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Chihiro: As a Sixth Form Drama Scholar, I led a drama club and coordinated a whole-community production, developing strong leadership and teamwork skills. As a trained Peer Mentor, I learned to listen carefully, especially to quieter voices, and take action when issues arise.
Adele: I served on my high school student council for two years, representing the peer counsellor community. I organised events promoting mental health and inclusion, including a club fair, strengthening my communication, organisation and problem-solving skills.
We want to bring in a more comfortable and genuine connection between the students and the professors, which directly benefits the whole faculty as it helps to accelerate the growth of the medical society.
As some people are concerned of speaking up, we have came up with an idea, checking everyone’s concern or questions through anonymous online questionnaire before a lecture starts every month for a constant feedback.
We can also hold a social event including the professors which again allows both students and professors to feel easy to talk to each other.
We are ready to speak up, listen and communicate openly on behalf of every student. We are not afraid to learn from feedback and improve ourselves, and we want to bring that same positive attitude to the Medical Sciences Faculty. We will actively listen to your ideas, concerns and experiences, especially those that might otherwise go unheard, and make sure they are represented. As approachable, responsible and caring people, we want every student to feel comfortable speaking to us. We will work together to make Medical Sciences a more inclusive, connected and supportive community for everyone.
I would bring strong leadership experience, communication skills and a genuine commitment to representing my fellow Medical UG students. As a former deputy head boy, where I represented a team of 80 prefects, I learnt to listen to different perspectives and represent others responsibly. Through founding Lumina Learning, I have strengthened my ability to explain complex ideas, support students and take initiative. As a medical student, I can also bring first-hand insight into the challenges of medical education, ensuring student feedback is heard and translated into meaningful improvements.
If elected, I hope to ensure that students feel genuinely heard and that their feedback leads to meaningful improvements. I would strengthen communication between students and faculty, identify common concerns around teaching, assessment and wellbeing, and advocate for practical solutions, that can actually be implemented. I also hope to make representation more accessible so that students who may feel less comfortable speaking up can have their perspectives considered. Ultimately, I want to help create an environment where students feel empowered to shape their own educational experience.
Students should vote for me because I bring proven leadership experience, a proactive approach and a genuine commitment to ensuring every voice is heard. I will listen, communicate concerns effectively and advocate for meaningful improvements to teaching, student wellbeing and the wider medical school experience. Above all, I want to empower you to have greater control over your own learning and ensure that student perspectives actively shape our education.
Let’s make student representation more than a title: a voice that listens, acts and puts students first.
I’ve always believed leadership is about making people feel heard, not just being the loudest voice in the room. The IB Diploma taught me to think critically, manage responsibilities, collaborate with others and embrace different perspectives. From leading science workshops to working on award-winning research projects, I’ve learnt to communicate effectively and turn ideas into action. As a Cancer Biomedicine student, I’d bring initiative, empathy, fresh perspectives and a genuine commitment to ensuring every student’s voice is valued and their concerns lead to meaningful change.
As a first-year international student, I understand how exciting yet overwhelming adapting to a new country and university can be. If elected, I want to make this transition easier for others and ensuring students across all years feel equally supported. I’d work towards making research opportunities, academic guidance and career resources more accessible, strengthening communication between students and staff, and encouraging connections across courses. Above all, I want to build a faculty where everyone is included, every concern is taken seriously and student feedback leads to real change.
Vote for me because I won’t just be a representative on paper. I’ll be someone who is approachable, trustworthy and will speak up when required. I know that every student has different experiences, challenges and ambitions, and I believe each deserves equal attention. I’m not here to make unrealistic promises, but to listen, take initiative and follow through. Whether it’s improving access to opportunities or raising concerns that matter to you, I’ll put genuine effort into making our faculty a place where everyone has a voice and a place where everyone feels included.
Over the last year as an Academic Representative, I have gained vital experience collecting student feedback and raising concerns with staff. Through UCL Changemakers, I've also worked on a project to improve anatomy education using 3D-printed teaching models, particularly to enhance the learning experience for visually impaired and neurodivergent students. As a mature student and project partner, I interact with students at different stages of university life and understand the challenges they face.
Thus, I bring experience in representation, project work and student engagement to this role.
