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Candidates
Harriet R Israel
What will you bring to this role (e.g. experience, skills or qualities)?
Hello I’m Harriet – you'll have seen me as part of the Welcome Team! ?
I have spent the last 3 years as an active representative for our student community. Last year, I was voted IOE Academic Rep of the Year!
I have a great track record of securing positive changes for students – I am now ready to do the same for the IOE.
For me, no problem is too trivial or complex. Described as “tough” and “tenacious”, I happily take initiative in challenging situations.
I am a confident speaker and a friendly member of the student community, working to build a supportive, welcoming environment.
What do you hope to achieve in the role if you are elected?
My priority this year is to secure small changes with a wide impact. Here are my proposed targets as Faculty Rep for 22/23:
? Fostering a sense of belonging for students within the Students Union.
? Co-creating a community of staff and students, abolishing an “us” and “them” mentality.
❣️ Guaranteeing a fair and clear extenuating circumstances policy.
✅ Addressing the late release of assessment feedback.
? Ensuring that IOE offers free and accessible facilities for all students to heat food and get hot water – particularly crucial during the cost-of-living crisis.
Please summarise why students should vote for you.
I am highly dedicated to my student rep work, and student voices will remain my utmost priority this year.
I am familiar with the workings and quirks of IOE, and I am keen to gain more new experiences and skills.
I am very friendly and approachable, and will be regularly reaching out to include students in the conversation.
I am excited to be able to work in partnership with students and staff to improve working and learning conditions at IOE and I would sincerely appreciate your support!
Let’s continue the conversation: find me on Twitter at @hazlett92 ?
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Gaia Pellegrino
What will you bring to this role (e.g. experience, skills or qualities)?
I am very confident regarding my social skills and my qualities, being a very talkative and sociable person. I take very seriously personal opinions and what others think, feel and their opinions regarding general topics.
I do consider myself being a very good listener and therefore I will always be available for a chat or just for listening someone’s opinions or suggestions.
I am a confident person and therefore I always tend to do the first step in any activities.
I do believe that being a student representative will improve my social skills and will help other students to feel heard.
What do you hope to achieve in the role if you are elected?
I hope to achieve a solid development of my own persona as student and as representative, being helpful to my colleagues and to whoever is interested in giving suggestions and opinions.
I do truly hope to build up solid friendships with my colleagues and making myself available to anyone who needs a chat.
Please summarise why students should vote for you.
I do hope that other students will vote for me, since I am a open minded, sociable and very talkative person and therefore, you will never feel alone when I am around.
I am very empathetic and I always try to be as supportive as I can with whoever surrounds me.
Voting me as a student representative will ensure you to always have someone who is ready to listen and to take care of you.
I do believe a lot in the power of communication and therefore, I hope that other students will never struggle to come and talk to me.
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Satya Sree Sindhusha Vajjhala
What will you bring to this role (e.g. experience, skills or qualities)?
I was a university student leader in my bachelor's, and I'm sure that experience and some more maturity now, (after years of working and associating with academic set-ups as a part of my job) would make me a better person to rely upon. I have always been easily accessible and helpful but have also stood up against a lot of issues in my previous university. For instance, our university displayed grades on public boards which embarrassed many students who could not perform well on their tests. I, along with the team helped our juniors feel more confident now so that no one is labeled anymore.
What do you hope to achieve in the role if you are elected?
Meeting everyone finally face-to-face is overwhelming! But, I also believe that there are a few areas we could focus on to bring us callback on track.
I plan on bringing more career fairs, and job-related opportunities for international students who are not qualified to work in their streams in the UK, and the home students who would want to work in their career field as well.
Introducing a few free short courses with certifications might add up to our CVs and help us grow more.
Inclusion and Diversity in and out of the classroom irrespective of our cultures, languages, and backgrounds.
Please summarise why students should vote for you.
I might be a stranger to you, but it gives me an unprejudiced and unbiased new approach to everyone. Although every one of us is brave enough to stand up for ourselves being together reminds us that we are not alone in this. If you empower me with your confidence and trust, I will do everything in my power to represent our interests and concerns and achieve our common goals and ideals. I'm sure we are all here to make the world a better place through education, and give me a chance to represent you in making our university a little more better too! (P.S: It is already amazing as it is).
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Selina Yi
What will you bring to this role (e.g. experience, skills or qualities)?
My name is Selina and I am studying Digital Media at IOE. I believe I will bring to this role because of my past experience being a student representative at the University of Auckland. Due to the COVID-19, there are thousands of international students who stuck in offshore and unhappy with the quality of online learning. I collected feedback from the students regarding course delivery and university services and channelled the feedback to the university. I will bring to this role as much inclusivity as possible and make sure every concerns are resolved.
What do you hope to achieve in the role if you are elected?
