Skills & Relevant Experiences:
Teamwork
Actively took roles in academic student bodies throughout time at university including:
- Student representative for the Academic Pharmaceutical Sciences Association (2016 - present)
- Acting national and international student representative as part of a national team for the British Pharmacy Students’ Association (2016-17)
- Student representative for the Pharmacists Defence Association (2016-17)
- ResLife assistant at the Garthdee Towers, experienced in collaborating with team members across individual site in tasks such as event organisation and promotion
Leadership
President and founder of the Feel Good Society RGU, (Nov 2017 - present):
- Responsible for overseeing the work of the committee, actively listening and engaging with feedback from society members and ultimately directing the society towards a pre-established set of visions and goals.
- Ensuring morale is kept throughout the whole process, and responsible for the overall wellbeing of all society members
Communication
ResLife assistant at the Garthdee Towers (2017-present):
- Part of a local team of 3 ResLife assistants at the Towers, and a greater regional team comprised of the ResLife across all RGU accomodation sites
- Ultimately responsible for the welfare of students and ensuring their safety, comfort and concerns are met throughout their stay
- Attend regular multi-site meetings with warden, and experience in hosting events and promotions across the city with other ResLife team members
Problem Solving and Critical Thinking
Supervisor/research lead for a team of 6 students in a stage 3 lab-based assignment:
- The primary aimed of the project was to assess the formulation of API in an ophthalmic gel, which was later compared to a commercial preparation as control. Objectives included assessing polymer feasibility with emphasis on concentration, rheology and optical clarity.
- Lead research into materials, methods and results for the project
Why you feel you will be a good candidate:
I believe I can make a difference to the way RAG is perceived amongst the students at RGU. I aim to do this by establishing a community based on the concept of giving freely, and to highlight for students the compounding benefits associated with voluntary work and fundraising for charitable causes - it is less about feeling good about oneself for having did one good thing in the past, and more about developing an ongoing mindset which would help ground oneself’s confidence in a society which has quite frankly spun out of control with egocentric values, often leaving us miserable, afraid and not truly understanding where we truly belong. By giving back to the community, you are doing the opposite of taking, you are are creating in other words, and this is powerful because it exercise an integral part from within ourselves which is not often given attention to. This is what will force you to reflect, and to practice gratitude for what you have and where you belong right now, which will help you realise the true value of your community, your tribe. I aim to help students realise this, through organising meaning events, promotions and collaborating with societies across the Union to get students once again excited about giving back to the community.
Aim and Objectives:
1. Collect a strong student centred RAG team and create the “RAG Community” at RGU
2. Raise awareness of RAG throughout the university and increase volunteering on campus
3. Build on previous year’s good work
4. Develop a strong online presence for RAG
5. Unite and inspire societies and sports under RAG
Potential RAG Campaigns/Projects
1. ‘Race 2 [location]’ events via race-nation.com - inspired by Edinburgh University RAG
2. Organise a large fresher’s week event for the start of 1st semester i.e. where societies and sports are encouraged to sign up new members whilst raising money at the same time
3. Organise RAG week around February in semester 2, encouraging societies and sports to get involved in the week with mini challenges etc