UUSU VP Belfast

Allow me reintroduce myself, for the new students and maybe also the old. My name is Oluwaseyi (Shay) and I’m your current VP of the Belfast Campus.
I am your go to Student Officer on the Belfast Campus, if you need any help. I work with the Student Union, which you are automatically part of, once you join Ulster University.
You can find me on campus, the office is right across the first floor of the library, I am available to speak to at any time. You can also stop me on the corridor and have a chat! I’m always happy to hear from you.
My remit is the Sustainability campaign and I’m keen on making the Belfast Campus more green by promoting the “adopt a plant” initiative. If you have ideas or want to come on board, please do not hesitate to reach out to me.
Welcome to the new semester and enjoy being part of the family. 💛✨

Hello , these policies are currently in need of signatures, would you be willing to sign these policies? Have a read and please sign them if they resonate with you. Thank you.

What does climate change look like toyou?

. Come learn and lend a hand at this years . Support the union and get involved.

GreenWeek is from the 4th - 8th of December! See youse there!

Pics with evverrryyoonnnee!! Brilliant Belfast freshers fayre and fantastic to see the campus come alive!

Keep an eye for all our events on this week on our website, uusu.org!!!!

It’s been great to be involved with officially establishing Belfast Student Housing Co-op as a legal entity, as mandated and directed by students through UUSU Student Council policy (Ulster University Students’ Union).

https://www.coopalternatives.coop/blog/student-activists-celebrate-milestone-towards-the-first-student-housing-co-operative-in-belfast/

Look out for Belfast Student Housing Co-op at Ulster University Freshers this Tuesday to learn more and to sign up!

And so it begins again...

Move in weekend, then Welcome week and then next week will be freshers!!

Loads of events happening next week so keep an eye out!!

Busy day today of planning our campaigns for this year through uusu this morning and then nationally this evening with nus-usi.

Spoiler; cost of living crisis will feature prominently

Graduation season once again this week!!

Congrats to everyone graduating! Enjoy the day you’ve earned and have worked hard to reach!

Probably see you at your ceremony as I’m basically going to them all haha

Fab night at the Learning and Teaching Awards!

Well done to the hosts, Grace and Ciaran, and to all those who were nominated or won!!

Delighted to finally be able to share at the end of Green week, that we now received permission to rewild the wolf back into the new Belfast campus

takes the best sunrise hike photos 😍😍🌿🌅🌞✨

We had a fantastic, albeit extremely early, sunrise walk around Helens Bay!

Hope everyone enjoyed it, and the breakfast, as much as we did!! 🥣😋

Keep an eye out for the next event on our socials if you missed out this time!

Get involved with the new climate soc and what better way to start than through an introduction tonight at 7!

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Our crisp sandwich hangover cure was good craic this morning! Hope yous enjoyed 🥪🥪🧈

We received some personal safety devices and anti-spike bottle stoppers the other day. If you’re about campus and would like one, call by the uusu office where we will have a few set out!

I’ll also have a couple with me on Thursday morning when I’m down in the foyer!

Sharing the student perspective today at the High Street Task force call for evidence!!

Points I raised included; ensuring safe walking linkage between commercial areas and uub campus, ensuring retention of the arts within the city center, (eg. They are not driven out of Belfast as investors buy gallery spaces), and the need to develop student entrepreneurship opportunities (such as Ballymena mid-town makers) around the uub area.

In addition, I highlighted the need for student housing within the city center to be incorporated into the overarching high street vision

They’ll hopefully take some of my feedback on board when developing and implementing the high street strategy!!

Another successful student panel with issues focused on including; the vision for the Belfast campus, transport and travel, and student communications.

Thanks again to our wonderful student panelists who joined both in-person and online! 😄✨🤍

Are ye feeling festive yet??? 🎄🎅🎁✨💚🕯🦌

Well if today’s festive cheer didn’t work, uusu will be back at it between 12-2 tomorrow so come grab your hot chocolate and candy canes!!! Oh, and wear your Xmas jumper!!!

