The SU Elections Results Night, on Friday the 6th of March, took students by surprise with three of our current 25/26 officers being re-elected to office.
As always, tensions were high in the Foundry as the results were released.
Your 2026/27 Students’ Union Officers are:
Sam Omondi as SU President, with 2046 votes.
Sam served as Education Officer in the 25/26 academic year, with policies focusing on solidarity, student activism and setting up alternative activities for students during the UCU strikes.
As President, Sam hopes to foster a “More Connected Community” and increase student access to democracy including protest briefings and “Know Your Rights” training.
After being successful in the role on Friday, Sam hopes to “help students’ voices be heard & put the megaphone back into students’ hands.”
Lola-Mae Till as Education Officer, with 1478 votes.
In her interview with Forge Press just before campaign week, Lola told us one of her priorities as Education Officer would be to support students further during strike action.
“It’s really unfair and it feels even more unfair as someone who was impacted, my friends in other courses didn’t miss an hour and I missed 5 weeks and had nothing. You deserve to be taught and if not that you deserve your money back.”
She also plans to make Learning Support Plans accessible to all and limit the stigma around accessing extra support at university.
Upon winning, Lola said she will “make sure the students achieve what they deserve” over the next year.
Anna James as Sustainability and Development Officer for a second term, with 1301 votes.
As the 25/26 Sustainability and Development Officer, Anna has started many impactful initiatives, such as Roar-Recycle and the Community Hub in the SU.
One of her manifesto points for the next year is “same stuff, new students”. This includes opening a free pop-up in the SU where new students can pick up kitchen supplies, furniture, clothes and more, in a sustainable and free manner. This is one of the methods Anna will use to make the move-in and move-out periods less stressful and more eco-friendly.
During her campaign, Anna hosted a t-shirt upcycling workshop for all students and showed off some sustainable fashion hacks on her Instagram.
Upon winning, Anna said she is “extremely excited to do it all again!”
Avis Azari as Liberation and Activities Officer, with 1267 votes.
Avis is currently serving as the gender equity representative SU Councillor and the Gender Equity Liberation Facilitator at the SU.
Some of Avis’ manifesto points include working with the DDSS to remove compulsory attendance and explore online learning options, make society membership free for students receiving a bursary and constantly checking in with students to see what they need from Avis as officer.
When interviewing Avis ahead of campaign week, they told us “Everything is so expensive. Accommodation is expensive; groceries are expensive. If you want to live instead of to survive: having a night out and seeing your friends is expensive. I think, especially as uni tuition fees are rising and loans are hard to get. If you’re lucky to get all of it, but even then, a lot of us are stuck with four grand to supply for the whole year. It’s ridiculous.”
On winning on Friday, Avis said they were “so excited” to bring their manifesto to life in this role.
Amelia Desouza as Wellbeing and Sports Officer, also for a second term, with 1783 votes.
In the past year, Amelia has worked towards opening the Strength and Conditioning Suite for public use, introduced women only gym hours in Goodwin, whilst continuing wellbeing Wednesday and making sport much more accessible.
Her manifesto for this year has been based on the same foundations as last year “but just tweaked”, the first aspect of which is “driving excellence in clubs, being able to make sure that our committee members and club support members are supported throughout their university experience.”
With the continuing slogan “Don’t be a Loser, vote Desouza”, she hopes that everyone can “access sports, whether that’s well-being Wednesday, or pride in sport campaigns, women in sport week campaigns. I think for me, it’s just important that everyone can feel the benefit of taking part in, not just sport, but physical activity in general.”
Upon winning on Friday, Amelia thanked “the whole city” for the opportunity.
Sana Memon as International and Welfare Officer, with 1645 votes.
Sana has been a present figure within the International Societies Committee and the SU more generally.
Her main goals within the role are to increase awareness and access to support for International Students and representing international students in all University decisions, conversations and initiatives, including varsity.
Sana aims to do this through a structured peer programme, protecting international scholarships and most importantly, creating spaces and events for international and home students to meet each other and bond.
On winning, Sana told the presenters “for people to care, there needs to be enough integration.”
