Officers
We have 5 Principal Officers who are each paid for 11 hours by the GSA to represent the Postgraduate Community at the University, and a number of Non- Principal Officers who make up different areas of work which the GSA carries out. To find out how to become an Officer of the GSA then you should look at the Elections page.
Feel free to contact the relevant Officer for your enquiry,
Principal Officers
President
- Contact: Karin Diaconu
The President chairs the GSA Executive Committee, has overall responsibility for co-ordinating all its activities, and represents students on specific university committees, including University Council, Senate and Court. In all of these capacities he or she acts as the chief spokesperson for all students.
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Phone: 01904 32 (2718)
Academic Affairs Officer
- Contact: Beatrice Akua-Sakyiwah
The Academic Affairs Officer coordinates the Academic Affairs Team, acts as the postgraduate representative on the university committees, represents students at appeals, and liaises with departments and postgraduate academic representatives. This officer is responsible for communicating the work of the team to the GSA membership.
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Phone: 01904 32 (2718)
Welfare Officer
- Contact: Keke Zu
The Welfare Officer is responsible for all non-academic welfare issues affecting postgraduate students, sits on a number of University committees relevant to student welfare and represents students at academic appeals.
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Phone: 01904 32 (2718)
Services Officer
- Contact: Abdulkarim Oloyede
The Services Officer has overall responsibility for co-ordinating (in conjunction with the non-sabbatical officers) all the services, events and sports activities that the GSA provides. They also provide the link between the various Graduate Common Room Committees (GCRs) and the GSA.
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Phone: 01904 32 (2718)
Finance Officer
- Contact: Karisha George
The Finance Officer liaises with the GSA Manager in administering funds and in ensuring the approved budget is adhered to.
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Phone: 01904 32 (2718)
Non Principal Officers
International Students’ Officer
- Contact: Tong Che
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Sporting Activities Officer
- Contact: Ali Bostancioglu
- Xue Han
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Events Officers
- Contact: Elena Gorianova
- Bai Yi Zhuo
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Communities, Charities and Volunteering Officer
- Contact: Victoria Statseva
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Communications Officer
- Contact: To be elected in October 2011
Elections for this position will be held between Friday 21st October and Friday 11th November. For more information, including how to stand for election, please contact .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
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Campaigns Officer
- Contact: To be elected in October 2011
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Part time Students’ Representative
- Contact: To be elected in October 2011
Elections for this position will be held between Friday 21st October and Friday 11th November. For more information, including how to stand for election, please contact .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
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Students with Dependents Representative
- Contact: Tony Onyekuru
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PGCE Students Representative
- Contact: To be elected in October 2011
Elections for this position will be held between Friday 21st October and Friday 11th November. For more information, including how to stand for election, please contact .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
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Gender Equality Representative
- Contact: To be elected in October 2011
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Racial Equality Representative
- Contact: To be elected in October 2011
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Distance Learning Students’ Representative
- Contact: To be elected in October 2011
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Ordinary Member Representative
- Contact: Kirstie Jones
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Graduate Representative to University Senate
- Contact: Dave Johnson
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Chair of Council
- Contact: Andrea Daniels
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Phone: 01904 32 (2718)
Off Campus Students’ Representative
- Contact: Andrew Marriot
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Student Trustees
- Contact: Richard Rhodes
- Heather Rowley
- Robin Jarvis
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Phone: c/o 01904 32 2718
Postgraduates Who Teach Representative
- Contact: Ajith Jinjil
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LGBT Representative
- Contact: Ken Leach
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Students with Disabilities Representative
- Contact: Carlos Anaia
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Postgraduate Academic Representatives on GSA Association Council
- Contact: Dominic Spengler
- Mathew Howard
Each department has a number of Postgraduate Academic Representatives to represent the views of students within the department. Three of these representatives attend the GSA Association Council to represent the areas of Science, Social Science and Art and Humanities.
For details of the Postgraduate Academic Representatives in your department please visit the Academic Issues - Contact a Rep VLE that can be accessed through Yorkshare.
