Officers and Committee Members 2025/26

Branch President

Shirley Ye, History (CAL), shirley.ye @ birminghamucu.org

Vice Presidents

Aggie Chidlow, Business School (CoSS), aggie.chidlow @ gmail.com

Tom Cutterham, History (CAL), tcutterham @ gmail.com

Branch Secretary

Andrew Olson, Psychology (LES), acolsonolson @ gmail.com

Anti-Casualisation Officer

Betsy Porritt, Liberal Arts & Natural Sciences (CAL), anticasualisationofficer @ birminghamucu.org

Environment Officer

Synda Obaji, Birmingham Law School (CAL), s.p.obaji @ bham.ac.uk

Equality Officer

Minjie Cai, Birmingham Business School (CoSS), minjiecai @ birminghamucu.org

Health and Safety Officer

Dave Watton, Birmingham International Academy, davidwatton@hotmail.com

Membership Secretary

Paula Anne Goodall,  Academic Skills Center (PS) 

Treasurer

Anke Buttner, Psychology (LES)


Ordinary Committee Members

  • Andra Craig, Law (CAL), ascpm108 @ gmail.com
  • Steven Hale, Physics (EPS), ucu @ stevenhale.co.uk
  • Tom Henri, Social Work (CoSS), thomas.henri @ gmail.com
  • Iran Mansouri, Computer Science (EPS), iran.mansoori85 @ gmail.com
  • Elisavet Mantzari, Business School (CoSS), e.mantzari @ bham.ac.uk
  • Elio Di Muccio, POLSIS (CoSS), elio_antonio5 @ hotmail.com
  • Tom Withers, Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences (LES), tomwithers @ birminghamucu.org

The following officer positions are currently vacant:

  • Anti-disablement Officer
  • Anti-racism Officer
  • Assistant Secretary
  • Casework Coordinator
  • Communications Officer
  • Migrant Workers Officer
  • Pensions Officer
  • Social Media Officer
  • Socials Officer
  • Student Liaison Officer
  • 2nd Vice President

If you are interested in taking up any of the above posts or want to get involved with BUCU please contact the Branch President Shirley Ye (shirley.ye@birminghamucu.org)