We want to ensure that our students get the most

out of their time at The University of Mauritius

Prepared by
Rishikesh Poorun
President, Students Union 2013/14
Content
Our Purpose
Our Vision
Our Values
Our Mission
Theme: Teaching and Innovation
Theme: Students Experience
Theme: Students Well-being
Theme: Students Development
Theme: Engagement and Community
Our Purpose
The Students Union exists to serve and represent
students of the University of Mauritius, in order to
support their pursuit of knowledge and enhance their
experience during their stay at the University by
promoting and providing welfare, social, cultural and
educational activities.

Our Vision
The University of Mauritius shall become an aspiring
institution for the Mauritian Community, be the
facilitator for students and help to thrive academically,
physically and socially.

The Students Union shall be an aspiring organisation
that reflect the passion and motivation of students. We
shall become a dynamic and exciting organisation;
continue to encourage creativity and ambitious
initiative; innovate, adapt and deliver relevant changes
at the heart of students life.
Our Values
As an organisation we shall be
Accessible Act as a facilitator
Democratic Value contribution of students.
Global Thinker Promote & celebrate the divers cultures
Ambitious, Innovation, fun & Creative
Collaborative
Sustainable and Socially Responsible

Our Mission
The University of Mauritius should exist as a facilitator
for students and staff, whether it is for academic
achievements, leisure activities, research development,
promoting innovative initiation, and participation into
community, social and economical development of the
country.

Delivery of Service
We aim to:
Implementation of a communication platform
between the University and employers, where contents
of courses would adapt to changes and demands of the
local and international job market.

Tailor formation course programmes, to satisfy the
need of the country tomorrow.

Enhance the service provided to students by
development partnership or industrial opportunities.
Digital Innovation
We aim to:
Use technology to create and enhance services and
facilities that are valued by our students.

Make use of the new digital service to provide
resources and develop new approaches for academic
teaching (Library, Digital arts) and administrative
procedures.

Integrate the social and local cloud networks, with the
development of Social pages and Mobile applications.


First Impression
We aim to:
Improve the impression a student experiences from
the very moment he hears of UOM. Innovate,
aesthetically, the UOM Website to enhance the
browsing of public experience.

Have up-to-date and dynamic or interact application
software (Mobile Apps) for all audiences: the public,
newcomers, students, staff and alumni.
Travelling
We aim to:
Improve the transport service (NTA) and ensure safe
travelling of students to and from campus.

Implement after hours transport scheme for part time
students as the courses being offered at the University
does not align with the time schedule of buses
operating through Reduit.

Provide a shuttle bus service (Reduit Ebene MGI)

IT and Networking
We aim to:
Increase the accessibility of students to large online
journal and research databases.

Promote Moodle service across all faculty and ensure
proper use by academics

Be equipped with the latest hardware to support new
curriculum and servers
On Campus Facilities
We aim to:
Increase and improve the facilities made available to
students due to the high density of students present
on campus (Toilets, sitting space, maintenance of
rooms and equipment)

Innovate with younger generation lifestyle and new
technology development (Renewable Energy
Generation)
Health and Safety
We aim to:
Provide a health and secure environment for students to
acquire knowledge, practice safely and play comfortably.

Encourage first aid and emergency management training
for students to handle such situation.

Promote different social and healthy awareness to inculcate
safe and healthy practices (Safety, Nutritional and Citizen
workshops)
Sports and health
We aim to:
Promote leisure and competitive sports activities.
Encourage participation of students into off-campus
activates, such as the Nautical Activities & Sports,
Mountain Hiking, Recreational activities (Bowling).

Encourage UOM sports team to participate at national
level and represent the University.

Provide fitness machines for students at the gymnasium
Guidance and Support
We aim to
Investigate and implement more methods of students
support Online students complaints, feedback and
queries database.

Encourage mentorship programme Utilising and
sharing of skills and knowledge across departments.

Develop and adapt workshops for students, as job
market landscape changes.
Needy Students
We aim to:
Increase the quality of service provided as well as the
supporting the brilliant students who cannot afford a
University.

Develop schemes for companies to invest and to sponsors
students to pursue their studies at the University.

Implement new scholarship programme based on national
sport achievement of students.
Global Perspectives
We aim to:
Create an atmosphere that enables students to benefit
from intercultural experience, and develop their global
understanding.

Promote international job prospective to students


Skills Development
We aim to:
Create opportunities for students, support and encourage
them to develop their latent skills and potential .

Increase training program and workshop for students (First
Aid Training, fire fighting, Entrepreneurship, photography,
languages and others)

Facilitate and encourage collaboration of students with
organisation to develop administrative skills
Enhancing Employability
We aim to:
Enhance students employability through series of
seminar and interactive platforms

Promote students placement and exchange
programme for development of work experience
awareness

Creating career guidance platforms in collaboration
with organisation
Communities and Volunteering
We aim to:
Provide services and spaces that allow students to
develop communities (Societies and Clubs), team
building activities and feel supported.

Encourage students and staff to setup platform and
creating opportunities for participating into building
the welfare less fortunate ones.