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Akshita Karia
Candidate for Union President
- GREAT AT COMMUNICATION
- DEDICATED TO WORK FOR STUDENTS
- STRONG PERSONALITY WITH HUMILITY
- CONFIDENT AT WHAT I DO
- DECISIVENESS
Why vote for me?
Welcome to all of you. I am Akshita Karia, a 3rd year law student and I intend to run for the position of Union President.
I am a friendly and approachable person with the passion and commitment to take this union forward. My aims and goals are crystal clear and simple. I am here for students; what you as a student say and think is very important to me. I have always believed that every student needs to be heard, their thoughts and opinions do matter, and they are as important as anyone else’s in the university. I aim to make your opinions and suggestions count in front of the university and to actually implement on it. In these extraordinary circumstances, the union needs a president who is strong and determined enough to work for the students and I can with full confidence say that I am that person. I intend to make many changes to incorporate a student’s suggestion more often and to make every student’s university life as smooth as possible.
My aspirations for the students and the university are not superficial, these aims are something I actually intent to do. I have already worked as a course representative and a law school president. While working in these roles, I have learned a lot and have tried to help as many students as I can. I have tried to make changes in the law school that could help students a bit more. However, I now intend to take a step forward and try to make changes for every student in the university.
I am great at communication and I am not afraid of putting forward my opinions in front of the university and I can assure you that via me you will be able to put forward your concerns, queries and suggestions before the university. Because of my past experiences, I am very confident that I will excel at this role and will actually make a difference in a positive way for all students. Lastly, I am for students and work for students and your experience as a student at this university matters to me the most, hence I am applying for this role.
Thereby I would humbly ask you to vote for me. Thank you.
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Your manifesto talks a lot about your personal skills but is lacking in any particular policy aims. Can you please provide a list of specific policy aims that you ideally would use to reflect the success of your tenure as Union President, if you were to be elected?
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You say your aims and goals are "crystal clear", but your manifesto just lists generic properties expected of any leader (e.g. communication skills and dedication). What are your aims and goals other than "listening to students" which should be something you'd do anyway?
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What are your 3 core values?
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What is the previous experience that you refer to throughout your manifesto?
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What changes have you made? Did they succeed?
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Is this just a 9 to 5 job for you? If not, why not?
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Would you describe yourself as a pragmatist or an idealist, and why do you think this makes you a good candidate for President?
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How high would you say the environment is on your list of priorities? Please be specific.
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As a conservative student, I feel as frustrated and as though my political leaning alone, despite being very moderate, may still cause anger. Will you be an apolitical president who will represent students outside of party politics? And will you ensure freedom of speech and diversity of thought is held?
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Would you encourage the University to cut ties with the People's Republic of China (in particular the Confucius Institute) due to the horrendous actions taken by the Chinese Communist Party?
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In a sabb role you are a public elected figure, which means you are fair game for people's judgement, crticism and parody whether you feel it is fair or not. How would you respond to this if elected in a way that helps you perform well in the role?
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I see almost no manifesto points talking about postgraduate students, yet we make up over 1/3 of all student numbers. How will you be an effective representative for your (significant) postgraduate community, especially PGRs, whose needs are typically very different from taught students?
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