2nd November 2026

Meeting:

Student Union Executive Meeting [In-Person]

Time + date:

5pm – 6pm, 02/11/2026

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

       Item


  1.  

Online attendance

Ahmad Sindhu (AS), Sustainability Network Lead Officer – attended via Teams

Christiana Ngochindo (CN), Women’s Network Lead Officer – attended via Teams


Apologies for absence

Geremy Miller (GM), Faculty of Computing, Law and Psychology Liaison Officer


Absent

Blaise Bokor (BB), Postgraduate Research Liaison Officer 

Sangmin Lee (SL), Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences Liaison Officer


 



         Matters for Discussion
 

  1.  

Previous Meeting’s Actions

  • Network Lead summary article 2026 – wrap up of events, highlights etc, only a paragraph or so each (LO, TDK, CN, AS, SEA) - TDK has sent paragraph, a reminder to others to complete by 13th November

LO


  1.  

SU President Updates

  • Student Town Hall taking place on Wednesday – Agenda includes: Update by the Students' Union President, Update by the Interim Vice-Chancellor, SU Survey Update, Academic Calendar Changes, Q+A session
  • Rent Guarantor Scheme – looking to support students who are wanting to live off campus and those on LEP placement, some universities stand as a guarantor rather for students rather than needing to pay 6 months in advance, also external companies who do this
  • SU Survey has concluded, an action plan has been put together for SU staff to work on responses from the survey and will be discussed at townhall.

KG

  1.  

VP Student Voice Updates

  • Currently working on academic rep recruitment for new September starters, application window has closed, working on background checks and will have inductions the week following.
  • Moodle app promotion – encouragement to download as there has been a new update and now has better look and usability. Students can also b
  • London induction – unfortunately not able to attend but SU is hoping to attend next year

MB

  1.  

VP Student Communities Updates

  • A reminder of guys night in happening tomorrow 
  • Girls night in will be on Tuesday 17th November
  • Reminder to network leads to please send paragraphs for website article by 13th November

LO

  1.  

Faculty Liaison Updates

JM – Reported that a lecturer has not been providing tutorials answers to students – MB will follow up on this

GM – absent, no updates

SL – absent

BB – absent

JM, GM, SL, BB

  1.  

Network Lead Updates

TDK – Movie night a few weeks ago was a success, 60+ tickets reserved and around 40 attended. The success of movie nights was discussed, and if they should become a more regular event in the future.

CN – no updates since last meeting

AS – Is hoping to do an event towards the end of term, potentially having some refreshments or a movie night with a sustainability theme, will discuss these ideas further with LO

SEA – no updates

TDK, CN, AS, SEA

  1.  

AOB

KG expressed thanks for support on events, etc throughout the year. MB mentioned that execs can request certificates from SU if wanted.




           Matters for Report


9

Date of the next meeting

The next meeting will take place on 16th November 2026 in VB7.