PRESIDENTIAL SHOWDOWN: Ellis Sims

Hello everyone, firstly my name is Ellis Sims and I am a 3^rd year Sociologist. I can imagine whoever is reading this now must already be tired of all the banners, posters and lecture shoutouts occurring around them. So I will keep this short and sweet.

I am a candidate who is offering real change. A change from the same old same old of previous years.

I believe a Union should be run to accommodate the wishes and actions of the students it is meant to represent. While it is all well and good for the Union to promise grand gestures of how it can make student’s lives better, it can never create a one-size-fits-all solution for everyone.

Instead a Union should understand that clubs, societies and individual students have different needs and wants which can never be tackled with big overbearing solutions. Instead, it should make access to resources decentralised and simpler.

It should make how the bureaucracy is run in this Union a far smarter process, rather than one which is now confusing and intimidating for student groups to attempt to tackle.

From this, the Union should make the activities it offers far more affordable, so not only can more students take part in clubs and societies, but also for the Union to generate greater sums of money which can be reinvested into the students of Southampton. It is truly a win-win situation.

But it is a great shame that some of our biggest student groups have decided that the Union is no longer a force to help them. It is more of a shame that our Union has now become so out of touch that the last student election saw a turnout of just over 18%. Frankly students do not care about our Union anymore.

It is time for radical change. At the end of the day, not every student will care about what the Union can offer them, but it is our job that we make the lives of every student at University as easy and enjoyable as possible including those who do not care.

It is not about what you can do for SUSU, it is about what SUSU can do for you.

“Cheaper, Simpler, Smarter.” I believe this is the change we need

 

We also shot some questions at Ellis:

What is your favourite sport?

• Getting out of bed.

What is your drink of choice?

• Whatever the BeesNOC is having.

What have you done in life that has no relevance to the role you are going for?

• Rode a horse without a saddle. Bad ass.

Current relationship status?

• Single

Did you take a gap yarh?

• No yarh.

Are you graduating or taking a year out between your second or third year for your sabb position?

• Graduating homie.

Was Southampton University your first or second choice?

• 5th

What is your favourite place to spend a night in Southampton?

• Wherever the Vodka takes me.

If you could do any degree apart from your current/ previous one what would it be?

• BSc Sabbatical Engineering

What’s your pincode?

• What’s yours?

Favourite TV show?

• The Ellis Sims Story. When it goes on air x

What is the worst thing to ever happen to you in a nightclub?

• I once nearly had a fight with a midget. I feared for my shins.

Define SUSU in three words.

• Expensive, complicated, stoopid! At least for now…

What do you want to do as a future career?

• Pole dancer. Brazilian style.

What’s the worst rumour you have ever heard about yourself?

• Someone thought I wasn’t ginger. I live a troubled life.

What would you score your looks out of 10?

• I’ll leave this one for you.

Who is the hottest person in your campaign team?

• Too many to mention.

Where do you call home?

• Normally from a phone.

Where did you last go on holiday?

• Canada.

If you could compare yourself to a current Sabb who would it be and why?

• Sam Ling because he won.

If you could write something on the top of the Maths tower, what would it be?

• Change is coming 😉

NUS: Yes or No?

• No.

To view what the other candidates have to say, click here.