19th October 2026

Meeting:	Student Union Executive Meeting [In-Person]
Time + date:	5pm – 6pm, 19/10/2026
Membership:	Ex-Officio Members: Kamva Gcaza (KG), Students’ Union President Maneeka Bhujun (MB), Vice-President Student Voice Lydia Offei (LO), Vice-President Student Communities Elected Members: Blaise Bokor (BB), Postgraduate Research Liaison Officer Geremy Miller (GM), Faculty of Computing, Law and Psychology Liaison Officer Joseph Munday (JM), Faculty of Business, Humanities and Social Sciences Liaison Officer Sangmin Lee (SL), Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences Liaison Officer Christiana Ngochindo (CN), Women’s Network Lead Officer Samuel Evans-Adeluka (SEA), Inclusion Network Lead Officer Thisaga Dewjan Kadupitya (TDK), International Network Officer Ahmad Sindhu (AS), Sustainability Network Lead Officer Vacancies: LGBTQ+ Network Lead Officer Men’s Network Lead Officer
Location:	Vinson Building, Room 7
Contact:	Miss Lydia Offei, Lydia.offei@buckingham.ac.uk

AGENDA

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	Apologies for absence Kamva Gcaza (KG), Students’ Union President Sangmin Lee (SL), Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences Liaison Officer Christiana Ngochindo (CN), Women’s Network Lead Officer – Attended online Absent Blaise Bokor (BB), Postgraduate Research Liaison Officer Geremy Miller (GM), Faculty of Computing, Law and Psychology Liaison Officer Thisaga Dewjan Kadupitya (TDK), International Network Officer

Matters for Discussion
	Previous Meeting’s Actions MB to check on SL receiving invite for future executive faculty meetings – last meeting for this year has taken place, has updated faculty to change to Omar as of January 2027	KG
	SU President Updates Earlier exam timetable release – should now be released in week 4 of term In contact with the University’s AI leads, IT personnel and chief registrar regarding Turnitin’s incoming AI usage Student Townhall – 4^th November, 5pm start Update by the Students' Union President Update by the Interim Vice-Chancellor SU Survey Update Academic Calendar Changes Q+A session	KG
	VP Student Voice Updates Academic rep recruitment is currently open for year 1 and pre-med students – encouragement eligible students to apply, closing date is 26^th October Turnitin update How do we feel about a student council this term? We are looking at the possibility of having recorded lectures Working with faculties to improve NSS results	MB
	VP Student Communities Updates Girls and Guys Nights In taking place this term, (3^rd November and 17^th November) A big congratulations to Thisaga on his movie night event last week – had 60 people reserve tickets and 40 attend which is amazing. Reminder to those who I haven’t heard from to pls let me know of plans for this term. Network Lead summary article 2026 – wrap up of events, highlights etc, only a paragraph or so each Action: LO, TDK, CN, AS, SEA	LO
	Faculty Liaison Updates JM – Lecturer absences have resulted in no classes in two weeks for an exam module. GM – absent SL – absent BB – absent	JM, GM, SL, BB
	Network Lead Updates TDK – absent CN – held a drop-in session towards the end of last term but unfortunately no attendees, this term will contribute to girls night in AS – did the clothes donation event last term, went better than expected, has calculated the cost of river cleaning but this has gone, spoke with students about litter picking but no interest, maybe a movie night or something end November SEA – competition entries were disappointing, is hoping to meet with Deba, re ideas Annabel had with LGBTQ community but hasn’t had a chance to meet yet	TDK, CN, AS, SEA
	AOB AS – discussed the work on the bridges, asking when they would be complete – hoped to be completed by Christmas

Matters for Report

9	Date of the next meeting The next meeting will take place on 2^nd November 2026 in VB7.

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