About Me

Hi everyone!

I’m Sharanya, your SU President. After a year of representing you as your VP Education, I ran for one more year in the Leadership Elections and was successfully elected to be your SU President! I am so excited for the year ahead.

My aims for 2024/25

Student Safety

• Lobby the University and the Students’ Union to adopt a harm reduction approach towards drug and alcohol abuse.
• Implement mandatory sexual health and consent education, as well as EDI training for students and staff.
• Ensure SU Security have refresher training in cultural competency.
• Campaign to open back gate and improve lighting on campus and in the Egham and Englefield Area.

Celebrating students

• Implement a points-based rewards scheme that recognises our student groups' achievements throughout the year. The scheme will lead to prizes such as extra funding for the student group, free Summer Ball tickets or vouchers for Tesco or Lidl.
• Celebrate diversity on campus by holding a #OneWorldWeek to encourage students to wear cultural clothing across campus and hold a showcase where students perform, eat and learn about other cultures.

Campus Facilities

• Lobby for better facility allocation for student groups and explore alternative facilities for our students in the local area (off-campus sports and our gym).
• Create a Commuters Hub – a common room where commuting students can go during the day.

Student Experience

• Launch a policy inquiry into the international student and commuter student experience.
• Reduce prices at the SU shop and across campus.
• Create a Commuters Hub – a common room where commuting students can go during the day.
• Implement free breakfasts to help with cost-of-living pressures.

In my free time, I enjoy cooking and going to the gym, you’ll probably catch me walking around campus back and forth from meetings but if you see me, please say hi!