Katie Hickmott, Lauren Atkin-Hill & Vik Afanasjevaite step down from Student Leadership Team

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Due to personal circumstances, we regret to announce that Katie Hickmott, Lauren Atkin-Hill and Vik Afanasjevaite have stepped down from their roles as Vice President Student Voice, LGBTQIA+ Student Representative and Open & Access Representative respectively.

We are very sad to see Katie, Lauren and Vik leave – it has been a pleasure working with them and they have been tremendous members of our Student Leadership Team. We wish all three the very best for the future.

There are currently no plans to run a co-option for the Vice President Student Voice role, and this vacancy will be covered by our existing SLT members. We will continue to monitor the VP Student Voice mailbox, so please continue to send any queries related to student voice to oustudents-VP-voice@open.ac.uk.

We are currently deciding on a recruitment plan for the LGBTQIA+ Student Representative role, but in the meantime we will again be monitoring the LGBTQIA+ Rep mailbox. Please send any relevant queries to oustudents-LGBTQIA@open.ac.uk.

We are currently deciding on a recruitment plan for the Open and Access Student Representative role, but in the meantime we will again be monitoring the Open & Access Rep mailbox. Please send any relevant queries to oustudents-open-access@open.ac.uk.