Meet your SU Officers

10 IMPACT Meet your SU Officers

The full time Students’ Union Officers are elected annually and work all year round representing the interests of students and improving life on campus and in the student community. Impact caught up with the team ahead of a busy year.

Sully Chaudhury

Liberation Officer

Briefly, what are the responsibilities of your role? As Liberation Officer, I represent all students from liberation and minority groups. I also help with coordinating all the liberation networks by supporting our part-time officers: Women*’s, BME students, International students, Mature students, Disabled, LGBT+ and Environment & Social Justice.

What’s the main thing you want to change at UoN this year? Campaigns! I want students to be able to dream and push for change that will benefit future generations, holding the institutions around us to account. Our networks are avenues for enhancing that student voice on the causes affecting us.

What did you enjoy most about your time at UoN? My time at Nottingham was filled with a little bit of everything from sports to societies. The best part is building close friendships in multiple social circles as part of a greater student community and running into them in Ocean on Fridays! George Sullivan

Union Development Officer

Briefly, what are the responsibilities of your role? My role mainly encompasses improving the Union’s structures to better amplify the voices of students and working alongside University colleagues to better improve the student experience. I am the central point of contact for general inquiries to the Union.

What’s the main thing you want to change at UoN this year? Implement a ‘Petition Policy’ similar to that of the House of Commons whereby should a petition, created through official SU channels, receive over a certain number of signatures, it must be discussed at University council.

What did you enjoy most about your time at UoN? Getting engaged in some of the political societies on campus which led to us working closely with local, Nottingham based community organisations. Brad Ewles

Postgraduate Officer

Briefly, what are the responsibilities of your role? I’m responsible for ensuring the voice of postgraduate students is heard at the highest levels of the university so that no decision is made without the postgraduate experience considered.

What’s the main thing you want to change at UoN this year? I’m aiming to establish a postgraduate alumni discount (discount on postgrad courses for Notts alumni), but I also want to grow the Postgraduate Network.

What did you enjoy most about your time at UoN? Slowly increasing the size of my bubble throughout my time as I met more and more people. It’s a small world if you get to know enough people, even at uni!

Muhammad Ali Phoebe Willis

Activities Officer

Community Officer

Briefly, what are the responsibilities of your role? I represent students on external and community matters, such as on and off-campus accommodation, transport, and student safety! I work with the City Council, Community Protection Officers and community groups to ensure that we have the best experience possible during our time in Nottingham!

What’s the main thing you want to change at UoN this year? One of the main things I want to do is to increase volunteering and social action amongst students, as there are so many amazing societies and local causes that we can help out! I’ll be working with Karnival and the university to make this happen throughout the year!

What did you enjoy most about your time at UoN? There’s such a huge range of activities and societies to get involved in, and I loved trying out as many as I could! I’m actually taking a year out of my degree to do this role - so I’ve still got a couple of years to try even more things and make more great memories!

AJ Gooden

Sports Officer

Briefly, what are the responsibilities of your role? To represent all students who want to get involved in sport at UoN at any level, this includes, Club, IMS engage or all of the other programmes run by UoNSport.

What’s the main thing you want to change at UoN this year? I want to make sure that students know all the different opportunities they have, to get involved in sport, as I think sport can be seen as a single opportunity for just club members, when really there are so many programmes to get involved in.

What did you enjoy most about your time at UoN? Definitely being a part of a sports club. It gave me so many friends in multiple different years that helped support me through my time. Will always have my little netball family. Briefly, what are the responsibilities of your role? As Activities Officer, I work with societies, student led projects, student run services, and volunteering and fundraising groups. I also support the delivery of media and events through the SU.

What’s the main thing you want to change at UoN this year? I want to make it easier for students to meet people through all of the opportunities that we have by facilitating networking and collaboration between groups. I hope I can help students branch out, try something new, and meet people they never would have met otherwise.

What did you enjoy most about your time at UoN? I loved being on a society committee! I’d recommend that everyone give it a go. It’s such a great opportunity to get involved in leadership and be part of a tight-knit team of people who are all there for the same goal. It’s how I met some amazing friends!

Chris Taylor

Education Officer

Briefly, what are the responsibilities of your role? I represent the academic concerns of the student body to the University. By sitting on Uni committees and having regular meetings with senior Uni staff, I provide student perspective and hold the University to account on decisions which affect our education. I also co-chair the Education Network alongside the Postgraduate Officer, which is our system of student representatives.

What’s the main thing you want to change at UoN this year? Ideally, building a fully democratic and inclusive Uni. This is what I want to work towards, but in the meantime, I’m here to make sure students’ education and wellbeing are being put first coming out of the pandemic.

What did you enjoy most about your time at UoN? Taking part in campaigns and protests, mainly occupying outside the Vice Chancellor’s office in 2019 in protest of ongoing marketisation and for staff working conditions. We took over part of the floor and set up a little communal living, learning and community teaching space, it was pretty nice.