Words of Wisdom

Remember your final months at BCU? Exams, dissertations and final projects can be a daunting time for students.

From a member of the BCU Alumni Community to a future graduate, send us your Words of Wisdom and give our final-year students a boost of confidence.

Your notes of encouragement, advice, tips and well-wishes could make a huge difference to a student and really help them through the last steps of their studies.

Your Words of Wisdom will be shared on screens across campus, in newsletters and on social media. Submit yours below!

A few pieces of advice:

Short and simple notes work best.
You can be motivational, as in ‘You’ve got this’, or give advice like ‘Remember to look after your health and wellbeing’ or ‘Ask for help if you need it’.
You could even quote inspirational song lyrics if you like!
Avoid phrases like ‘You’ll smash it’, as we don’t want students to feel pressured during an already tough time.
Your Words of Wisdom will be distributed randomly, so don’t address yours to specific students, degree courses or certain faculties.

How we will use your personal data?

We will use your data to keep a record of your relationship with the University and to deliver a range of alumni and supporter activities. This will include sending you regular communications, telling you about events, promoting opportunities, benefits and services that may be of interest to you, fundraising and requests to complete relevant surveys.

Here are examples of activities that we might use your data for:

Sending you publications from the University by post or email (subject to your preferences)
Telling you about University events, alumni events and reunions and sending your invitations
Giving you information about opportunities that we think may be of interest to you including job vacancies, mentoring, auditions, Alumni of the Year, volunteering and competitions
Contacting you about opportunities to give donations to support our work
Sending you communications from your school or faculty
Giving you information about further study opportunities, including postgraduate fee discounts and scholarship
Asking you to complete relevant surveys for example about alumni services, higher education or opportunities available.

We may use records of your interactions with the University to help us understand your level of engagement, which may be recorded on your individual record to help us personalise our service to you and direct resources appropriately.

A full copy of our privacy policy is available at: www.bcu.ac.uk/privacy. If you do not want your data to be used for any of the above purposes or would like to request a copy of our privacy policy, please email alumni@bcu.ac.uk.

We may from time to time have to update our privacy policy. If we change this privacy policy significantly, we will contact you and may ask you to update your consent. We encourage you to check our privacy statement occasionally to ensure you understand how your data will be used and to see any minor updates.