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NUS delegates
NUS Delegate
Darlyn Tan-Sik
Hey Flinders! My name is Darlyn Tan-Sik and I am running to be one of your NUS delegates with the Activate team! I am currently studying a Bachelor of Psychology (Honours).
Currently in universities all around Australia, there is little representation of cultural diversity and support for students who are often oppressed, and ignored. I am committed to providing platforms and opportunities for marginalised groups to feel comfortable in expressing our diverse cultures, identities, and traditions with the broader community to create a more culturally accepting university.
I am a skilled advocate with extensive experience in the Flinders community as President and Secretary of the Queer Collective, a General Council Member, and Welfare Officer for Student Council. These roles have enabled me to deliver projects such as Be A Better Human, Pride Fest, Transgender Day of Visibility, Student Poverty Week, Period Product Dispensers, Wear It Purple Day, How to Adult, Grab & Go, and more.
My team and I want to further acknowledge the intersectionality of our identities to create a community which enjoys the benefits of a multicultural and diverse student population and allows people of all identites to feel safe to be their genuine selves, without the fear of being attacked for being themselves.
NUS Delegate
Billy Greet
Hello Flinders, I’m Billy! This year, as well as running to be your 2023 Student President I am also running to be a delegate for the National Union of Students (NUS) with the Activate team. A strong student union is imperative to combating the current cost of living crisis, not only for domestic students but for international students who continue to be exploited and left in the dark about their visas and start dates. We need a national union that will speak up and fight for a return to free education that is fully accessible to everyone. Much like the work Activate is doing at Flinders, the NUS has been actively working on combating deadnaming in tertiary institutions on a national level. It is important that we are able to have an active voice within the NUS to ensure that the campaign continues and expands. Earlier this year I had the opportunity to attend the NUS Education Conference where I was fortunate enough to be immersed in the passionate culture of student politics. I saw what potential the NUS has to make meaningful change for students. In the fight for positive environmental change, a strong Student Union can advocate for a more sustainable future. We need a national peak body that will stand up and be an active student voice in the face of the current climate crisis, and I will push for NUS to become that peak body every day. Vote [1] Billy Greet for NUS Delegate and Student President Vote [1] Activate Progressive. Proven. Accountable
NUS Delegate
Janageeth
My name is Janageeth and I am running for NUS delegate with UNITE. UNITE is a passionate and diverse team of experienced student leaders, who ensure your needs are listened to and heard.
UNITE stands for: • Expanding financial support for students during the cost of living crisis. • Bringing back life on campus through clubs and events • Ensuring all students are safe when arriving, leaving, or on campus. • Improving teaching quality and student voice in Academic Affairs • Increasing support for International Students • Ending Deadnaming on Campus and taking REAL action on Queer Issues
I am passionate about advocating for International Students. I have experienced firsthand the financial difficulties, homesickness, and many other challenges that international students go through. It is definitely not easy.
Therefore, if I am elected as an NUS delegate, I will advocate for building a better support system, and tailored academic and financial support for International Students.
I hold numerous positions within the International Student space including the International Student Ambassador for Flinders University, a Student Ambassador for StudyAdelaide and a Flinders University International Students As Partners (FISAP) member. I have excelled in the roles above and I am sure, I can advocate more for International Students if I can attend the NUS conference for Flinders University
It’s time the FUSA Council focused on making sure that all students get a fair go no matter race, cultural background, sexuality, gender or religion.”We need your help to ensure that all students get a fair go no matter race, cultural background, sexuality, gender or religion.
VOTE [1] JANAGEETH LOGESWARAN for INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS OFFICER
NUS Delegate
Molly Turnbull
Hey, Flinders! My name is Molly Turnbull, and I am running to be a FUSA delegate for the National Union of Students (NUS) with the Activate team. I am in my third year of a Bachelor of Social Work. I am studying this because I am passionate about supporting people when they do not feel they have someone in their corner to fight for them. Previously in 2020, I was the First Nations Officer and, in 2021, I was the General Secretary, I am currently your Student President. Within these roles, I have advocated and fought for all Flinders students’ rights and well-being. As a student, I know that many students in our community are facing an array of issues including cuts to higher education and fee hikes, environmental, living price increases and much more. I want to continue to make changes for all students.
