Please use this form to vote for who you would like to be the student course representatives for the MSc in Mathematical Science.
Please submit your vote by 12pm Wednesday 26th October (Week 3). The first meeting of the Supervisory Committee will be Week 4 on Tuesday so please do start thinking about anything you might want to raise through the student rep.
You can make your choices by reading the statements below:
Catherine Kindl
Dear fellow OMMS students,
I’m Catherine and would like to represent our cohort as the OMMS student representative this year! I grew up in Austria most of the time, where I have also attended the University of Vienna for one year before moving to London to continue my studies at UCL. During my short time at Oxford, I have already met so many amazing people coming from vastly different backgrounds, so by volunteering for this position I do not just look forward to having the opportunity to represent you, but hopefully to get to know our whole cohort better in the short year we spend here together!
I consider myself a really open and talkative person, so if you want to raise an issue in our course, talk about a problem you have encountered or just chat - please come on over! Most days, it will be really easy to find me - when I’m not in a lecture, I’m usually sitting on one of the tables next to Café Pi (staring slightly confused at the questions on a problem sheet with a big coffee in my hands).
Having experienced both the university culture of mainland Europe and the UK during my undergraduate, I believe I can relate to a lot of the adjustment issues some people may be facing after coming to Oxford - be it the fast pace of lectures, the short term or the scary thought of having term 1 content examined many months after the last lecture of a course took place when you are used to exams at the end of each semester: No matter what it is, as your student representative, I want to be here for you and try to ease your worries as much as possible!
I hope this still counts as a “short” introduction, thank you for reading this far! If you believe I can be the right representative for you, I would be very grateful for your vote!
All the best,
Catherine
William Ludington
Hi y'all,
My name is Liam and I’m from North Carolina in the US, but I was actually born in London. When I first arrived in Oxford, I felt welcomed by both my college community and the math department, but I also felt like I had no clue what courses I could take, how to design my schedule, or where was even a good place to work on problem sheets. I had at least five tabs open trying to keep track of lecture times, class times, and course information across three different departments. OMMS is a new course and I have a lot of ideas about how we could make it easier for students from outside Oxford to integrate into the math department, starting from something as simple as a single website where you could see lecture times, class times, course information, and course ratings all on one page. Math is hard enough by itself; let's make planning your courses easier. I would also like to make the math institute available for us to work in on weekends! If PhD's can use it, I think we should be able to!
As you can see, I'm passionate about making OMMS a great experience for us and all future students, so if you want your opinions and suggestions to be heard, please give me the chance to be your student representative by giving me your vote!
Thank you for taking your time to read this :)
Haotian Xiao
Hi guys,
My name is Ryan, and I’m 22 years old. I’m from China, but I did my undergraduate in Birmingham, so I have been in the UK for three years now. I made many friends over the three years, and this welcoming country gave me many memories I cherish.
I was a tourist when I arrived in Oxford for the first time last year when I was impressed by the colleges and lovely shops. Everyone here has their own goal to achieve and work to do; everyone in the university is so motivated, which motivates me too.
Now I am an MSc student at Oxford, and I’d like to be a volunteer as a student representative, which is a great opportunity to contribute to the community and improve the working & studying environment, meanwhile, making new friends 😄
I’m very approachable and easy to communicate with, and I’m always willing to help others. I’m happy to talk about anything with you 😄 Especially as an international student, I will be knowledgeable about some specific issues often faced by oversea students, and I believe I’m experienced in these.
I have some volunteer experience before coming to Oxford, and I’m happy to help everyone!
If you want to express your suggestions and opinions, please give me a chance and let me become your student representative by using your vote!
Thanks for reading this 😄
Best,
Haotian