Election post
Status
Elected
What will you bring to this role (e.g. experience, skills or qualities)?
I was one of the leading voices in the UK-wide campaign to increase stipends for 100,000 UKRI-funded PGR students, to account for the rising cost of living. Additionally, I co-led the movement to ensure UCL increased stipends for ALL PGR students, regardless of funding source.
I have demonstrated a commitment to ensuring that research students voices are heard and will bring to this role my experience of effective lobbying to ensure senior UCL leadership take action on issues that matter.
What do you hope to achieve in the role if you are elected?
Tackle issues that are impacting research students:
Some of the actions I intend to take: Improve support for PGTAs, ensure mental health support is easily accessible for research students, propose consultations with research students about employment rights to ensure our voices are heard (to prepare for UKRI’s “New Deal” and the knock-on effect this will have for all).
Continue to advocate for ALL research students:
Work closely with reps and the sabbatical officers to ensure decisions are made in the best interest of ALL research students, including self-funded and international students.
Please summarise why students should vote for you.
I’ll keep this simple - If you want a research officer who will ensure research students are at the heart of decision making at UCL then vote for me.
I will not be afraid to tackle issues that widely impact us all and if elected I will bring my prior experience of creating change with an aim to improve our UCL experience.