Head of Communications - Feb-March 2011

Assalaamu alaikum wa rahmathullahi wa barakatuh,

Trust this finds you all in good health & in the best of Imaan. inshaAllah.

I start my very first blog - by thanking Allah (swt) for giving me the opportunity to play a small part in the big world of – FOSIS and ISoc - over the past few years.

After being co-opted as the Head of Communications earlier this year, I spent the first few weeks in training and understanding my new role in FOSIS. Working within FOSIS for over a year and playing an active role within my ISoc has made the transition to this role a little easier.

My responsibilities involve - liaising between different committees and ensuring the smooth running of various e-groups. Promoting a range of events from international speaker tours to Career events and from projects such as ‘Artistic Jihad’ to the ‘Radical thinking’ conference has been an exciting time. SubhanAllah, the amount of work that takes place across the 7 FOSIS regions and its numerous committees - has and will always continue to amaze me!

Evaluate: As we draw towards the end of the academic year with exams not far from now, we find ISocs slowly winding down. The next few months within FOSIS and our ISocs will see AGMs and elections being held across the UK & Ireland. As expected FOSIS committees are currently busy recruiting new members and organising their regional AGMs. My role during this time is to ensure committees are reflecting and evaluating the projects they have been working on this year. Whether you are an ISoc or a FOSIS member, please ensure this takes place within your respective committees and don’t forget to pass on the information to the incoming committee.

Handover: To help ease the handover process, I shall also be assisting sr Amal (VP Training and HR) collate ‘End of Year’ reports from all FOSIS committees by April. To carry on and improve the services we provide this is an integral part of every committees work and will allow efficient handovers to take place.

If you are part of FOSIS or an ISoc and have experienced a FOSIS event this academic year, then do let us know what went well and where we can possibly improve our services. We would appreciate any constructive feedback.

I take this opportunity to invite you to join FOSIS, if you haven’t already. Together we can help empower our ISocs and carry on the amazing work that takes place on our university campuses. For more information do contact us.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Please remember the Ummah in your humble dua’s

Walaikum assalaam

Fathima Shah

Head.communications@fosis.org.uk