SU Spring Elections 2026 Interviews: Nazrana Meghji, VP Sports

In the run-up to the Warwick Students’ Union (SU) Spring Elections, The Boar offered all Full-Time Officer (FTO) candidates the opportunity to be interviewed.

Nazrana Meghji spoke to The Boar’s Rachel Gore about her campaign for VP Sports, emphasising what experience and goals she would bring to the SU if elected.

Why did you decide to run for this position? 

“I’m an international student and when I first got to university, it was kind of overwhelming to be in a new place, a new country with new people,” Meghji explained.

“I managed to find myself in sports and I just think that I really want to be a part of that for as many people as I can, whether that’s international students or not,” she explained.

It is Meghji’s goal to bring “more representation to the role” and contribute to the Warwick Sport “experience”.

What’s your experience with sport at Warwick?

“Honestly sport has been the biggest part of my experience at Warwick,” Meghji said.

She described the space as “inclusive” and somewhere that she has felt “empowered”.

Prior to coming to the University, she was not playing much sport but in first year got involved in “football and squash especially”, both places offered a “very welcoming environment”.

“I think some of my biggest experiences at university have been sports, because whether it’s playing matches, travelling to matches, the aspect of a team, whether it’s circling, socials, everything about it, it’s just been a very pleasant experience, and I want to be able to carry that on and see how I can further improve that,” she concluded.

Warwick Sport is currently undergoing a rebrand, with potential mission statements including ‘For the W’ and ‘Beyond is Where We Belong’. Do you think this Warwick Sport rebrand is an important step forward for student sport, and how will you continue to listen to the opinions of sports club members throughout the rebrand?

Meghji recalled filling out the form that Warwick Sport sent out on the rebrand calling the move “very important”.

According to Meghji, “our student body changes every year” and it’s important that all students are included in decisions so they feel “included” and “part of the community”.

Meghji did however believe that the current slogans “were working pretty well” and thought that they “actively reflect what we do at Warwick Sport”.

She does not want to “throw a bunch of promises at the student body that [she] can’t promise”, but she emphasised that she will be there “to listen, act on [feedback], and represent”.

Meghji went on to say: “Whether it’s through keeping drop-ins consistent or being super on top of my communication, the most important part of this role is for me to come in, to listen to what student clubs need and what they want and to act on them, to represent them.”

How would you seek to support and improve sports clubs performances in both BUCS tournaments and non-BUCS competitions in the year ahead?

Supporting all sports clubs is something that Meghji had been “thinking about”. She believes that “communication is very important”, as is “publicity”.

“A lot of people know about Warwick Sport but they don’t really know Warwick Sport,” she said.

Meghji would introduce a “termly calendar” which lets students know what is available and when “beginner sessions and Rock Up [and Play] sessions” are occurring.

She will also look at BUCS transport as “admin barriers” currently present problems for clubs. She hopes to “ease” these and work on “coordination” between the SU and clubs through “some kind of consistent spreadsheet”.

She finished this answer by saying that it is “very important to look at both BUCS and non-BUCS [clubs]” and that she will “always” be there to listen.

An article by The Boar in December found that 60% of students are unaware of when sports clubs are playing fixtures on campus, leading to low crowd turnouts for sports fixtures. The One Warwick programme last year drew crowds of only 400 people over two terms. How will you ensure Team Warwick isn’t just something that sports club members feel part of, but that every Warwick student feels part of through being able to support their peers?

Meghji wants to work on “integration between sport and non-sport societies”.

She emphasised the importance of “social media”, stating that it “is the most powerful tool we have in this generation”. With this in mind, she will create “communication networks” with representatives from “each sports club and a sports representative or an events [representative] at non-sports clubs”. By putting “them all on the same channel”, she will allow “people to communicate” and “learn from each other”.

Meghji does not believe that “sending emails” is “going to catch everyone’s eye”. Instead, she hopes to create “engaging social media posts” on a weekly basis.

To end our conversation, Meghji said: “I think social media is the way that we should go, definitely. And just word of mouth as well. Just have people like get out there and talk to people, tell them, let them know, build awareness. It’s, it doesn’t have to be something huge all the time. I think it’s quite simple.”

This interview, along with all other interviews for Full-Time Officer positions, can be watched in full using the link here.

You can also view a list of all candidates and their manifestos here.