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Meet the incoming NUS postgraduate committee

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Dante Micheaux is the postgraduate research rep to NUS National Executive Council. Dante came to the UK from the USA to begin a PhD in the department of English at University College London, where he is also president of the postgraduate association. He wanted to represent postgraduate researchers to rectify poor treatment of international postgraduates.

 

Paul Tobin is the postgraduate taught rep to NUS National Executive Council. Paul is studying for an MA in Conflict, Development and Security at the University of Leeds following a year as Union President at the University of Sheffield Students' Union. Paul stood to be on NUS Postgraduate Committee because he felt that finding scholarships for postgraduate study was unnecessarily difficult and wanted to make information about PG funding more accessible.

 

Morgan Stankey has just completed an MA in Politics and Contemporary History at the University of Nottingham and is Nottingham's full-time postgraduate sabbatical officer. Morgan is especially interested in ensuring representation for all postgraduate students and hopes to use her experience as an international student to help address the needs of under-represented groups.

 

 

Laura Howell is a postgraduate taught student taking an MSc in Occupational Therapy at Glasgow Caledonian University. Laura is passionate about the student voice and is currently a trainer for Student Participation in Quality Scotland (sparqs).

 

 

Hamish Stewart is a PhD research student in Chemistry at the University of Nottingham. Hamish has been involved in student representation for more than six years and is happy to observe the growing tendency for students' unions to recognise postgraduate students as a group with unique academic and welfare concerns that require specific provision.          

 

Sonia McKoy is the ex-oficio member of the postgraduate committee. Sonia is a former student of Birmingham City University.

 

 

 

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