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Student representatives report 2008-2009
It has been noted in previous years that efforts should be made to improve the communication between student members of the society. This year has seen a development in this area with RSPSoc representation on social networking sites such as Facebook. Hopefully momentum will gain over the next year to improve the impact of these resources. However, it should also be acknowledged that emails directly to student members through the RSPSoc office remain the most direct, and efficient way of maintaining contact.
The Annual Student Meeting was a great success. Located in an outdoor centre, the atmosphere was extremely relaxed and helped to promote networking between delegates. Considering the remote location of the Meeting, attendance was encouraging, showing that student members still feel the event is important. Response to requests for sponsorship were also extremely encouraging with many sponsoring companies from last year’s meeting repeating their generous offers, and in some cases exceeding them beyond expectations. Efforts should be made to continue correspondence with these organisations and perhaps reach out to other companies that failed to respond.
For the first time, this year’s meeting made an association with the ISPRS Student Consortium, whereby the chair was invited to speak at the Student Meeting to help promote ISPRS student activities. The offer was returned and the hope is that the current RSPSoc student representative can attend the ISPRS annual student meeting and help broaden the international profile of RSPSoc.
One of the key successes to the Meeting was inviting key note speakers that bridge the gap between academia and industry. Students are continually interested in future prospects and feeling is that this is an area that could be developed. To my knowledge there is no facility to help organisations advertise potential careers to RSPSoc students. It is felt that perhaps the Newsletter could help facilitate this area, and could possibly make the publication more appealing to the student audience.
