In this election, four general representatives, two first year representatives, various undergraduate, postgraduate and postgraduate research college officers, two welfare officers and the school representatives were elected.
Although more competitive than last year’s elections, seven positions still remain vacant and half of the elected positions were uncontested.
General Representative
Out of the ten nominations for general representative, Sarah Millar, Eoghan Morris, Mariama Sow, and Sachin Talkokulwar have been elected, with a total of 772 votes cast. General representatives are elected from the entire student body, and their jobs vary from liaising with other student officers to judging when a student issue should be referred.
First-year Representative
The position of the two first year representatives is “open to anybody in their first year at Glasgow University, rather than being limited to students studying a level one course.” In this election, Alina Chauhan and Leo Wong received this position, uncontested.
Undergraduate College Officers
Additionally, various college officers were elected, each representing a different educational department in the university. As a result, only students in the respective department could vote. For undergraduates: Aimée Storer for Arts & Humanities, Max Thomson for Science and Engineering and Daniz Alasgarova for Social Sciences. In her manifesto, Aimée noted the importance of “support during the mandatory modern foreign language year abroad,” while Max pledged to be a “candidate who will fight to make sure our college provides us with the best University experience possible.” Daniz highlighted “improve[d] communication, academic support, and mental health services.”
Postgraduate College Officers
As postgraduate college officers, we have Yuanyi (Moki) Zhong for Arts & Humanities, who says to have “huge curiosity and passion, [being] a feminist & a lesbian, [and that she] will do it better.” Meanwhile, Ayush Garg was elected as the postgraduate college officer for Social Sciences, with a range of promises including that he will “ensure financial transparency, enhance communication, build community, champion sustainability and bring a global perspective.”
Finally, two postgraduate research college officers were elected, with Misha Campello Gramelius representing Arts & Humanities / Social Sciences, and Kieran Roberts MVLS / Science & Engineering.
Welfare and Equal Opportunities Officers
Outside of the election for general representatives, the Gender Equality Officer one saw the most submitted votes, with 547 students deciding between three candidates, ultimately electing Natasha Pooley, who noted that one of the most important tasks will be to tackle gender-based violence on campus. The other welfare officers include Mental Health Equality Officer and Race Equality Officer, which have been taken by Batseba Asmelash and Leen Alhusaini respectively. The Charities Officer is still vacant.
School representatives
Finally, there are the school representatives, who represent the students at the 18 schools of the University. At this election, Yan Song was elected as Business School Representative, Bhavisha Jatin Dholakia for the School of Computing Science, Diego Harrison for the School of Geographical & Earth Sciences, Ellie Hughes for the School of Mathematics & Statistics, Ebrahim Rezaei for the School of Medicine, Dentistry & Nursing and Somaria Maharaj for the School of Psychology & Neuroscience.
The positions for school representatives of School of Cardiovascular & Metabolic Health, School of Chemistry, School of Culture & Creative Arts and School of Social & Environmental Sustainability remain vacant.
Read the full election breakdown on the SRC website here.
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