Also, we’ve our festive byo party tomorrow evening at 7pm in the enterprise hub so you won’t want to miss that!

Belfast’s careers cafe on Wednesday was a brilliant chance to hear from 3 inspiring individuals discussing ‘first impressions’ and their experiences in setting up their own business!

What a joy to spend my lunch break the only way I know how ahaha

Photo creds to

Still from lectures, seminars and workshops.

Today’s Belfast society recharge was surely needed for many of us to come together to plan for our Christmas events and get to meet some other society members (and have some campus craic!)

Held on a Wednesday afternoon, it is a solid example of one of the many activities which can benefit!

Currently, your Wednesday afternoons should already be free for you to partake in activities including sports, part-time work, caring responsibilities, and student societies alongside your class, however we desire to tighten up this policy, raising awareness, to ensure it is kept free for all the reasons listed plus more!!

Remember and you’ll see us on the other campuses soon!! Also be sure to use the hashtag!!!

Encouraging to see how many people turned out to protest government inaction against climate change which also clearly sends a loud message to those at COP26 and even more locally to those at stormont that we want to see real action on this 🌱🤍💪

Special congrats to 2 UUSU student’s who spoke, Sipho and Georgia!

Here’s some of the many amazing pumpkins carved on Thursday in Belfast campus second floor hub!!

Big shout out to the George Harrison carving by Cáithlin!

Oh, and guess which one I carved, here’s a hint 😉😉

Also included in this photo dump is our abstract take on a pumpkin carving!! 🎃🎃✨

Thanks everyone who came and keep an eye out for future events we will be running!!

Chris and Michael will be in the foyer between 12-2pm on Monday and Tuesday to mark your bike on the bike register free of charge. This is a useful way to protect against bike theft and also meet your local streetbeat team!🚴‍♀️☀️🏘🚔👮‍♂️✨

“Welcome to your new University year…whether it be as a fresher or a seasoned student!

Whilst exciting, it can also be a bit daunting? I’m Michael and my colleague Chris are the dedicated officers for both Cathedral Quarter & the University. Please feel free to email us with any queries you may have, be it advice about the local area, or anything that might impact on your time within the district. We have worked for many years with both Ulster University and the Students Union… If we don’t have the answer, we’ll find someone that does!

Enjoy your time here, stay safe and work hard.

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~ Michael
E: [email protected]

It was inspiring to be part of something larger than ourselves in the campaign on Monday past where we joined students and representatives across the country in calling on the government to tackle the lack of student housing and moreover affordable student housing in the area!

Get in touch if you’d like to be involved in any future actions to improve the student housing crisis. 🏘🪴🪧💪✨

Voting for course rep and student council positions ends today at 3 so make sure you vote so your voice is heard and you’re represented.

Link in bio to vote and more details

The free period product’s are all topped up again for another week in the level 2 toilets!

Everybody loves £100 so get tagging! And get nominating!

Being a course rep or being on student council can be good fun, and is a great way to make sure you and your classmates voices are being heard! Plus you can get accredited for it so it’s a win on all fronts! You won’t regret it!

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It was a brilliant privilege to get meeting the duke and duchess of Cambridge and to lead them around our UUSU culture shock on Wednesday!

They were very down to earth people and we had a great laugh going around the stations, so much so that Prince William told me that he reckoned I “would be good fun on a night out!”

A couple of highlights were that apparently growing up, the royals used the word ‘mucker’ a lot (as in alright mucker)!

Also after guessing how to pronounce place names such as Carrickfergus in the name game, William remarked that it was quite easy to which I said that they were lucky we didn’t pick any hard ones such as Ahoghill!!

I was also sure to tell them to look me up whenever they come back!!! So here’s to hoping!!🤞👑🎉😁

These folks have now converted me into joining a sports club which will make proud!

I just hope every training session ends with a club kit night out 😎💪

Culture shock last night was as we learned, ‘good craic’!

We had a bit of everything going from flute to bagpipes, and whiskey to Tayto to Guinness! And the guess what local expressions mean was certainly educational 😜🤣