Candidate for the position of Vice President Barts and The London

Robert Leo Tucker

3rd Year Medical Student
BL LGBT+ Welfare Rep 2020/21
BLSA Board, Student Council, Welfare Board, BL Welfare Zone & Communities Board 2020/21
SMD EDI (Equality Diversity Inclusion) Network Representative 2020/21
Involved in many societies, and several committee roles

Promote the new government hardship funding so it is fairly allocated to students.
Create a unified system for welfare forums associated with liberation groups & provide more support on welfare events.
Improve student’s uptake and awareness of Report & Support for campus issues.
Work to get Raising Concerns up & running for professionalism issues on placement.
Provide mental health first aid training to all board reps.
Create a stronger mummies & daddies matching system.
Increase accessibility & understanding of student support services.

Support the new BL sustainability rep to ensure QMUL seriously considers recycling capabilities on campus.
Create more sustainable food options in The Griff.
Develop more student education on green issues.
Ensure a yearly BL environmental themed week.

Lobby the university to decide on MBBS progress tests or ICAs based on student feedback.
Support restarting our Global Health BSc course.
Provide more support in the SU for intercalation.
Promote safe face-to-face teaching, taking what we’ve learned works and what doesn’t from digital teaching.
Keep pushing for student input into the graduate 2025 curriculum.
Enhance the careers service increasing information relevant to medics, dentists & allied course students.
Keep up to date tracking UKMLA developments so students aren’t disadvantaged when it’s introduced.
Improve lecturers understanding of QReview’s benefit, especially in allied courses where it is the least accessible.
Enhance SSLC communication for all courses to the SU to improve on academic issues raised by students & staff.
Campaign the university to make up for lost teaching due to lack of lectures & placements during COVID.

Improve communication to students about what is happening in BLSA, such as by publishing meeting minutes.
Promote increasing diversity on SU boards & within higher positions at QMUL.
Lobby to continue preventing rising international tuition fees.
Protect Friday hour prayer time, with adequate university space for this.
Ensure any facilities that change are replaced like-for-like or better than they currently are, ensuring changes are discussed with students.
Lobby against the loss of the Barts & The London branding and heritage.
Make student safety & well-being our top priorities on student’s return to campus.
Improve course rep communication to students for more accurate student feedback.
Ensure we are celebrating students’ achievements regularly on social media.

Strengthen the welfare officer position in societies & sports clubs by providing useful training.
Create handover style documents for new society & sports committees.
Work to make it easier for events to be streamed & uploaded so students have the option to watch them later.
Create better support structures for sports club presidents & captains in the SU.
Work on more ways to encourage students to get as involved as possible in sports & exercise.
Work to return funding to Merger cup, with a date that suits all students.

Create resources available to students on how to run events with the SU’s help.
Reintroduce SU events that students want safely.
Expand alcohol-free events.
Publicising a more streamlined outlet for student groups to advertise events & a comprehensive calendar for these.

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