Xiaohongshu
Hi! I’m Rawleka!
As your Sabbatical Officer for Equity and Inclusion across the Union, I am dedicated to creating a warm, inclusive environment where all students feel welcome. I also strive to ensure that everyone has fair and equitable opportunities to get involved in the Union’s activities.
I also work closely with and support the POC Students’, Disabled Students’, LGBTQ+, Trans, and Women’s Officers and Networks, advocating for their work and helping these networks become thriving, active, and democratic communities.
I represent your interests in all Policy Zones and on the Union Executive as a voting Member. I also sit on several other committees to ensure your interests are represented.
My Priorities
| Priority | Description | Update |
|---|---|---|
| Accessible UCL | Ensure disabled students get fair adjustments, a barrier-free campus, and student group events they can actually join. | |
| Celebrating Our Communities | Build on history months with a year-round programme that celebrates UCL’s students’ diversity. | I’ve met with various senior staff at UCL to champion the importance of connecting with the communities around us in Camden and delivering meaningful, non-tokenistic cultural events throughout the year. |
| Stronger Liberation Networks | Give Liberation Officers and Networks more support, visibility and joint working, including a new EquiTEA space and a properly funded Gender Expression Fund. | |
| Closing the gaps | Decolonise the curriculum, close awarding gaps, make UCL a real University of Sanctuary for refugee students, and make Report+Support work for the students who use it. | I met with UCL’s Student Success and Access and Participation teams to understand the data behind awarding gaps at UCL and what is currently being done to address them. I have been using these conversations to ask how effective current interventions are, how their impact is being measured, and what more can be done to improve graduate outcomes for students. |
Officer Reports
I write a fortnightly report on the work I've been doing to represent you, including work I've been doing on my priorities.
My work, through my report, is scrutinised and voted on by other elected student leaders who are members of our Welfare & Community Zone. You can read more about them here: Policy Zones & Union Executive.
These are my reports for 26/27:
| Zone | FILE | Approval Status |
|---|---|---|
| Welfare & Community Zone 1 | Approved | |
| Welfare & Community Zone 2 | The meeting hasn’t taken place yet. | |
| Welfare & Community Zone 3 | The meeting hasn’t taken place yet. | |
| Welfare & Community Zone 4 | The meeting hasn’t taken place yet. | |
| Welfare & Community Zone 5 | The meeting hasn’t taken place yet. |
Democratic Voting Record
As democratically elected leaders, we're accountable for the decisions we make for you, our students. As part of that accountability, we publish our voting records.
My Voting Record for 2026/27
- Policy Zone Votes 26/27
Policy Zone Vote Cost of Living WCZ For Cost of Living AZ No Vote Cost of Living EZ For - Union Executive Votes 26/27
Submission Type of Vote Vote In response to Militarisation of Higher Education Ratification For Cost of Living Ratification For
Meetings & Committees I attend:
I represent you on several committees and boards within the Union and the university. I use my seat at the table to ensure your interests are represented.