Alex Wright- VP Welfare Candidate

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"Welfare is all about student rights, your right to be paid a fair wage, to be treated equally to your peers and to study in a safe and secure environment.
I have proven my skill, dedication and passion as both an activist and a volunteer whilst at Uni. I want to create achievable and lasting change for all students. I believe welfare isn’t about patronising or protecting, it’s about empowering. I believe in a welfare campaign where your voice is at the heart of every decision. Your involvement is key to our success.
Be a part of it,
Alex "

Top 3 Manifesto Pledges

1) Student Safety - I want to create a comprehensive plan to make student life safer, including better lighting in high-rish areas, rolling out police drop-ins to halls and the Guils as well as creating a 'Safe-Ride-Home' scheme.

2) Student Workers- I will conduct the Guild's first ever thorough piece of research into student workers within our community, enabling us to not only lobby and support you as a worker, but to name and shame employers who take you for granted.

3) Fair and balanced mitigation- I will work alongside students in creating an alternative, fairer, balanced mitigations process, that fully takes into account your individual needs, ensuring that every one of you receives equal and fair academic support when things go wrong.

"If you were a type of cheese, what cheese would you be any why?"
If I was a cheese I would be a lactose free cheese, so that all students could enjoy me. It's about diversity peeps!

Johnny Davis- VP Welfare Candidate

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"Welfare is about access, opportunity and defending student rights! A role that not only defines itself through the campaigns it promotes; but through working with groups such as Nightline, Student Advice and Student mentors, promoting and developing the services that help students like the Arc and Jobzone, and by liaising with the VP Education and Access, Student Activities and Development and Housing and Community. Central the role is taking a well rounded approach to welfare, covering all aspects of student life. So please check out my manifesto pledges below or visit my website and protect your welfare with a Johnny!"

Top 3 manifesto pledges:

1) Bring the National Blood Service back to campus- I pledge to have them in the Guild during fresher’s week! Targeting people on mass, doing positive work and setting up regular habits to donate. I will however support groups such as LGBTQ to communicate the unfairness and need to update current policy (policy based on research from 1984!) and endeavor to get other groups in the Guild such as the Anthony Nolan Trust which has fairer policies in the area of donation.

2) Create a Joint Honours Office- If you are a student on a joint honours degree and have issues with mitigations, clashes in timetables, exams and deadlines, or you need to go on work placements then most of you will end up traipsing from one department to the other. I want to make an office that will do this for you, they will liaise with departments, and it will be the one place you need to go to sort out all your problems.

3) More Prayer facilities on campus- It is appalling that the Guild has the only room available for all 28,000 students. I will lobby the university to provide more facilities as soon as possible, and prove that they are committed to supporting the diversity and cultural differences in our student body!

"If you were a type of cheese, what type of cheese would you be and why?"
If I were a cheese I would be Brie - for three reasons –
1) I go with pretty much anything - I don’t care about political affiliation or anything else like that it’s about getting the job done. 2) I can appear hard on the outside whilst being soft on the inside – taking a tough stance to make sure I defend student’s rights whilst being sensitive to more delicate issues. 3) I’m suitable for any occasion - whether it be a meeting with the University or a drink down the pub.