NUS Delegate
Lockhart Tynan
Hey! I’m Lockhart Tynan, running for NUS Delegate and studying for a Bachelor of Science (Biodiversity and Conservation).
During my time at Flinders, I have found a passion for environmental action, working towards the implementation of a Native Garden, and volunteering my time to the EAT, GROW, LEARN garden. These projects highlight students’ care for the environment and how students play a vital role in shaping how we will tackle Australia’s current environmental crisis.
I aim to familiarise myself with the broader Flinders University student population to expand my understanding of other issues I may have not faced directly. I would benefit from making meaningful connections with a diverse range of students, examples of my existing engagement with the student community include working with the Queer Society, Mature Age Collective and FUSEC. I believe these engagements have helped me familiarise myself with the diverse student population.
As a student who has experienced poverty, racism, and homophobia within and out of Flinders University I have spent a great amount of time dedicated to improving the lives of students. Unfortunately, these experiences are felt throughout Australia’s student population, where student poverty is at an all-time high, and racism and homophobia have been exposed to still be extremely present across our universities.
By engaging with students nationally, I hope to bring these topics to the forefront of conservation to ensure that our student minorities are being heard and that action may be taken to these issues. I have already proved that I have a deep passion for these issues and now would love the opportunity to take action to improve the lives of students both at Flinders and Nationally.
NUS Delegate
Alivia Vickers
Salutations students!
My name is Alivia Vickers, I am studying a combined degree of International Relations & Political Science and a Bachelor of Languages with Japanese as my major and Mandarin as my minor.
Mental health accommodation at universities is lacking. Each year I have seen that students affected by disabilities and mental illnesses are pressured to perform at the same capacities, in the same ways, every day. Our needs change, but what is expected of us does not. As NUS Delegate I will fight for universities to commit to infrastructural change.
I have lived in poverty on my own with an invisible disability and clinical depression since I was 19 years old. As such I have experienced the reality of feeling trapped in ensuring I am earning a livable income while working jobs that do not accommodate my physical needs, then struggling to complete my study workload. With this knowledge, as NUS Delegate I will campaign to support students experiencing similar imbalances that set us up for failure.
2022 has highlighted the need for nurture and the importance of the eradication of stigmatized assumptions. As people, we are pressured to adopt façades of perfection. Humility and the admission of faults are considered as weaknesses, and we are expected to brave it all alone.
Likewise, I am running with Activate once again because they have empowered a young woman with a disability such as myself in leadership roles otherwise held captive by systemic misogyny.
NUS Delegate
Maddy Tapley
Hi, I’m Maddy Tapley and I’m running for NUS Delegate with Left Action.
Our education is under attack. Fees have doubled, and thousands of staff have been sacked across the country. The National Union of Students is the peak body of student interests. It has led campaigns against education cuts and supported marriage equality in the past. We desperately need radical fighters in NUS to revive student activism, now more than ever!
Left Action is a team of socialist activists. We stand against racism, sexism and LGBTI+ oppression, imperialism, war, the exploitation of workers and environmental destruction. We are actively involved in organising campaigns like the abortion rights demonstrations in solidarity with the struggle to defend Roe v Wade, Black Lives Matter protests, and Uni Students for Climate Justice.
