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Meet Your Candidates for the 2024/25 Student Elections

See who is in the running for your vote! Manifestos will go live from the Union on Saturday and voting opens at 9am on Monday 19th February!

Posted Thu, Feb 8, 2024 12:00 PM

Voting week is just around the corner. It's your chance to decide who will be the next five students to lead the Students Union and be crucial decision makers on the students behalf.

Using your vote is so very important to make sure that the student body vote in an Elected Officer team that is going to represent them at the highest level and make positive change to the student experience.

Below are your candidates for the 2024/25 student elections. We will be launching their manifestos and what they want to achieve for you this coming Saturday! So check back here then!

And be ready to use your vote at 9am on Monday 19th February!

Learning Experience Officer

Kajetan Albin
Aravind Gummadi
Blessing Okafor
No Suitable Candidate

Welfare Officer

Ines Brzychcyk
Edward Elachi
Dionne Moore
Connor Sutherland
No Suitable Candidate

Academic Representation Officer

Marija Solic
No Suitable Candidate

Democracy & Campaigns Officer

Simba Dube
Anwar Jawula
No Suitable Candidate

Development Officer

Pushpinder Virk
Saiful Islam
William Reeves
Dan Ummu-Salamah
No Suitable Candidate

We are very excited to release more information about the candidates soon, including their manifestos (candidates have until 9th February to finalise these).

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