Candidate for the position of Community Officer

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About Me

Hi I’m Zeid, I’m a final year Architecture student and I’m running to be your next SU Community Officer. Over the past three and a half years I have seen our University and SU make strides to becoming more inclusive, healthy and proactive, however there is still room for improvement. I have worked hard to better the student experience during my time here and I would love the opportunity to see what could be achieved if given another year.

Over the past three and a half years I have been heavily involved in the SU, from being a Hall Rep in first year to Freshers’ Week Captain this year as well as Chair of the LGBT+ group and Gender Equality Group. I have also represented students at a national level within the NUS at conferences and on committees.

Other than all of the SU stuff I enjoy writing, binge watching series on Netflix and cocktails!

So Trust in Truscott for SU Community Officer.

Top Priorities

  • Tackle the Housing crisis by creating online housing forums where agents, landlords and houses can be reviewed
  • Make the SU more accessible and improve participation by creating guides to help navigate SU and University services
  • Ensure support for all by creating voluntary Part Time Officers to support students around housing, mental health and Diversity & Support
  • Stop harassment and bullying on campus by improving reporting, including making the SU a hate crime reporting centre

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Manifesto

Here is why you should Trust In Truscott to be your Community Officer.

 

MENTAL HEALTH

Student mental health support is a massive problem. If elected I will:

  • Look into widening provision of Student Services, ensuring greater continuing care and higher-level support.
  • Investigate additional mental health support for BME and International Students to reduce drop-out rates and close attainment gaps.
  • Push for more study spaces on campus to reduce stress during assessment periods, including a library extension.

 

HOUSING

Housing is a huge issue for us. If elected I will:

  • Lobby the University to cap overall student numbers to prevent overcrowding and aid house hunting.
  • Create a Voluntary Part-Time Housing Officer to run campaigns and assist with housing issues.
  • Create an online housing forum where other students can rate agents, landlords and houses.
  • Lobby the council to limit the rent of future private student accommodation developments in Bath.

 

WELFARE

Student welfare is what the SU is here for! Elect me and I will:

  • Run a ‘Free Period’ campaign to raise awareness of the cost of sanitary products, with the hope of getting free or cost price sanitary products stocked in the SU.
  • Run a safe drug use campaign with the SU, providing drug testing kits.
  • Get the Plug to sell toast as a more affordable food option.

 

NAVIGATING SU & UNIVERSITY SERVICES

Finding out what services are available and how to access them can be complicated. If elected I will:

  • Create a series of SU/Uni guides for a variety of issues including; Mental Health, Self-Care, Housing, Volunteering and LGBT+ support.

 

VOLUNTEERING

Student volunteers do great work which we should be shouting about. Elect me and I will:

  • Push for greater connection with the local community and showcase the work student volunteers do.
  • Publicise where the hours volunteered, and money donated to V-Team and RAG go!

 

EQUALITY & DIVERSITY

Elect me and I will:

  • Expand the #NeverOK campaign to focus on reporting and making the SU a hate crime reporting centre.
  • Lobby the University to make our campus more accessible, with all future refurbishments meeting current standards.
  • Run a ‘Liberating my Curriculum’ campaign to find out what students want to see from the University as part of its curriculum review.
  • Run a ‘Prevent’ awareness campaign to raise the profile of government surveillance of students.

 

DIVERSITY & SUPPORT

D&S groups do a lot to support students, but they need a bit of help too! If elected I will:

  • Provide more tailored committee training to help with group success and handover between years.
  • Provide additional support for large scale events such as Black History Month, LGBT+ History Month & International Women’s Day
  • Move D&S group finances online.
  • Create Voluntary Part-Time Officers which run campaigns and engage with the wider student body around topics like LGBT+ and Mental Health.

 

So please Trust in Truscott and vote Zeid Truscott for Community Officer

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