For general student, alumni and other enquiries please email
warwicklgbtuanetwork@gmail.com
For corporate enquiries, including if you would like to find out more about what a partnership or sponsorship deal with Warwick PLAN could do for early careers diversity at your business, please email
warwickplancorporate@gmail.com
If you would prefer to contact us by phone then please call one of our Co-Presidents or our Treasurer on the following numbers
Kian Cushman, Co-President: +447776254499
Thomas Fry, Co-President: +447955705655
James Thompson, Treasurer: +447857821101
You can also reach out to us via our Facebook, Instagram or LinkedIn, linked at the top of this page, through the direct messaging functionality
For general student, alumni and other enquiries please email
warwicklgbtuanetwork@gmail.com
For corporate enquiries, including if you would like to find out more about what a partnership or sponsorship deal with Warwick PLAN could do for early careers diversity at your business, please email
warwickplancorporate@gmail.com
If you would prefer to contact us by phone then please call one of our Co-Presidents or our Treasurer on the following numbers
Kian Cushman, Co-President: +447776254499
Thomas Fry, Co-President: +447955705655
James Thompson, Treasurer: +447857821101
You can also reach out to us via our Facebook, Instagram or LinkedIn, linked at the top of this page, through the direct messaging functionality
WHO WE ARE
Established in 2020 and officially affiliated with Warwick SU in early 2021, Warwick PLAN (Professional LGBTUA+ and Allies Network) is a student-led society at the University of Warwick that is designed to connect LGBTUA+ students with exclusive career opportunities and support. When finding internships and learning about companies, students with minority sexual orientations and gender identities have the added issue of discovering how open and accepting firms are of LGBT+ professionals. By highlighting upcoming events put on by companies that are committed to providing a safe working environment for their LGBT+ staff, we hope to help our society's members in their endeavour to find an accepting workplace.
OUR MISSION
18% of LGBT people who were looking for work said they were discriminated against because of their sexual orientation and/or gender identity while trying to get a job in 2018
35% of LGBT staff hid or disguised that they are LGBT at work in 2018 because they were afraid of discrimination
18% (almost 1 in 5) of LGBT staff have been the target of negative comments or conduct from work colleagues in the last year because they're LGBT
As a top ten UK university (The Times, 2021) the University of Warwick has a strong reputation for producing some of the most employable graduates in the UK. This can be partially attributed to the general careers support of well-established student societies such as Warwick Law Society, Warwick Finance Societies and Warwick Consulting Society, as well as targeted support from societies that focus on protected groups, such as Warwick Women's Careers Society and various cultural societies. However, up until now, there has been no specific service dedicated to the career progression of LGBTUA+ students in our community - this is where Warwick PLAN comes in.
OUR PEOPLE
LEADERSHIP TEAM
Ria Chopra
PRESIDENT
(They/Them)
BSc Economics
Callum Broderick
VICE PRESIDENT
(He/Him)
BSc Management
Katie Todd
CO-HEAD OF EVENTS
(She/Her)
BA/BSc Philosophy, Politics and Economics
Theo Job
CO-HEAD OF EVENTS
(He/Him)
MPhys Physics
Kashvi Kandarthanda
TREASURER
(She/Her)
BA/BSc Philosophy, Politics and Economics
Aahan Paul
HEAD OF OUTREACH
(He/Him)
LLB Law
EXECUTIVE TEAM
Louis Liu
CORPORATE OFFICER
(He/Him)
BSc Accounting and Finance
Afrin Ghazal
CORPORATE OFFICER
(She/Her)
LLB Law
Olivia Cooper
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NON-CORPORATE OFFICER
(She/Her)
LLB Law
Undisclosed
NON-CORPORATE OFFICER
(She/Her)
BA/BSc Philosophy, Politics and Economics
Harriet Paget
CAREERS & WELLBEING OFFICER
(They/Them)
BA English Literature
Theo Job
(He/Him)
MPhys Physics
MARKETING OFFICER
Mattie Oke
SOCIAL SECRETARY
(He/They)
BSc Mathematics
Samantha Hansen
SOCIAL SECRETARY
(She/Her)
MMath Mathematics
PLANORAMA TEAM
Emily Neville
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
(She/Her)
BA Law with Humanities
Bradley Barnes
DEPUTY EDITOR
(He/ Him)
BA Politics and
International Studies
Erin Lewis
DEPUTY EDITOR
(They/Them)
BA English and Comparative Literary studies
Will Wroe
DESIGN EDITOR
(He/ Him)
BA Philosophy with Psychology
The Executive Committee is the beating heart of Warwick PLAN, responsible for the smooth operation of the society. It consists of LGBTUA+ students from the University of Warwick that have come together from a wide-range of degree backgrounds, from STEM to the humanities, with the common goal of improving community representation in top workplaces.
OUR Representatives
Callum Broderick
FRESHERS REP
(He/Him)
BSc Management
Theodore Job
FRESHERS REP
(He/Him)
MPhys Physics
Kashvi Kandarthanda
FRESHERS REP
(She/Her)
BA/BSc Philosophy, Politics and Economics
Matthew Oke
FRESHERS REP
(He/They)
BSc Mathematics
Aahan Paul
FRESHERS REP
(He/Him)
LLB Law
Katie Todd
FRESHERS REP
(She/Her)
BA/BSc Philosophy, Politics and Economics
Pedro Sismeiro
POSTGRADUATE REP
(He/Him)
MA Public Policy
Undisclosed
POSTGRADUATE REP
(He/Him)
MSc Management
OUR AWARDS
BRIGHT NETWORK D&I SOCIETY OF THE YEAR 2021
STUDENT PRIDE SOCIETY EVENT OF THE YEAR 2022
QUEER STUDENT AWARDS COMMUNITY GROUP OF THE YEAR 2022
NATIONAL STUDENT PRIDE SOCIETY OF THE YEAR 2024