Candidate for the position of Vice President Community and Welfare
#StickWithSiân
I am running for a second term as your VP Community and Welfare. My main focuses will be:
Mental Health
It’s essential that UWE provides the mental health support that its students have a right to expect. To achieve this, my policies are to:
Accommodation
After conducting research into UWE-owned halls this year, I know what students’ main concerns are and, as a result, pledge to:
Community
We have an array of national, faith and identity societies who put on amazing events each year. But great events cost money, and limited budgets remain an obstacle. In response, I will:
Sexual Health
After running a successful Sexual Health Awareness & Guidance week, it's even more apparent from feedback received that we need better sexual health provisions on campus. Accordingly, I will:
Course Costs
In addition to academic and social pressures, rising fees cause many students stress. Therefore, I will continue to work on getting UWE to reduce the academic costs to students where I can. This year, we got UWE to cut £20 from the price of each graduation guest ticket, and there is more that we can do. Specifically, I will look at getting UWE to:
Finally, I will continue to work to defend Disabled Students’ Allowances from cuts, and make sure that our disabled students are fully supported by UWE.