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Election
Join the Network for Mature and Part-Time Students, Parents and Carers
Network committee members actively support Student Officers that convene their network, and assist with the over-all decision making processes within the network.
The Campaigns Rep will:
- Be responsible for the network’s campaigns
- Organise at least one campaign a year
You must be a continuing UCL student who is registered as a part-time student at UCL or began an undergraduate course after the age of 21, or a postgraduate course after the age of 24. Or Any continuing UCL student with caring responsibilities. This includes anyone who provides unpaid care for a child or for a friend or family member who, due to illness, disability, a mental health issue or an addiction cannot cope without their support to vote for this position.
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If you have any questions about this position, please contact [email protected]
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Candidates
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Advocate for fair, flexible, and affordable accommodation that meets the needs of estranged and mature students. 🏠
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Work with UCL Housing Services and the Students’ Union to secure better year-round housing options and clearer support pathways
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Gather and act on YOUR feedback to shape meaningful initiatives
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Raise awareness and educate others about the experiences of estranged, mature, and part-time students.📚
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Improve communication and accessibility within the network 📲
- Strengthen visibility and belonging by creating inclusive spaces that celebrate lived experience and community 🥳
I have extensive experience advocating and campaigning through:
- My role as a Student Academic Rep and several UCL Changemaker projects.
- Part of the Students’ Union UCL as a Finance Admin and Events Assistant
- Created inclusive events as President of Medical Innovation and Enterprise Events Team
- As an Accommodation Ambassador I have highlighted the need for more better, affordable, year round-housing
- Advocated across all of my roles about inclusion these student groups
I’ll use my experience to ensure mature and estranged students are seen, supported, and represented in every part of UCL.
Bring broad experience across accommodation, events, and finance — giving me the insight and skills to lead real, lasting change.
• Worked with UCL Changemakers to turn student voices into tangible action and meaningful improvements.
• Champion fair, affordable housing, inclusive community spaces, and long-term wellbeing support.
• Ensure every campaign and initiative is shaped by YOUR voices and lived experiences.
As someone proud of my non-traditional journey to UCL, I’ll be a representative who leads with empathy, authenticity, and purpose.
There are a great many ways the University and Student Union could improve its accommodation of members of our network, and I aim to help bring those improvements to fruition. I am open to the ideas of others, but some of my own are as follows:
- Better accommodation options in student halls for mature students, not just postgraduates.
- Better training on ageism to club & society leaders, and students and staff in general
- Better facilities for parents on campus.
- Encouraging clubs & societies to run more events that are family-friendly, and generally welcoming to mature, part-time and carer students.
As a society Treasurer, have learned to work in a committee and perform a range of tasks for the good of a community.
I can be both a leader and team player, as I believe I’ve demonstrated in my committee roles as well as previous employment.
Most importantly I listen and am respectful, as while I can take initiative, I understand my views and experience are not necessarily those of everyone else in a network such as this, and I do not have all the answers.
I have volunteered for charities in the past, and work diligently and passionately at whatever is thrown at me.
As a mature undergraduate student, I believe I have a fairly unique insight into some of the challenges that affect members of our group, excluded from “postgraduate-only” and studying mostly alongside younger students. I think this experience has led me to understand why we need to do more to help mature, part-time, parent and carer students thrive and be included.
If elected, I will throw my all into working to improve the representation and University experience of all the groups this network represents.