Who we are

Our student panel

Our student panel advises the board on strategy and activity.

Panel members

Martha Longdon (chair)

Martha completed her masters' degree in neuropharmacology in 2019 at Nottingham Trent University where she was also student union president in 2017-18. She is also a former member of the WhatUni Student Advisory Board.

Martha joined the OfS board in 2018 as the student experience member and became chair of the student panel in 2019.

Ramy Badrie

Ramy was an international law student before undertaking a sabbatical to assume his current role as Vice-President Education at the University of Brighton Students' Union.

Ramy joined the OfS student panel in 2020.

Jo Barlow

Jo is a mature student, studying English literature at the Open University.

Jo joined the OfS student panel in 2020.

Georgia Bell

Georgia is a graduate in production design for stage and screen and is the former president of The Northern School of Art's Students' Union.

Georgia is currently an events management masters' student at Lincoln University.

Georgia joined the OfS student panel in 2019.

Rose Bennett

Rose was the first Postgraduate Officer at the University of Birmingham Guild of Students. She recently completed her masters and is now a Postgraduate Student Experience Officer at the University of Birmingham.

She joined the OfS student panel in 2019.

Samuel Dedman

Samuel is a history graduate from the University of Southampton and is now working in local government. He previously served as Vice-President (Education) at the University of Southampton Students’ Union.

Sam joined the OfS student panel in 2019.

Erk Gunce

Erk is a French and linguistics graduate from the University of Edinburgh and a postgraduate in education management from King's College London.

Erk joined the OfS student panel in 2020.

Miranda Harmer

Miranda is a postgraduate student at Leeds Conservatoire studying cello performance and composition, the chair of the Student Network for the Association of European Conservatoires, former chair of Conservatoires UK Student Network and former President of Leeds Conservatoire Students’ Union.

Miranda joined the OfS student panel in 2020.

Terms of reference

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View terms of reference for the OfS student panel

Dates of student panel meetings 2020-21

Thursday 18 February 2021

Thursday 8 April 2021

Thursday 3 June 2021

Minutes of student panel meetings

Last updated 03 March 2021 + show all updates

03 March 2021: Panel members updated and October 2020 minutes added
01 December 2020: Minutes from January 2020 meeting published, meeting dates added and statement on support for students in self-isolation added.
20 August 2020: One panellist's bio updated
11 August 2020: Details of new student panel members added
22 June 2020: Notice about student panel recruitment removed
08 June 2020: Panel members updated and notice about student panel recruitment added
05 March 2020: Minutes from October 2019 meeting published

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Who we are

Our student panel

Martha Longdon (chair)

Ramy Badrie

Jo Barlow

Georgia Bell

Rose Bennett

Samuel Dedman

Erk Gunce

Miranda Harmer

Maisha Islam

Molly Lawson

Francesco Masala

Nikhita Nachiappan

Joshua Sanderson-Kirk

Bryony Toon

Aimear Wolstenholme

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