Strode's College Feedback

Thank you, we will build in an audit of the toilets into the repair schedule to ensure these are included as part of the review.

If toilets require cleaning or something is broken, please report it into Student Services who can get it looked at ASAP.

We are limited in parking based on the size of the site. The lines are due to be refreshed in the summer term.

Yes. Please speak to Martin Carmichael if you are interested and he will put you in touch with Lakethorne who manage the cleaning contracts.

Please email estates.strodes@windsor-forest.ac.uk with room numbers and we will investigate further.

Teachers are encouraged to develop engaging curriculum displays. We are working on a number of projects in the corridors to improve the 'feel' of the college. A timeline can be seen around MA22, positive comments on the main corridor and creative media designs opposite the Learning Centre. More projects are planned.

The hedges can only be cut at certain times of the year (pruning) but this has now been resolved.

We are limited in the changes we can make to some of Strode's spaces due to building restrictions. Students can currently eat indoors in Coopers' Hall and the Cafe.

The Urban Garden is an outdoor heated space and we have plans to build an additional outdoor space outside of the Tercentenary Building.

The numbers of students using the facility has doubled in the past 12 months which is fantastic, but it does mean the noise levels have gone up a bit. We have restructured the space with new shelving, welcome desk and study layout based on this feedback.

A new simpler guide has been created and disseminated as a poster to guide students on how to organise a club.

As most clubs are currently student led, the timings fit around the club leaders. We are looking at a wider enrichment offer from September to allow students more opportunity to engage with activities and develop skills.

The Learning Centre team have taken on this feedback and will produce a display in the coming weeks explaining how this works. Full details can be found on the Student Services site, under Learning Centre. A link is here.

The College recognises the difficulties many students are having with finding placements and will set up networking groups to identify potential opportunities. Some places will not take under 18's for health and safety reasons, but other than that, there shouldn't be reasons not to take students. Please remember to try to think about the skills you need to get to your final job and think outside the box about where you could get these. Your teachers will be able to provide insights and our Careers and Placements team offer 1:1 appointments to help guide you in your choices. 

We are currently investigating the introduction of different 'quick pay' options for students to make it easier to pay for things at events, make donations or complete quick transactions such as purchasing IDs.

We will look to develop some user guides, if there are specific things you find tricky, please speak to Student Services so that we can tailor the information we put together.

We will look into how we can integrate more charging points into the Learning Centre so that students can utilise their own devices for study. This is likely to be over the summer term / holidays.

We are still trialling the newsletter and we will be running some more detailed focus groups. The background has been changed and we will look to see how we can make notice audiences clearer / easier for students to pick out.