Being an international student myself, I understand how stressful it can be for postgraduate students to balance the study and personal life. I will make sure that all academic support is provided to students so you could have spare time to travel Europe and just enjoy your life:) I will be approachable and address all the concerns that the student have raised. I believe every one of IOE student should have a say in the decisions made in faculty.
Please summarise why students should vote for you.
Have your ever felt shy and hesitate to speak up your opinions?
Have you ever have complaints for you course delivery or the amount of workload but don't know where to go?
I will be here to help you out!
I will ensure that ALL of your feedback and opinions are reflected to IOE and acted upon as soon as possible. Thank you for you time:)
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Divya Karwa
What will you bring to this role (e.g. experience, skills or qualities)?
One of the main reasons that I want to contest this election is my recent experience as a student and a newer experience as a teacher as well. I also have experience of working at an administrative position and I am quite well versed with the process of decision making. Some of the qualities which I would like highlight in myself are, I am quite good at making coordination within groups. I also like to make things fast, I like a decision to be made within the given timeframe or even less. I have be tagged to be happy go lucky and friendly and surprising can remember all your names as well :)
What do you hope to achieve in the role if you are elected?
As everyone would say I would like to work on all my responsibilities and try to also go beyond it, if allowed. I would be a lending ear for all your problems at the faculty. I would like to help you to have a memorable year at IOE. I want to create a balance of communication.I want to create an environment which would feed into being a safe space for the students. I want to build a strong feedback to communication chain between the students and the faculty as well. If I am selected on this position I would like to make sure that I make all the positive changes that my potential would allow.
Please summarise why students should vote for you.
1. I promise to be fair and equal to all.
2. I can promise to be a better listener than your bae;)
3. I will be always available for you, unless I let you know or I sleep in?
4. I promise to solve your query asap and provide a suitable solution to you.
5. don’t take point 3 too seriously, I don’t sleep in too much :)
6. I would be the in the course for one year, I believe you can trust me for a year and let me prove it to you.
7. I can write more and more, but now I would just like you to go ahead and vote for me ;)
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Xiaohan Cao
What will you bring to this role (e.g. experience, skills or qualities)?
Hello!my name is Xiaohan. I'm from China. Before joinning the big family in UCL,IOE,I have been worked as a teacher for 5 years.And this is a wonderful change and good chance for me to become a student again.I am a very enthusiastic and responsible person who loves to understand and communicate with others,help them with their problems.And my work experience let me know both teachers and students very well so I can promote good communications between teachers and students. I will also hold many kinds of activities to make everyone adapt to new life quickly and help them with their problems in study and life.
What do you hope to achieve in the role if you are elected?
Student representatives are an important and meaningful part of the faculty, acting as a bridge between teachers and students.If I was elected,I hope I can improve my communication ability and learn how to organise and plan some meaningful events that can help both teachers and students to know each other and feel happy and fulfilled through joining them.I also would like to learn how to plan well and make the most of my time.The most important thing is I have the chance to know more people and have many good friends and try my best to make a good change for everyone.
Please summarise why students should vote for you.
I have been worked as a teacher for 5 years before I'm here. And my work experience let me know both teachers and students very well so I can promote good communications between teachers and students. .I am a very enthusiastic and responsible person. I'm good at communicating and loves help otherswith their problems.I also like to organize various eventsand activities, so that students can gain something both in life and study.I know there are so many international students like me from many countries and don't know much about how to spend a nice year now, so I want to find some good ways for everyone.
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Aaron J C Marketis
What will you bring to this role (e.g. experience, skills or qualities)?
In my prior university I started an education action campaign which, amongst many things, aimed to improved students rights in education, accessibility and critically examine universities to ensure that the education being provided was being assessed in a manner outside of audit culture and instead was focused on pedagogical quality and sufficient interdisciplinary methods in each subject.
I had a brief role as a science communicator during the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic and dispelled common myths and critical thinking errors which were in my mind, the result of poor schooling.
What do you hope to achieve in the role if you are elected?
I'd like to be responsive to whatever the needs of students would be. Call it a lazy Friere cop-out, but bottom-up responses are preferable to a vanguard. Not enough study spaces? I hear you on that. That's not an issue for you and you'd rather address accessibility? Then let's redirect the focus. My personal vision is to expand peoples epistemic horizons, reading groups, external speakers etc. If time management or other practical issues are a concern then I'd want to respond to that. The same goes for mental health. There's a lot of pressure to do well, you don't need to go through it alone.
Please summarise why students should vote for you.
I live and breathe education. I am on the MA Philosophy of Education course having graduated from Bsc and Msc Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience. I made the change to pay out of pocket due to my concerns with the education system (something I've no doubt we all share in at least some regard). My previous course felt too epistemically isolated, education shouldn't feel that way. It's only through action that any of us can influence education to be what we want to see. I hope that those of you who are voting may see a shared vision in improving education and as such, that's my elevator pitch.
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