SUS Professional Development Committee

Professional Development Committee SUS Professional Development: guaranteed high standards in all we do.

The SUS Professional Development Committee is charged with ensuring that the sector works together, sharing experiences, good practise and training workshops wherever possible and practical, and to ensure that the offer of SUS as a whole is as professional and fit for purpose as possible.

In its intiial three years, the group has been very active - generating a comprehensive and reliable communications network for SUS, on which the future success of the organisation will be based. Large scale events for the sector have been delivered with considerable aplomb: the now annual Christmas Seminars for all involved in the sector will this year be held at Queen Margaret University; and the summer SUS Conference will be held at Heriot Watt in June. Previous Conferences have included a keynote speech from Patricia Ferguson MSP, Minister for Sport, Media and Culture in 2006 and at the University of Glasgow in 2007 which was joined by Francesca Osowska, Head of Sports Policy at the Scottish Executive and Stewart Harris, CEO of Sportscotland. In 2008 we were joined by Shirley Webb, and Gregor Townsend who were both a real asset and highlight of the Conference, with Shirley sticking her neck out for the sector in a question and answer session with key figures from the Funding Council, the Scottish Government and Commonwealth Games Committee.

The group has worked extensively on the branding and marketing of SUS in order to achieve maximum visibility - including the delivery of this website, amongst other projects. To get your own piece of SUS branded kit please have a look at our order form, decide what you want, and send it in to SUS HQ so that we can distribute your goodies.

In future, SUS PDC will oversee the training and education of student officers, volunteers and staff from across the nation in a coordinated way, provide networking opportunities and manage special interest groups to respond quickly to the needs of the sector.

For more on the work of SUS PDC, or to register an interest in aspects of its operation, please contact the SUS Office or Catriona McAllister on c.mcallister@hw.ac.uk.