WHEA Annual Report 2025 Final Digital with links v3 - Flipbook - Page 6
Warwick International Higher Education Academy Annual Report 2025
Championing
the student voice
This year, WIHEA welcomed a cohort of sixteen Student Fellows:
• Naveera Abhayawickrama 3rd year LLB, Law
• Youn Affejee PhD, Engineering Education
• Gunisha Aggarwal BSc, Economics
• Marie Bawden BA, History (part time)
• Shianne Beckett Electrical and Digital Systems BSc,
Degree Apprenticeship
• Sophie Bourne Culture of the European Renaissance
• Freddie Cendrowicz BA, History
• Yanyan Li PhD, Applied Linguistics
We invited members of the student community to share
their experiences of WIHEA over the past academic year,
and here is what they had to say.
• Linta Nasim Medicine (MBChB), WMS;
Youn Affejee
• Josh Davies Doctor of Philosophy, Chemistry;
• Dhvani Patil Liberal Arts
• Pawel Plonka Politics and International Studies
• Alisha Rodgers MPhil/PhD, Engineering
• Vivek Venkatram Philosophy, Politics and
Economics (PPE)
• Yvette Wang PhD, ELT & Applied Linguistics
• Meifang Zhuo PhD, English Language Teaching
and Applied Linguistics
This exceptional group has made a real impact,
making the most of opportunities to connect beyond
their departments, gain mentorship from colleagues
across Warwick, and contribute to the projects and
Learning Circles featured in this report. They have also
taken an active lead in ensuring that the student voice
runs through all of WIHEA’s activities, enriching our
discussions on teaching and learning with their insights
and perspectives.
Alongside the Student Fellows, we are thrilled to work
with five representatives from the Students’ Union
as ex officio Fellows – Enaya Nihal (President), Alijah
Taha (Vice President for Postgraduate), Muneeba
Amjad (Vice President for Education), Naomi Carter
(Vice President for Welfare and Campaigns) and Louis
Gosling (Vice President for Sports) – as well as the
many students who work as officers on our projects, all
of whose proactivity and engagement continue to uplift
our activities.
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The student voice is central to our values, and our model
of partnership positions students as co-creators of
educational excellence. Students’ contributions shape
WIHEA in meaningful ways, from active involvement in
Learning Circles to co-designing, delivering, and
leading projects that drive institutional enhancement.
We celebrate the impact of our student community
within WIHEA and across its Learning Circles and
projects. Their insight, energy, and collaboration
continue to inspire us and strengthen everything we do.
WIHEA STUDENT FELLOW AND PROJECT OFFICER
Warwick Manufacturing Group
The Fellowship gave me an opportunity
to meet and collaborate with students
and staff from all over the university.
A personal highlight is being involved in
a student-led project exploring the
experiences of neurodivergent and
international students.
Gunisha Aggarwal
WIHEA STUDENT FELLOW AND PROJECT OFFICER
Department of Economics
Being a WIHEA Student Fellow has
been an incredibly rewarding and
transformative experience. I’ve had
the opportunity to contribute to a
range of intersectional initiatives
that promote inclusive learning at
Warwick and beyond, from cochairing sessions at the Warwick Education Conference
to supporting leadership development through Warwick
in Africa. A standout moment was successfully applying
for the WIHEA Strategic Student Fund, which offered
a supportive platform to test the feasibility of studentled ideas. Through this, I co-led a project exploring
how students use AI for academic development, with a
particular focus on accessibility and digital literacy. This
Fellowship has expanded my toolkit of experiences and
has equipped me with the skills, confidence, and network
to drive meaningful change as a student.
