2020/21

From April 2020 to March 2021, STAR did... Many things. The position of Music Events Manager was introduced as an assistant to the Head of Music, and from the start the committee had to deal with the coronavirus lockdown restricting in-person events.

Committee

Position	Name
Station Manager	Anna Rose Harris
Deputy Station Manager	Jamie Rees
Secretary	Maia Rakovic
Treasurer	Hagar Manssour
Head of Programming	Rose Kleeger
Head of Marketing	Julia Swerdlow
Head of Design	Lucas Capone
Head of Production	John Kite
Head of starTV	Calum Esler
Head of Music	Emily Baxter
Head of Events	Surina Martin
Head of The Record	Joseph Luke
Head of Web	Harris Hutchison
Head of Development	Kieran Wallbanks
Head of Tech	Andrew Barron
Hearing Aid Print Editor	Laine Capshaw
Hearing Aid Online Editor	Mia Baker
Music Events Manager	Sachairi Nixon
Assistant Head of The Record	Maddie McCall
Assistant Head of starTV	TBC
Assistant Head of Programming	TBC
Assistant Head of Tech	TBC
Assistant Head of Marketing	TBC

Website

Numerous changes were made to the website:

• "Quarantine" temporarily added to menu, contains "Quarantine Songs" and "Quarantine Playlists" on hover.
  • A community quarantine playlist was created with songs sent in from listeners.
  • We asked for lockdown inspired playlists from listeners to be showcased on the STAR Instagram.
• Show categories added to showcase shows that were nominated and those that won STAR awards.
• Show category added to showcase honorary lifetime members (awarded to shows that ran throughout the hosts time at the University).

Events

Due to the pandemic, STAR's events were held online, usually via Facebook Live.

Events included Q&As, many music events, the STAR Awards, and a careers panel.

Broadcast

We custom-built a solution for Broadcasting via Discord so shows could keep going from anywhere.