# My notes ## Blurb v1 In this session James Coe (Counterculture/Wonkhe) and Ed Moloney (Salford SU) will take you through their efforts to make Salford more relevant, inclusive and accessible to students. James will lead a conversation on liberating governance structures, removing bureaucracy, decentralising power, organisation design, and ultimately making Salford more democratic (in the broadest sense of the word). As part of the session, Ed will also discuss the union's new sector-leading Tackling Loneliness Strategy, Student Jobs Strategy, and the union's new approach to Policy creation and dissemination. Loneliness Strategy is something that requires both centralised and decentralised approaches- exactly what a modern SU would do. ### Blurb v2 Following his session at StratEx 2023 (summarised here https://wonkhe.com/blogs-sus/jfk-the-janitor-and-sus-strategic-approach/), Ed Moloney will update colleagues on progress at Salford to further develop a human-centric, purpose-driven and anti-bureaucratic Students' Union. The session will also cover the response from the University, including their response to the Tackling Loneliness Strategy that is being developed. James Coe (Counterculture/ Wonkhe) will discuss how he has enabled part of this journey through debureaucratising and liberating Salford's democratic structures, to create a more inclusive and equitable governance structures, and the link to Salford's new approach to policy creation and dissemination. ## Themes ==Making the SU relevant to a diversity of staff and students== - liberation - removing bureaucracy - providing clarity to stakeholders - Supporting minoritised groups ## Stuff to include - loneliness strategy and data - Coalition approach to loneliness. Genuine partnership. - training. - purpose orientated organisation - Policy book and democracy review - Protected societies - Data strategy - Lottery - student jobs strategy. - Change to the articles- 1994 education act. - Extending the 'Salford model' to the schools further and properly embedding it. ## Negatives - no money - Toxic? # Notes from feedback from Sam - What has happened since the last year's session - View from University on this. How to take it on.