Kent Union Election 2019: Candidates announced
The students standing as candidates for Officer, Trustee and Network Chair roles in the Kent Union Leadership Elections 2019 have been announced.
On Monday February 10 at 12 o’clock noon, the nomination closed, and it is now down to you, the student, to decide which of the 46 candidates should represent the 20,000 UKC students in the 2019/20 academic year.
This year’s election is poised to be one of the most important and consequential in recent times, with the introduction of 4 new full-time sabbatical roles – Student Engagement, Postgraduate, Welfare and Community, and Academic Experience.
With the election less than two months away, the field of candidates — with a range of backgrounds — has become large, with four candidates in the race to become president and 42 others running for part-time and full-time officer positions.
Incumbents, society executives, faculty representatives and students with no formal experience in Kent Union are part of this year’s roster. Among them; a student media volunteer, a charity fundraiser and a maths PhD student.
Voting opens Monday 4 March and closes on Friday 8 March at 13:00. The candidates' manifestos will be available from 22 February.
You can find out what the candidates will be participating in this election and how you can get involved here: https://www.inquiremedia.co.uk/single-post/2019/01/18/Preview-Kent-Union’s-2019-Leadership-Elections
Here's a look at the students who have thrown their hats into the ring;
Photos by Oliver Trapnell (Photographer) and Emily Heath (Head of Photography)
Full-Time Officer
President
Arrun Sivagnanam (Economics with Politics Student)
Connor Hanagan-Morrissey (Labour Society Secretary)
Lauren Thynne (Team Kent Executive Committee Member)
Sasha Langeveldt (Current Kent Union Vice-President Activities)
VP Student Engagement
Adam Youseman (UKC Society Executive)
Emily Window (Current Vice-President Sport)
Kirby Talines Carmona (KTV Entertainment Coordinator)
Moronkeji Banjoko (Current Kent Union BME Officer)
VP Postgraduate Experience
Laura Carlin (Vice-President of RAG)
Meidili Moothia (Postgraduate Taught Social Sciences Faculty Rep)
Thomas Rowe (Student Trustee, Postgraduate Taught Student Rep)
Valeria Minisini (Postgraduate Taught Student Rep Politics)
Allana Bailey (Postgraduate Taught Computing Student Rep)
Floris Claassens (Postgraduate Research Sciences Faculty Rep)
VP Academic Experience
Justina Kapociute (Accounting and Finance student)
Sean Kennair (Psychology School Rep)
Victoria Saward-Read (President Kent Classics & Archaeology Society (KCAS))
Julia Suter (Politics and IR student)
VP Welfare & Community
Omolade Adedapo (Current Vice-President Welfare)
Emma Sampson (President of Jewish Society)
Part-Time Officers
Student Trustee
Aarish Hyder
Muhammad Abdullah
Sustainability Network
Carolyn Postlethwaite
Eske Eilts
Societies Network
Felicia Dean
Macklin Wilson
Sasha Allen
Yoginni Gopal
Volunteering Network
Connor Gilronan
Robert Land
International Network
Artem Ivakhnenko
Muhammad Abdullah
Riya Jogani
Sakshi Mehta
Shubham Mishra
Siwar Aldaoud
Students with Disabilities Network
Philip Crocker
Womens Network
Riya Jogani
BAME Network
Stephen Kamara
LGBTQ+ Network
Sasha Allen
UG Sciences Faculty Rep
Connor Meringolo
Ethan Basso
UG Humanities Faculty Rep
Robert Mackinnon
UG Social Sciences Faculty Representative
Kristina Sandeva
UG Social Sciences Faculty Representative
Yoginni Gopal
For more information about Kent Union, read our guide at https://www.inquiremedia.co.uk/single-post/2019/01/15/A-guide-to-Kent-Union