We are fighting to:
- Take real action on climate change! The university must cut all ties with climate and war criminals. No defence and fossil fuel bosses on our uni council, and no research partnerships with them either! - Stand in solidarity with Palestine, and all other victims of imperialism. Our uni must cut all ties with the Israeli apartheid state, and open its doors to house refugees here. - Demand a living wage and fight the rich and powerful! We stand in solidarity with striking workers defending their slipping living standards amid an inflation crisis while billionaires rake in record profits. - Defend our education! No more expensive youtube uni and no staff cuts! We want to fight the degree factory, slashing the vice-chancellor’s $1.2 million salary (!) and using every dollar to save staff jobs and student services. - Bring traditions of solidarity and radicalism back to FUSA. Student associations should be collective left-wing bodies that organise students to fight injustice and oppression, on and off campus.
NUS Delegate
James Rothe
My name is James Rothe and I am running to be your NUS delegate with UNITE. UNITE is a passionate and diverse team of students, ready to ensure your needs are heard.
UNITE stands for: - Expanding financial support for students during the cost of living crisis - Reviving campus life with more events and clubs - Securing your safety as students at Flinders - Improving teaching quality and student voice in academic affairs - Increasing and improving support for International Students - Ending deadnaming on campus and taking REAL action on Queer Issues
WHY AM I RUNNING? As students grapple with the cost of living crisis, it should be the job of student representatives to ensure the financial stresses on students are eased. Many of us work jobs alongside our studies, some struggling to make ends meet, whilst trying to save for the weekly rent or the next night out. As your NUS delegate, one way I will fight to reduce these financial burdens is by reducing the cost of carparking, because nobody should pay hefty sums of money just to access their education. Another is the introduction of free printing across campus, because student’s shouldn’t be forking out extra money when they pay plenty in fees and degrees already.
Furthermore, I hear too often of the lack of support and neglect our fellow International Students feel. WE MUST DO BETTER by strengthening and improving the networks available to help students both at Flinders and abroad.
ACTIVATE and the current FUSA council have neglected the needs of students for too long. Now is the time for change. A vote for UNITE and JAMES ROTHE as your NUS delegate, is a vote for a fairer future.
NUS Delegate
Rey Adrien
UNITE stands for: • Expanding financial support for students during the cost of living crisis. • Bringing back life on campus through clubs and events • Ensuring that all students are safe when arriving, leaving, or on campus. • Improving teaching quality and student voice in Academic affairs • Increasing support for International Students • Ending Deadnaming on Campus and taking REAL action on Queer Issues
I’m currently in my second year of study in the Bachelor of Clinical Science/ Doctor of Medicine- as an international student- arriving onshore just this February.
In fact, you’re most likely to find me wearing my bright yellow jacket, playing table tennis at the Student Hub- so if you see me, please do come say hi!
Working as a student ambassador- international recruitment (Flinders International), and also being the president of the Sri Lankan Student Association of Flinders University, I’m actively exposed to, and looking forward to represent the needs of students at Flinders University.
VOTE [1] REY ADRIEN for GENERAL SECRETARY
VOTE [1] UNITE for FUSA
NUS Delegate
Lachlan White
I’m running for Flinders University delegate at NUS. I first ran for NUS delegate in 2020 and again in 2021. I want Flinders University utilise the tools and resources of NUS to the best of our abilities and not go to waste. National Union of Students is the national platform for Student advocates by fighting for enhancing the quality of education, welfare, and health for students. For better collaboration with NUS will have an improved outcome for Flinders students. VOTE 1 for UNITE for better collaboration with NUS!
VOTE [1] LACHLAN WHITE for NUS DELEGATE
VOTE [1] UNITE for FUSA
VOTE [1] UNITE for NUS DELEGATE
NUS Delegate
Jess Williams
Hey all, I’m Jess Williams and I’m running to be your National Union of Students Delegate with the Activate Team!
I am studying a Bachelor of Science (Forensic and Analytical Science). I currently volunteer with a not-for-profit organisation and am a mum of 2 boys in my personal life. As a student with additional challenges, I am passionate about addressing the lack of consistency or clarity in the delivery methods and expectations for students at Flinders. I want to fight for our degrees to be broadened to ensure we have a range of experiences and choices. I would like to continue to advocate for the many students who have additional commitments.
