RUSU Pledge Day

I’m really pleased that NUS have been running a student activities campaign this year, and in a previous Blog I promised to support all three of NUS Priority campaigns as fully as I could. When I received an e-mail from the ‘Participate’ campaign about Pledge Day I thought it was a great initiative, but also wanted to adapt it slightly.

Pledge day’s concept was simple, creating a physical manifestation of the volunteer work and commitment to student activities that is so strong on campus. Students are not the drink obsessed, anti-social slobs that the media often portrays them as. They are active, interested and concerned. Over 200 students wrote a pledge on February the 13th, ranging from attending Society socials to doing a Junction11 radio show each week.

The NUS decided to use the work as a case study for the campaign and it can be found here

http://www.nusonline.co.uk/campaigns/participate/news/272066.aspx

I hope this event – easy to run and easy to be part of – is continued next year and beyond.