Josh Wood
Hey! I’m Josh, and I’m standing for the role of Campaigns Officer. I’m in my third year of Medicine, and I’m a first-generation uni student.
I know that university work can fall by the wayside when bills are due.
I know how hard it is to be taken seriously when you speak up about working-class stereotypes your peers perpetuate.
I know many working-class students who have realised they have been living with undiagnosed ADHD or dyslexia since coming to university.
My point is, I’m running for the role because I know what unique challenges working-class students face and I know more needs to be done to support us through these.
If I’m elected to the position, there are eight main ways I’d like to tackle the issues that working-class and first-generation university students face at Imperial, but also in the wider community:
- Ensuring that all students are made aware of IC Working Class network and what it does.
- Launching a survey to find out attitudes towards class amongst Imperial staff and students.
- Running drop-in welfare sessions to advise working-class students on how to find any extra targeted support they might need.
- Expanding the working-class network families scheme.
- Pushing for Imperial to publish inclusivity policy about socioeconomic status, especially with regards to bullying and harrassment.
- Empowering students to speak out about any discrimination they face.
- Running sessions to help working-class students find internships and graduate jobs.
- Reaching out to schools in deprived areas to organise talks that promote access to university.