About Us

As an association within the Students' Union our membership automatically includes all students who identity themselves as lesbian, gay, bisexual or trans. We receive a grant which means that we don't need to charge a membership fee or even keep a list of members. This means that any involvement you have with LGBT can be confidential if you want.

Committee 2009-2010

The Committee are elected annually in April to take joint responsibility for the association for the next academic year. There is another election in October to allow new members to join the committee and to fill any empty positions. You can contact individuals by sending an email, just click on their name.

LGBT Officer: Matt Wildman

The Officer is responsible for leading the Committee and supporting and encouraging other officers in their roles. They are a strong representative for LGBT students and attends meeting with all kind of groups representing your needs. This role needs a big time commitment and someone with exceptional people skills.

Matt is in their first year of an MA in Counselling Children and Young People.

General Secretary: Greg Burke

The Gen Sec supports the LGBT Officer in their role, shares the workload when things are busy and steps in when the Chair is absent. There is particular emphasis on organisational and administrative duties, including taking minutes in meetings, but the Gen Sec also needs to have strong leadership qualities. It is also part of the role to take over any un-filled positions.

Greg is a first year Electrical Engineering student.

Welfare Officer: Georgia Palmer

The Welfare Officer is responsible for representing the welfare needs of members to the Committee and for working with the Students’ Union Welfare Officer to promote LGBT issues. They also provide assistance to individual members where appropriate and can point them in the direction of any help they need.

Georgia is a second year Student Nurse.

Publicity Officer: Sami Moosajee

The Publicity Officer is responsible for designing all the promotional material for LGBT and developing our profile at the University. They look in to new and innovative ways of publicising the association and organise the distribution of posters and flyers.

Sami is a third year Music student.

Trans Officer: Bex Harper

I am here to try to provide the trans students with the provisions they need to succeed in higher education. This year I will be arranging various 'safe-space' socials, campaigns and welfare events to support trans students and raise awareness about trans issues within our university. If you are Trans and wish to specify me as your 'buddy' (see welfare page for 'buddy' service information), please feel free to do so. Please also see the specific Trans page that i have made. I look forward to meeting all the Trans Students this year!

Bex is an MA (by research) student researching on representations of women and LGBT people in German cinema.

Postgraduate Students' Officer: Ed Tripp

The Postgraduate Students' officer is responsible for representing postgraduate students within the LGBT Network by being a point of contact and a link with the SU Postgraduate Students' Officer.

My aim as postgrad rep is to help integrate postgrads into the LGBT community at Nottingham, whilst organising dedicated postgrad events during the summer break. I will also work with the campaigns team to effectively represent LGBT postgrads in the wider community. If you wish to discuss anything with me then feel free to email, or stop me in the street.

Ed is a 2nd year PhD student studying botany.

Sutton Bonington Rep

Hey there, I’m the Sutton Bonington LGBT Student Officer (SB Rep for short). I’ve been studying at the Sutton Bonington campus (SB for short) for 4 years now and, currently, I am a PhD research student in the Division of Food Sciences. As SB rep I deal with all LGBT matters for those fortunate to be studying on SB, namely Biosciences and Veterinary Medicine Students. I’m here for both pastoral care and to ensure that SB students are equally integrated into all events that the LGBT run. If anyone ever needs some one to talk to or, advice or logistics over any events the LGBT run please e-mail me.

The Social Events Team

The Social Events Team don’t have to organise every event, but they need to be on top of making sure that they happen. They need to ensure that they provide the types of events that the members want and must try to organise a diverse range of activities.

Social Events Officer: Dom Tromans
Dom is a second year American Studies student.
Social Events Officer: Mat Dodd
Mat is a third year Geography student.

The Campaigns Team

The Campaigns Team is responsible for developing the political and representative side of LGBT by organising and running campaigns and being involved with the Political Network within the Students’ Union. They devote time to specific “days of action” for campaigns. They also assist in the running of specific awareness events.

Campaigns Officer: Egg Goddard
Egg is a second year Theology student.
Campaigns Officer: Nic Coomber

Nic is a third year Politics student.

Campaigns Officer: Jen Thursfield
Jen is a Civil Engineering student.
Campaigns Officer: Simon Holton
Simon is a third year English student.
Campaigns Officer: Laura
Laura is a nursing student.

General Committee Members

They get involved with the Committee in a general role and assists in a range of areas where appropriate or necessary. This position can be seen either as a stepping stone into other positions on the Committee, or a position for someone who wants to get involved with all aspects of the LGBT. Two of the four positions are specifically elected in October to allow first-year students and others to get involved after the Summer.

General Committee Member: Dalia Fleming

Dalia is a third year Politics student.

General Committee Member: Amy Price

Amy is a second year Nursing student.

General Committee Member:
To be elected in October
General Committee Member:
To be elected in October