1. Welcome. 

NB: The meeting will be recorded and published online. Notice.

3. FOR APPROVAL: The Minutes from the last meeting.

Guild Council must agree the notes accurately reflect the last meeting. 

Paper: GUILD COUNCIL – 2021.10.06 – NOTES – draft. 

6. FOR DISCUSSION: Potential UCU Industrial Action.

 
To provide an opportunity for students to raise their thoughts, questions and concerns regarding the potential of UCU industrial action this academic year, and enable students to contribute to shaping the Guild's stance on any potential strike action.

More information: www.exeterguild.org/industrialaction 

7. FOR DISCUSSION: Welfare Training (student groups)

Student Submission: Provide more welfare training for committee members, so they are better equipped to deal with situations arising with members, and so members feel comfortable disclosing information to them, and they know where to signpost them to.
Students are invited to bring suggestions of the kind of training they think committees need. 

For information: Existing training resources. 

8. FOR INFORMATION: College Officer Updates.

Now that we are beyond the mid-term one point, the Guild’s part-time College Officers will each share updates on what they’ve done so far and their ongoing priorities. There will also be an opportunity for questions. 

9. FOR INFORMATION & DISCUSSION: Guild President update from COP26.

Lily, the Guild President, spent the week (1-5 Nov) in Glasgow at the UN Climate Change Conference. She will be sharing about her experience, what she learned, and how this can relate to students at Exeter.