Union Affairs

Adam Michael 

Here's what I want to do this year:

Democratic Reforms -

1. Two monthly public forums, for all students, and society heads respectively to address concerns, criticise or scrutinise SU leadership.  

2. Introduce approval ratings for SU Officers.

3. Designed to eliminate the disconnect between students and SU leadership.  

Deadlines - Extend deadlines to 5 PM, reducing the strain all-nighters have on our physical and mental health.  

Housing - Lobby the university to provide a guarantor service to ease housing burdens.  

Equality, Liberation & Access

Saranya Thambirajah

Here's what I want to do this year:

A Liberated University - Rename buildings connected with the slave trade, challenge hateful speakers, fight campus securitisation, and end University complicity with the arms trade. 

Proper Care - Real support for sexual violence victims, put eating disorders and diet culture on the agenda, and provide free testing & contraception on campus.

Equal Access for Equal Outcomes - expand bursaries and hardship funding, push for gender-affirming healthcare in Student Health, and make extensions and ECs accessible.

International Students'

Hassan Al-Nabulsi

Here's what I want to do this year:

Engage - Increase international students’ involvement within the borders of SU, University and even Bristol.  

Motivate - Inspire student to discover new opportunities and enhance their abilities.

Support - Consider International student voice in developing policies.

Postgraduate Education

Lu Macey

Here's what I want to do this year:

Wellbeing and Community - improving study spaces, implementing mandatory consultation with students, making student groups more accessible

Accessibility and Attainment - securing additional funding opportunities for self-funded and international Postgraduates, introducing specialised information sessions for first generation Postgraduates, removing barriers to Postgraduate-level study for students from liberation groups

Equality and Equity in Learning and Teaching - providing PGRs who teach with information about their rights, redeveloping Personal Tutor and Supervisor roles, expanding Postgraduate-focused study skills and careers support

Undergraduate Education

Nicole Veronica Antoine

Here's what I want to do this year:

Increase Student Support - Utilizing feedback to develop appropriate and reliable student support systems, such as through the personal tutor scheme, extensions, and extenuating circumstances.  

Promote inclusivity, diversity, and access - Collaborating with networks and societies, as well as adapting and developing the university campus to be universally accessible for all.   

Develop transparency of student services - Frequent signposting of university services and conscious effort for necessary adaptations to be made to these systems.   

Sport & Student Development

Lucy Matthews

Student Living

Izzy Russell

Here's what I want to do this year:

Increase disability and wellbeing budget, improve training for counsellors, tutors, and committee members, continue harm reduction work 

Hold the University accountable to sustainability promises, to support student activism, push for all buildings to be sustainable and accessible, push for sustainability to be incorporated into subjects and careers 

Talk with University about capping expansion, re-evaluate security powers, improve SU Lettings and better support students finding housing, freeze halls prices, stop using external washing machine companies