If elected to represent Flinders at the National Union of Students, I will fight to have student poverty meaningfully addressed, take immediate action on climate change, and continue the fight toward free and equal access to tertiary education. This experience would be valuable in directing campaigns of advocacy for Flinders Students and ensuring our voices are recognised nationally.
The increased cost of living leaves more students balancing an increased workload and the University will need to adapt its approach to supporting this, I want to be in those conversations to ensure that student consultation is the priority. Consulting with other passionate students will empower me to workshop with them and return with a clear path forward to fight for the rights and wellbeing of Flinders students.
I’m running with Activate because they’re a group of diverse students with a collective passion for positive change, which is what we need in student representation.
Vote [1] Jess Williams for NUS Delegate!
Vote [1] Activate!
Progressive. Proven. Accountable.
NUS Delegate
Amanueal Fasil Mamo
UNITE stands for: • Expanding financial support for students during the cost-of-living crisis. • Bringing back life on campus through clubs and events • Ensuring that all students are safe when arriving, leaving, or on campus. • Improving teaching quality and student voice in Academic affairs • Increasing support for International Students • Ending Deadnaming on Campus and taking REAL action on Queer Issues
I would firstly like to say thank you for giving me that chance to represent you. I come from Ethiopia with an Afro-Semitic background. I arrived in Australia in 2019 to finish high school, and here I am at Flinders University doing Information Technology. A little about myself Outside University life. I love painting, playing games, and my personal favourite: pestering my cat with love.
My journey for progression and equality started early on in high school and now being given a chance I will be able to apply that with in UNITE. I am running for POC officer so I can help build a more inclusive and spacious environment for people who identify with colour or of any who come from marginalised communities. It is time to step up and change the growing anxiety while we still can. I will be responsible for campaigns to support help and include all persons of colour.
VOTE [1] Amanueal for People of Colour Officer
VOTE [1] UNITE for FUSA
NUS Delegate
Marielle Intveld
I’m a 5th-year student in Law and International Relations and Political Science, and I’m studying French and Acting at the same time. I’ve also studied Medical Science in my time at Flinders and therefore have a pretty good understanding of the different colleges and the issues in each one. I’m passionate about representing Flinders students at a national level and speaking to all different communities about how we can improve the life of undergraduate students in Australia.
NUS Delegate
Jacob Grant
Hi, I’m Jacob and I’m running for NUS Delegate with Left Action.
Our education is under attack. Fees have doubled, and thousands of staff have been sacked across the country. The National Union of Students is the peak body of student interests. It has led campaigns against education cuts and supported same sex marriage in the past. NUS needs to lead these sorts of campaigns again and can only do so with radical activists.
Left Action is a team of socialist activists. We stand against racism, sexism and LGBTI+ oppression, imperialism, war, the exploitation of workers and environmental destruction. We are actively involved in organising campaigns like the abortion rights demonstrations in solidarity with the struggle to defend Roe v Wade, Black Lives Matter protests, and Uni Students for Climate Justice.
We are fighting to:
- Take real action on climate change! The university must cut all ties with climate and war criminals. No defence and fossil fuel bosses on our uni council, and no research partnerships with them! - Stand in solidarity with Palestine, and all other victims of imperialism. Our uni must cut all ties with the Israeli apartheid state and open its doors to house refugees here. - Demand a living wage and fight the rich and powerful! We stand in solidarity with striking workers defending their slipping living standards amid an inflation crisis while billionaires rake in record profits. - Defend our education! No more expensive YouTube uni and no staff cuts! We want to fight the degree factory, slashing the vice-chancellor’s $1.2 million salary (!) and using every dollar to save staff jobs and student services. - Bring traditions of solidarity and radicalism back to FUSA. Student associations should be collective left-wing bodies that organise students to fight injustice and oppression, on and off campus.
