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Mishal Saeed, a former student of Lahore Grammar School and Convent of Jesus & Mary, has been elected the Students’ Union President at the University of Salford, becoming the first ever female international to represent 20,000 students for a year.
Having defeated four candidates for the same post and winning by a comfortable margin of 300 votes, she is due to take charge on July 1. In her team, there will be three Vice Presidents overseeing the three colleges in the university will have a full time staff team of about 50 people working in the Union. The student union has an annual turnover of £2 million.
As President, she will be responsible for taking important decisions which influence the University policy and impact on the student experience.
“It is both a great honour and a huge privilege to be trusted with the responsibility of representing 20,000 students at Salford. In these ever-changing conditions and difficult economic times in the Higher Education sector of UK, there are big challenges especially for universities like Salford,” Mishal Saeed, an International Relations and Politics student, remarked in an interview.
“My aim is to ensure that Salford does its best to overcome the challenges and makes most of the opportunities so students can have the best possible experience at Salford. I am excited about the role I will play to ensure that students are at the heart of all the decision-making processes,” she added.
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