Purpose
The Student Forum is an advisory body which was launched in September 2017. The purpose of the Forum is to enable a formal and constructive relationship between the The Institute and the student body in the UK, to provide feedback on the UK student experience, act as a sounding board to the learning team about how The Institute can enhance what it offers and to facilitate a student member network.
Structure
The Student Forum consists of ten student members to best represent a wide cross-section of the student body including Chartered Governance Qualifying Programme and short course students, masters students, university graduates, people becoming a governance professional as their second or third career and those with a mix of age, background and gender. There are also four ex-officio members of the team.
| Forum Members | |
|---|---|
| Nick Ivory (Chair) |
Company Secretarial Assistant, National Grid |
| Rory Herbert |
LLM Corporate Governance and Law/GradCG Master’s student, University of Portsmouth |
| Bhavini Kundaiker |
Assistant Company Secretary, AngloGold Ashanti |
| Charlotte Mepham |
Assistant Company Secretary, Balfour Beatty |
| Stuart Riddick |
Graduate Analyst, Stewardship & ESG Investment, Aberdeen Standard Investments |
| William Parsons |
Company Secretarial Assistant, Softcat |
| Helena Meads |
Trainee Company Secretary, Santander |
| Yana Fowle |
Trainee Company Secretary, Marks and Spencer |
| James Taylor |
Company Secretarial Assistant, Rio Tinto |
| Amelia Quiney |
Consultant, EY |
What the Forum has achieved so far:
- December 2017 - The Forum provided feedback during the decision process to source a new London exam venue
- July 2018 - The Forum was invited to join The Institute's branch chairs summit
- July 2018 - The Forum is now holding student-focussed sessions at The Institute's Annual Conference
- October 2018 – The Forum organised a student member networking event at The Institute's headquarters in London which was attended to full capacity
- November 2018 – The Forum had an article published in the Governance and Compliance magazine
- May 2019 – The Forum held its second student member networking event in London
- December 2019 – Forum held its latest student member networking event in London focusing on Technology in Governance.
Timing
The Student Forum meets twice a year, shortly after each exam session.
Upcoming events
March 2020 – Student Member Networking Event – Manchester
June 2020 – Student Member Networking Event – London
July 2020 – Student-focussed session at Governance 2020
Get involved
The UK Student Forum gives student members the opportunity to get involved and strengthen the student voice.
Please take advantage of this and attend one of our student events, meet your peers and develop your profile. You can also get in touch by contacting us at studentforum@icsa.org.uk.
Contact UK Student Forum
For information and to hear about the latest developments:
- Email: studentforum@icsa.org.uk