{"id":2344,"date":"2024-11-27T11:21:55","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T11:21:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/imperial-people\/?p=2344"},"modified":"2024-12-04T11:25:31","modified_gmt":"2024-12-04T11:25:31","slug":"nico-henry-representation-and-championing-inclusivity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/imperial-people\/2024\/11\/27\/nico-henry-representation-and-championing-inclusivity\/","title":{"rendered":"Nico Henry: Representation and championing inclusivity"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Celebrating Disability History Month\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1003\" height=\"694\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2353 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/imperial-people\/files\/2024\/11\/Nico-Henry-1.jpg\" alt=\"Nico Henry in front of the Imperial College Union\" \/><\/h2>\n<h3><strong>\u201cPeople have different disabilities and a lot of them are very hidden. If anyone has any issues, including accessibility issues or anything they want to discuss \u2013 I\u2019m here.\u201d<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Nico Henry is Deputy President (Welfare) for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imperialcollegeunion.org\/\">Imperial College Union<\/a>, having recently completed his undergraduate degree in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imperial.ac.uk\/study\/courses\/undergraduate\/physics-theoretical-bsc\/\">theoretical physics<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Championing the students\u2019 union <\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>While he was studying, he didn\u2019t know much about Imperial&#8217;s student union or what they did. Now he is on a mission to promote the great work that goes on and speak to as many students as possible.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery other Friday I am going to be outside the Senior Common Room at lunchtime. Come along &#8211; ask us what we&#8217;re up to, leave some feedback or complain. We&#8217;re here!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Priorities for welfare <\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>In his role Nico supports the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imperialcollegeunion.org\/representation\/lac-networks\">liberation and community networks<\/a> at the students\u2019 union. Some of the projects he is currently working on focus on working conditions for students, shared ownership of spaces, active travel (particularly cycle safety) and standardising student experiences of mentorship programmes across faculties.<\/p>\n<p>Nico is keen to ensure students from underrepresented groups receive targeted mentorship if they want it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRight now, the mentorship programmes we have are very random, and the person you might be paired up with might not understand your struggles as they might not be from the same background, for example if you\u2019re disabled or LGBTQ+.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3><strong>The power of representation <\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Nico was born with a congenital malformation which means that his urinary tract wasn\u2019t fully developed in the womb. He was one of the first people to have an experimental procedure to create a fake bladder neck.<\/p>\n<p>Nico hopes being open about his condition will help students with similar conditions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople have different disabilities and a lot of them are very hidden. If anyone has any issues, including accessibility issues or anything they want to discuss \u2013 I\u2019m here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For Nico, Disability History Month is about empowering people and asking how we can be more inclusive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it&#8217;s important for those that don&#8217;t really know what it\u2019s like to be disabled to ask themselves &#8211; am I privileged in any way that I haven&#8217;t noticed before? Is there anything I could do to make a situation more accessible? Am I judging someone for behaviours that might be attributed to a disability?\u201d<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Championing neuro-inclusive practices <\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;ve always considered myself disabled physically, and I found out a few months before my final exams that I&#8217;m dyslexic and dyspraxic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nico is passionate about bringing neuro-inclusive practices to the students\u2019 union and the university and is pleased that this is also a focus for EDI Provosts Professor Lesley Cohen and Dr Wayne Mitchell.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have a culture of excellence and perfectionism at Imperial. It can seem like there is not much space for flexibility. I think there is a shift towards being more flexible and more open to people\u2019s needs. But there is a lot more work to be done.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Life outside Imperial <\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>In his spare time Nico enjoys spending time with his two cats and making music.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI DJ a bit, but mainly I play a native Argentinian instrument called the ronroco.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Celebrating Disability History Month\u00a0 \u201cPeople have different disabilities and a lot of them are very hidden. If anyone has any issues, including accessibility issues or anything they want to discuss \u2013 I\u2019m here.\u201d Nico Henry is Deputy President (Welfare) for Imperial College Union, having recently completed his undergraduate degree in theoretical physics. 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