Ava Lai

Biochemistry (UG): Year Two Wellbeing Representative

Hi everyone! My name is Ava.

I'm running to be your Second Year Wellbeing Representative because I believe that looking after our wellbeing is just as important as keeping up with our academics.

We all know that being a second year at Imperial can be pretty intense and stressful. Between lectures, coursework, and maintaining a social life, wellbeing can sometimes be forgotten. I want to help change that by building a better community and support system within the course, so that students don't feel shy to reach out and voice their opinions.

If elected, here are some things that I would love to do:

Be someone students can talk to and approach if they have problems. I want to be someone reliable that students can turn to.
Be able to bring concerns and feedback to staff and keep everyone updated. I would like to have termly anonymous feedback surveys to understand how everyone is getting along with the course and uni in general and share the results back.
Make the cohort feel more like a community by organizing events for the course, like relaxing social activities and opportunities to connect outside lectures. Keeping the old Wellbeing traditions, like Takeover Tuesdays, and also implementing newer activities and opportunities for everyone to connect and socialise.

Second year will undoubtedly bring new challenges, but we don't have to tackle them alone. I'll try my best to listen and help handle problems together with you all :)