student leader elections

The voting period for this year’s Students’ Union elections has closed, with voter turnout dropping by 9%. After a final push in the last 24 hours, a total of 7,914 votes were cast, giving a final turnout of 23.2%. The final published vote count for the 2016 elections was 10,743. This...

Alice Armstrong and Eden Smith have been announced as the new Students with Disabilities Officer.  With 588 votes cast in this election, Alice Armstrong and Eden Smith won after one round of voting beating Helen and Rebecca to the position by 37 votes. The winners told Impact they are “surprised and excited, mainly shocked”. The highlight of...

Adam Pratchett is the only candidate running for the position of Sports Officer this year. The returning officer for the hustings was Lauren Heria, who chaired the session. Adam started by giving a one minute pitch to the audience in which he introduced himself as the President of the...

This year, Declan Greaves and Cassie O’Boyle are the candidates running for Education Officer in the Students’ Union elections. The Education Officer hustings offered a chance for voters to have their questions answered and to hear the candidates’ manifesto points. The returning officer for the hustings was Beth Massey, who...

During our SU Elections media day on Saturday 4th March, we chatted with the candidates hoping to be your 2017-18 SU President. Here’s what they had to say. Alan Holey Alan Holey is an international student from Hong Kong, running to be your SU President. His manifesto is focused around...

During our SU Elections media day on Saturday 4th March, we chatted with the candidates hoping to fill part-time SU officer positions. Here’s what they had to say. International Students’ Hemanth & Loren (aka Aladdin & Jasmine) Loren Querickiol is a first-year International Media and Communications student and Hemanth Kalathuru...

During our SU Elections media day on Saturday 4th March, we chatted with the candidates hoping to be your 2017-18 Education Officer. Here’s what they had to say. Cassie O’Boyle Cassie O’Boyle is a final year English and American Studies student, running for Education Officer. Her experience, she tells us,...