Apathy reigns down again at another horrendously organised political event in the Student Union. A grand total of 90 people turned up to the hustings, with 10 people being from the impartial media and 31 being candidates. This meant that there was one reporter for every 5 free voters. Continue reading ‘UMSU Election Hustings’
Monthly Archive for February, 2008
As many of you will know, the UMSU elections are taking place next week (4th-6th March 2008). These elections will decide who runs YOUR union next year and therefore who shall be representing YOU!
There is a CANDIDATES DEBATE taking place THIS THURSDAY (28th February 2008) @ 5PM IN ACADEMY 2. This is your chance to meet the candidates, find out more about them and how they want to represent YOU. You will also be able to pose your own questions to the candidates.
For more information about the debate, please see http://www.umsu.manchester.ac.uk/representation/elections.shtml. We shall be regularly updating the website with election details.
After two days of candidates busily flyering outside the Students’ Union, our university’s delegates for NUS Annual Conference 2008 have now been elected.
The conference is particularly important this year as it will decide whether to ratify a wide-ranging reform of the NUS constitution. Some critics have accused the reform of being anti-democratic, but there is substantial support in favour.
The conference will also choose who is to run the NUS for the coming year, and decide on policy. It will be held in Blackpool over two days at the beginning of April.
