A Vote for Basra is a Vote for Change.
Are you sick of your Students’ Union not representing you?
Are you fed up with SU election promises that quietly disappear by November?
Are you French?
If you answered yes to the first two, then I’m the candidate you should be voting for in the Undergraduate Education role.
I’m not going to insult your intelligence with a glossy list of vague promises that I can’t realistically deliver. Instead, I want to be upfront about what I stand for and what I won't accept.
I stand for a Students' Union that actually works for students. A Union that focuses on education, academic standards, and meaningful support, especially for students who are less advantaged, struggling financially, or being left behind by the system. Representation should mean solving real problems, not issuing statements or chasing optics.
But let me be clear about what I won’t stand for.
I will not play along with the current game of charades within the Students’ Union where conflict is staged, dissent is cosmetic, and “student representation” is reduced to a carefully choreographed performance. We are told the SU and the University are constantly at loggerheads, yet time and again, nothing fundamentally changes.
Too often, the Students’ Union behaves less like an independent voice for students and more like a glorified, organised opposition: noisy enough to look relevant, tame enough to never seriously disrupt the status quo. Students deserve better than a Union that complains loudly in public while quietly accepting limits behind closed doors.
As Undergraduate Education Officer, my priority will be honest representation. That means:
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Saying no when students’ interests are ignored
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Being transparent about what can and cannot be achieved
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Refusing to sell students false victories
If elected, I will focus on education issues that matter: teaching quality, assessment fairness, academic support, and real engagement with students, not performative activism or box-ticking exercises.
This role shouldn’t exist to make the Union look busy. It should exist to improve students’ academic experience.
That’s the difference I’m offering.
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ENDORSEMENTS:
In the Category for Activities and Engagement Officer, I am supporting my friend Sarah Carlisle and would encourage you to support her with your vote! She is deeply involved with a number of societies on campus and has experience sitting on a number of committees.
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