Student Life committee
We are happy to announce that the Student Life committee has now been appointed. This will be co-chaired by NME member, Patrick Sullivan & former NME member and current NUS Exec member, Sam Rozati.
The aim of Student Life is to develop student CF groups for schools, colleges and universities. It is also to make our student groups indespensible to constituency associations and a key part of our National Campaigning Strategy. We also want to reach out to those traditional overlooked by CF student branches, such as postgraduates.
The Committee is regionally diverse and each officer has been asked to supervise a region. The Committee consists of
Co – Chairman – Patrick Sullivan and Sam Rozati
Vice- Chairman (Schools) – Peter Smallwood (London)
Peter Smallwood – 18 and lives in Ruislip in the London Borough of Hillingdon. Peter joined the party the day after the 2005 General Election. He has set up his own branch in Hillingdon and played a key role in helping set up other branches in Harrow and Ealing. Outside of Politics Peter has taken an active role in the Community as a Scout Leader. He is also the Head Boy of his School and has over the last 7 years created a School Council that is recognised by OFSTED as one of the best they have seen. With this experience Peter is keen to get more people between the ages of 16-18 involved in the party and to raise awarness of the need to vote.
Vice- Chairman (Universities) – Alexandra Swann (South-West)
Alexandra was born in Farnham and brought up in Surrey before moving to Exeter to study Philosophy and Political Economy. Her interests involve music, festivals, lacrosse, socialising and travelling. Alex also has been involved in raising money for numerous charities through Exeter Student Guild’s charity wing. She is keen to ensure all our University Branches get the recognition and support they deserve. Alex has also been Campaigns Officer for Exeter University CF and is presently Area Chairman for Surrey.
Elections Officer – Harry Cole (Cross Borders, Scotland)
Harry is 22 and lives in Kent. He is currently at Edinburgh University where he is the Chairman of the Conservative Association and Vice-President for Recruitment of Conservative Future Scotland. He spent last summer working in CCHQ co-ordinating nationwide Fresher recruitment. Having fought a strong campaign for President of his Student’s Association, he is keen to lead a nationwide Conservative resurgence on campuses. He knows this will be an uphill struggle but is passionate that with the right levels of professionalism and training, the fight back can begin.
Elections Officer – Paul Wells (East Anglia)
Paul Wells is currently a second year History student, specialising in Medieval History at the University of East Anglia (in Norwich.) He is the current Chairman of the UEA’s Conservative Future Branch and was recently elected as the Union of UEA’s Student’s Societies Officer. He is very keen to help other university CF branches increase their representation within their Student Unions.
Secretary – Laura Markham (West Midlands)
Laura is currently in her second year at the University of Birmingham where she studies Political Science. She has held the position of secretary within the Conservative Future branch at the university for almost a year. Laura did a week’s work experience in the House of Commons for her local Conservative MP, Andrew McKay which she greatly enjoyed and hopes to do again this year. In her spare time, Laura enjoys playing tennis and going to the gym, socialising with friends and is looking forward to travelling around Europe over the summer break.
Social Action Officer – Anna Appleton (York Uni, Yorkshire and Humberside)
Anna has been involved in Conservative Future since the age of 16. She spent last summer volunteering in a mission centre in South Africa and is interested in learning Zulu. Anna wants to help Students get in contact with their local Communities and make Social Action a priority for our University Branches. She is currently the Campaigns Officer for York University Conservative Association and Area Chairman for Yorkshire North and East.
Social Action Officer – Sarah Hajibagheri (North-East)
Sarah is a 2nd year Politics, Philosophy and Economics student at the university of Durham. During her gap year she worked for Charles Tannock MEP in the European Parliament. Sarah enjoys going to the theatre and socialising with friends. She is also the President of Durham University Conservative Association.
Postgraduate Officer – Hamish Stewart (East Midlands)
Hamish Stewart is the Area Chairman for Nottinghamshire, a former President of Nottingham University Conservative Association and an officer of the National Postgraduates Committee. Hamish also likes eating meat and socialising.He is looking forward to finding new ways to make Conservative Future more relevant to postgraduates. He is currently studying for a PhD in Physical Chemistry.
Postgraduate Officer – Edward Keene (South East)
Edward is a student from east Oxfordshire. He is just coming to the end of his time at the University of Nottingham where he has been reading Politics, and will shortly be beginning a law course at the College of Law in Guildford, Surrey. Over the past three years, Edward has been involved with student issues on a variety of different levels, serving as an Executive Officer of his union and of two JCRs, sitting on University Senate and Court for two years, and representing his peers at three NUS National Conferences. He has also had involvements with national student organisations including SFT, SCM, UCCF, MUN, British Universities Debating, and the ‘intimate’ world of varsity croquet.
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