We are now entering the voting phase to decide who will lead the BSUnion into the new academic year.

In order to make sure that all votes are “legal” and everyone votes only once, you will need to have your BSU number ready. For BSP and MinDef scholars, please enter the scholarship scheme that you are under instead of the BSU number.

At this point, I would like to point out that the BSUnion has not received a successful nomination for the post of Religious Secretary and Postgraduate Social and Welfare Secretary. As this is the case, the post for the Religious Secretary and Postgraduate Social and Welfare Secretary will not be up for nomination. It will be up to the next council to recruit an individual that they feel is suitable to the post in question.

The list of potential candidates and their testimonials and manifestos are available for your viewing under the tab Nominees.

Dates:

Voting period: 14/05/2012 – 18/05/2012

Vote:
Submit your votes now, by clicking on the following form below.

Voting Form: http://bit.ly/LGlARW

List of Nominees and testimonials: http://bit.ly/JybVfK

I will be collecting all the votes and the new committee line up will be revealed shortly after the voting deadline.

The BSUnion in collaboration with the UPP, will be holding a Khatam Al-Quran. The event is open to every Bruneian students in United Kingdom and Eire.

Venue:
Brunei Hall, Norfolk Square, London W2 1RX

Date:
12th May 2012

Registration:
For those who are interested, please send an email, including your:

1. Full name
2. University/School
3. Contact Details

to religious.secretary [at] bsunion.org

Registration Deadline: 30th April 2011

Soon, the time will come for this year’s committee 2011/2012 to step down and for next year’s Brunei Students’ Union committee members to be elected.

We would like to encourage any students currently studying in the UK and EIRE to run for the union as it is very important for us to elect the right committee to lead the future Bruneians for the future session of 2012/2013.

The positions to consider are as listed below: :
* Details of each post are provided at the end of the post.

1. President
2. Vice President
3. General Secretary
4. Deputy General Secretary
5. Financial Secretary
6. Assistant Financial Secretary
7. Information Secretary
8. Asst. Information Secretary
9. Religious Secretary
10. Asst. Religious Secretary
11. Sports Secretary
12. Asst. Sports Secretary
13. Undergraduate Social and Welfare Secretary
14. Postgraduate Social and Welfare Secretary
15. A-Level Social and Welfare Secretary

Dates:
Nomination period: 23/04/2012 – 03/05/2012 (by midnight).
Voting period: 04/05/2012 – 11/05/2012

The process:

Nominating could not be any easier with our online nomination submission form.

As per usual, you are to include your name, nominee’s name and place of study, a 100 words testimonial of your nominee, and also this year, an additional requirement for your nominee to produce a 200 words manifesto detailing accomplishments they would implement if they were to be elected, hence it is essential that your nominee is aware and approves of the nomination.

The second most voted person will become the vice/ assistant to the positions mentioned.

Nomination form: http://bit.ly/HsM1a5

You will need to fill in one form for each person that you are nominating to a particular position. Please note that this is just the nomination form, and not the voting form. A voting form will be made available during the voting period (i.e. 04/05/2012).

Please send in your nominations early and spread the words!

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* Brief description of the duties and responsibilities of the committee members:

• President – be the head and spokesperson of the Union.
• Vice president – shall assist the President and also shall act on behalf of the President during the president’s absence.
• General Secretary – keep records and convene Union meetings
• Financial Secretary – Keep and maintain the financial accounts of the Council. Also, authenticate all financial transactions of the Union.
• Information Secretary – Set up and maintain the Union’s website as well as inform the union members of the major activities set up by the Union/Societies.
• Religious Secretary – Shall be responsible for the religious activities/affairs of the union, and also responsible for the religious publications and materials. Shall organize activities for religious/educational purposes.
• Sports Secretary – Shall organize games/tournaments and encourage the members to be in active in sports activities.
• Social and Welfare Secretary – Responsible for communicating with members regarding student welfare issues. Shall organize social functions, visits, trips and tours for educational purposes. (Each level of study (Postgraduate, Undergraduate and A’Level) will have their representative to look after their social and welfare and protect their interest).

Note: The deputy and assistants are to assist the main secretary and also to act on their behalf in their absence.

