Candidate for Athletic Union Officer

Rowan Christina Driver (she/her)

Hi! I’m Rowan (she/her), a Stage 3 History student, and I’m running to be your Student Media Officer. After two dedicated years in my role on The Courier’s editorial team, student media has become a defining part of my university experience, and I would love to provide the same for you.

You, as students, are the heart of our student media outlets - that is why the following policies have been curated in collaboration with existing student media contributors.

Thus, as your Student Media Officer, I will:

• Create a cohesive NUSU MEDIA brand, incorporating The Courier, NSR, NUTV and a fourth outlet focussed on artistic media and photography.

• Appoint a breaking news team to

Roby Mukherji (he/him)

manage urgent coverage of breaking stories for The Courier, NSR and NUTV to provide up-to-date content by maintaining high-quality, active digital outlets.

• Increase dedicated campus correspondence reporters to ensure inclusive and relevant content across all branches for students from all societies, sporting teams and academic schools on the issues they feel matter most.

• Reintroduce guest speakers and provide workshops with industry professionals, enabling student contributors to gain invaluable industry-based knowledge and networking opportunities for careers in journalism, TV and radio. I hope you’ll consider voting #Ro4SMO!!

Hi, I'm Robishu Mukherji and I am running to be your next Student Media Officer. I study Media Communication and Cultural studies and I am currently in the third year of my degree. I believe I am the perfect candidate for this position because of all the experience I have gained over three years in Uni studying media.

• Voting for me ensures that you will get :

• More out of The Courier

• Increased inclusiveness in student media

• Create more employment in student media

• Increased student

Castor Chan (she/her)

Hey, I’m Castor and I’m running as your next Student Media Officer!

Student media has been a constant during my university years. Having presented, edited, and been a senior member of NSR and The Courier, it’s safe to say I know the ropes. Why else am I your perfect candidate?

Increase diversity and community

As an international, getting started was intimidating, so I want people to feel welcome whether they are currently involved or potential contributors. I would also continue building our relationship with societies/clubs by increasing event coverage, which in turn will improve awareness for us.

Promote skills development representation

Having tried all three branches, I know how valuable it is to encourage that for more people next year. I will host a monthly rotation of skills workshops/ writing sessions and bring back expert talks to give students a better springboard after university.

Receptiveness to feedback Everyone makes mistakes, but I aim to be someone people can talk to and trust to make real changes by providing time for open discussion. I want to improve student media for those it couldn’t exist without, contributors, editors, and senior members, so I would love your vote.

• More opportunities for people, from any course, interested in journalism/ media

Kimiko Cheng (she/her)

Hi I’m Kimiko, a third year maths student and I’m running to be your next Athletic Union Officer! I’ve been a member of Water Polo club for two years, participated in an intramural netball team and been secretary and treasurer of Mathsoc. The introduction of funding students to get coaching qualifications is great as it allows someone who knows the team on a more personal level to teach less experienced players and I’d like to continue to promote that. A few of the other things I want to do are:

• Put on more regular taster sessions so people who missed tasters at the start of term feel encouraged to try a new sport

Gabbi de Boer (she/her)

Hello, I’m Gabbi, and I’m running for Student Media Officer. I’m a third year Combined Honours student, studying English Literature & Media and Communications, and I’ve been part of The Courier since first year. In second year, I had the pleasure of being a Relationships sub-editor, and to branch out into the other areas of Student media, having my own radio show and filming Fight Nights live for NUTV. I’m now Co-Head of Life and Style at The Courier, and Social Sec of Archery Club. I believe that Student Media should inform, inspire, and involve all students on campus. By voting for me, you're voting for:

• Central reference point for all branches of Student Media that contributors from across Student Media can access.

• Better student involvement through improved communication with other university societies and clubs.

• Increased opportunity for casual student engagement through the Blind Date feature, confessions, and an ‘Agony Aunt’ column.

• More social opportunities for all contributors, not just senior teams.

• Assess where we can make Student Media more accessible.

• Streamlined approach to software training based on skill level, allowing more targeted help to those that need it most.

• Encourage clubs to organise at least one session dedicated to teaching new players the rules of the game

• Work with GIAG to put on taster sessions for sports which do not have a competitive team or intramural league

• Give support to clubs who want to get involved in charities

• Work with clubs who have trials and often have to turn away a large number of people to try and make more teams

• Incentivise starting a new disability sports club

My name is Selim, and I am currently an international student studying Biomedical Sciences. As an international student myself, being reassured that you are represented at the university makes a massive difference for us. Most of us come from different countries and distinct backgrounds and have personal aims and goals, which makes us unique. Therefore, sometimes we need extra reinforcement to settle into the community.

I want to be the voice of all international students, and be