Working with and engaging with our Universities, particularly the student body, is always a challenge.  Not because anyone makes it difficult but I think because students come and go so quickly and because the senior people in the Students’ unions change every year.  This academic year, Oxford University Student Union (OUSU) is lucky to have Daniel Stone (Dan) as its Vice President (Charities and Community).  He works tirelessly to try to bring Students and City together and it’s great as a City Councillor to have a meaningful way to interface with the many students who live in Carfax Ward, the residents of which I represent!

Dan recently published a nice column in the Oxford Student, the official newspaper of OUSU, that couldn’t really have been nicer.  You should be able to read it if you click on it here but if not, here’s the middle paragraph:

“City Councillors are here to represent students too!  There are City Council wards running through the centre of Oxford and extending out through Jericho, Summertown and over the Magdalen Bridge.  We’re lucky to have a fantastic group of Councillors, many of whom were former students and consequently want to engage with the student population as much as possible.  But it’s up to us to speak and make our voices heard”

Thanks Dan – it’s a pleasure to be able to serve you and the students of Oxford!

Do read the whole article if you can. Click it to enlarge it.