Meet Your Newly Elected Student Trustees for 2026/27

Brunel, we’ve got fresh faces joining the Union’s Trustee Board, and they were chosen by you. This year marks the end of the first term for all three current Student Trustees, with only one Trustee continuing two seats became vacant, and the election has now filled those spots and added an additional student trustee, bringing the total to four. Over the weekend, three students were elected through a cross‑campus ballot to serve as your new Student Trustees for the 2026/27 academic year:

Continuing for a 2nd term

And that’s not all. Last week, the Student Assembly voted for Erica Brackenbury to continue for a second term as Student Trustee, a huge congratulations to her as well.

What Student Trustees Actually Do

Student Trustees play a major role in shaping how the Union runs. They sit alongside independent trustees and help steer the Union’s:

• Governance - making sure the Union is run properly and legally

• Budget - overseeing how money is managed and spent

• Strategy - setting long‑term direction and priorities

In short: they help decide what the Union does, how it works, and how it represents you.

Why Trustees Matter

The Trustee Board is the Union’s legal and strategic backbone. They:

• Set the Union’s vision and values

• Develop long‑term strategy

• Create policies that guide staff, reporting systems, ethics, and conduct

• Ensure the Union follows the Constitution

• Oversee accountability to the Charity Commission, HMRC, and other regulators

• Publish annual reports and accounts

• Manage resources responsibly, from finances to staff to reputation

Independent Trustees bring specialist expertise (like marketing or communications), while Student Trustees bring the lived experience of being a Brunel student, which is essential for making decisions that actually reflect campus life.

What This Means for You

A stronger, more diverse Trustee Board means stronger student representation at the highest level of the Union. These trustees will help shape the Union’s direction, priorities, and impact throughout the 2026/27 academic year.

And because they’re students just like you, they carry your voice into every major decision the Union makes.

A Final Goodbye

Finally, we would like to express our sincere thanks and appreciation to Tasnim Malik and Muhammad Abubakar Sidiqque, who conclude their two-year terms this July. We are grateful for the time, insight, and dedication they have brought to our governance and decision-making, and we wish them every success in the future.