Where are they now?
Your name:
Gemma Tumelty
What is your current Job/Position and where do you work?
Initiative Director, The LEGO Foundation
Officer role(s) you held
VP Welfare Liverpool SU / National Secretary NUS / National President NUS
What year?
2002, 2006-8
Where were you an Officer?
Liverpool SU and NUS
What’s the best memory that you have from running for election and/or your time as an Officer?
The campaigns, trawling the bars, the posters, gimmicks. NUS - just an amazing experience
What do you think you learnt from running in an election and/or being an Officer?
Confidence, public speaking, a broad range of skills
What advice do you have for anyone thinking of standing for election?
Do it!
How has your time as a Full time Officer impacted your career?
I wouldn’t be here without it
Five words to sum it all up?
Life changing opportunity go for it!