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Duty Managers
Over the last term, I've been working with YUSU Staff members and members of the Health and Safety department at the University to review the way University approaches the running of major society and College events.
In the past, events which are multi-venue or of a large capacity have had to have a Duty Manager in place.
The Duty Manager role has been used at events ranging from Fusion through to Big D and has been hugely expensive for societies and colleges.
Under the new system, the Duty Manager is replaced by an Event Manager.
The Event Manager role can be fulfilled by YUSU Staff and Sabbatical Officers, and as such the charge will no longer be incurred by societies and colleges.
To give an example, this change would be equivilent to 100 ticket sales for a Central Hall production running over 3 nights.
We realise there is still work to be done to address the difficulties incurred by societies using Central Hall and other large venues, however, we feel this represents a step in the right direction from the University.
