Posted on Thu 05 Mar 2026 at 15:11 by
Anthony Foster VISION, MISSION & VALUES
A few weeks ago our individual teams met to discuss our Vision, Mission and Values. We came together this week to get their feedback and finalise our new vision, mission and values. There was a feeling from everyone that they were too wordy, meant nothing to students and needed a good shake up. The vision is now To empower students to reach their full potential and enhance their University expereince. The mission: We listen to and work with students to represent and support them. Our values are Student led, Collaborative. Inclusive. Responsible and Fun.
THE BOARD MEETING
Our Board met on Wednesday. We had a good two hour meeting finding out more from Fiona Makou about her role at an intern this year, the stand out sabbatical projects, our new on boarding and governance work, our budget for next year and the vision, mission and values. Our stategic goals will be revised and will be reflected in our impact report and ongoing community development plan.
THE PLANNING MEETING
All ENSA staff, sabbaticals and some interns met on Wednesday at Pleasance for our Away Day. This is when we take a day out of our busy schedules to have some focussed time on what has been achieved so far this year and what we plan to do for academic year 2026/27. We had a ice breaker, presentations on data and what data is telling us, events, representation, advice, the student journey, marketing and work to inform our Community Development Plan. This work iwill be discussed by the teams, followed by appraisals, work plan discussions, budgeting and then will be fed into the revised Community Action Plan.
ADVICE BLOG
This isn't the only blog for this week - check out the Advice Blog for February here
ELECTIONS
Next week is the ENSA Elections. If you are a student at Edinburgh Napier University then don't forget to use your vote. Details of all the candidates here