Sabbatical Officers
The Sabbatical Officers have been elected to represent Arts Student Union members (UAL students). They offer representation and support across four main categories: activities, campaigns, education, and welfare. In the 2022 Leadership Elections, these roles changed to four College Officers (CCW, CSM, LCC, and LCF), the Student Communities Officer, and the Union Affairs Officer.
Lexa Barbulesca
(she/her)
CCW Officer
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Minna Ellis
(she/her)
CSM Officer
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Sophia Nasif-Whitestone
(she/her)
LCC Officer
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Katwamba Mutale
(he/him)
LCF Officer
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Alyshia Jack
(she/her)
Student Communities Officer
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Daniela Commey
(she/her)
Union Affairs Officer
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Senior Leadership Team
More details about this team are coming soon.
Yemi Gbajobi
(she/her)
Chief Executive
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Christina Kennedy
(she/her)
Deputy Chief Executive
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Natasha Etti
(she/her)
Deputy Chief Executive – Operations and Services
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Martin Dodd
(he/him)
Deputy Chief Executive – Membership
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Daniela Fierro Touche
(she/her)
Executive Assistant
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Advice Team
Our Advice Team advise students on a range of issues which might affect them whilst studying at UAL. We advise on all academic process and provide housing advice, and we can refer students to another service if we can’t help. The Advice Service is independent, confidential and free.
Richard Kaminski
Advice Service Manager
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Chloe Wilkinson-Silk
(she/her)
Student Adviser
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Shriya Ruparelia
(she/her)
Student Adviser
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Policy Team
Our Policy Team help our elected officers achieve the aims they set out in their manifestos. We do this by preparing research reports and position papers on issues which impact on students. We use this to make evidence-based arguments to UAL, lobbying for change on behalf of our members.
Calum Sherwood
(he/him)
Senior Policy and Research Officer
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Representation and Democracy Team
Our team empowers the student voice through Academic Representation, Democracy and Campaigns. We work with our Sabbatical Officers on delivering SU-wide campaign priorities that address the challenges facing UAL students. We manage a 1000 strong course rep system across the colleges and ensure every student at UAL can run/vote in our democratic decisions (i.e student elections). Further to this we ensure students are effectively represented at all levels in UAL (by working in partnership with academic staff) providing the necessary tools to shape their student experience and the world around them.
Helena Schofield
(she/her)
Representation and Democracy Manager
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Shane Simpkin
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Campaigns and Student Voice Coordinator
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Rachel Wornell
(she/her)
Educational Quality Coordinator
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Emily Sellon
(she/her)
Educational Quality Coordinator
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Laura Anne Head
(she/her)
Educational Quality Coordinator
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Lee Anderson
(he/him)
Educational Quality Coordinator
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Commercial Team
More details about this team are coming soon.
Joseph Burrows
(he/him)
Commercial Manager
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Arts Programme
The Arts Programme team within the Students’ Union works to deliver a development programme for UAL students to enhance their knowledge and experience within their professional creative practice. We want to give students the tools for a sustainable career. We are here to provide opportunities to showcase students and their work, allow them to access new experiences, and help them develop professionally during their time studying at UAL.
Katie Hughes
(she/her)
Arts Programme Manager
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Sophie Risner
(she/her)
Arts Programmer
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Lotte Dawson
(she/her)
Arts Programmer
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Aisling Ward
(she/her)
Arts Programmer
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Communities Development Team
The Community team supports and facilitates student-led activities and events through our Societies, Sports and Arts Active programme. We aim to provide opportunities for all UAL students to try different activities, meet new people and, above all to help to create the best student experience possible. We encourage all students and student groups to be diverse and inclusive and supportive of each other.
The Community team is continually developing and improving our skills and training offer for student leaders. We want to ensure that our offer stays relevant and if students can’t find what they want in our current programmes, or have a great idea for a new activity, we can help them to create it.
Vinesh Kurup
(he/him)
Communities Development Manager
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Nivetha
(she/her)
Societies Development Coordinator
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Cecilie Christensen
(she/her)
Sports Development Coordinator
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Fiza Murtaza
Events and Involvement Coordinator
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Zoë Campbell
(she/her)
Wellbeing and Liberation Coordinator
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Communications and Marketing Team
The Communications & Marketing Team provides a support service to all Arts SU teams. They oversee projects across the union including creating brochures for commercial services, digital assets for events, and physical signage for office spaces.
The team also creates all content on the Arts SU social media channels as well as the website. As the SU works closely with UAL, the Communications & Marketing team work together with UAL to ensure that a clear message of the SU reaches students. Lastly, the team engages with external clients who also want their message to reach UAL students and this is done through marketing our spaces, both digital and physical.
Nyasha Takawira
(she/her)
Communications and Marketing Manager
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Marina Marbella
(she/her)
Graphic Designer
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Orion Hall-Turner
(she/they)
Communications and Marketing Coordinator
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Finance Team
Our Finance Team provides financial support to all Arts SU teams and works closely with UAL regarding it’s funding of the Union. As a charity we are responsible for ensuring all the income we receive at Arts SU is properly accounted for and ensure invoices and payments are processed to all individuals, businesses and organisations who undertake work for us!
If you have any questions regarding finance you can contact us on finance@su.arts.ac.uk.
Natasha Reissner
Finance Assistant
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Latoya Laryea
(she/her)
Management Accountant
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Neda Ebrahimpour-Azizi
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Accountant Assistant
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Learning and Development Team
Details about this team are coming soon.
Regina Zyrek
Learning and Development Manager
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Holly Campbell
(she/her)
HR Coordinator
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