Full time officers are Essex students who are taking a year out of studying, or have just graduated. Every year all Essex students to pick the Full-Time Officers for the next year in the Leadership Race which takes place in February.
President of the SU
3rd year BSC Economics
African Caribbean Society Member
Jesus Alive Fellowship Member
Enactus UK President of the Year 2015/16
My plans for this year:
Closing the attainment gap, and improving quality of educational resources
Increasing more employment opportunities for students, making careers fairs more diverse, making connections with renowned employers
Making student experiences even more enjoyable and unforgettable
VP Education
3rd year LLB Law
President of Law Society 2015/16
Exceptional Services to Societies 2016
Big Essex Gold Student of the Year
Reducing student:staff ratio, and challenging the increase in class sizes
Improving employability by creating masterclasses, organising a diversity day, and talking to local businesses
Cutting hidden costs by reducing printing costs and scrapping hardcopy submissions
VP International
3rd year LLB Law & Politics
Malaysian Soc Member
Pole Dancing Club Member
ISA Member
Improving living experiences at Essex
Improving future support
Increasing intergration
VP Services & Comms
MA History
Supervisor in the SU Bar
Make our services more efficient for the increased intake of students
Continue to make student voices heard in our services
Create a more consistent and fairer experience when using our services
VP Southend
MA Project Management
Christian Union Member
African Caribbean Society Southend Member
Big Essex Award Bronze
Strengthen Essex Start-up and entreprenuerial activities
Support Course Reps to increase engagement
Run more activities on the Southend Campus
VP Student Activities
3rd year BSc Genetics
Dance Club member
Athletics Member
African Carribean Society Member
To help find an alternative system/way to fund free sport
To diversify and increase the amount of events across campuses
To increase member count and participation for sports and socs
VP Welfare & Community
3rd year BA Drama
Second year as a full-time officer
Create welfare and community team
Focus on mental health awareness
Improve nights out with consent and sensitivity training for door staff
Part-time officers and elected just like full-time officers, but they're still students working on their degrees too. They're broken down into a couple of categories:
Section and Liberation Officers work with the Full-time Officers and are elected to represent specific groups of students.
Black, Asian and Minority Ethnics Officer
2nd year LLB Law
Member of the Human Rights Society
Member of Cheerleading Club
Member of the Squash Club
Raise Awareness for mental health issues within the BAME Community
Work towards minimising the BAME Attainment Gap
Amplifying the voices of the BAME Community by involving more ethnic groups in events and campaigns
Disabled Students' Officer
2nd year BA International Relations and Modern Languages
Member of the Romanian Society
V Team Volunteer
Offer as much support as possible to students with disabilities and long term health issues and represent them in the best way I can.
To help provide easier access to lectures on listen again for students
To help improve and bring a better marketing of the idea of informing
East 15 (Loughton) President
3rd year BA Acting
Making SU food and drinks more affordable for Loughton students
Free tampons for emergency purposes on campus
Increasing the student voice
LGBT* Officer
2nd year BA Sociology
Secretary for the Feminist Society.
Member of the LGBT* and Friends Society
Member of the Politics Society
More non-alcoholic socials for LGBT* Students.
More support for trans students at the University
Implementing a more robust support Network for LGBT* students.
Mature Students' Officer
3rd Year Psychology Course Rep
Member of the Pole Dancing Club
V Team Volunteer – Golden Age
Cub Scout Leader – 3rd Clacton (Jaywick)
Postgraduate Taught Officer
Management & Organisational Dynamics
SU Marketing Web Assistant
Former SU Trustee
Member of Climbing Club
Excellence in Volunteering Award
Form an effective postgraduate students' network
Work with the University to create graduate placements for PGT students
Create more events tailored to PG students
Postgraduate Research Officer
2nd Year PhD Entrepreneurship
Essex Entrepreneurship Society Founder
Women International Motorcycle Association (WIMA) fellow
MSE PhD Rep to PhD Liaison Committee
Women's Officer
3rd year International Relations
Member of Essex Radical Platform
Palestine Solidarity
Zapatista Solidarity
ISA
Yoga & Meditation
Safety (No more of the university's victim blaming, more transparent and easy to access harassment report forms)
Awareness (More campaigns around sexual harassment and sexism in the workplace including workshops and speakers)
Communication (Connection with societies and students to work together to end the patriarchy on campus)
Open Portfolio Officers are elected on a specific issues that want to campaign for or change at the University
Open Portfolio Officer
3rd MSc Politics & Human Rights
President of Environmental Soc
President of Punk Soc
Support University's commitment to sell of investments in fossil fuels
Reduce waste and encourage ethical sourcing on campus
Maintain and preserve green space on campus