Hi everyone, my name is Dominic White! I did an FE Access course in Social Sciences and then went on to do my HE degree in History here at Derby before I was elected as Vice President (Activities) and then as Union President.

During my time at the University of Derby, I learnt many skills that I felt would enable me to do my absolute best. So… where do I start… I started off as a FE course rep! I was then elected by my cohort to serve again as a HE rep, the course rep role I would serve in for all four of my years here at Derby. During my time in this role, I helped represent student views and interests, partake in student events, and essentially make sure that we presented student interests to the course leadership and pushed for change on the grassroots level.

Because of this amazing experience I decided to run in the elections and was elected to the role for the Student Officer for Humanities and Journalism, a role I held for over a year. Even though I have had an extremely difficult time due to Covid-19 I had still, as a Student Officer, had some great virtual events that pushed for better representation across the entire college of Art, Humanities and Education with some great successes from my huge team of student reps! I was very fortunate to hold multiple positions at the same time, as such I have served as Rounders Treasurer and President, Treasurer of Trampolining, Men’s Basketball, and History Society as well as Sports Councilor for two elected terms and a term as a Societies Councilor too!

If you cannot tell already, I have very happily given a large part of my student life in service of you the students and will always continue to do so! My years at Derby have consistently through good times and bad, been my happiest and I would always push for all students, whether you're on a FE or HE course, to get involved with the Union and to push for the changes you want to see.