Election post

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

I hope to represent UCL students and minority students especially those from a South Asian background. I support the #DecoloniseEducation campaign and hope to bring more ideas and representation to build it. Some of my ideas include removing stereotypical examples from syllabuses which I have first hand heard professors at a world class university use like examples of women running beauty salons or examples of activities like fraud and child labour being linked to South Asian countries. I hope to take all of your ideas to this national conference and bring back more ideas to UCL.

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

Throughout high school, I have been participating in Model United Nation (MUN) conferences. I have participated as a delegate in numerous conference and also chaired many. I have been very passionate about debating and coming up with resolutions. I will bring these experiences with me which will help me share my ideas and listen to others and come up with ways to improve the education system. Having lived in Pakistan, Singapore and the UK I have a good idea of a variety of education systems. I have changed schools 13 times in my life and have ideas that can make transitions easier for others.

Please summarise why students should vote for you.

Students should vote for me because my sole aim for going is to represent UCL students especially minorities and I can represent them, having similar experiences. Before the conference, I will gather all the students ideas and take them with me to this national conference of students where we will make better decisions for all of us. 

I have been at UCL for 3 years now, and have experienced a lot myself and through my friends from racism to harassment issues and therefore I can take all this experience to this conference and hopefully come up with solutions to help the rest of you.