Election post

Status
Elected
What will you bring to this role (e.g. experience, skills or qualities)?

In my role as the Hall Representative for Goldsmid House, I have made myself known to UCL Estates that I will not be pushed around on important issues nor go down without a fight. For example, I have

  • Negotiated for a permanent solution for the lack of communal facilities in Goldsmid House
  • Set up a petition to UCL Estates signed by 34% of all residents
  • Sent an unholy number of passive-aggressive emails to UCL Estates

In dealing with UCL Estates, I have also familiarised myself with their habits, procedures, and weaknesses.

What do you hope to achieve in the role if you are elected?

UCL Estates is heavily commercialised and prioritises profit before people. As Accommodation and Housing Officer, I will seek to hold UCL Estates to account, making sure that the student experience always takes precedent. To these ends, I hope to

  • Address the chronic failures in maintenance and upkeep caused by UCL Estates' outsourcing model, including its contract with Circuit Laundry
  • Pressure UCL Estates to increase student representation in all decision-making processes
  • Urge UCL Estates to freeze rent in the face of rising inflation
Please summarise why students should vote for you.

Thanks to the amazing people at Goldsmid, I have had the best halls experience anyone could ever ask for. But I could not pretend for a second that living in an overpriced, undermaintained, and under-resourced hall of residence nearly three miles away from campus is what I expected for the price I paid.

As Accommodation & Housing Officer, I will continue to hold UCL Estates to account by bombarding their inbox with passive-aggressive emails and making sure that they are prioritising the student experience above all else.