My previous role as Academic Rep taught me that effective representation requires proactive outreach, rather than waiting for students to come forward. If elected, I will use course group chats, Instagram, Rednote, and other platforms to ensure outreach to all – ensuring total inclusion, representation and informative updates on course matters. I've also noticed that many opportunities, events, and projects aren't widely advertised, so students often miss out. I will work with the course reps and the DMS Society to improve communication and the promotion of opportunities.
Vote for me if you want a representative who is realistic, persistent and focused on achieving meaningful change. Improving the student experience is not as simple as raising an issue and expecting immediate results. Progress requires evidence, an understanding of different perspectives, and the ability to adapt strategies when initial approaches fail.
I will use my extensive experience to represent student voices effectively. I also strive to co-operate with the DMS Society to organise more cohort-wide events, to help students connect beyond their existing friendship groups.
I would bring experience supporting students through my role as a Transition Mentor, where I have worked directly with first year students and listened to their concerns and experiences. I am approachable and comfortable speaking to different people, but understand that my own experience does not represent everyone. As Faculty Rep, I would actively seek views from different courses and year groups and communicate them clearly to staff. I am also organised, reliable and comfortable raising concerns constructively while working with students and staff to find practical solutions.
I would aim to make sure students across the Faculty feel that their views are heard and actually lead to meaningful discussion. I would regularly gather feedback from students across different courses and year groups, particularly on teaching, assessment and academic support, and raise common concerns clearly with the Faculty. I would also make sure students know what happens after their feedback is raised. By the end of the role, I would hope to have helped improve communication between students and staff and contributed to practical changes that benefit students across the Faculty.
As a Transition Mentor, I already have experience listening to students and supporting them with their concerns. As Faculty Rep, I would bring the same approach by making myself accessible, listening to students across different courses and making sure their views are represented clearly. My priorities would be better communication between students and the Faculty, raising concerns constructively and making sure students are kept informed about what happens after their feedback is shared.
I hope to bring curiosity, responsibility and a collaborative spirit to the role. As an international student speaking four languages, I aim to ensure every voice is heard, regardless of cultural identity. My interests span scientific research, philosophy, anthropology, public policy and academic writing, including an independent dissertation on the phenomenology and linguistics of pain. Through clinical and community volunteering, I have developed a commitment to helping others achieve collective goals and thus, I support Aristotle’s belief that the whole exceeds the sum of its parts.
I aim to act as a medium through which students’ subjective experiences and ideals may be translated into collective, tangible improvements, achieving a fusion of horizons between individual desires and institutional realities. I aim to reconcile idealism with pragmatism, empowering students to pursue academic, social and artistic growth, understand their rights (both as students and as members of a dynamic society) and exercise their agency. By challenging the perceived divide between students and faculty, I hope to foster a productive dialogue and facilitate a transfer of valuable knowledge.
What recommends me most is my ability to empathise with my peers and understand their perspectives. Through extensive travel, linguistic and literary exploration, and engagement with diverse cultures, I have learned to contextualise experiences beyond my own. I believe this enables me to represent students’ aspirations and communicate effectively in pursuing them. I strive to be supportive yet assertive, guided by fairness, democratic principles and a strong moral compass, a requisite when studying medical sciences but also one when attempting to be in charge of a cohort of unique individuals.
Having served as the Year 1 Academic Representative for Cancer Biomedicine and currently as President of the UCL Cancer Charities Alliance, I have gained extensive experience in student representation and leadership. Through these roles, I have worked closely with students, staff, researchers, and charities to advocate for student interests, organise impactful initiatives, and foster meaningful collaboration. I am approachable, proactive, and committed to ensuring every student voice is heard and translated into positive, tangible change.
If elected, I hope to strengthen communication between students, academic staff, and faculty leadership, ensuring that student concerns and ideas are not only heard but acted upon. I also want to foster greater collaboration across clinical and non-clinical programmes within the Faculty of Medical Sciences by creating more opportunities for students to connect academically, professionally, and socially. Through networking events, careers discussions, and establishing stronger links between different programmes and year groups, I hope to build a more connected and supportive faculty community.
With experience as both an Academic Representative and President of the UCL Cancer Charities Alliance, I have developed strong leadership, advocacy, and communication skills. I am committed to ensuring student voices are represented, fostering collaboration across the faculty, and creating opportunities that enhance the student experience. If elected, I will be a proactive and approachable representative who listens to students and drives meaningful changes.