Reppery

The Students’ Union elections are coming up in Week 7 and in the run-up to this, you’ll probably see lots of people campaigning on campus for various candidates to all the Sabbatical and other positions. While nearly everybody knows of the President and Sabbatical Officers, there are another group of volunteers who work in the background making sure everything goes to plan - the Student Trustees.

Since the Union is run like a charity (and will soon officially become one), trustees are needed to manage the overall administration and financing of the Union as well as setting and checking its direction and how well it is responding to students.

As you all know, I’ve been Education Representative for the Faculty of Science since last year, and I hope that you will agree that overall, it’s been a productive year, with lots still to come. Overseeing the QAA audit, Student Written Submission and another round of meetings at faculty level will all take up time, but this is time that I feel is worthwhile in giving something back to the student community at the University who voted me in!

At the moment, my activites are mainly confined to the Faculty of Science, but with the elections, I hope to be able to build on my achievements here to help adapt the Union for the 21st century. There have already been a number of high-profile changes made under the leadership of Sally Pearman (who I think has been a great President!), but there is still some way to go.

This is why today I’m standing as a candidate for one of the three Student Trustees who will be elected later this term. It’ll be our job to work with the President and Sabbatical Officers to make sure the Union is run well. As well as that, we’ll be listening to your views and letting those define the future direction of the Union and all that it does for students. I hope that my record as Education Rep will stand me in good stead for this!

Please visit my Facebook campaign group and show your support. Also, if you’d like to become an officer or help out with the campaign, then please contact me, either through this website or using any of the methods listed on Facebook.

Thanks for your time!