Vote Elia for Disabled Students' Officer

Hiya, I'm Elia and I'm running to be your Disabled Students' Officer

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About

Hey! I'm Elia (they/them) - a Clare PhysNatSci now doing psychology. I’ve been involved in LGBT+, BME and disability activism within the university, and on a national scale, and I hope this makes me a great candidate for Disabled Students Officer!

My Experience

  • Mental Health and Disabilities Officer 2020/21 – BME Campaign: I completed the BME Mental Health Toolkit and trained DRC mentors on the needs of BME disabled students.

  • Disabled Students' Campaign BME Rep

  • NUS Delegate 2021: I helped create a policy on supporting the mental health of students.

  • NHS Youth Forum Project Member

  • YoungMinds Young Activist

  • The Mix Youth Representative

  • Former Student Co-Researcher

  • Former LGBT+ Campaign President (UG), Welfare and Computing Officer

My Manifesto

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This is Elia's Manifesto. All the text is on the page!

My Aims: Accessibility and Access

I want to:

  • Lobby the university to have online (with captions) + in-person access to lectures if safe - students should have a choice.

  • Provide further support to aid transition both in and out of university.

  • Campaign for venue accessibility, continue the Access-a-ball scheme and get more colleges to sign up to AccessAble.

  • Continue efforts to diversify assessments and ensure students continue to have ALL options available, such as AMAs.

  • Help campaign for better transport links.

My Aims: Mental Health

I want to:

  • Lobby the university to improve mental health support for disabled students e.g., through access to long-term support.

  • Continue the current work on the university's overhaul of mental health services.

My Aims: Complaints and Fitness to Study

I want to:

  • Review the university's and colleges’ fitness to study procedures and ensure they are not used punitively.

  • Lobby the university and colleges for more transparent, consistent and accessible complaints processes.

My Aims: DRC

I want to:

  • Continue overseeing the transfer to a more automated SSD system.

  • Increase transparency on access to educational and medical diagnosis.

  • Ensure mentors are trained to meet the needs of ALL disabled students.

My AIms: COmmunity

I want to:

  • Link up with other disabled students at other universities, as well as in the community and staff.

  • Continuing supporting the work of the Disabled Students' Campaign.

Voting

Voting opens on the Monday 28th February at 9am and closes on Thursday 3rd at 5pm!

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