and the surrounding areas offer you plenty of opportunities to enjoy yourself this summer.

Green Man Festival, Brecon Beacons.

June

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A new car park barrier system will be installed across the Treforest and Glyntaff campuses.

Glyntaff lower car park will be affected by the car park barrier installation from Saturday 16th June for approximately two weeks. During this time, the existing barriers will be held up and removed. Security will be increasing patrols of the car parks for the duration of the installation.

Following this, the Treforest Student car park will similarly be affected by the new installation from Monday 25th June. Further updates will be provided to ensure all staff and students remain informed. For more information about the new car parking system, see here.

Please contact estatessecurity@southwales.ac.uk if you have any questions.

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The Sport Centre at Treforest is offering a 6 week gym membership open to all students, staff and members of the public

Available from Monday 4 June – Friday 31 August 2018 and includes:

• FREE gym induction (compulsory)
• 50+ station gym plus Life Fitness CV machines and weights/cables
• Strength room including four lifting platforms
• Free parking on campus after 5pm Mon – Fri and all day Sat/Sun
• Parking also available in the student car park (£1)
• BT Sport and FIFA World Cup games shown in the gym

Last date for full six weeks is Monday 23 July (limited gym availability between 10-13 July 2018).

For more information contact (01443) 482681 or email Lewys Thomas

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Graduating students: Wednesday 20th June 2018
Non-graduating students: Thursday 21st June 2018

We would like to wish you all every success! But whatever your outcome, a dedicated team of advisers will be working across the University campuses on both Results Days. They will be available to discuss your options and answer any questions that you may have.

Appointments are available with Advisers from the Careers, Student Money and Progression teams. Additionally, Immigration and International Student Advice will have drop-ins available. Please see here to access appointment booking.

In the meantime, be prepared!

• University staff are unable to give results out over the phone or via email. You must check these yourselves via our Results Service
• You will need your University log in details – you may need to update your password
• What Happens Next? More information can be found here

Remember that University staff are unable to discuss your results with anyone else unless you have given permission for us to liaise with a nominated person on your behalf.

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The last day of Summer term is Friday 1st June, and the academic year 2018/19 starts with the Autumn term commencing on Monday 17th September. If you’re staying around the main University campuses over the summer break you’ll need to know what services and facilities are open during the vacation.

This page gives information about many of the main campus facilities but if you need any other information please contact us at unilife@southwales.ac.uk.

• Student Services
• Advice Zones
• Libraries
• Careers Service
• Immigration & International Student Advice
• IT Services
• Study Skills
• Revenue
• Accommodation Services
• Childcare Services
• Catering Outlets
• Sports Centre
• Students’ Union

Advice Zones

Standard summer opening hours for all Advice Zones: 8.30am-4.30pm, Monday-Friday. These hours may vary at certain times due to staff training, check UniLife for updates.

Student Services

There will be reduced availability of appointments in some areas. Specific adjustments are listed below:

• Disability & Dyslexia Service opening hours are unchanged through the summer. You can continue to contact them and/or make appointments in the usual ways.
• Health Service: Treforest Health Centre has reduced opening over the summer, please consult their schedule.
• Resident Tutors will be available until 23rd June. The service will return at the beginning of the new term.
• The Student Money Advice Team will be offering appointments throughout the summer vacation. See the Student Money Contact Us / Appointments page for details.
• The Wellbeing Service will provide a reduced service through the summer. Wellbeing Service Advice appointments are not offered out of term time. For more information on availability, call your Advice Zone. Also see Help Out of Hours

Libraries

Library vacation opening times up until the end of July can be found here.

Study Skills

See Study Skills Summer 2018 for details.

IT Services

For the summer opening hours of IT Customer Support please visit IT Services Opening Hours web page.

Careers & Employability Service

The Careers & Employability Service opening hours are unchanged over the summer.

Immigration & International Student Advice

The IISA opening hours can be found on their Contact us page page. The Service will be open as usual during the summer.

Accommodation Services

Opening times can be found on Accommodation Service’s Contact Us page

Child Care Services

Childcare Services at Treforest are open normal hours.

Revenue

Payment Hub will be not be affected by the summer vacation. Any students that need to contact Revenue for any reason should phone on 01443 483340 or via email: revenue@southwales.ac.uk and refunds@southwales.ac.uk.

Catering Services

See the Summer Holiday Catering Unit Opening Hours page for details of catering facilities and availability.

Treforest Sports Centre

Opening hours can be found on the Treforest Sports Centre page.

There may be changes to availability of specific facilities within the centre, and a reduction in classes, please contact the centre on 01443 482681 for further details.

Students’ Union

For details about which of the Students’ Union’s facilities services are open over the summer vacation see the SU website.

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USW Health Service will offer limited opening hours during June/July/Aug/ Sept 2018

Please see UniLife for available appointments with a Nurse
There will be NO GP clinic available until the start of the new academic term in September
June opening hours