By Oliver Taylor
Candidates’ manifestos for the upcoming De Montfort Students’ Unions Election were launched today, including calls for new improvements such as mandatory mental health training for lecturers, a zero tolerance racism policy and more interactive teaching techniques.
The voting will run from Tuesday, March 3, to Monday, March 9. The results will be released on Wednesday, March 11.
There are five full-time roles and eight part-time roles to be elected.
The full list of new full-time executive Officer Team positions and candidates are;
• Student Opportunities and Engagement Executive: Aisha Ismail
• Welfare executive: Meera Dasani, Becky Hilditch, Siddhaarth Sivasamy, Zakariy Rahman, Joseph Knowles, Benjamin Smith
• Union Development: Tom Guyton-Day, Hamze Barreh, Muhammed Jahangir Saiyed, Joanna Dine-Hart, Roisin Forde, Martyna Smierzchala
• Academic Executive: Laura Flowers, Hannah Willoughby
• Equality and Diversity Executive: Diya Rattanpal, Chandra Khatri, Aggie Strzemilowska, Joanne Mulinda, Zee Al-Ahmar, Vinod Kumar Chakravarthula, Clifford Fernandes
The full list of the part-time representative positions and candidates are;
• Disabled Students’ Representative: Sue Litchfield, Parimala Ramu
• LGBTQ+ Students’ Representative: Tomas Leggate
• International Students’ Representative: Saad Ali, Shubam Garg, Ebitimi Imomotebegha, Madeleine Shimata
• Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Students’ Representative: Eduina Manso Henriques
• Women’s Representative Candidates: Angela Moreno Lopez, Charlotte Pryor, Abeera Qayam, Kyra Rowe, Loren Short, Swetha Sogana, Yusra Waheed, Meriem Abir Zeghina
• Mature Students’ Representative Candidates: Mia Abapo, V. C Rob Guys
• Postgraduate Representative Candidates: Simranjeet Kaur, Ajinkya Yadav
• NUS Delegate Candidates: Diya Rattanpal, Hannah Willoughby, Siddhaarth Sivasamy, Madeleine Shimata, Parimala Ramu, Joseph Knowles, Chandra Khatri, Aisha Ismail, Tom Guyton-Day, Laura Flowers, Meera Disani, Zee Al-Ahmar, Majid Shah
