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The candidates running in the 2026 Leadership Race have now been announced - check them out below.
Voting opens Monday 16 March at 9:00, and will close Friday 20 March at midday.
Before voting begins, we encourage you to read through the candidate manifestos, and find out their goals and plans. Consider which issues are important to you, and get ready to make an informed vote on who you would like to see represent you for the next academic year. It’s crucial you understand what they stand for, what they plan to do, and how this could impact your university experience.
These are your candidates wanting to be your next full-time, paid Sabbatical Officers who will represent you from July 2026 - July 2027:
Students' Union President
- Alissada Chanaisawan
- Oskar Barltrop
- Owen Luo
- Sree Cavuturi
- Harshita Pandey
- Ted Mikhailov
- Mingda Xie
- Seif Abdelmotaleb
- Christian Chambers
- Alasdair Wilson
- Mia Ramage
Activities and Engagement Officer
- Caitlin Chidiac
- Zaid Alsaleh
- Ben Francis
- Audrey Lau
- Jesse Ashdown
- Selin Kilinc
- Robert Marin
- Angelina Prymaka
- Valentino Thomas
Education Officer:
- Wing
- Mina Hanifi
- Cassie Feng
- Sarah Jilani
- Tingxuan Li
Equity and Inclusion Officer
- Hannah Mabasa
- Rawleka Wilson
- Nadya
- Ruqaiya Asim
Postgraduate Officer
- Vivian Li
- Jiayu Li
- Charu Lingwal
- Revati Kukde
- Jerni Rinova Panjaitan
- Katherine Sung
- Anastasia Seitan
- Cynthia Liu
- Anam Choudhary
- Coco Shi
- Haixuan Xin
- Jiya Patel
- Susan Zhu
- Ian Kwok
- Sunskrati Pandey
Welfare and Community Officer
- Vivian Li
- Whitney Chen
- Suweyda Ahmed
- Ademipo Onanuga
- Marina Solo
- Matthew Kendall
- Devi Sankhla
- Wilf Baxter
- Hana Mougharbel
Vote Week is next week, and there's lots happening on campus to get involved with:
- Monday 16 March (Print Room Cafe and Student Centre) - Graduation Pack Giveaway - be in with the chance to WIN £200 off of your graduation pack!
- Tuesday 17 March (Print Room Cafe, IOE) - We've got a brand new camera up for grabs
- Wednesday 18 March (Print Room Cafe and Student Centre) - Win your weekly food shop (up to £100!)
- Thursday 19 March (Print Room Cafe, IOE) - Entitles you to one free ticket to our UCL200 Summer Festival
- Friday 20 March - We've got a Nintendo Switch to be won!
We'll be on campus from 12-16:00 every day with carnival games, a spin the wheel, and loads of additional small prizes to be won. Come along to chat to the team, find out more about the Leadership Race, and get ready to cast your vote.
The results, revealing the new team of Officers will be announced on Friday 20 March at 18:30 at the South Cloisters.