Alvaro Vicente Tarrago

As a transfer student and previous Academic Representative at King's College London, I can bring both experience from studying at another leading institution and experience in handling meetings/commitees with senior and c-suite academic staff. I have also represented King's for an investigation board from the IET and even met the current President, giving me a wealth of connections and experience in the role itself.

Goals:

1. Work closely with students to collect feedback and push changes about asignments, labs, lectures and tutorials.
2. Reduce the number of students who have to use overflow rooms (we all pay enough to deserve a physical interaction with staff).
3. Modernise the lab materials and critically assess the flaws in current approaches.
4. Enhance engagement between cohorts and staff (eg. Mums and Dads scheme, UGs&PGs, pHd's) for mutual benefit.
5. Reassess student prefferences for examination periods, such as dates (before/after term breaks), january exams and mid-terms.
6. Increase opportunities during the course and in the summer period both in academia and industry, such as more practical insight events and summer programmes for 1st and 2nd years'.
7. Create non-society-centred networks between engineering departments (Aero, Materials, MechEng, BioEng, ChemEng...).

Motivation:

• I believe world-class students who chose a world-class university, should get world-class opportunities and networking.
• Passionate about engineering I want to help all of us know better what, and who we want to become.

Myself as a Person & Friend:

Born in Madrid, Spain having spent 5 years in the UK, I love exploring culture, swimming, karate and drones while having...FUN!🛰✇🕹️🚁