Candidates for Wellbeing, Sport and Physical Activity Officer

Why do you want to be elected as a Students' Union Officer?

I believe that success in academic is not a "winning at all cost". Student could and should be educated to be able to take care their own health and have the available resources they can rely on. The physical and mental health of students are always neglected especially during the deadline and exam. Financial issue is also heavily effect student's life. Every student should have a chance to focus only on his/her study with no financial related stress.

I will work in my best ability to prioritised mental and physical health and financial as the major agenda for every student.

What would your priorities be as an Officer?

I think SHU students should get to know more of each other. The University should have a video/audio podcast station which created and published by students. This podcast should be inclusive and provide several dedicated contents for students in different demographics and nationalities.

What skills and experience do you have that would make you a good Officer?

I am confident that I have an excellent communication and collaboration skills which I have got from a flight attendant and fitness conference manager job. I also believe in two ways communication and taking feedback from people who truly involve in the situation.

From my sport coaching experience I believe I could help bringing physical activity and exercise become a part of every student life. The barriers to join a sport club or to start exercise should be set as low as possible.

Why do you want to be elected as a Students' Union Officer?

I’ve been actively involved with sports at Hallam for the last 3 years, training with Hallam Netball, Trampolining and recently taking up Athletics. I am aware of the importance of sport positively affecting mental health and physical wellbeing and want to be involved in promoting and improving this for future Hallam students.

Sport and physical activity are my passion and I want to be involved in developing an inclusive culture at Sheffield Hallam where people feel part of the university community and are encouraged to be the best and healthiest version of themselves.

What would your priorities be as an Officer?

1. Ensure all sports clubs, regardless of size, get the recognition and promotion that they deserve!
2. Mental health support including mindfulness sessions to promote positive mental health practices.
3. From a diversity and inclusion perspective, encourage and support students from minority groups to get involved in physical activity and associated wellbeing incentives.
4. Maintain the split payment method for club memberships, ensuring students aren’t financially penalised for using this system.
5. For sports that hold trials, have further trials in Semester 2 to allow students with potential to join teams.
6. Encourage healthy eating habits to aid overall wellbeing.

What skills and experience do you have that would make you a good Officer?

As the current Department Representative for Sport, in conjunction with holding various committee positions, including Vice Chair & Charity Officer, I’ve been able to develop important skills such as leadership and communication to improve the student experience.

As a member of the Gamechangers project, I actively work to promote female inclusion in sport.

I assist in running social netball at Hallam to encourage and develop talent.

I have volunteered at numerous sporting events, including the Special Olympics and Everybody Moves Parasports Event, helping to promote inclusion by assisting people with physical and intellectual disabilities to become involved in sport.

Why do you want to be elected as a Students' Union Officer?

As a current officer and Hallam graduate, I have lived and breathed Sheffield Hallam University for the past 4 years. I understand how important students are to SHU, and vice versa. I have experience representing the student population on University, Students’ Union and Community decision making boards. Sport and physical activity can be fundamental in creating positive student experience at University, and I want to ensure student voice is utilised to create a sport and physical activity environment which is inclusive and accessible to all students.

What would your priorities be as an Officer?

Shaping the future. Ensuring student voice is embedded within the next SHU Sport and Physical Activity Strategy.

Student wellbeing. Promoting student wellbeing through developing SHU wellbeing resources, and creating an SU wellbeing webpage signposting to accessible resources.

Protecting Wednesday afternoons! I will lobby the University to continue keeping Wednesday afternoon’s free for the majority of students, encouraging participation in Sports Clubs and Societies.

Cost of sport support. The cost of living crisis has worsened the financial barrier to sport faced by students. I want to increase awareness of the Sport Hardship Fund and the activities it covers.

What skills and experience do you have that would make you a good Officer?

As the current Officer, I understand what It means to be a student representative. I have spent this year listening to the student body in order to understand the current issues and what students want done to fix them. To date I have provided Sport Club Committees with a meaningful feedback forum in which to share their experiences with sport at Hallam to staff, and worked to change Hallam Students’ Union approach to drug and alcohol consumption to harm reduction rather than zero tolerance. I am experienced in attending Students’ Union and University meetings and boards.