Beds SU Buddying

Beds SU is developing a buddying scheme that will involve students from different cultural backgrounds, giving or receiving peer support and guidance from student in the same course of study as them. This scheme is aimed at promoting personal growth, professional/academic growth and creating a sense of community amongst our students.

Your Co-Vice President, Amina Awal, would appreciate input from you as a member of our student community to inform the process. This survey will take no more than 5 minutes, so please take your time and share your best ideas for the future of Beds SU.

Thank you for your time!

I understand and agree that by completing this survey I am giving the Union explicit permission to use my views in reports and statistical publications in relation to the questions asked and to invite me to take part in Buddying in the future, if I indicate this below. I understand that the views I give in this survey will be used for generating a report on the topic being asked and the Union will only publish demographic data in which I will not be able to be personally identified. I understand the Union will use my student ID to draw demographic data on myself from the Union’s online database and will be retained confidentially for analysis only. Finally, I understand that I can access information on what data the Union holds, how it is managed, my rights and how to make a complaint through referring to the Union privacy policy online at www.bedssu.co.uk/dataprotection.

I understand and agree that by completing this survey I am giving the Union explicit permission to use my views in reports and statistical publications in relation to the questions asked and to invite me to take part in Buddying in the future, if I indicate this below. I understand that the views I give in this survey will be used for generating a report on the topic being asked and the Union will only publish demographic data in which I will not be able to be personally identified. I understand the Union will use my student ID to draw demographic data on myself from the Union’s online database and will be retained confidentially for analysis only. Finally, I understand that I can access information on what data the Union holds, how it is managed, my rights and how to make a complaint through referring to the Union privacy policy online at www.bedssu.co.uk/dataprotection. I understand and accept
Please give your Student ID number.
Please note this will be used for demographic analysis. This will never be used to identify you individually unless you request to speak to us in an answer.
Would you be interested in becoming a buddy? i.e. giving peer support and guidance to another student

Would you be interested in becoming a buddy? i.e. giving peer support and guidance to another student Yes No
Please tell us, why not?
Would you be interested in getting a buddy? i.e. receiving peer support and guidance from another student

Would you be interested in getting a buddy? i.e. receiving peer support and guidance from another student Yes No
Please tell us, why not?
Why do you want to be involved in buddying? i.e. what are your aims and goals?
What are your expectations of a buddying scheme?
e.g. how would you like to contact your buddy? (in-person, by email, over the phone etc.)
e.g. how often would you like to have contact with your buddy?
What would you be comfortable discussing with your buddy?

What would you be comfortable discussing with your buddy? Your academic experience Your extra-curricular experiences (e.g. societies, sports) Your personal experience
Is there anything else you think we need to consider?
Do you have any previous experience of buddying?

Do you have any previous experience of buddying? Yes No
If yes, please tell us more - we'd be interested to learn from your experience.
e.g. Where were you a buddy? How did you become/get a buddy?
e.g. Why did you choose to get involved in buddying?
e.g. How often did/do you interact with your buddy? Were you satisfied with the support you gave/received?
If you would like to hear more about buddying when this is available on your course, please provide your contact email address below: