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Sharing their unique insights, they collaborated with staff in ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Student Support and Wellbeing, ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Accommodation and ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Communications and Marketing, to name but a few, to make sure the student voice helped to inform the direction of key projects.

Annie Warren and the ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº New Student Newsfeed

Annie Warren (¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Modern Languages 2016) has been working closely with the ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Student Support and Wellbeing Team, managing the ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº New Student Newsfeed, a website that features daily news articles about life at ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº and in London, as well as essential pre-arrival information aimed at prospective ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº students.

Her role involves writing and editing articles, liaising with staff and students to source interesting articles and features that will help new students get better informed about ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº. She also runs surveys to find out what incoming students are most worried about as they get ready to join the university, so we can help them settle in and feel a part of the ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº community.

Annie's work has proved extremely popular with prospective students, so much so, that the team recorded a record figure of 13,000 page views in a single day and has been viewed by users in 176 countries.Ìý

Annie said, "I've really enjoyed working with Student Support and Wellbeing team - managing the Newsfeed has been really fun and I've learned a lot. I had a great time at ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº and it's great to be able to pass that feeling on to this year's new students."

Abigail Collier and ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Accommodation

Over the summer, Abigail Collier, a second-year BA German and History student, joined ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Accommodation as a student intern to help ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº prepare for the arrival of new students who are set to live in ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº halls of residence this year. Abi's role has been to focus on pre-arrival and arrival weekend initiatives, as well as coordinating the Accommodation Ambassadors and .

Following the summer period, Abi will continue her role on a part-time basis so that students are actively involved in helping shape the future of ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Accommodation on an on-going basis.

Speaking about her role Abi said, '"I love to be busy, so this job is pretty perfect for me in that regard. My role at the moment is very focused on the new intake of students and we have so much planned for when they arrive, it's really exciting! From training ambassadors, managing social media channels, choosing decorations for the hallsÌýand putting together the plans for our events during the welcome weekend - there's loads to do,Ìýthe days are counting down and the pressure is on. It'll be so worth it though. These are without a doubt going to be ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº's best welcome weekends ever."

Tom Butler and ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Communications and Marketing

Tom Butler a second-year BA Philosophy student joined the ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Communications and Marketing (CAM) in July as a student intern to help out with student, staff and digital communications.

Tom's writing skills were put to the test during his internship, penning a range of articles for both The Week@¹û¶³Ó°Ôº, the university's staff e-newsletter as well as my¹û¶³Ó°Ôº, the all-student e-newsletter.

Tom also did some blogging for the ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Events Blog during his internship and reported on the held for the ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº community over the summer. His popular blog post highlighted key information from the session which aimed at helping provide some clarity about what Brexit means for students and staff.

Rachel Heatley, Student Communications Manager said, "Tom was a real asset to the team, helping out writing for corporate channels. He also shared some very insightful feedback and ideas about my¹û¶³Ó°Ôº and ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº's Instagram channel which has helped to inform the direction ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº CAM will be taking the channels in the upcoming academic year."

If you are interested in doing an internship this year, you can find out more about the range of internship opportunities available via , hosted by ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Careers.