On behalf of Sharif Banna, the CEO of Awakening Worldwide – an international media group specialising in faith based and value driven content (www.awakeningworldwide.com), we would like to let you know that they are organising a charity concert in London at:

London’s HMV Hammersmith Apollo

on the
14th of April 2012

with
Maher Zain and friends

Maher Zain, whom shouldn’t be alien to any of us, has now become a household name across South East Asia in general and Brunei specifically.

So let us all come together and enjoy a fantastic night of fundraising, celebration and remembrance with your favourite artist and also stand a chance to win a signed copy of the Maher Zain’s latest album when you send your name, address and full contact details to info@sendalittlehope.com. Competition closes on the 13th of April 2012.

Tickets ranging from £15, £20, £25 and £100 (VIP)

Please see the details on the link below:

http://www.sendalittlehope.com

Next Saturday, there will be a Bowling Tourney organised by the Brunei Investment Agency (BIA).

Date: 3rd March, 2012
Time: 12 noon till 3pm
Fee: £15 per player

It is open to anyone, so everyone is invited to this event.

Transportation will be provided from Brunei Hall to the venue.

For those who are interested, please kindly follow this link and fill in the registration form provided

Registration Deadline: Monday, 27/02/2012

If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact Ehsan atsports.secretary@bsunion.org

and as the saying goes – the more the merrier!

PER: MAJLIS DOA KESYUKURAN HARI KEBANGSAAN NEGARA BRUNEI DARUSSALAM

KE 28 TAHUN 1433H/2012M

Dengan penuh hormat dan ta`zim diedarkan aturcara Majlis Doa Kesyukuran Hari Kebangsaan Negara Brunei Darussalam Ke 28 Tahun 1433H/2012M yang akan diadakan pada:-

Hari:  Rabu

Tarikh: 1 Rabiulakhir 1433H bersamaan  22 Februari 2012M

Jam: 6.40 malam

Tempat: Surau Brunei Hall, London

Aturcara Majlis Doa Kesyukuran [download]

Sekian wassalam.

On behalf of the BEG’12 Committee, we invite you to come participate and support Brunotts’ 9th Easter Games 2012 which will be held on the

31st March, 2012.

They are organising tournaments in 5 sports:

- Football (24 teams)
- Netball (14 teams)
- Badminton (men’s single, men’s doubles, women’s single and mixed doubles)
- Squash (men’s and women’s category)
- Table Tennis (men’s and women’s category)

*Note: Badminton players can ALSO choose to participate in either Squash or Table tennis. (i.e. badminton & squash OR badminton & table tennis). But all other players can only participate in one sport, due to the time constraint.

***Registration opens on Sat/Sunday, 26th February 2012, at 0000***

**www.brunotts.com**

More information will be provided next week, and in the info packs after you’ve registered.

If you have any other inquires about registration or BEG, please contact registration@brunotts.com; president@brunotts.com.

“Meet to Compete” this Easter at BEG 2012!

Facebook Event page: 9th Brunotts Easter Games, 2012

Students should arrive between 8.00-8.15 am for registration

as the Vice Chancellor will be expected to arrive  at 8.30am

The event will start at 9.00 am

You are cordially invited to attend the above event which will be held on/at:

Date : Saturday, 21 January 2012

Time : 8.30 a.m.

Venue : Brunei Hall, London

Please find attached the tentative agenda of the session for your reference.

UBD MEET AND GREET SESSION WITH STUDENTS PROGRAMME.docx [download]

We have extended the deadline for you to forward your details to Syafiq, which is tomorrow Wednesday, 18 February 2012 at the latest.

Also, for those who have not e-mail Syafiq their details, please kindly e-mail them to the Assistant Registrar from the Office of the Vice Chancellor, UBD, Nur Farazida Haji Abdullah at farazida.abdullah@ubd.edu.bn to confirm your attendance or non-attendance and just put “Accept” or “Decline” as the subject line as she will be expecting them.

[This does not apply for those who have already sent their details to Syafiq]

Reminder

If you accept the invitation, grateful if you could also provide the following information for us to collate:

1) ‘A’ level subjects and results

2) Bachelor’s degree result, university attended and year of graduation (if any)

3) Master’s degree result, research title, university attended and year of graduation (if any)

4) Research interests (if any)

If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact either Syafiq or Nur Farazida via their e-mails.