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| Daryn
McCombe is from Sutton Salvation Army and
is also a student at King’s College,
London. Last month he won the Presidency for
his Student Year and is gearing up for his
Sabbatical year. ALOVE asked him all about
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Which Uni are
you at and what are you studying?
I'm at Kings College London, in my second
year studying Theology. |
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What made you
choose your subject?
To be honest it was the only one I was
vaguely interested in, it has a broad
range from ancient History to modern
literature. Also it catered for my natural
instinct to take my faith further and
learn more about who God is. |
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Can you tell
us why you decided to run for Uni President?
So far, I have been involved in stuff
the Union does. I am the treasurer for
the Musical Theatre society, A Rep on
the Student Representative Council (as
well as many boring sub committees!),
and I work behind the bars. My involvement
so far has shown me that a Students
Union can be a very effective way of
making someone's time at university
not only more enjpoyable, but more rewarding.
For example, the Volunteering schemes
we run mean we send students out into
the community to get involved in community
projects, but also to start and lead
projects themselves. All of this needs
careful leadership. As the union has
just undergone a major restructuring
to make sure it is more student focused
instead of structure focused it seemed
the right time to run. |
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What sort of
things did you do in your campaign?
Any whacky ideas to communicate with
the voters!?
Hmmm well the obvious - posters, huge
banners hung in the hall ways, leaflets,
emails, web site, standing up in front
of huge lecture theatres, and trying
to convince people to vote for me. I
even got a word in just before some
guys had a maths exam! Mainly, it was
just about getting out and talking to
real people, listening to what they
had to say and incorporating it into
the ideas I had already had, and being
a genuine honest guy. |
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What would you
like to achieve during your year as
Uni President?
Lots of things, and of course my manifesto
(see www.darynmccombe.co.uk) If you
could sum it all up it would be increasing
participation, at the moment about 10%
of 20'000 students at Kings are actively
involved in union activities, from Clubs,
Societies, Volunteering opportunities,
and Campaigns. I am sure that many more
people are involved in things out side
of Uni and the Union, however it would
be great to get those who are doing
nothing doing something, so that they
can grow, but also so the wider College
community and consequently general society
can benefit.
One particular thing I’ll be focusing
on, is profiling The Salvation Army’s
Human Trafficking Campaign. Students
are famous the world over for taking
a stand on moral and political issues
which are clearly wrong, whether it
be racism, censorship, state terrorism,
sexism, the list is endless. Before
I ran for the post, I spoke with Graeme
Hodge in The Salvation Army’s
International Development Office about
how we as a union could do our bit to
help fight Human Trafficking. He gave
me loads of ideas so that is something
that will be kicking off big time at
kings. |
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What have you
learnt about yourself during the process
so far?
I need more than 4 hours sleep a
night! That I really enjoy talking
to people, and meeting them where
they are, and journeying through their
life story.
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What have you
learnt about God?
Lots! I find everything I do to be a
learning process about God, and our
relationship to him. |
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What things are
you praying for, in relation to your
sabbatical year?
Patience, perseverance, wisdom, good
ideas, and good ways to communicate
with students. |
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How do you hope
your role as uni pres will help you
to serve others during the year?
Essentially that is what the role is.
In fact, that's what any true leadership
role is, one of service to the people
you are leading. My whole role will
be to ensure that the union is working
in the best way possible for students.
Whether that be the other Sabbatical
officers or the 15 members of permanent
staff as President I'm there to make
sure that they all are serving the students.
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What's inspiring
you about the potential of the year
ahead?
The chance to work in an organisation
that has already grasped the need to
change, and has moved ahead with the
essential changes. Next year will be
about making that happen! The biggest
challenge and inspiration are the 20,000
students I have the privilege of working
for next year. |
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